Newsletter: April Issue - 2026

Over the past four months, the safe house in Sierra Leone has grown from one resident to 10. All of the young girls at the safe house have been enrolled in the school operated by our in-country partner church. For some of these girls, this is their first exposure to any schooling, but more importantly, this is their first exposure to the Gospel. Each of these girls have been removed from horrible situations, and are now being shown the love of God on a daily basis.

Psalm 82:3-4

“Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

We are continuously receiving requests for more residents, most of whom have not experienced trafficking but are orphaned or destitute. Please partner with us in prayer that God will show us His will when handling these cases, and that He will give us the wisdom and discernment necessary to carry out His will.

We are preparing for a trip in October to visit the safe house, meet the girls, encourage the church, and conduct prevention training throughout the country. We also ask that you earnestly pray that God will prepare the way for us so that we may accomplish the work He has prepared for us.

Finally, we are preparing for our second year of scholarships to send members of the church to college. It costs about $350 to pay for a year of tuition for the students. Our scholarship also provides room, board, and school supplies. The Hope for Sierra Leone Scholarship is a pilot program designed to allow young Sierra Leoneans the opportunity to pursue their dreams. The long-term goal is to open this scholarship to residents of the safe house as well as members of the church. In this pursuit, we have an endowment fund established to begin building a vehicle to accomplish this in perpetuity.

Personal anecdote:

This last week, my parents visited the safe house and met the young girls residing there. On Tuesday, my wife asked me, “Seth, do you wish you were in Sierra Leone right now?” My immediate response was no, as I’m planning to go in October. Currently, I’m busy coordinating things stateside, I’ve got my own family to care for, I have too many house projects to count, the list goes on and on. But the following day, I got a video call from my mom and got to meet the girls, got to hear their voices, got to see their faces. I have never had such a quick change of heart. I wanted nothing more than to be in Sierra Leone to meet those children face to face. It was a stark reminder that we are not supporting the idea of a person; we are supporting real children, who have experienced some of the worst things this world has to offer. We are supporting people made by the same God who made us, who experience God’s love just as much as we do, and who are loved by God just as much as we are. To hopefully capture and convey this sentiment, in the coming weeks, we will be sending the stories of the girls we have at the safe house.

God Bless,

Seth A. N. McAnally

Founder, President

Four residents in their school uniform and their school teacher