Princess Lost Endorsements

For the first time in my life, I feel like someone understands the abuse and healing that I have experienced. Now, I have the tools to walk with others down a path of restoration. I have never been able to adequately explain my personal restoration process from victim of sex trafficking to conqueror in Christ. Through Mending the Soul/Princess Lost, I have the tools needed to articulate my healing and walk with others to a life of freedom.

Jessica Richardson, Survivor of Sex Trafficking

The Princess Lost/Princess Found curriculum offers an accessible, beautifully written resource for mentors to walk with survivors of commercial sexual exploitation through the pain of their past into hope for their future. With its engaging illustrations and prose, Princess Lost invites the reader to use the story of a young princess to reflect on the inner experience of being lost and thoughtfully consider the joy in being found. The accompanying guide for mentors, Princess Found, artfully weaves current research, theory and Scripture in such a way that will prepare mentors to serve survivors with great patience, respect, and love. Princess Found continually points us back to our divine mandate: to love in Jesus name, affirming in each survivor her original design as a beloved daughter of the King.

Kathy Stout-LaBauve, Vice President of Aftercare, International Justice Mission

Thank you for producing one of the very few healing works that goes deep into the heart of the prostituted child. I read Princess Lost from the first to last page in one sitting. Princess Lost and Princess Found shine the light on the lie believed by sexually abused children. Revealing this lie stamped on our hearts and minds that our sexual abuse somehow makes us forever dirty and unworthy is the beginning of healing and justice. Princess Found is an amazing work that will help the victimized throw off the chains of that lie and see themselves as not what happened to them but what God made them to be, His child.

Finally something I can use with the girls we serve who the world has labeled the least of these and God says is precious.

Linda Smith, Founder/President, Shared Hope International

Steve and Celestia Tracy bear the beautiful and awful assignment from God to see children and youth trapped in sex trafficking rescued and restored. Facilitating this calling are their years of investment in the theological bedrock of God’s heart for such as these combined with the mental health tools specific to this abuse and trauma. Their background has produced this significant work, truly a gift to those of us who work with so-called throw-away children and youth. Each chapter is essential, each truth is required. And to the church, globally, the next generation of God’s people who love the least, last and lost, the Tracy’s have given an extraordinary foundation upon which to build. Equipped for the work we prayed to do, as we prayed for His Kingdom to come.

Kit Danley, President, Neighborhood Ministries, Phoenix, Arizona 

 From an African culture where story telling is part of our culture, there is no better way to begin this journey of healing then with a story! Princess Lost/Princess Found is very captivating and explains the emotion and behavior of girls and women who have gone through abuse in a non-threatening manner. The pictures perfectly bring out the themes of healing and redemption and one does not have to have education to understand them. Princess Lost/Princess Found prepares caregivers and mentors and helps them count the cost. We have had people coming on board and wanting to mentor and volunteer in our ministry but they quickly gave up along the way, as they were not able to pay the price of mercy. Princess Found is an amazing guide-book! Very profound - giving deep insight into the life of prostituted girls.  Through these resources, I have heard the cry and plea of prostituted women, both young and old, commercially and non-commercially exploited, in a way I have never heard before.

Marcy Oyoo, Full Circle Outreach to Commercial Sex Workers, Nairobi, Kenya

 The Tracy’s unwavering compassion for the abused is matched only by their thorough research. What a gift this is in times like these! Princess Lost is an invaluable gift to those from whom so much has been taken. I believe its pages will spur hope and healing in many; heaven surely celebrates its release!

 Brad Pellish, Pastor, Bethany Bible Church, Phoenix, Arizona

It’s hard for me to even try to describe the sense of peace and well being I have discovered in this process. Princess Lost and Princess Found have given me a sense of peace and well being that I have never experienced before. My heart yearns to share this model and my healing with the world. It’s going to transform generations.

 Amira Birger, Survivor of Sex Trafficking

 It is easy to find a book about sex-trafficking but nearly impossible to find healing curriculum, particularly material that not only explains the effects of sexual abuse and trafficking but offers biblically based steps towards healing. As the founder of a nonprofit organization working with prostituted women in Africa, we have long been asking for material that could be used for counseling and discipling the prostituted women in our programs and now it is finally here! The Princess Lost/Princess Found curricula is precisely what we have needed. Scripture, research, and real life examples are beautifully integrated  and arranged into a clear pathway, equipping caregivers and counselors in supporting the healing of prostituted girls. I highly recommend these works for anyone who wants to understand the dynamics of sex trafficking and desires to reach out and help victims heal. 

 Abigail Tracy Kakeeto, Founder and Director of A Perfect Injustice, Kampala, Uganda

Sex-trafficking has increased greatly in the last two decades because of the collapse of communism, globalization, and the fear of AIDS. Over 100 million girls are missing from the globe today. Steve and Celestia Tracy have provided part of the solution: a reliable, tested, and informative guide for mentors of sexually exploited girls, including several interactive exercises, music, and art. They go beyond psychological and sociological frames, providing a biblically-sound and theologically rich reading of alienation, shame, and redemption.

John DelHousaye, Associate Professor of New Testament, Phoenix Seminary

By weaving a masterful tale of redemption in the face of appalling evil and cruelty, Steve and Celestia Tracy provide hope for all the ‘daughters of our city’ based upon the truth of Scripture and the only Hope - Jesus Christ.

Paul Madson, Founder and President, Global Training Network

I have worked with abused children as adult survivors of childhood abuse. With little success, I have looked for tools that would help facilitate healing to those places in a child’s heart that have been so deeply wounded. The PL & PF curriculum does this like no other resource I have ever seen. Children of all ages and cultures embrace the beauty of art, music, and story contained in this curriculum, to touch areas which are often  impenetrable in the heart of a survivor. This curriculum provides those who work alongside victims of abuse a glimpse into their world, which is something that survivors so desperately long for. Whether you are a professional with years of education and experience or the friend or loved one of someone who has been through the ravaging effects of abuse, you will gain a newfound depth of insight and understanding into the far-reaching effects of childhood sexual abuse.

Samia Kamel-Ohm MA, LPC, NCC, Licensed Professional Counselor, Hope Restores Counseling

Princess Found is both an expressive and practical guide for the compassionate caregivers who desire to lead others into relational, emotional, and spiritual healing. The Tracy’s emphasis on the importance of healing within the context of relationships, combined with a clear discussion of current research and relevant use of Scripture, allow Princess Lost and Princess Found to be incredible resources for those desiring to walk alongside of sexually exploited girls in their process of healing.

 Kim Chaves, MA, LPC, Christian Counselor in Private Practice

 The Tracys have taken dark and evil topics and provided both abuse survivors and their mentors the tools to bring their stories into the light and presence of God’s grace. Princess Lost is a well-written story with beautiful pictures and graphics - readers will want to linger on each and every page.  Princess Found equips us to journey into the depths of this complicated subject - providing valuable insights and discussion topics. The two books together are absolutely brilliant!

Jody Ann Noon, RN, JD, Administrator, Office of Community Health & Health Planning,
Oregon State Health Division

Running through Princess Found and Princess Lost is the mission and insight of Steven and Celestia Tracy for the sexual exploitation and trafficking of women. The combination of the fairy tale (Princess Lost) and the Mentor’s Guide (Princess Found) anticipate both the needs of the exploited and the training of the advocate. While the social science brings vital explanation, I was especially stuck by the quality of theological insight that adds prophetic urgency and enables pastoral care. Here is no fairy tale, but the archetypical story of plundered women. The “Interactive Exercises” closing out each chapter are practical and downright therapeutic. Social worker, pastor, and therapist now have a balanced and integrative tool-thanks for removing our excuses!

Andrew J. Schmutzer, Ph.D., Professor of Biblical Studies, Moody Bible Institute, Author of The Long Journey Home: Understanding and Ministering to the Sexually Abused

 Many have answered the call to help these girls yet were without the tools necessary to care for them amidst the complexities of the aftermath left in their souls by what they have endured. Princess Lost and Princess Found give us the foundation and understanding we need to ensure every church is a safe church and every leader a safe leader for “our girls.” 

 Tammy J. Smith, Pastor of Spiritual Formation, Paradise Valley Community Church

As I pondered the words to express how MTS/PL has changed my life, I was flooded with too much to say. I was first of all tremendously honored to be a part of something so instrumental to outreach to sexually exploited youth and grateful for how this curriculum has UN-distorted my life. I have such a unique and undeniable story, that I feel over whelmed with relief and appreciation for the peace, strength, and wisdom that have been given to me by the grace of GOD through these resources. I have always known Jesus as my Savior, but as I’ve learned, my view of him was unwillingly distorted by evil, trauma, and shame. Princess Lost/Princess Found has helped me realize the truth that God was with me during my abuse. It has also helped me understand physically, psychologically, emotionally, but most of all, spiritually what was going on inside of me and what I was feeling for so long. Princess Lost/Princess Found has been my long prayed for answer to a gaping wound that I buried deep in my soul. Mending the Soul has truly become my anchor to the truth and my bridge to redemption! I know now what is real and I understand how to use my sorrow to help others, which has been for me, the only way to fully heal. You have inspired strength in me that I never knew I could have. One voice is all it takes! I will return to the darkness, strong, fearless, with my mended soul ready to speak the truth and save other precious lives from this invisible hell on earth.

K, Survivor of Sex Trafficking

Princess Lost/Princess Found are the best resources we have found to help our caregivers and mentors understand the sexually exploited girls and to know how to help them heal. The Mending the Soul model embedded in Princess Found creates the safety, support, and freedom for the sexually exploited girls of our ministry. As caregivers, when we need equipping and support, we can go to PL/PF for resources and direction that guide the healing of our girls. There is no other resource like it!

Fran Gonzalez, Executive Director, The Rescue Project, Phoenix, Arizona

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