In Pursuit of Love: One Woman's Journey from Trafficked to Triumphant

Through her own gripping story of escape from human trafficking, Rebecca Bender reveals the inner workings of the underground world of modern-day slavery and helps us learn how we can be a catalyst for change where we live.

Born and raised in a small Oregon town, all-American girl Rebecca Bender was a varsity athlete and honor roll student with a promising future. Then a predator pretending to be her boyfriend lured her into a web of lies that sent her down a path she never imagined possible.

For nearly six years, Rebecca was sold across the underground world of sex trafficking in Las Vegas. She was branded, beaten, told when to sleep and what to wear, and traded between traffickers. Forced into a dark sisterhood, Rebecca formed bonds with her trafficker and three other women, creating a false sense of family. During that time, God began revealing himself to her. And in the midst of her exploitation, she found the hope she needed to survive.

After a federal raid, Rebecca escaped. Her life was forever changed as she felt the embrace of her heavenly Father guiding her to healing and wholeness. Rebecca soon began to use her own experiences to change the lives of others as she went back into the darkest places she had known--assisting FBI, VICE, and law enforcement across the country in some of their most difficult cases.

Through Rebecca's incredible story of redemption, we remember that our past does not have to determine our destiny.

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In Pursuit of Love: One Woman's Journey from Trafficked to Triumphant

Through her own gripping story of escape from human trafficking, Rebecca Bender reveals the inner workings of the underground world of modern-day slavery and helps us learn how we can be a catalyst for change where we live.

Born and raised in a small Oregon town, all-American girl Rebecca Bender was a varsity athlete and honor roll student with a promising future. Then a predator pretending to be her boyfriend lured her into a web of lies that sent her down a path she never imagined possible.

For nearly six years, Rebecca was sold across the underground world of sex trafficking in Las Vegas. She was branded, beaten, told when to sleep and what to wear, and traded between traffickers. Forced into a dark sisterhood, Rebecca formed bonds with her trafficker and three other women, creating a false sense of family. During that time, God began revealing himself to her. And in the midst of her exploitation, she found the hope she needed to survive.

After a federal raid, Rebecca escaped. Her life was forever changed as she felt the embrace of her heavenly Father guiding her to healing and wholeness. Rebecca soon began to use her own experiences to change the lives of others as she went back into the darkest places she had known--assisting FBI, VICE, and law enforcement across the country in some of their most difficult cases.

Through Rebecca's incredible story of redemption, we remember that our past does not have to determine our destiny.

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In Pursuit of Love: One Woman's Journey from Trafficked to Triumphant

In Pursuit of Love: One Woman's Journey from Trafficked to Triumphant

by Rebecca Bender
In Pursuit of Love: One Woman's Journey from Trafficked to Triumphant

In Pursuit of Love: One Woman's Journey from Trafficked to Triumphant

by Rebecca Bender

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Overview

Through her own gripping story of escape from human trafficking, Rebecca Bender reveals the inner workings of the underground world of modern-day slavery and helps us learn how we can be a catalyst for change where we live.

Born and raised in a small Oregon town, all-American girl Rebecca Bender was a varsity athlete and honor roll student with a promising future. Then a predator pretending to be her boyfriend lured her into a web of lies that sent her down a path she never imagined possible.

For nearly six years, Rebecca was sold across the underground world of sex trafficking in Las Vegas. She was branded, beaten, told when to sleep and what to wear, and traded between traffickers. Forced into a dark sisterhood, Rebecca formed bonds with her trafficker and three other women, creating a false sense of family. During that time, God began revealing himself to her. And in the midst of her exploitation, she found the hope she needed to survive.

After a federal raid, Rebecca escaped. Her life was forever changed as she felt the embrace of her heavenly Father guiding her to healing and wholeness. Rebecca soon began to use her own experiences to change the lives of others as she went back into the darkest places she had known--assisting FBI, VICE, and law enforcement across the country in some of their most difficult cases.

Through Rebecca's incredible story of redemption, we remember that our past does not have to determine our destiny.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780310356868
Publisher: HarperCollins Christian Publishing
Publication date: 08/22/2023
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 284
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Relentless in her mission to help others find their purpose, Rebecca Bender is CEO of the Rebecca Bender Initiative and founder of Elevate Academy, the largest online school for survivors of human trafficking in the world.

Internationally recognized as a subject matter expert in human trafficking, Rebecca has trained well over 100,000 professionals including FBI, Homeland Security, undercover officers, medical professionals, and more. She has testified at multiple trials and was appointed by the United States Dept. of HHS to the U.S. National Advisory Council.

An award-winning thought leader, social activist, author, and consultant, she educates on many human trafficking-related topics and advises some of our nation’s leading nonprofits. Rebecca brings life lessons, humor, and expertise in working where faith and culture collide.

@ImRebeccaBender

Table of Contents

Author Note 11

Prologue 13

1 Vice Night 15

2 The Romeo Effect 30

3 The Slammer 45

4 No Easy Exits 61

5 Home from Jail 72

6 Rock Bottom 79

7 Delivered 87

8 Choosing Up 100

9 Wife-in-Laws 117

10 Sundown to Sunup 133

11 A Home Divided 146

12 The Whale 161

13 Black and Blue 180

14 Prodigal Daughter 198

15 We Shall Overcome 210

16 Learning Curve 229

17 The Expert 244

Human Trafficking Lingo 257

Acknowledgments 261

Appendix 1 Red Flags: Are You or is Someone You Know Dating a Trafficker? 267

Appendix 2 The Power of Coercion 271

About the Benders 279

Notes 281

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