The Pink Room follows the journey of Mien and other young girls in the turbulent world of sex slavery that at times seems unfathomable. Agape International Missions (AIM) is Christ's church fighting the ground war on sex trafficking in Cambodia.
Mien grew up in Svay Pak, just eleven kilometers outside the capitol city of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, a vast and vicious epicenter of child sex slavery. This is a country notoriously renowned for its devastating genocide under the reign of Pol Pot in the 1970′s. After burying over two million of their educated and religious citizens, the children of this horrific era are now the parents, sometimes resorting to selling their own children into sex slavery in order to survive in this extremely turbulent culture.
The Pink Room shows passionate determination in attacking the complex issue of human trafficking with an even more complex and diverse response of rescue, restoration, reintegration and prevention. This is the story of redemption, ordinary people who become unlikely heroes, Cambodians rising up with compassion to take back their country and a town’s process of rebuilding from the inside out. Mien gives hope in the midst of a blinding darkness.
In a world where it is estimated that there are over one million children held captive and sexually abused, this is the story of a flower that blooms in the heart of Cambodia.
After the screening of The Pink Room, you will hear how Lakeside Church is partnering with AIM - specifically through an upcoming marriage retreat for their missionaries. We are unleashing the church to go to Cambodia over Thanksgiving to care for the missionaries and their spouses, whose own relationships suffer under the weight of the unimaginable environment they serve within. They will be provided with tools to improve communcation, resolve conflict, and build trust in their marraiges - and be given the resources necessary to equip them as they continue their life-giving ministry.
In the lobby there will also be a boutique featuring items designed and created by 3Strands bracelets. 3Strands is a fashion brand attached to a cause. With the sale of every 3Strands handmade bracelet and gift box, money is raised to help empower, teach and employ young women who have been rescued from the evils of sex trafficking. Proceeds from the bracelets will go directly to the AIM team in Cambodia.
Come learn about the life-giving work of AIM, and how you can stand alongside AIM and Lakeside to directly impact the war on sex trafficking.
Subject matter suitable for mature audiences ages 14 and up.
