One Square Foot at a Time.

In January of this year, Mercy Gate purchased a one-acre property in West Kerr County to serve as a transitional home for survivors in our nonresidential program and those who have graduated from our residential program. Plans are to develop the house into a 4166, two-story, five-bedroom, four-and- a-half-bathroom home with two living areas, a large dining room and kitchen, two laundry rooms, and an expansive front porch. Once completed, it will house up to twelve women survivors.

Named the Arukah Home, the Hebrew word meaning "to heal, to restore, to rebuild", it will reflect Mercy Gate Ministries' commitment to what God is calling us to do - to help these women continue to heal from lives lost to sex trafficking, sexual exploitation, and sexual abuse and restore them to the shining lights God created them to be.

Goals of the Home:

• Provide a safety-net for survivors recovering from sex trafficking and sexual exploitation by providing a safe, subsidized, and beautiful home they can afford and enhancing their efforts to gain financial independence and freedom.
• Enhance our continuum of care component that will expand the ability for Mercy Gate to provide a safe shelter for more women and to serve them for a longer period of their recovery journey. The completion of this transitional home will bring Mercy Gate one step closer to our long-term goal of providing comprehensive services, support, and facilities for not only survivors but also for their families.
• Reduce barriers that survivors face recovering from sexual trauma by providing the environment to make their own choices, build self-confidence, overcome their fears of living on their own, practice beneficial life skills, and establish healthy relationships with other adults. These are opportunities many of our survivors were denied by their exploiters.

We have been blessed with fervent community support for the Aukah Home. Mercy Gate Ministries has already secured the necessary funding for the purchase of the property, site clearing and grading, utility infrastructure repairs, and the foundation pour for the home.

Now we need your help to build the home...one square foot at a time.