她以為... She thought...

她以為自己是去追夢，卻被賣了。

年幼的阿茱，有人告訴她，可以到台北的一間髮廊當學徒學美髮。然而，當她抵達後，所面對的事卻是沒有人應該經歷的！那裡竟然是一間妓院。而把她賣掉的，正是欠別人一屁股賭債的親生父親。

數十年過去，她活在一個被人擺佈又黑暗的人生裡。那是一段無法為自己發聲、只能隱忍求生的歲月。然而，即使在那樣的光景，她並沒有被忽略。

在她離世前，她做了一個夢。夢中，耶穌向她顯現，沒有距離感的那種，親近的如同一個慈父傾聽女兒的呼喊。

阿茱說：「過去的事，我不想再提；一提起來，我就會流下傷心的眼淚。但，我找到了我的天父……」一位接納她、傾聽她的父，並帶給她無人能奪走的自由。

即使在無盡的苦難之中，她仍然被尋見了。

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She thought she was going to chase a dream. Instead, she was sold.

As a young girl, Jade was promised an apprenticeship at a hair salon in Taipei, but when she arrived, the truth unfolded in a way no one should ever have to face: it was a brothel. Her own father had sold her to repay his gambling debts.

Decades passed in a life she did not choose. A life where her voice was taken, her story buried beneath survival. And yet, even there, she was not unseen.

Before she died, she had a dream in which Jesus came to her not as a distant figure, but as One who drew near like a gentle Father listening to His daughter’s cry.

“If I talk about my story, the tears will fall.
However, I found my Heavenly Father…” a Father who received her, listened to her, and brought a freedom that no one could take.

Even in the deepest place of suffering, she was still found.