PowerPod
Welcome to the iWork4Him PowerPod, a 15-minute audio highlight reel featuring our heaviest-hitting segments from each longer radio show.
iWork4Him PowerPod hosts Jim & Martha Brangenberg ask workplace leaders hard questions to discover how people are living out their faith at work. Each 15-minute episode highlights testimonies, authors, ministries, and resources to enable Christians in their work and help them recognize that their workplace IS their mission field.
These episodes are now being re-released on the iWork4Him Podcast!
143. Hair and Haiti
What do hair and Haiti have in common? A lot, apparently, if you’re a woman of God who loves both. Today, Mollie Yoder of the Pocket Testament League introduces us to Salem Hicks, an entrepreneur and hair stylist that heard God’s voice call her to Haiti to birth a unique ministry for at risk women!
Salem Hicks was doing hair in the film industry when she began hearing God’s voice calling her to a 1-week mission trip to Nicaragua. That 1-week trip turned into an internship in Haiti where Salem was asked to help lead a team into a brothel to minister to the women there. In the brothel, she shared her story and as she prayed, felt the Holy Spirit say, “this is what I made you for Salem.” God gave her a vision – to start an education and support center for women at risk of abuse and prostitution in Haiti.
Salem lived in Haiti for 3-4 years running her God-given ministry until she was evacuated out in 2018 amidst political unrest. According to Salem, God had to remove her from the situation she was in so that she could see what He was doing. Now, through the powerful work of the Holy Spirit, the ministry she started is self-sustaining and Haitian run!
Salem currently runs Bloom Studio in Lynchburg, Virginia. Her hair salon funds Salem’s travel to Haiti and profits go towards ministry expenses. God uses Bloom Studio as a safe space for women to be poured into not just physically but also spiritually and emotionally. Featured Guest: Salem Hicks & Mollie Yoder
Workplace / Ministry: BLOOM Studio, LLC - The Pocket Testament League