The First Five: What Tiny Lives Taught Me About Hope, Love, and Going Where Nobody Goes

by Sarah Bowling

Sarah Bowling answered a call. That call would break her heart and, at the same time, offer hope and healing to babies and toddlers in the worst possible situations. Determined to find a way to offer a refuge of safety during the night for little ones (age 0–5) while their mothers work in the sex industry, a ministry was born. In The First Five, discover a gripping, real-world journey into a raw and firsthand account of what it means to reach out with hope to the most vulnerable among us—babies and toddlers whose mothers are sex workers. For them, the stakes couldn’t be higher. From war zones and refugee camps to brothels and rural villages, this is the story of the development of three life-saving Malnutrition support, NightCare for babies and toddlers of sex workers, and BirthAid for mothers facing delivery without medical care. Blending faith, courage, and global insight, discover how even in the darkest places, faith, hope, and love can rewrite a little one’s future.

224 pages, Paperback

Published October 1, 2026