The place God calls you is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet.
-Buechner

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

National Human Trafficking Awareness Day

It's today.

I really appreciate what Jason posted via the HELP blog.

It's touching. It's tragic. It's so real. And it needs to end. I don't know how but it has to.

Here's an excerpt.

It’s a day that we can stand-up and say, “Enough already,” to this evil that exists in our world.

As I was processing what HELP is going to do as an organization; asking questions such as, “What is our mission?” trafficking was front and center. It’s hard to fathom, but it’s true, modern-day slavery is alive and well, thriving as an underground business model. I wanted to start an organization that would help fight this evil.

This is why we desire to rescue orphans, restore their hope and renew their community. Because orphans are some of the most vulnerable opportunities available to those who traffic.

If these kids are rescued from streets, fields, parks, and dumps, and are placed in a loving community, led by spiritual leaders, their chances of being trafficked are much less. This is how HELP fights trafficking.

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