Missions Monday - Angel House

It's time for Missions Monday.

Every Monday I will introduce you to some great charities that you can get involved in. When I say get involved, I mean you can donate your money, time, and/or pray for these organizations who are doing amazing things to help people.

Today I would like to introduce you to
Angel House

From the website:

India is the 2nd most populous nation in the world with 1.2 billion people, following behind China. Research shows that by the year 2020, India will take the number one spot. Of these precious people, there are an estimated 25 million orphans roaming the streets. That's 25 million children waiting to be rescued, and it is our mission to do so.

We believe every one of these Indian orphans deserves a true childhood. In India, children that are left abandoned on the streets most likely end up in 1 of 3 places: trapped in force child labor, begging on the streets, or sold into sex slavery. Chances are that once these children are subjected to one of these lifestyles, they rarely find their way out. At Angel House, we feel an urgency to passionately pursue this rescue and to save the children before it is too late and act as a preventative measure.

It is the passion of Angel House to bring abandoned children from the slum to safety and into the loving arms of caretakers that will educate, love and raise them to become future leaders in their generation.

You can learn more about this organization

and how you can get involved by visiting their website here:

Angel House - Website

You can connect with them on Facebook here:

Angel House - Facebook

and follow them on Twitter here:

Angel House - Twitter

when "they" became "we"

In the process of writing my weekly series Missions Monday, I have spoken to many organizations doing good in the world today. I have heard their hearts on what they do and all that God is doing in them and through them along the way. 

I love being able to share that with others each week.

Something was different when I was first contacted by The Exodus Road. 

They had sent a personal invitation to join the team.

I watched Matt and Laura share their hearts in this video.

I knew I wanted to be a part of what they were doing and I said "yes." 

Everything changed in that one moment when "they" became "we."

What inspires me about this group of people that I have joined in the fight against human trafficking and child slavery is that we are all of one mind, heart, and purpose.

From Matt and Laura who lead the way to the undercover investigators on the front lines to those of us that share the stories of hope like Sarah's, 

we are all abolitionists who have an important part to play in the rescue.

I am so very blessed to be part of The Exodus Road team. 

Would you like to join us in the fight for freedom?

You can learn more about our organization

and how you can get involved by visiting our website here:

The Exodus Road - Website.

You can connect with us on Facebook here:

The Exodus Road - Facebook

and follow us on Twitter here:

The Exodus Road - Twitter.

My friend Holley Gerth invited me to join a group of dreamers that she affectionately calls her God Sized Dream Team. What a blessing to be part of this group. 

We will be gathering each week on Tuesdays at Holley's to encourage each other to dream those God sized dreams.

Won't you join us?

What is your God-sized dream?

Holley had written a love letter to dreamers. Her book You're Made for a God-Sized Dream is full of words of encouragement and will speak to your heart.

Blessings,

Today, We've Disappeared

Fasting for Freedom

Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: 

to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, 

to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? 

Isaiah 58:6

Today I am beginning a week long time of fasting and praying for those 

in the bondage of slavery and those working so hard to help free them.

As part of The Exodus Road team, I have listened to the stories 

and viewed the pictures that make me weep.

Stories like Sarah's and the pictures of children.

They have become more than statistics for me.

My heart is broken for them.

Each one is mine to lift up to Him.

Will you join me in praying for their freedom?

You can learn more about The Exodus Road 

and how you can get involved by visiting our website here:

The Exodus Road

You can connect with us on Facebook here:

The Exodus Road - Facebook

and follow us on Twitter here:

The Exodus Road - Twitter.

Blessings,

Missions Monday - The Exodus Road

Today I am going to be doing something a little different for Missions Monday. Usually I share about various organizations that you and your family can get involved in. Today I want to tell you about an organization that I am involved in and ask you to join me.

Today I want to introduce you to

The Exodus Road.

From the website:

"The Exodus Road exists to empower the rescue of victims of sexual slavery. Operating primarily in Southeast Asia, we believe that a major component of fighting human trafficking and child slavery lies in working with local law enforcement to find situations of trafficking and to then assist in the rescue of victims and the prosecution of criminals. By decreasing the profitability of the trafficking industry for the criminal, we will eventually slow the mechanisms that make the exploitation of women and children so lucrative."

I would like to say that it was the statistics of human trafficking that prompted me to get involved with The Exodus Road.

These statistics are staggering. Overwhelming. And not wholly what led me 
to be a part of what The Exodus Road is doing to fight trafficking.

It was pictures like this one.

And this one.

It was the faces of those who are trafficked that broke my heart.

It was Sarah's story and her rescue from slavery 

that broke my heart even more.

Then I heard Matt and Laura Parker share the story of how 

The Exodus Road began in this video.

I am so very blessed to be part of The Exodus Road team and am looking forward to sharing the stories of all those we are fighting hard to rescue through an incredibly heroic team of investigators and even more so the stories of those who have been rescued.

Will you join me taking this journey on The Exodus Road?

You can learn more about this organization

and how you can get involved by visiting their website here:

The Exodus Road - Website.

You can connect with them on Facebook here:

The Exodus Road - Facebook

and follow them on Twitter here:

The Exodus Road - Twitter.

What is the A21 Campaign?

Today I would like to introduce you to the A21 Campaign.

As stated on their website,

"The A21 Campaign is comprised of individuals, organizations, government officials, and people like you who are committed to abolishing injustice in the 21st century. Our goal is to raise awareness, take legal action where appropriate, and offer rehabilitation services to rescued victims of human trafficking in order to fight this injustice from a comprehensive approach. Additionally, we want to branch out to address this issue from a preventative standpoint, aiming to cripple the human trafficking trade so there are fewer victims that need to be rescued."

Statistics

•Trafficking in women is the second largest global organized crime today, generating approximately US$12 billion a year.

•There are 1.39 million victims of commercial sexual servitude worldwide.

•Tragically, only 1-2 percent of victims are rescued, and only 1 in 100,000 Europeans involved in trafficking are convicted.

There are many ways that you can get involved. In fact the A21 website lists out 21 ways you can help on their website here:

A21 Campaign - 21 Ways to Help

Key2Free

October 18th is Anti-Slavery Day.
Wear a KEY necklace, and get EVERYONE in
your sphere of influence to wear one as well.

Why should you and your friends wear a KEY necklace?

It is a symbol for FREEDOM.

By wearing a KEY necklace, you will have the opportunity tell people about HUMAN TRAFFICKING and then they will tell people, and they will tell people, and so on…

Find out more about Key2Free here:

What is Key2Free?

You can also connect with A21 on Facebook:

The A21 Campaign - Facebook

You can follow A21 on Twitter:

The A21 Campaign - Twitter