If you have ever been blessed to read author Francine Rivers, you will be aware of or have read Redeeming Love. The heartwrenching book tells the story of a young girl who is sold into the sex industry as a young girl and who is later redeemed by a strong man of God. The story is a parallel for the young women today who are being sold into the sex trade at a very, very young age.
As Brandon and I watched MSNBC cover how many Americans travel to Guam, Cambodia, and other third world countries to engage in affairs with girls as young as five years old, it literally broke our hearts. All I wanted to do was to throw up as I watched little boys not even ten-years old bring the reporters through their shacks to visit "small, small girls." In the end of the report, they were able to free many of the girls, but still this illegal trade goes on around the world. The girls were lost, afraid and crying for their mothers. One girl said, "after my mom died..." because she was an orphan and had no home, no mother, no one to look after her.
Currently, it is illegal for Americans to even "engage" in these activities, but enforcement is tough.
For more information, please visit International Justice Mission, an American-based humanitarian organization at http://www.ijm.org/gpg. This organization is a Christian organization that received a million dollar grant from the Bush Administration to help end the illegal sex trade around the world.
As Christans and Americans, we have such a great opportunity to be a witness to other countries around the world. Please visit this Website and show your support. There is a prayer conference mid-April that would really appreciate your prayers.
As a mother of a young girl, we really are responsible for other young girls all around the world.
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Thanks for this post! Thought you might want to check out www.ijm.org/presscenter -- in the Press Highlights, the first video is an update from the Cambodia case. The clip from Dateline gives a recap, but then moves into convictions of pedophile/sex tourists that have occurred in the past couple of years since this case began. There is also a PDF on the right side bar giving further details on recent developments. Thanks for using your blog to help others know about these issues!
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