I Didn’t Think I Could Make a Difference {The Exodus Road}

Just over a year ago I found out about The Exodus Road for the first time.  I was sitting in a waiting room catching up on blogs when I came across this organization making a difference in the lives of children and others caught in sex slavery. The issue of human trafficking was one God…

“What Makes Someone Valuable?” {The Exodus Road}

“If we have hands like God and arms like Christ We’d reach far we’d take each scar And we’d never measure the length We’d never hesitate We’d never take the time to just think about it and wait We’d stretch so far we’d have stretch marks of faith ... Some people don’t even know there…

Don’t Watch This Video… {The Exodus Road}

I've seen this video a few times, along with many others like it. It still breaks my heart every time. It's statistic like those shared in it that make me want to run the other direction and plead ignorance. But I can't. I want to cry out, "God, why don't you do something." But I…

Sex Trade 101 – WNY Statistics {The Exodus Road}

A couple weeks ago I posted some statistics about sex trafficking in the United States.  Now it's time to get a little more personal about Western New York.  It's easy to believe that people, especially teenagers and children, are trafficked and forced into prostitution in far away places like India or China.  It's much more…

Sex Trade 101 – Part 1 {The Exodus Road}

While I have been quiet for a while on the blog front on the topic of human trafficking, the passion to free and rescue the enslaved has not diminished at all.  For the next few weeks each Monday you'll find a simple post here on the blog called "Sex Trade 101" reminding us of some…

#RescueIsHERE!

This picture gives me goosebumps: These 100+ girls and young women (including approximately 30 minors) were rescued today from a brothel in India.  This raid was funded by The Exodus Road, an organization I blog for in support of their efforts to do just this: rescue those caught in human trafficking around the world.  This…

Hope {Anna’s Story – Part 3 – Rescue is Coming}

Anna's story continues today with the beginning stages of her rescue. This part of her story (and the part we'll read next week) is based off of two other documented rescues from organizations who work to save those trapped in human trafficking (Sarah's story and Minati's Story). Because I'm writing from Anna's perspective AND because…

RESCUE! {I Blog For Rescue}

This Monday we're taking a break from Anna's Story for a week, because I thought it was important instead to rejoice in this message that was posted today by one of The Exodus Road's partners: "Rescued a 12 yr old virgin girl. Her own sister was trying to sell her virginity. She was going to…

Anna’s Story: Part Two – Slavery – Laos

We've already journeyed with Anna through the process of being trafficked and today we venture deeper into part 2 of Anna's story which involves her actual slavery. As you can tell from previous posts, I've chosen to write this story from the perspective of someone who knows Jesus. I did this for many reasons including…

Could You Love Me Still? {Anna’s Story Continued}

When we last left off in Anna's story, she was beginning to realize that something wasn't quite right. As I share this week on behalf of the "Anna's" in the world, I am filled with sadness. At the same time I am filled with praise for our Protector God whose heart is one filled with…