Modern day slavery is one of the many things that people don’t know exist. They close their eyes and look past the hurt. Yet it is surrounding us. It is in the United States….a country that is notorious for it’s freedom and rights. People are being sold, like their retail in a store. It kills my heart and makes me weep to think of. God did not make us to be sold to others for degrading acts. He didn’t create us for the absolute pain and silence that they experience. They have no voice, no rights, no life except what they are told to do.
God called me to this particular mission because I have tremendous amounts of compassion for the suffering. These people are suffering, painfully suffering. This mission will not only strengthen my heart, but it will also open my eyes. I have only scratched the surface of this terrible epidemic. Being in the heart of it will break me and God will use that to build me up in Him and to open my eyes to the pain in this world.
I am a recently saved Christian still. It has been about a year and half, but ever since I accepted Jesus and found God I have had missions in mind. So ever since last summer I have been looking. I found the World Race the first time I ever searched for missions and I was in awe. I thought that would be so awesome. I wasn’t 21 yet when I found it so I kind of forgot about it. The awesome way God works though is that I told bunches of people about the Race and one of my close friends remembered it when God called her to do a mission. She applied to the Race, got accepted, and left on the September 2010 team. God placed a mission on my heart again this summer and I searched, and I prayed, and I consulted and talked to trusted people. I got scared, and fearful, and didn’t want to sign up for one. Then I found the Human Trafficking mission. It hit a chord and God was pretty much like ‘Ok Ashley, go for it.’ And with the support of some friends and the knowledge that God wanted this for me I applied and am now in the process of raising financial support and preparing to leave.
I just want to serve my God and help the lost and broken. I want to be a shinning star in this dark world to the love of God.
