“…I mean, you could help feed hungry people or care for orphans or treat
people medically. You could rebuild homes or pass out Bibles or do VBS
for kids… you have so many other options! Why sex trafficking?”
I am glad you asked. 🙂
The easiest answer would be that God gave me a heart for it and I don’t really know why, though I am sure I will find out.
The tougher, more emotional answer? The huge-heart-but-little-brain answer? I am going to fight until death against sex trafficking for every young man and woman who hopes for the best, only to be sold to a brothel and raped multiple times every day. For every child that should be playing with dolls or race cars, who is forced to have sex with orperform sexual acts on a man or woman who is four times their size. For every person who was looking to work hard and get ahead in life,
yet who, one way or another, was forced to work as a prostitute and
remains one of the least. For the beautiful little girl who should have
a bright future, when all she has to look forward to is a break between
active nights. For those who thought there was no other way to make
ends meet. For every teenager with high hopes and noble dreams, even
though they are now being raped and beaten repeatedly with no end in
sight. For all of those who have been imprisoned for prostitution, even though they were kidnapped, raped and tortured until they agreed to do it, and intimidated and threatened if they didn’t stay in it. For the five year old baby girls who were sold as virgins to
men who believed that the girls could take away their STD; to these same
girls who were beaten and left to die when they couldn’t. For every young girl who just wanted to be beautiful, posing for pornographic pictures in
hopes of someone seeing her worth. For the young women who take money
for sexual acts in high school bathrooms.
For the young men who must work for their families, when giving your body to much older andbigger men seems to be all there is. For the young men and women who
are forced to dance and strip and perform the night away, that are
still hoping the pain and humiliation really might go away. And
for the men and women who have escaped the sex industry, but are still
scarred and afraid of the damage that the world can do to your soul.
For Olenka, who”went with between eight and fifteen men a night.” She “did not want to
have sex with any of them. If I did not do as I was told, my owner said
I would be beaten to death. This man was cruel and vicious. You did not
cross him.” Olenka was 19 years old and was raped more than 1800 times. Each man paid her owner $50. On one evening she was
passed around to a dozen soldiers. The men were rambunctious,
celebrating a birthday in the bar… she was the birthday present… for the
entire platoon. The worst part? Whatever these men (who were United Nations Peacekeepers) wanted, she was forced to
give. “The entire time, I must smile and make them believe I am enjoying
this humiliation… these men were animals. They cared nothing that I was
there as a prisoner. They simply wanted sex.”
– Olenka, 19-year-old Ukrainian, The Natashas (pages 158-159)
And for all the rest.
They
are the reason I am dedicating myself to this cause. Do I need any
more reason than that? Christ didn’t need another reason to be
pulverized by glass-tipped whips and thick, dull nails… He just loved
us. Jesus Christ allowed thorns to tear the skin from his face, so I
can allow Him to be in control of my life.
are the reason I am dedicating myself to this cause. Do I need any
more reason than that? Christ didn’t need another reason to be
pulverized by glass-tipped whips and thick, dull nails… He just loved
us. Jesus Christ allowed thorns to tear the skin from his face, so I
can allow Him to be in control of my life.
Lord, thank you for who you are. Thank you that you care for your people,
though we are all of the world. Thank you for your Son. God, I pray
for your eyes and for your heart, that I would see the world how you
see it and feel for the world the way you do, God. Help me to not be
afraid of my emotions, since they come from you. Help me express who
you are, both now and when I am overseas. I thank you for deliverance
for your people, God, and I thank you that my team and I get an
opportunity to be your vengeance, Father. And God, I pray that, not
only would we see the victims as your people who need your love and
deliverance, but that we would see those who hold them captive that
way, as well. After all, we are no better than them. Tear off our
pride, Lord. Thank you for letting us have a part in your work. I
love you, Lord. Thank you again for this opportunity. In Jesus’ name,
amen.
though we are all of the world. Thank you for your Son. God, I pray
for your eyes and for your heart, that I would see the world how you
see it and feel for the world the way you do, God. Help me to not be
afraid of my emotions, since they come from you. Help me express who
you are, both now and when I am overseas. I thank you for deliverance
for your people, God, and I thank you that my team and I get an
opportunity to be your vengeance, Father. And God, I pray that, not
only would we see the victims as your people who need your love and
deliverance, but that we would see those who hold them captive that
way, as well. After all, we are no better than them. Tear off our
pride, Lord. Thank you for letting us have a part in your work. I
love you, Lord. Thank you again for this opportunity. In Jesus’ name,
amen.
