Hey everyone! I am back from training camp and have so much to say. It was super intense!!! I want to start by sharing some statistics that literally changed my life. This is it, this is why I am doing this. This is what makes it all worth it. I cannot stand idly by and not fight for these people. They are children of God, made in His image, with His DNA. They deserve to have someone fight for them, fight for their souls, their freedom, and justice. They no longer are just a statistic to me. God allowed me to feel how they feel as well as how He feels about them this past week. I felt like my heart was breaking into a million pieces as these words penetrated every fiber of my being. What a responsibility and burden i have now. The good news is that He doesn't want this and neither do I. My life is now dedicated to seeing these people set free from oppression, bondage, sex slavery, disease, and poverty. My prayer is that we as American's will open up our eyes, stop turning a deaf ear to the things going on all over the world, and start doing something about it. We cannot ignore and pretend anymore. It's time to rise up and go to war. Our comforts and conveniences need to become a thing of the past. After all, it's not about us, it's ALL about HIM. Imagine what we could accomplish for the kingdom if we all catch this vision. Please pray about what part you can take in making heaven invade earth!
Refugees
"In 2009, there were 15.2 million refugees around the world"
"In 2009, there were an estimated 27.1 million people displaced internally by conflict"
"An asylum seeker is a person who is seeking to be recognized as a refugee, but has not yet received formal refugee status. During 2008, a total of 839,000 individual applications for asylum or refugee status were submitted to governments and UNHCR offices in 154 countries. The highest numbers of new asylum claims in 2008 were filed by Zimbabweans, with 118,500 new claims. Large numbers of asylum seekers also originated from Eritrea, Somalia, Iraq, and DR Congo."
Human Trafficking
"27 million- Number of people in modern-day slavery across the world."
"800,000- Number of people trafficked across international borders every year"
"161- Countries identified as affected by human trafficking"
"32 Billion- total yearly profits generated by the human trafficking industry"
Aids
"Infectious deseases continue to blight the lives of the poor across the world. An estimated 40 million people are living with hiv/aids, with 3 million deaths in 2004."
"15 million children are orphaned due to hiv/aids (similar to the total children population in Germany or UK"
Poverty
"Almost half of the world-over three billion people- live on less than $2.50 a day."
According to UNICEF, 22,000 children die each day due to poverty."
