Throughout the five years the World Race has been around, we’ve become aware of the injustice of human trafficking. This year, for the first time, we’re sending a squad of World Race missionaries focused specifically on human trafficking.
Jason Mendenhall is one of the men participating on this project. He’s been asked why he’s involved with human trafficking, when 80% of the 27 million in bondage are women. Here are just a few of the reasons God showed Jason:
- I think all a man has to do is think about his wife, or his daughter, or his niece being trafficked and that should be enough to want to get involved, to end the atrocity. I don’t have any of these of these, but all I have to do is imagine it, and it’s enough to make me want to get involved.
- 20% of 27 million is still 5.4 million people — a huge and significant number of males being affected. Also, when we decide support of an issue is important, based on how many people are affected by it, we reduce that person to a statistic and not as a human being…
- For some girls, the only, and I mean the only, idea they have of a man is one who is a rapist, an abuser, and an exploiter. This is how they come to view all men. We have to be godly examples of men for these women, showing them, we are capable of love, and respect, if we ever hope for them to trust in Christ.
Matt Snyder, a World Race alumnus, is returning to the field with this focus:
It’s the johns [men who solicit prostitutes]. I believe that there is a supply-and-demand issue engrained in all of this. If there wasn’t a demand for sex in brothels, hotels, online, and in back alleyways, then I think that the supply would significantly decrease.So I want to tackle the demand…But all of these men have a piece on the inside of them that’s broken. They’re crying out for help and don’t even realize it…Some of these johns are out… of… control. And I want to approach them and see them step into freedom. Crazy? Maybe.Still others are already broken and are looking for healing in all of the wrong places. Their lives might be in shambles back home and they need a conversation, they need some prayer, or they might just need someone to talk to…I want to approach them and see them step into freedom.
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These men and women will spend four months in Cambodia, Thailand, India and the United States. They begin their fight this Saturday. Catch their vision as your read their stories. Join the fight by praying and giving.
