WE are ABLE to Fight for Justice

A woman at my church felt called to get a group together to help stop the sex-trafficking that goes on heavily in the world. In January, this lady met with my college group (Engage Ministry) to tell us about how we could help. What we didn't all know was that sex trafficking IS in America... it has no limit and it's everywhere. We were told that during the Super Bowl every year, pimps bring their sex slaves to that city for entertainment purposes. This woman found an organization (i'm keeping the name private) that has found a successful way to rescue these abducted girls (and boys). The founder of this non-profit organization was actually taken from Michigan. When she was rescued she knew she needed to stop this madness.

Every year, this group buys several boxes of soaps. Then, they print stickers with their sex-trafficking help hotline phone number, and they put the stickers on the soap packaging. Since these poor girls are always needing to look their best, when they leave hotels they take all the soaps with them.



The company then calls all the hotels in the city or near the city that hosts the Super Bowl every year to tell them about their organization. The hotels that agree to accept this company's soap not only gets FREE soap for a few weeks, but they also choose to fight for justice.

On January 29th, I met with a group of volunteers who were willing to help. Speakers from this anti-sex trafficking organization trained us and equipped us to help out. They had us pasting stickers on soap for an hour, and then they sent us off to specified hotels in Indianapolis.

My group had 5 people: Megan, Mark, Trey, Carlos, and I. We were given only 2 hotels, and they had not agreed to take soap, so we were pretty nervous. Before getting out of the car my group would pray for the hotel, the workers, for our presentation, and for the customers. Then, three people would go in one to talk, one to handle the pamphlets, and the other to take notes. One hand out was a booklet of local missing people (Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, Illinois, Kentucky). The other paper had instructions for how to react if a hotel recognizes a girl.

The first hotel we arrived at had absolutely no interest in helping. It was kind of sad, and in my opinion, we could not do much more than be kind to the manager and leave her be.

The second hotel that we went to did not have their manager present, so they could not officially agree to put out our soaps. However, they took a box of five hundred bars just in case their manager was up for it. One guy at that hotel really stuck out to me. I could tell that he really, truly cared for this cause and wanted to get involved. This guy's attitude really touched me, and it was particularly relieving after experiencing the other hotel's manager. The other guy next to him was more reserved and professional.

At the end of our trip I have to admit that it was some what disappointing. It was not fun to be a part of something big, and have no idea if my group really did anything at all to help besides pray. However, we did plant seeds. I tried to keep positive about it and to be grateful for the experience. I knew that whatever happens is in God's hands and that I just needed to continue to trust Him and not doubt Him.

Well, I was ecstatic to hear a month later that the soaps in Indianapolis hotel ended up rescuing
14 girls!!!!!!! I am so excited. I don't know if any other groups besides Engage went out to deliver soaps, but the feeling of being a part of something great and fighting for justice is absolutely irreplaceable. Fighting for justice is becoming my passion.

Here's one of the news reports I could find regarding this issue.

And now, as Invisible Children's cause gets BIG. As the war criminal Joseph Kony becomes famous.. I encourage all of you who have a heart for this issue to GET INVOLVED! Spread the word, go to Cover the Night events, donate money, PRAY, and do whatever you can to help. God can use you in ways that you can't imagine. Please, just.. LET HIM. Trust Him and let Him use you. You will not be disappointed.

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