I still need your help...

Once again it's been a while since I have written.. I am still training... still raising dollars. I wrote a few weeks ago that I would have a nifty entry explaining why this fundraiser was so crucial to participate in. I've really been thinking about the right sales pitch... I think that's where I have been going wrong. There is no "selling" this, rather its helping people understand. Once you understand the reality of human trafficking and its presence in communities worldwide you can't get away from it... At least I can't. I don't think anyone who truly respects human life and the inherent right to freedom could not be deeply troubled by the stories of young boys and girls being bought, sold, raped, exploited and eventually killed. This isn't a political or religious issue...it's a human issue.

Unfortunately, human trafficking is a foreign concept to most people. Sordid novels of undercover Russian spies finding themselves caught up in a ring of trafficked girls from the fallen Soviet Union into coastal European countries is hardly an education or a realistic look into the global issue of human trafficking. The novel will probably concentrate more on the Russian spy's good looks, charm, and his chemistry with a tall, blue eyed "sexy" sex-slave. He will most definitely whisk her away to his chateau tucked behind the Caucasus Mountains and we will close the book at the end of the story high on fictional romance... The atrocious plight of woman and children who are bought and sold for exploitation will be, once again, misrepresented.

Reality is this..

1.) There are more than 30 million slaves in the world today. More than at the height of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.

2.) MOST human trafficking stories DO NOT have a happy ending. Rarely is there a debonair spy or philanthropist dripping in money waiting on the sidelines ready to poor his money into rehabilitation for trafficked women and children - this is Hollywood people! (...turn off The Hills it is rotting your mind and blurring Botox from reality!) There are no romantic endings. Its takes action and prayer for any of these enslaved individuals to find freedom, from there is it a long process of rehabilitation - both physical and emotional.

3.) There is something we can all do.

I, just like you, feel pretty helpless. I have more immediate needs that call my attention like my kids who are partial to being bathed and fed, my boss who expects work to be accomplished, and my bills that have really annoying bill collectors if their payments aren't sorted and paid on time...yahta, yahta, yahta... we all have a story. I sometimes fall victim to the daily "to-do" list - something that we all are guilty of. This fundraiser is an opportunity to donate a few bucks and help someone who really needs it. Donate by clicking here: https://nfs.webconnex.com/giving/free2playdonationpage

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