Abolish This!!!!!!!!!

I'm not usually one to ask people to support and sponsor me in these kinds of things...Mostly because, I confess, it seems like there's a sponsored walk for so many things it's hard to know what to support.


But since joining the Cincinnati chapter of Love146, I have become very interested in helping to raise awareness of the Child Sex Trade that is rampant in this world...


Right in our backyards....Right here in Cincinnati, Ohio.


So....I am walking through the month of September to help an organization called Stop Child Trafficking Now. I will walk as many miles as I can between September 1st and September 30th.


I was drawn to this effort because they are using the money raised to fund a 'demand side' approach to battling the child sex trade - 


That means helping to get the buyers/predators convicted and off the streets!


If you feel led - please help us help these kids...


Click Here for Details. 


If you want to offer prayer, I consider that as powerful as any monetary donation.


I believe prayer reaches the children tangibly wherever they are at this moment. 


A prayer for courage could give a little girl or boy the energy to hang in there another day.


A prayer of protection could cover the agents and agencies working to free these girls and boys from their hell. 


A Prayer for wisdom could lead individuals and organizations to more ways to help end this industry.


A Prayer for compassion could stop a perpetrator in his tracks - leading to an invasion of his darkness with The light that could save both him and the children he intended to hurt.


Thank you for reading this - God Bless....

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