Tomorrow I fly across the ocean to Moldova to visit my sweet missionary friends and do life with them for about 10 days. They work at a Freedom Home for girls and women who have been trafficked into sex slavery and have escaped with nowhere to go. Oftentimes they are disowned or sold by their own families or someone close to them from their village, so they cannot go home. How tragic. I try to imagine myself in that situation and find it almost impossible to even think about. But these girls have gone through and deal with the unimaginable daily. And that's why my friends are in Moldova, ministering to these precious girls. Because the only real healing and restoration can come from Christ and Christ ALONE. Because without the beautiful Hope that comes from God, I don't know how anyone could make it after dreams and lives have been ripped to shreds, all for the sake of money and because man must have his pleasure. That might sound harsh, but it's the sad, brutal truth. I believe God will bring justice for what has happened to these girls and what is happening to so many -- MILLIONS -- across the globe. It breaks my heart and is so hard to comprehend that humans really still do this to each other. You'd think we'd have learned by now. But someone always takes advantage, don't they? When I think of these things, I am so grateful for the promise of Heaven, for a new body and no pain. How happy that day will be!
My friends are bringing hope and healing in the name of Jesus to the people of Moldova, and also educating them on the dangers of sex trafficking and how to combat/prevent it. Raising awareness. Moldova is such a poor country that most of the people need to look outside of it for work, so in a trafficker's mind, the people are ripe for the plucking. One life saved at a time. It's a slow process. But by raising awareness and bringing healing, there is hope. God is bigger.
I am just excited spend time with my friends and see what their life is like in Moldova. How they are getting used to a new culture and language. And I'm also really looking forward to some HUGE hugs when we meet at the airport. That moment will be awesome. It puts a huge grin on my face just thinking about it :).
I will try to blog/tweet/facebook about my travels as much as I am able, and will be taking plenty of pictures, which I'll share when I'm back home. Love you all, thanks for reading!
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