Hope Shifts

It's the morning of July 4th and our crew is packing for their trip home in just a few hours. As they arrive into Dayton, they are looking forward to hopefully seeing fireworks from the window of the plane. All over our country, cities will be letting off fireworks to celebrate and commemorate our freedom.

We met with a group commissioned by the US Dept. of Justice to study and rescue trafficked people in San Diego and Tijuana. They are the REAL deal. I'll write more later on that but the one thing that hits me regarding this is that they told me that the 4th of July (and any other big celebration or event) increases in huge numbers the amount of people being trafficked for sex. Apparently fireworks aren't the only way that we like to celebrate.

So as we celebrate the bloodshed that was spilt for us to be free, may we be reminded that more blood is being spilled still today in an act of power and untimate degredation. May we pray for God to change His world and avail ourselves to serve Him in that change.