*Liberty: The state or condition of people who are able to act and speak freely. Freedom from arbitrary or despotic control.
*Justice: Just behavior or treatment.
Liberty and Justice are powerful words, until I started working with Magdalene Hope and had my eyes opened to the Sex Trafficking world, I took them for granted. They were just part of a phrase I mumbled at the end of our flag pledge. When I take those words and use them in the context of women being bought and sold, it's a new revelation. There is nothing liberal or just about the way these women, children and even sometimes men, are being treated. A little over one week ago today, crowds gathered at the Liberty Bell in Bakersfield to acknowledge Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Speeches were given, proclamations were stated and prayer was abundant. This meeting of officials, public leaders, safety officers and regular citizens was another monumental step forward in Kern County's fight against prostitution and sex trafficking. We here at Magdalene Hope would personally like to thank all our friends and family who could make it out to show support. Friday was not only the day of the rally, but that night was a regularly scheduled streetreach for our ministry, and let me tell you, your prayers during the day were powerful! We split up into two teams to hit the streets and were immediately shocked to find hardly one girl in sight! Car one was ministering to the girls who are out walking and car two stopped at all the motels. As someone who was personally in car one, let me say that we drove up and down union almost three times before being able to hand out a gift bag. God wanted to reveal himself in a big way that night by affirming to everyone that our prayers were making a difference! Yes, we love being able to minster to and pray with as many girls as possible. But, on those rare nights when we pass out only a few bags, it's a reminder that less girls on the street hopefully means they are somewhere safe not "working". That night, we handed out six bags and almost all of the girls asked for prayer!
John 1:5 "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not
overcome it."
~Our blog has been stagnate for awhile but we are back in full swing now, and hoping to keep all are friends and social media followers completely updated with what's going on at the ministry.~
John 1:5 "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not
overcome it."
~Our blog has been stagnate for awhile but we are back in full swing now, and hoping to keep all are friends and social media followers completely updated with what's going on at the ministry.~
