G.I. Kenya

 I cut my hair, that might not seem like a reason to post on a prayer blog BUT it is.Life sometimes will distract you from your mission.  In the last couple months I have been so self absorbed. Saturday I got a text message that changed my life and my utter self absorption.  The message only said: 

Slavery still exist. 

Deep Breathe.... Slavery still exist in 2011.  I was hoping that my friend was trying to be witty. That this text message would lead to a in depth conversation about how we allow fear to hold us captive. But that is not what happened. That text message lead to me googling  modern day slavery. My eyes filled with tears. I sat and weep.  In 2011 slavery exist. People are being held against their will and forced to commit sexual acts against their own will (IN THIS COUNTRY  and throughout the world!!!!!).  It is more commonly known as human trafficking.  Human trafficking is defined as the illegal trade in human beings for the purposes of reproductive slavery, commercial sexual exploitation, forced labor or a modern day form of slavery.

I needed to do something. I HAD to do something. I dropped to my knees and did the only thing I thought I could do. I moaned. I sobbed. I crawled into a fetal position. I do not remember much of the next hour. Somehow, I ended up in the barbershop. After most of my hair was on the ground  I realized that this was not enough. Awareness was superficial. This issue deserved more. 

I now consider myself an abolitionist. I am working overtime to bring awareness to this problem. I am now  G.I. Kenya. Ready to battle in spirit and in truth. My haircut will be my reminder that there is indeed so much suffering in the world. It will bring me to a place of gratitude and remind me to pray harder. To labor and fight for what I believe.

Wanna know more about modern day slavery( check out the links below)?

http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/

http://www.humantrafficking.org/

Can you believe such a thing exist?

How do you pray about things such as this?