HumanTrafficking is modern day slavery. There are more than 30 million slaves in the world today, more than at any other point in human history. You can check out this Slavery map to give you a better idea of this epidemic. For more information on Human Trafficking head over to Not for Sale
With today being National Human Trafficking Awareness Day this would be a good time for you to learn everything you can about this dark but necessary subject and then get involved! With that being said Author Kathi Macias has offered her book Deliver Me from Evil to help promote National Human Trafficking Day.
Deliver Me from Evil introduces readers to Mara, an eighteen-year-old girl who has been enslaved for nearly ten years, having been sold by her parents in Mexico and then smuggled across the border into San Diego where she was forced into sexual slavery. Readers will also meet 18-year-old, Bible-college-bound Jonathan and his 16-year-old sister, Leah, whose paths cross Mara’s and who become involved in her dramatic rescue.
Interwoven between the stories of Mara, Jonathan, and Leah is the heartbreaking story of another young woman in captivity in the Golden Triangle of Thailand, whose past life mysteriously connects to the young people in San Diego.
Interwoven between the stories of Mara, Jonathan, and Leah is the heartbreaking story of another young woman in captivity in the Golden Triangle of Thailand, whose past life mysteriously connects to the young people in San Diego.
Unfortunately, it doesn't surprise me.
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I really had no idea.
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It's something you hear about in TV shows, but the reality never really hit me.
ReplyDeleteI spent a couple of hours on a conference call on this topic, sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security yesterday. It's a huge problem, but thankfully both government agencies and many churches and faith-based organizations are starting to band together to fight it. Together we can make a difference. Abolition!
ReplyDeleteKathi is an amazing writer and woman!
ReplyDeleteTogether we can make a difference. Super Bowl weekend publicity should help with awareness, too. Thank you for your strong advocacy for this issue.
ReplyDeleteI had heard about Kathis book and through World magazine so didrealize the depth of the problem. Melanieinoh2003@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteHard to believe this is happening. Thanks Kathi for bringing this horrible problem to light.
ReplyDeleteI realize the enormity of the problem. I just finished a book on human trafficking myself. My horror was when I learned how many children are being abducted in the USA. I always thought of it as a third world problem.
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I didn't realize it was such a problem! I will have to do some more reading!
ReplyDeleteI'm starting to hear more and more about it and am realizing how bad it is.
ReplyDeleteI have heard about it but don't think of it affecting anyone. I'm seeing more information to try to stop it which is great.
ReplyDeleteWill have to get this book and read it. I have a organization that guides people in the right direction for help if they fear that their child has been sold for human trafficking.
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