Here Am I - Send Me

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Justice Speaks - Our mission is to transform culture’s definition of human worth and restore victims of sex trafficking through prayer, outreach, rescue and the activation of Justice Champions while mobilizing communities to prevent abuse.
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My faith journey has been quite a fast paced adventure. Come December, it'll be three years since I said YES to God yet it feels like many more years than that! That's probably due to the fact that He has been protecting me and keeping me since the day I was born. They say hindsight is 20/20, now I know for sure that He has been there all along. Even in my mess, my mistakes, my rebellion, my recklessness, my temper tantrums, my sin - God was there all along and still is and for that I am grateful.

I started blogging last year (http://bit.ly/1IvvJia) in hopes of sharing my journey with God with the rest of the world and as He would have it, everything I have written is now being put to the test. It's as though God is saying, you can talk the talk JFer but let's see you walk it out. The link above (a blog post) will speak more to who I am and why going to Thailand with this great non-profit organization, Justice Speaks, is one of the many things God will send me to go and DO, not just speak of.

Many of you know me BC (Before Christ), some of you don't believe what I believe, others of you only know me as a person who has been transformed by the power and grace of God and yet I ask all of you for your support and partnership as I raise funds to go on this missions trip. It'll be my first ever!

There are over 20 million slaves worldwide and I refuse to look the other way, I refuse to turn a blind eye, I refuse to be silenced. Although this isn't my story, there are parallels. I was lost. I was silenced. I was taken advantage of. I was trapped. These children are trapped and God sends people who are willing to extend a hand and say, "This doesn't have to be the end of your story. Come." That's what God did for me. He sent someone. God planted me in a church, God spoke to me through the pastor, God brought me 3000 miles from NY to encounter Him here in the city of angels and because of this, I know God is real.

Many of you know, I am passionate about helping women and us knowing our identity - that we are more than our body parts. That we are more than eye candy and it is not okay for men/people to think we are for sale or here just for their entertainment. There is a deeper issue at hand which is why rescuing is only part of the solution. The demand for sex slaves must end, and prevention, awareness, healing, prayer must increase.

So now, God wants to send me. Can I tell you, I didn't want to go at first because I thought that this was for the missionaries of the world, not me. I now feel a burden to go and I am reminded of all that I've prayed and all that I've written. He reminded me of the opportunity I had to speak at Kalah, a conference on human trafficking organized by Justice Speaks and how powerful it was to be on stage and tell my story versus reading someone else's as I often did when I was acting.

Isaiah 59:15-16 "The Lord looked and was displeased to find there was no justice. He was amazed to see that no one intervened to help the oppressed."

How do I say no to HIM? I can't. So now God wants to send me to rescue, intervene and speak on prevention. The Justice Speaks organization doesn't claim to put an end to this massive issue but in their past trips, by the grace of God they have encountered souls, they have baptized new believers, they have brought awareness, they have restored the children, they have built a children's center directly across from where the pedophiles visit. They have done the work of a justice champion.

You can too! I humbly ask for your financial support of any amount and together we can be heard. You can also join me in prayer as I believe God to provide the finances for this trip, use us powerfully, and help bring prevention. Justice speaks and money talks. Will you partner up with me? The trip is set for July 19th and the deposit is due soon, which is an all inclusive fee.

I will keep everyone updated with photos, news and awesome God testimonies when the money is raised! I thank you all in advance! For more information on the organization, visit their website at http://justicespeaks.org/