Well...guess it's time for a new blog post! Get excited everyone! It's a new time in my life and I'm ready to share it with all 3 of you out there reading :)
If you haven't heard, I moved to Washington, DC for the semester. How awesome is that?! I'm spending the next 15 (well...now 14 1/2 I guess) weeks here in a cramped little apartment with 2 roommates...and I couldn't be more excited. I'm working with a non-profit ministry that helps victims of sex trafficking. Perfect for me! This is what I've been waiting to do since the summer of 08 so I'm so ready for this. I hope...
So far I've only had 2 days in the office and they've gone pretty well. I'm still getting used to everything, but hopefully I adapt quickly and they're impressed :) But tomorrow I start meeting with the girls! I'm excited and nervous and ready all at once. On one hand, this is what I've been waiting for forever. I want some hands-on experience with these girls...learning what they're like and what they've been through and how it's changed them. But on the other hand I'm nervous. Maybe that's just because it's a new experience though, because I don't have many reasons to be nervous.
My supervisor and I talked about the anti-trafficking movement the other day. She was telling me how few churches are actually getting involved. Part of the reason is the taboo against sex and a large part of human trafficking is sex trafficking. It's just so sad to me that America's churches aren't rallying behind the victims of this unthinkable crime. America is supposed to stand for freedom, and it's churches should be the first to proclaim that. After all, we have freedom not only in democracy, but in the Lord. I pray that this taboo changes. I pray that one day our children will look at our generation and say, "God used you to free the world"
