Each Sunday, Steph and I, along with some of the other people here long term, lead songs for the kids at Latha and Suresh's. In the laughing and dancing and singing with about 80 children for about 20 mins each week, I have felt such a joy and zealousy for the future, hope for this precious younger generation. They are passionate, excited, thankful, eager to learn, and challenge me with their faith and selflessness... these are the same 220 children that come for dinner and tutoring during the week, and they are a gift. Their smiles and "Hello Auntie"s are like a candle in my heart, a fan to my flame, a reason to press on... it is for these children that my spirit starts to flutter in my chest---it is for their lives, their education, their protection, their growth, their future that my blood pressure rises and I have a burning desire to fight. It is this generation...the younger generation...our generation that can stop the cycle, that can end the sex-slavery.
Once the girls are sold and trafficked, they are swept away--caught in the current, sucked down by the undertoe, and trying to pull them out is like trying to rescue a swimmer in a storm...its like fighting against an entire ocean that is crashing and swirling and ripping them from your grasp. But if we can protect the girls on the front-end, stop them from being sold in the first place, help them get an education and a way to support themselves, giving them hope and a reason to believe in themselves------then, we can change the future... of the entire world.
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