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Thanks for helping Rescue Girls from Sex Slavery

By Jeremy Myers
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Thanks for helping Rescue Girls from Sex Slavery

If you had lived back during the days of slavery, would you have helped slaves gain freedom?

If you answered “Yes!” then keep reading…

First, I want to thank those of you who donated to help me rescue girls from sex slavery.

I said I would cut off one inch of hair for every $100 dollars raised. I raised almost $600, but went ahead and cut off over 10 inches of hair anyway. I didn’t get enough to shave my head though!

Here are the Before and After shots:

Jeremy Myers hair

Hair of Jeremy Myers

That second shot was with my webcam, which obviously as terrible color….

Anyway, if you would have helped rescue slaves from slavery, you still can. There is more slavery today than at any other time of history, and most of these slaves are young girls. How much more dire could it get?

If you are somehow still not aware of the crazy epidemic of slavery in our world (and here in the United States!) RIGHT NOW, go see some of the stats on this page about Forced Prostitution.

And just think about this: Current estimates say that about 12 million Africans were shipped across the Atlantic for slavery from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

But according to Human Trafficking Statistics, there are CURRENTLY 12.3 million slaves RIGHT NOW. Yes, this year.

Human Trafficking

And many of them are children who are forced into prostitution. The average age is 12-14 years old. Most are girls. California has 3 of the 13 highest child sex trafficking areas. Some of them are raped 30-40 times EACH DAY.

Human Trafficking and child slavery is more common today than it was during the 300 years of slavery of our past.

There are more slavery victims this year than the total number of slaves during the entire 300 years of slavery in the past.

If you want to help, our favorite organization is the International Justice Mission.

To learn more about Human Trafficking and sex slavery, check out some of these posts:

Human Trafficking Posts

  1. Sex Slaves
  2. Would You Fight Slavery?
  3. Rescue Russian Sex Slaves
  4. Rescue Russian Girls from Sex Slavery
  5. Stop Her Nightmare
  6. Another Girl Rescued Today
  7. Girls for Sale
  8. Goal Reached!
  9. I Want to be a Prostitute
  10. $52,000 raised!
  11. 31 Million Sex Slaves
  12. Renting Lacy
  13. More Than Rice
  14. Human Trafficking Ring Busted
  15. The Other Big Game
  16. Sex Slavery, Planned Parenthood, and Your Tax Dollars
  17. How to Minister to Prostitutes
  18. Wisconsin Woman Held as Sex Slave in Brooklyn
  19. Coked-Up Whore
  20. Human Trafficking has Many Faces
  21. Into an India Brothel
  22. You Need a Girl?
  23. Human Trafficking Media
  24. The Son of God is Selling Children
  25. My Girls Raised $300 to help stop Human Trafficking
  26. Rape for Profit
  27. Human Trafficking Statistics
  28. Help Rescue Girls from Forced Prostitution

God is Redeeming Theology Bible & Theology Topics: Discipleship, human trafficking, prostitution, sex trafficking, slavery

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Help Rescue Girls from Forced Prostitution

By Jeremy Myers
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Help Rescue Girls from Forced Prostitution

Rather than write a bunch of words about the dire problem of human trafficking and forced prostitution, I decided to just post some pictures and infographics. Sex slavery and forced child prostitution a bigger issue than most realize, and it is is huge problem right here in the United States. You most likely have human trafficking and child prostitutes right in your own town.

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Invite others to participate by using the sharing buttons below. Thanks!

To learn more about Human Trafficking and sex slavery, check out some of these posts:

Human Trafficking Posts

  1. Sex Slaves
  2. Would You Fight Slavery?
  3. Rescue Russian Sex Slaves
  4. Rescue Russian Girls from Sex Slavery
  5. Stop Her Nightmare
  6. Another Girl Rescued Today
  7. Girls for Sale
  8. Goal Reached!
  9. I Want to be a Prostitute
  10. $52,000 raised!
  11. 31 Million Sex Slaves
  12. Renting Lacy
  13. More Than Rice
  14. Human Trafficking Ring Busted
  15. The Other Big Game
  16. Sex Slavery, Planned Parenthood, and Your Tax Dollars
  17. How to Minister to Prostitutes
  18. Wisconsin Woman Held as Sex Slave in Brooklyn
  19. Coked-Up Whore
  20. Human Trafficking has Many Faces
  21. Into an India Brothel
  22. You Need a Girl?
  23. Human Trafficking Media
  24. The Son of God is Selling Children
  25. My Girls Raised $300 to help stop Human Trafficking
  26. Rape for Profit
  27. Human Trafficking Statistics
  28. Help Rescue Girls from Forced Prostitution

God is Redeeming Life Bible & Theology Topics: Discipleship, haircut, human trafficking, sex trafficking, slavery

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I’m Getting a Haircut to Rescue Young Girls from Sex Slavery

By Jeremy Myers
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I’m Getting a Haircut to Rescue Young Girls from Sex Slavery

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Two million children are sold into slavery every year. 98% of these are young girls and women, and some of these girls are forced to have sex with men up to 50 times each day [Source].

Help me raise money to rescue some of these girls from the hell they are living in. Learn how below:

Cut my hair to rescue girls from slavery

A while back, someone yelled at me, “Get a haircut, you hippie!” (True story.)

I have decided to go ahead and do it.

I’ve been growing my hair out for several years now … and it is time to get it cut.

AND YOU can help me determine how much to cut off. 

My hair is about 14 inches long.

Jeremy Myers hair

For every $100 raised, I will cut off one inch of hair (up to 10 inches). If I reach $1000 for the 10 inches of hair, it will be donated to Locks of Love .

If more than $2500 is raised, I will get a buzz cut.

If more than $5000 is raised, I will shave my head. Clean. Bald. The goatee stays…

What will we do with the money? Every penny that is donated will be given to the International Justice Mission to aid them in their ongoing work to rescue young girls around the world from sex slavery.

Go visit my fundraising page at GoFundMe to donate! Thanks!

My haircut is scheduled for next Tuesday, February 17. That gives you ONE WEEK to determine how much hair I will cut off. Go here: Yes! I want Jeremy to cut his hair!

Want more people to hear about this? It’s simple. Use the sharing buttons below. Thanks!

God is Uncategorized Bible & Theology Topics: Discipleship, haircut, sex trafficking, slavery

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Rape for Profit

By Jeremy Myers
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Rape for Profit

Rape for ProfitDid you know that men all over our country are paying money to rape young girls?

Worse yet, if these men get caught, they won’t go away to prison. They might get a slap on the wrist and spend a night in jail. The young girl will probably get arrested as well.

You haven’t heard about this? It sounds bizarre?

That’s because you know about it under a different name: prostitution. Or as we like to call it here in the United States: “Hiring an escort.” Essentially, prostitution is rape for profit.

Most people seem to think that prostitution is not so bad because the girls are willing. But the tragic truth is that the vast majority of them are not willing.

These young girls are out on the streets because they are in bondage and in chains. They are there against their will. They are being coerced, forced, and threatened. Sometimes, a guy they thought was their boyfriend got them hooked on drugs so that they have to go “turn tricks” for him just to get more drugs.

No matter what, prostitution is a form of rape. But since people are selling these girls, it is rape for profit. It is allowing other men to rape girls in exchange for money.

Some people seem to think the girls want to do these things, but no girl wants to be a prostitute. (See some others posts on the topic of human trafficking here.)

My wife and I have been trying to champion the needs of these poor girls for several years now, and have been trying to raise awareness of their plight in our own small ways, but we watched a documentary last week week which reiterated our need to stand up and raise the call once again.

Rape for Profit

The movie is called Rape for Profit Here is a preview:

If you are unaware about this dire issue in our own country (and around the world), I strongly recommend you watch this movie. You can watch it on iTunes here: Rape for Profit.

Rape for Profit on iTunes

The stories you hear and the things you hear in this documentary will break your heart for these poor young girls who are caught into the darkest and most evil web on earth. They truly are trapped in hell.

I strongly encourage you to watch the movie.

Also, think about getting involved with some of the organizations and ministries around the country that are seeking to help rescue these young girls and show them how precious and valuable they truly are. Two groups we support are Children’s Hope Chest in Colorado Springs, and The International Justice Mission in Washington D.C. I see that Jamie (the very worst missionary) recommends a few resources as well.

And hey! As I was just visiting the website of the International Justice Mission to get the link above, I noticed that if you donate to them in the month of September (ONLY THREE DAYS LEFT), your donation gets doubled!

How aware are you of this great problem in our country (and around the world)? How did you hear about it, and what do you think can be done about it? Let us know in the comment section.

To learn more about Human Trafficking and sex slavery, check out some of these posts:

Human Trafficking Posts

  1. Sex Slaves
  2. Would You Fight Slavery?
  3. Rescue Russian Sex Slaves
  4. Rescue Russian Girls from Sex Slavery
  5. Stop Her Nightmare
  6. Another Girl Rescued Today
  7. Girls for Sale
  8. Goal Reached!
  9. I Want to be a Prostitute
  10. $52,000 raised!
  11. 31 Million Sex Slaves
  12. Renting Lacy
  13. More Than Rice
  14. Human Trafficking Ring Busted
  15. The Other Big Game
  16. Sex Slavery, Planned Parenthood, and Your Tax Dollars
  17. How to Minister to Prostitutes
  18. Wisconsin Woman Held as Sex Slave in Brooklyn
  19. Coked-Up Whore
  20. Human Trafficking has Many Faces
  21. Into an India Brothel
  22. You Need a Girl?
  23. Human Trafficking Media
  24. The Son of God is Selling Children
  25. My Girls Raised $300 to help stop Human Trafficking
  26. Rape for Profit
  27. Human Trafficking Statistics
  28. Help Rescue Girls from Forced Prostitution

God is Uncategorized Bible & Theology Topics: Discipleship, human trafficking, prostitution, rape, sex trafficking

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The Lives of 1000’s are in your Fingertips

By Jeremy Myers
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The Lives of 1000’s are in your Fingertips

The children of Guatemala get food from the city dumpsNote: this post is from October 2007 when my wife and I were trying to adopt a girl from Guatemala. The bill mentioned below did not pass, and all adoptions out of Guatemala ceased.

We were not able to complete our adoption process. As of this month, January 2012, adoptions have not reopened.

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My wife and I have been in the process of adopting a little girl from Guatemala. Most of the orphans in Guatemala live in the streets, and get their food and clothing from city dumps. There are currently about 5000 such children who were slated to be adopted between now and December 31, 2007.

But this week, the US Department of State has encouraged the Guatemalan congress to pass the Ortega Law which would effectively put an end to all adoptions from Guatemala. This bill, as it now stands, has no funding plan, no child care plan for the children currently in the process of getting adopted, and no plan for future children to even enter the process. Private orphanages will no longer be allowed to accept donations for taking care of children, and so many of them will have to shut their doors. This means that within six months, thousands of children waiting to be adopted could instead be turned out onto the streets. This is truly a human rights and child welfare nightmare waiting to happen.

Why is the US and Guatemala doing this? Guatemala seeks to become “Hague Compliant” which is well intended inter-country treaty to stop illegal adoptions. Babies were getting stolen and then put up for adoption. The kidnappers received money from the many adoption fees charged to adoptive parents. So the Hague Treaty is intended to stop this, which is good. But what has happened in Hague Compliant countries is that adoptions have ceased almost completely.

Countries like Honduras, El Salvador, Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Bolivia have become Hague compliant. These countries used to allow inter-country adoptions just as much as Guatemala. But in the past decade, all these countries enacted similar laws as the one we now see Guatemala taking steps to pass. The result in Guatemala will be similar to what we now have in these other countries: the streets are overflowing with orphans, the orphanages are underfunded and overcrowded. Over the last 14 years, hundreds of thousands of children who might have benefited from the opportunity of adoption have instead become statistics, adding to the numbers of children who die on the streets, or are forced into slavery or prostitution.

You can read about all of this at the following links:

The Ortega Law

Congress Bio Letter

Please don’t let this happen! Use your finger tips to make a few calls and send a few e-mails. Below is what our adoption agency, All God’s Children International, is asking people to do.

Dear Friends,

Guatemalan President Oscar Berger has announced plans to suspend all intercountry adoption with American families on January 1 2008.  The Joint Council on International Children’s Services strongly opposes such a suspension and asks for your support in their efforts to ensure that all children retain the right to permanency through Intercountry Adoption.

President Berger’s plans also call for the suspension of adoptions currently in-process.  Such a suspension would be extremely detrimental to the children referred to adoptive parents.  If President Berger’s plan is actually implemented, up to 5,000 will unnecessarily remain in foster care or orphanages indefinitely.

This situation represents a pending crisis for the adoptive families who have lovingly chosen to provide permanency, safety and love to a child in need and most importantly a crisis for 5,000 children of Guatemala.

What can you do?  Make six simple phone calls and one email.

1.       Call your U.S. Senator.

·         You can find your Senators’ phone numbers at www.senate.gov

·         Ask to speak with the Legislative Director or Chief of Staff

2.   Call your second U.S. Senator.

3.   Call your representative to the U.S. House of Representative.

·         You can find your representative at www.house.gov

·         Ask to speak with the Legislative Director or Chief of Staff

4.       Call or fax UNICEF Headquarter

·         Ask to speak with Ann Veneman, Executive Director

·         Their number is 212-326-7000

·         Their fax number is 212-326-7758

5.       Call or fax UNICEF Guatemala

·         Ask to speak with Manuel Manrique

·         Their number is 011-502-2327-6373

·         Their fax number is 011-502-2327.6366

Please note that calls and faxes to Guatemala are international calls

6.       Send and email supporting Intercountry Adoption to guatemala5000@jcics.org

·         Write briefly or at length

·         Joint Council will use the cumulative email petition in our advocacy for Intercountry Adoption

When should you call?  Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday (October 9th, 10th 11th)

·         For maximum affect, we are asking you to make these calls within a 72 hour window!

What should you say or write to member of the U.S. Congress? Speak from your heart and give them the following information.

·         Inform them that you are calling regarding Guatemala 5000

·         Ask them to sign the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI) sponsored letter to President Oscar Berger

·         Ask them to sign the Joint Council on International Children’s Services sponsored letter to UNICEF

·         Inform them that the Guatemalan government has announced that all intercountry adoptions with the U.S. will be suspended on January 1 2008.

·         Inform them that President Berger’s announcement also indicated that there will be no ‘grandfathering’ of adoptions already in process.

·         Inform them that if children referred to families are not allowed to be adopted, they will languish in institutions or foster care.

·         Ask that their office get involved and sign the sponsored letters to the President of Guatemala and UNICEF.  These letters ask that all adoptions in-process as of January 1 2008 be allowed to process to completion under the existing notorial laws.

Sample Statement:

Hello,

We are calling/writing on behalf of the Guatemala 5000 Initiative.  We, as your constituents, are asking that the Senator/Congressperson add their signature to two letters.  First, the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute sponsored letter to Guatemalan President Oscar Berger.  Second, the Joint Council on International Children’s Services sponsored letter to UNICEF.

As you may be aware, the Guatemalan government has announced that all intercountry adoptions with the U.S. will be suspended on January 1 2008. Their announcement also indicated that there will be no ‘grandfathering’ of adoptions already in process. If children referred to families are not allowed to be adopted, they will languish in institutions or foster care. Your office must get involved and sign the sponsored letters to the President of Guatemala and UNICEF.  These letters ask that all adoptions in-process as of January 1 2008 be allowed to process to completion under the existing notorial laws.

Sincerely,

<your name and contact information>

What should you say or write to UNICEF? Speak from your heart and give them the following information.

·         Inform them that you are calling regarding the Guatemala 5000

·         Ask them to support the right’s of children and lend their considerable influence to ensuring that intercountry adoptions currently in-process be allowed to process to completion under the existing notorial laws.

·         Inform them that the Guatemalan government has announced that all adoptions with the U.S. will be suspended on January 1 2008.

·         Inform them that President Berger’s announcement also indicated that there will be no ‘grandfathering’ of adoptions already in process.

·         Inform them that if children referred to families are not allowed to be adopted, they will languish in institutions or foster care.

·         Ask them again for their support of the Guatemala 5000 Initiative.

Sample Statement

Hello,

We are calling/writing on behalf of the Guatemala 5000 Initiative.  As financial supporters of UNICEF (through our tax dollars), we are asking that UNICEF lends its support and considerable influence to the Guatemala 5000 initiative.

As you may be know, the Guatemalan government has announced that all intercountry adoptions with the U.S. will be suspended on January 1 2008. Their announcement also indicated that there will be no ‘grandfathering’ of adoptions already in process. If children referred to families are not allowed to be adopted, they will languish in institutions or foster care. UNICEF must get involved and help ensure that all intercountry adoptions in-process as of January 1 2008 be allowed to process to completion under the existing notorial laws.

Sincerely,

<your name and contact information>

Can you explain the problem behind the pending crisis?  Here is some additional information…

·         Guatemalan President Oscar Berger has announced plans to effectively stop all adoptions into the United States including those children who have already been referred to adoptive parents

·         Over 5,000 children have been referred

·         The birthparents for these children have already relinquished their parental rights.  As a result, they currently have no family and the Berger suspension will result in these children having no prospect for a permanent, safe and loving family

·         The government of Guatemala currently does not have the finances or facilities to even provide housing for these 5,000 children

·         The Berger plan is a crisis waiting to happen

What else can you do?  In addition to your primary calls to U.S. Congress and UNICEF, you can call the following.

SOSEP (Guatemala)

·         Director Teresa Echeverría de Bastarrechea

Office Phone- 011-502-2383-8400

·         Assistant Director- Edin Palma- Same office phone

Office Phone- 011-502-2383-8400

·         Jaime Tecu

Office Phone – 011-502-2239-0000 ext 2766

Please note that calls and faxes to Guatemala are international calls

Guatemala Ministry of Foreign Affairs

·         Minister Gerth Rosenthal

Office Phone 011-502-2410-0000, 2410-0010

·         Vice Minister- Marta Altoaguirre

Office Phone  011-502-2410-0020

Please note that calls and faxes to Guatemala are international calls

PGN (Guatemala)

·         Carlos Victor Hugo Barrios Barahona

Office Phone 011-502-2248-3200 Ext. 207/208

Please note that calls and faxes to Guatemala are international calls

Procuraduria of Human Rights

·         Dr. Sergio Morales

Office Phone 011-502-2424-1717

Please note that calls and faxes to Guatemala are international calls

Embassy of Guatemala in the U.S.
2220 R Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20008
Office Phone  1-202-745-4952
Office Fax 1-202-745-1908
Website: www.guatemala-embassy.org/


God is Redeeming Life Bible & Theology Topics: adoption, Discipleship, sex trafficking

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