This past week was our fall break, and it was much needed. I ended up working on school work all week, but I'm thankful for the chance to catch up from exam week and keep up with everything else do in the next few weeks. It's been nice not to have the stress of classes while catching up and studying what i've already learned. However, in the past week the Lord has been reminding me of why i'm here studying law. More than not, I wonder why I'm here and why God wouldn't just let me take the easier route and move to Ecuador or the Philippines and do hard labor or counsel young kids! However, I'm so glad I'm here, being stretched as I am. Many of my classmates are passionate about the injustice occurring around the world. In the past month, I've gotten to see several films on the sex trafficking industry, and I've gotten to hear personal testimonies from victims of sexual trafficking. Believe it or not, sex trafficking occurrs right here in the United States. The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that from 2008 to 2010, about 2,515 people were victims of trafficking, in the U.S.! (http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=40) So, I say all of that to say... My friend came up with this idea to create printed screen t-shirts to make people aware of trafficking, and that it occurs right here in North American. We are hoping to get started on this project soon, with the verbal approval of our Dean. We hope to sell them for cost, just to make people aware. Awareness is one of the bigger issues that has to be dealt with before trafficking can really be dealt with as a whole.
On another note, my parents had their information banquet last Thursday and got to tell people about their project. In April my parents are going to Costa Rica to learn spanish, and after a year they will be moving to Shell, Ecuador to work as full-time missionaries. Dad will be working in an orphanage, and mom will be working as a nurse in the missionary hopsital that sees the indigenous, who often walk for miles from the jungle to seek treatment. I'm so proud of them, and so excited. This too is causing me to be stretched! I've never been another continent away from my parents! I'm so thankful that they're following God's will for their lives. I know God is going to use them miraculously.
On another note, my parents had their information banquet last Thursday and got to tell people about their project. In April my parents are going to Costa Rica to learn spanish, and after a year they will be moving to Shell, Ecuador to work as full-time missionaries. Dad will be working in an orphanage, and mom will be working as a nurse in the missionary hopsital that sees the indigenous, who often walk for miles from the jungle to seek treatment. I'm so proud of them, and so excited. This too is causing me to be stretched! I've never been another continent away from my parents! I'm so thankful that they're following God's will for their lives. I know God is going to use them miraculously.
To see more about what my parents are doing, I posted a link to their website below.
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