Heart wrenching

So last week our church had a private viewing of Call+Response. It's a Rockumentary about modern day slavery. It was set up as a documentary and in between several artists performed songs. It was shocking. There are more slaves today than ever before in human history. Slave traders made more money than Google, Nike, and Starbucks combined. Slavery includes sex slavery, labor slavery, child soldiers and child slavery. The movie was hard to watch but so crucial to see and be educated on what is going on. This is unbelievable. Children as young as 3 being sex slaves! Justin Dillon, the director/producer, first came across human trafficking when he met a young girl in Russia. She was told she could come to America for more opportunity, but it was only a trick and she was sold into human trafficking. Struck by her story, he returned to the states with a burden to inform the public about what was going on. 

Call+Response calls community into the movement. This is not a matter of letting the government deal with it, but we, as a community, can make real plans of actions. All the profits from the movie, soundtrack, and itunes will go directly to projects to end slavery. They have very real projects with clear starts and finish points, for example, a vehicle for child soldier rehab facility, sewing machines for after-care training). Right now, our church is trying to think of practical ways to help.

For more information or ways to respond, go to the website www.callandresponse.com 

This subject is dear to my heart after meeting the people who have been directly effected by child soldiers in Uganda. It is so critical that this be put to an end because it is destroying families, people, communities, and faith. It takes so much more to reverse what evil has done, but it is doable and we must do it! If you have an interest in knowing more about child soldiers, please read Girl Soldier. It is a personal account of Grace, a sweet Acholi girl, and how she escaped the life of a child soldier. My friends that I met in Uganda kept telling me to tell their stories, this is all they want, so please hear their voices. 

Check out if the movie is playing in your area, if not ask them to!