Jail Team for No Boundaries International
Human Trafficking…..it’s in your town as well as mine. We don’t want to believe this, but it’s very true. It doesn’t just involve the prostitutes who walk up and down Amarillo boulevard or whatever street that looks like in your town.
The average age to begin being trafficked in the US is twelve. That’s right folks….twelve, 12, 1-2. Everyone reading this is thinking this would never happen to their child. In the age of social media, it can happen to anyone at any age and in any socio-economic class.
In the very recent past, No Boundaries International (NBI) was notified of a head cheerleader in a major high school in my city was being trafficked. Now tell me that it can’t happen to your child or to your neighbors child. Children as young as three years old have been traffic victims in our area.
It’s a real problem. Every parent MUST watch what is happening on their families social media. Stop it before it begins.
I am serving on the Jail Team and have been able to go to one of our county jails and pray with young ladies. Some of those were trafficking victims and some just needed someone to talk to. ALL of them are at risk for being trafficked when they are released.
Tell me, for a young lady who had been trafficked….would she rather make $300,000 this year or make minimum wage at a menial job? Sure, that $300,000 goes to her pimp but it allows her to live in a $1 million house and go shopping anytime she wants. How can you convince that young lady to leave the lifestyle and live paycheck to paycheck? It’s not easy.
Of course, this problem doesn’t just lie with pimps and ladies. We need to take on the issue of the men (or women) who are paying for and/or using this service on the street, massage parlor or in the comfort of your own home. The biggest issue with trafficking is what can easily take Place very innocently with Pornography. Thats right. Most porn is free and easily accessible right from your own home. Those ladies don’t enjoy being in porn, they are trafficked into it.
It has been such a humbling experience to work with these ladies and I certainly hope to see our Jail ministry grow as I continue to serve them even after my sabbatical ends.