Redemtion Stories: Stop Child Trafficking Now

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My pastor while at UNC (the last two years) was a guy named Ron Lewis.  I went to Ukraine with a group from this church and learned an awful lot about what it meant to be a Christ Follower in a world that was marred by sin.  Ron would tell you, as would I, the world is still marred by sin.  But at the same time, God is doing redemptive things to make Jesus’ statement in the Lord’s prayer true… “Make it on earth as it is in heaven.”  I think we (the church, christians, christ followers) have been so focused on the kingdom in heaven, that we have missed God’s redemptive action to bring the realities of the Kingdom to earth.  Groups like Charity: Water founded by Scott Harrison is an amazing story of redemption.  I’ll write about Charity: Water (twitter) later, but you should follow him on twitter @scottharrison or charity water @charitywater.  Look them up on twittersearch with the hashtag #charitywater.  They are the ones that did the “twestival“.  Interestingly enough, I found out that Scott goes to the church Ron helped found in NYC.

Angie and I recently moved, and as some of you know, it has been a tough nine months.  I can honestly say that of all the people I have met and spent time with, Ron has been the most responsive to me, and trust me…he is a busy guy.  He wants to come pray for us when we get the lab results back from Angie’s tests.

In one of his emails he mentioned the website about the organization his wife, Lynette Lewis, founded called STOP CHILD TRAFFICKING NOW. They are dedicated to stopping the horrific crimes committed against many around the work that are taken and made to work in the most horrible conditions.  Many of their families never hear from them again.  No matter whether you are Presbyterian, Church of God, Baptist, etc – this is something all can get behind.  Take a look at the site.  See how God moves you heart.  Know he loves you and know he loves those kids.  He may just use you to make a difference.

Send out some smoke.  (Twitter or Facebook or a handwritten note even!)