My heart is still in Russia. I miss it there. I pray that God returns my husband and I there some day whether it’s to adopt again or to do ministry. An extra bonus would be to bring our children too. Along my journey of falling in love with Eastern Europe, I’ve come across a ministry that I believe in. It’s called Children’s Hope Chest. Their ministry is the light in the dark world of orphans who are released out onto the street once they age out. More often than not, female orphans end up in prostitution/sex trafficking. This breaks my heart beyond what I can express. Living in America, I don’t think we can really grasp this reality.
Right now a group of people that I follow by reading their blogs/tweets are on their way to M*ldova and diving right into the M*ldovan sex trafficking world. They are going there to be a part of breaking the cycle for the orphans and for those women who come from poor villages to the cities looking for work and finding broken promises. You can read more about it at http://www.flowerdust.net/ or Tom Davis’ blog. You can also reach them via the “Blogging from the Dark” badge on the right.
Would you do me a favor over the next two weeks? First, please cover them in prayer. Secondly, would you please check in with their blogging and follow their journey? That’s where I’ll be and along with covering them in prayer, I’ll be praying for you. I’ll be praying that you will allow God to break your heart–in a good way–a way that changes you to see that there is a hurting world all around us. We cannot continue to live in our comfy American world and pretend that these things don’t exist. Join me in asking God how you can be a part of the solution.
