I got this book in the mail today.  I just finished reading it.  It was one hundred and two pages of the most gut wrenching glimpses of humanity I have ever taken in.

And yet, it gave me hope.  Someone is making a difference.  A lot of someones are making a difference.  Real, soul-freeing differences in the lives of once helpless, victimized, brutalized women and children.  WAY TOO MANY CHILDREN!!!

Please, for the love of life and humanity and freedom and innocence and countless thousands upon thousands of children – ORDER YOUR FREE COPY OF “FROM CONGRESS TO THE BROTHEL” RIGHT NOW!!!

Men, I am issuing you a double challenge to order and read the book, and to take the pledge of The Defenders USA and to uphold that pledge with all your might.  The harsh reality is that there are demons walking this earth, disguised as men like you and me.  Their cold, calloused souls are in desperate need of deliverance and redemption, but first they must be opposed by strong men of faith.  Not men like you and me.  No, they must be opposed by YOU AND ME, men. The men of God across this planet must rise up and man up and stand and fight against this onslaught of unspeakable wickedness.

Think I’m over the top?  Fine.  So long as you order the free book and read it.  Then get back to me and tell me what a nutjob I am.  I am FURIOUS.  I am DISGUSTED.  I am HOPEFUL.  And I have reason for all three.  I’M IN THE WAR!  Will you join the fight?  Would you be in the fight if your children were in the stories on these pages?

Not sure you’re ready to order the book?  Okay – read my post entitled “Hell” from a few nights ago and let it sink in.  Then come back to this one and click the link to order your book.

What is your concept of Hell?  An eternal fiery inferno.  Being in the grotesque presence of Satan forever.  Complete separation from God for all time.  There are several common Biblical and not-so Biblical concepts and descriptions of Hell.

How about this one?

You are a child who wanders across the wrong path one day and you are violently abducted and transported to some other part of the world where you begin a new “life” of being drugged, beaten, and daily forced to endure sexual assault by wealthy, flesh-hungry men up to 20, 30, 40 or more times a day, and are given only enough food, shelter, and rest to keep you alive enough to keep the customers happy.  And if you don’t keep the customers happy, you will be denied even those essentials for a few days, just to teach you that you no longer have the human right to choose anything other than surrender to the will of the money-wielding monster who longs to take you, break you, and discard you for a few moments of twisted pleasure.

DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY.

Sounds like Hell to me!

And human trafficking is happening in shocking numbers every day.

All around the world.

Including in various forms throughout the United States – “The land of the free and the home of the brave.”

In Louisiana.

In Baton Rouge.

I don’t yet know how God is going to use me in this fight, but I am answering His call.  I will not stand on the sidelines, knowing innocent lives are being ravaged by demons in the flesh.  I have to fight back.  I am praying God will show me where He can best use my gifts to bring hope, healing, freedom, and justice in response to this unspeakable atrocity.

Here are some of the organizations I am prayerfully investigating:

www.traffickinghope.org

www.ijm.org

www.sharedhope.org

www.stopthetraffik.org

http://ccatcoalition.web.aplus.net/

www.childrenofthenight.org

www.tradethemovie.com/get_involved.html

www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking/

Is God calling you to join the fight against Hell on earth?