Run For Their Lives

This morning I have a meeting to lay the groundwork for a 5k race that will raise awareness, and voices against the inhumane crime of sex trafficking.  Here are a few goals that you can help us pray for:

Race Day - October 20th, the same day it will be held in cities all across the United States

Race Course - including permission from the municipality to hold the race and close down necessary roads, support from neighbors where our potential course will be held, a clear pathway (Peru's neighborhood streets are often dead ended by a locked gate, which makes it difficult to create a fluid race course)

Race Team - a solid group of 4-5 people passionate about seeing Jesus glorified and his people justified, who have the time, wisdom, and creativity to make this thing work

Race Participants - we want to spread the word through the local church and open up this event to our surrounding communities. The more people who know about this issue, the more help we can provide, and the more lives that will be rescued and restored.  We would like to have at least 300 runners.

Race Logistics - the more I plan, the more I realize what is involved in organizing a race. We will need people who want to serve by running registration, passing out water, providing food, taking pictures and video, directing traffic, etc.

We have a long way to go in a short amount of time, but God is able! Thanks for joining us as we pray and plan to end modern day slavery in Peru and around the world.

One race at a time, one life at time. 

Together for the Kingdom!

Rescued

"Abigail! Abigail!" Voices erupted from the school soccer field where our PE class usually reeks havoc. 25 1st graders ran wildly trying to escape the chosen few chasing them with small, yellow balls in hand. If they were unfortunate enough to be tagged, they were frozen until rescued by the one student holding the magical blue ball- the ball that set them free to run again. A chorus of desperate voices rang out as more and more students stopped frozen in place, dying to join those who had escaped. It was in that moment that I had an epiphany. When handfuls of kids were crying out to be rescued, I had the perfect analogy of the Gospel. Gathering them all together after the game had ended, I drew their attention to the parallels between "ball tag" and the story of salvation. Who is the ONLY one who can save us? "Jesus," they answered. The feeling of being helpless and then set free was no longer a foreign concept. Ball Tag was the perfect personification of the gospel for 1st grade minds. I love how God can use a simple game of tag to teach His children the incredible truth of His saving grace. I hope it's a lesson they never forget.

I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.       John 14:6