america, day 2

observations:
a. america smells good. thank you forefathers.
b. jet lag feels like a never-ending hangover. NOT THAT I WOULD KNOW of course.
c. dealing with stolen luggage is the pits.
d. tart yogurt is still the (second) best thing that ever happened to the world. i think i need to move back to uganda and open a pink berry chain. maybe that would end the cycles of oppression and poverty? lets start the fro yo revolution, ya'll!
e. the (first) best thing is the redeeming love of christ. it's equally pertinent and true in uganda and in america. we need it here, they need it there. sin is messy and gross and runs deep in the hearts of every human being--no matter how poor or rich or white or black we are. it just looks different.
f. the internet is SO FAST. i can scroll through pages of twitter in 10 seconds. nothealthy.
f. i miss these girls so much it makes my stomach turn upside down.

sex+money film

Earlier this week we got the chance to hang out with a couple of the amazing journalists behind this upcoming documentary. After thoroughly picking their brains for hours we walked away inspired and challenged.

It seems like sex trafficking has become a buzz topic for young revolutionaries over the past few years, but I rarely ever hear of anyone doing something about it --myself included. I've read the books and talked about it over coffee and could give you some statistics about how bad it is (you know, just your average modern day abolitionist!) but it's just not the kind of problem you can "fix" by volunteering one Saturday morning at church or by driving into the inner city for an afternoon. The problem is too dirty and unsettling and daunting for nominal abolitionists like myself. 

Last semester I walked alongside a woman (personal hero) who has gotten involved with Night Light ministries. She spends many of her Friday nights with a team of women who minister to strippers and street girls in Atlanta. They shower the girls with prayer and love and witness as some of them break free from the darkness they are trapped in. Over several months, I watched this woman befriend a former prostitute who recently became a Christian. It's a messy and beautiful story about this girl reclaiming her life back and finding hope again.

Said personal hero and said journalists are fighting the issue for real. Their stories give me chills.

Anyways, I cannot wait for this movie to come out. I know it will educate and inspire us all. Over the next year they will be traveling around america screening it in every state. Spread the word and keep an eye out for a screening near you!

ps. we leave africa today. whhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaattttt?