Hi everyone,
This is just a quick blog to let you know about an opportunity International Justice Mission is providing right now. They have made it possible for anyone who would like to, to write to your member of Congress and urge them to pass the Child Protection Compact Act (click the ACT NOW link on the top right of the page). Taken directly from their website,

"The Child Protection Compact Act (HR 2737) builds on that successful model by authorizing the State Department’s Trafficking in Persons Office (G/TIP) to provide significant financial resources to develop functioning justice systems in selected countries, ensuring that the local police, courts and authorities can rescue children and bring traffickers to justice."

There have been a lot of great blogs on Conversant lately regarding this global issue of modern day slavery. I posted some statistics and things I've learned about slavery in previous posts, Brian Wurzell provided us with a great video of mini introductions to 3 organizations dedicated to ending slavery and Lisa Borden reminded us of how powerful prayer is in fighting slavery. There have been others as well. If you haven't done so already, I'd encourage you to read these posts and send a letter to your member of Congress today by clicking the link above.

-Carrie