Hi Friends & Family,
The other day at the office we were discussing reports out of Syria and Iraq about what ISIS is doing to women. As horrible as the many ways these women are being abused are, it doesn't change the reality that women are treated exactly the same outside of war zones while we often stand by silent and complicit.
Across the globe women from villages to highly developed cities are being forced into prostitution. Whether they're forced by family members, war, drug dependence, kidnapping, violence or simply a lack of viable alternatives to earn a living, the fact remains that these atrocities are a reality of our world.
Two centuries ago, abolitionist William Wilberforce said "You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know." This is one of the driving goals of our trip to Asia - to increase awareness of this issue so that the women participating in the trip can return home and be influencers within their own communities and that we'll no longer dwell in ignorance of how people are being treated around the globe. My prayer is that together we can actively work to end this evil in our world.
THANK YOU so much for being a part of this endeavor whether it's by your prayers, your financial giving, involvement in your own community, or just asking about the issue and what's going on. To have you on board with me in this journey is an extraordinary blessing. Thank you!!
Prayer Partners
Please let me know if you'd be willing to take a specific day of our trip to pray for the work we'll be involved with in Cambodia and Thailand. We would love to have this trip absolutely covered in prayer.
Prayer Requests
Ways that you can be praying now include:
Finalizing logistics - visas, flights, lodging
Good health for everyone before and particularly during our trip
The teams that are hosting us as they do much work to prepare for us
For our hearts and minds to be open to what God wants us to see and participate in while there
Giving
Once again it has been an amazing blessing to see how God continues to provide the funds for his work. Of the initial $2750 I needed to raise by November 10, only $500 in needed giving remains. Thank you for being a part of this!!
If you would like to give to help meet the remaining $500 need, options are available below.
Please let me know if you have questions about anything!
Much love,
Jen Miller
Giving Options:
1. Click this link https://donations.mtw.org/donate/AddDesignation.aspx?No=14901 to donate online to account 14901.
2. Send a check to the following address with 14901 in the memo line
Mission to the World
PO Box 2589
Suwanee, GA 30024-0982
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