"Taken" Sex Trafficking in our Midst

This past Friday night I went to see a movie called Taken that came out on Jan. 30th and has Liam Neeson. The Movie is based around two young girls who go on a vacation to Paris and end up getting abducted and sold into sex trafficking. This movie is very real and action packed while showing the full extent of modern day sex slavery that is rapidly growing in our world. I Highly recommend anyone and everyone to see this movie, it is very moving and informing. The movie is rated pg-13.



Trafficking in women and girls is the second or third most profitable industry used by organized crime after drugs and guns. The United Nations estimates that as many as 4 million women and children are trafficked around the world for purposes of forced prostitution, labor and other forms of exploitation every year, meaning every thirty seconds or 2,500 per day another person becomes a victim. The UNICEF reports that across the world, there are over one million children entering the sex trade every year and that approximately 30 million children have lost their childhood through sexual exploitation over the past 30 years. There are currently 27-30 million individuals in slavery today, 70-75 percent of who are sex slaves.

Please be praying for the ending of sex trafficking and the hope of Jesus to go forth...

Branch of Planned Parenthood to shut in Colorado Springs

Today I found out that the Planned Parenthood in south Colorado Springs is closing down on March 31st!!! Praise the Lord, we recently started a daily one hour prayer vigil(silent siege - www.bound4life.com/the-silent-siege) at planned parenthood on 1331 Colorado Ave. We started the day of this years roe Vs wade anniversary, January 22. What an answer to prayer... Continue to pray and stand in the gap for the unborn.
Branch of Planned Parenthood to shut

February 5, 2009 - 11:10 PM

THE GAZETTE

Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains is closing one of its locations effective March 31.

Clients from the closed location, in the Mission Trace Shopping Center at Hancock Expressway and South Academy Boulevard, will be referred to the Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains Eastside center, at 3958 N. Academy Blvd., No. 108.

The closure comes after major renovations at the Mission Trace Shopping Center the organization thought would be too disruptive, said Planned Parenthood Field Manager Katie Groke Ellis. For center hours and other information on Planned Parenthood, people can visit www.pprm.org or call 1-800-230-PLAN.

Meet Lia a 12 Year old Voice

Lia, a 12-year-old seventh grader that recently decided to make a courageous stand in her school by giving a persuasive speech on the topic of abortion. Even when her teachers strongly encouraged her to choose a different topic, she decided to stick with what she felt passionate about. An email from her mother describes what led Lia to make such a bold move.

It was really a family thing. I saw Lou [Engle] speak at a conference several years ago. I came back to my family with the Life Bands, and we all wore them, made our covenant, and prayed the prayer for abortion to end… We were invited to participate in a “Life Tape Siege”. Once my kids heard of this invitation, they all agreed: “We have to do that!” Since then, Lia’s passion for seeing abortion end has continued. Being impacted by Lou’s words regarding Horton [Hears a Who], she was excited to watch the movie when it was released (and the rest of the family were too!).

In the email, her mother goes on to describe the challenges and consequences Lia faced.

As part of her class requirements, she needed to prepare a speech; however, the classroom presentations were also meant to enable the teacher to select the best speeches to go on to a more serious competition. As I mentioned, several teachers discouraged her from picking the topic of abortion; she was told it was “too big”, “too mature” and “too controversial”. She was also told that if she went ahead with that topic, she would not be allowed to continue on in the speech competition. Initially, I tried helping her find other topics to speak on, but, in the end, she was adamant. She just felt she wanted to continue with the topic of abortion. So she forfeited her chance to compete in order to speak on something she was passionate about.

This is an amazing story.... please continue to pray for the raising up of young ones who will be a voice even in the face of opposition.

Two or More.... An Unbearable Burden to the Environment???

Today I read an interesting article in the London Times that linked contraceptives and abortion to the issue of global warming. Jonathon Porrit was the chairman of the UK Ecology Party (now the Green Party) from 1978 to 1984 and chairs the government’s Sustainable Development Commission currently in the UK.

This is what Jonathon Porrit has just recently proposed a very inhuman idea about the amount of children we should have and its effect on global warming. He starts of by stating that children are an unbearable burden on the environment....

"Couples who have more than two children are being “irresponsible” by creating an unbearable burden on the environment" -- Jonathon Porritt, London Times, 02/01/09

and he doesn't stop there.... he goes on to say that the solution to global warming is to increase contaception and abortion use.

"curbing population growth through contraception and abortion must be at the heart of policies to fight global warming. He says political leaders and green campaigners should stop dodging the issue of environmental harm caused by an expanding population. " -- Jonathon Porritt, London Times 02/01/09

This is just appalling and absolutely inhumane... but Jonathon doesn't stop there, here is the so called importance he thinks needs to come.

"The government must improve family planning, even if it means shifting money from curing illness to increasing contraception and abortion. " -- Jonathon Porritt, London Times 02/01/09

would love to here your comments and thoughts and please be praying for the ending of abortion and the transforming of hearts

to read the entire article in the London Times click Here