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Daring Daughters: Help ENDIT!

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February 25th, 2016.
— All over social media, you’ve probably noticed red-X images and photos of hands marked with permanent red Sharpies. Last night, our three teenagers came home from church with red-X’s marked on their hands. Friends on facebook and twitter have images of ENDIT and statistics of modern-day slavery all across their profiles.

So, as Daring Daughters, is this something we should participate in?

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Of course, we’re all totally against slavery and human trafficking, but as Christian mothers and leaders, we need to make sure we’re joining with something that’s okay to support. So, as a heads-up, here are some facts to get you in the loop.

  • The ENDIT movement is led by a Christian pastor, Louie Giglio.
  • The ENDIT movement was prominently featured at the mission conference, PASSION, with over 60,000 young Christians in the Georgia Dome.
  • Many prominent Christian leaders have shown their support for the ENDIT movement, including Beth Moore, Mark Dricoll, Chris Tomlin, and Kari Job.
  • The ENDIT Movement has been featured on The Christian Post, Charisma News, and also has a positive review on CNN.

As Daring Daughters, we need to DARE TO CRY for the needs of this world that grieve God’s heart. Human slavery, exploitation, and Human trafficking are issues that need our voice. In the famous Bible chapter about the virtuous women, Proverbs 31:8-9 tells us . . .

“Open your mouth for the speechless,
In the cause of all who are appointed to die.
Open your mouth, judge righteously,
And plead the cause of the poor and needy.”

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As Daring Daughters, let’s raise our voice and our hands. Let’s also learn from this great example of using creativity and contemporary social media to help expose a horrible need of modern-day slavery and to raise awareness.

Ladies, let’s DARE TO CRY and to pray . . . for this need.

 


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Dare to Rejoice . . . in Missions #5 –Carlyn’s MISSION Yard Sale!

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Hear Carlyn’s praise report, how a yard sale helped Rapha House in Cambodia (rescuing girls from child trafficking). “Dare to Rejoice…in Missions!” #5 Download mp3 < < <

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Photos from Carlyn’s YARD SALE . . . for Rapha House in Cambodia:


Ready to go! Fresh baked cookies, raspberry lemonade, brochures and magnets . . . and, of course, the scarves!


In process! wow! That’s a lot of stuff!


Lilli at the “ethnic” table


The girls taking a mid-day break and I caught them doing some reading! Ha!


“Vintage finds” section of the sale!


The finished scarf “display” – God was faithful down to the last detail! This was the exact image I had in my mind when I was thinking of how I wanted these precious and beautiful items displayed!


A lovely “customer” – our first scarf purchase!


A woman from Kenya, tying one of the silk scarves “African style” on Bella


Thank you for praying with us! We praise God for all He has done!

Meet Carlyn: Human Trafficking Awareness

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In the words of our friend Carlyn, a Daring Daughter and mission-minded mom from Washington state:

A few months ago, my eleven-year-old daughter, Bella, asked me about the “Sex Trafficking” donation description in a World Vision catalog we had. I felt the Lord prompting me to go ahead and give a bit of information. It struck and stirred something within her and within a few hours she came to me saying she had been praying and felt the Lord was calling her to save money for this cause.

Carlyn’s daughters: 11-year-old Bella and 9-year-old Lilli, at a World Concern 5K-Run for Human Trafficking Awareness

She had asked Him, “How much, Lord?” (This is the kind of conversational, intimate relationship my daughter has had with the Lord for as long as I can remember.) Bella asked, “Fifty dollars?” “One hundred?” “One hundred and fifty?” The Lord confirmed the amount of “400 dollars” in her heart and she promptly came to tell me. Though she knew nothing is impossible with God, this amount seemed gigantic considering the allowance she receives of a mere few dollars here and there.

To listen to Carlyn share how God has stirred her family with compassion for Human Trafficking Awareness (from the intro to today’s “Dare to Rejoice!” Bible study),

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Not long after our conversation, the Lord began stirring my heart to have a yard sale. My husband’s initial response was, “We don’t really have enough stuff to do a yard sale,” as I tend to make frequent donations to our local mission and purging is not a new idea in our house! Little did my husband know, the Lord had begun stirring something deeper. Not just a sale, but a “cleansing” of sorts. A “go through every nook and cranny of your house” sale – with a fresh eye. An eye for not only getting rid of what is not needed, but being free from the weight of things held on to with good intentions, with hopes of finding comfort or security in them, or simply things I’ve “loved” but I never use.

Carlyn and her mission-minded family: what a Daring Daughter momma!

And, as God is faithful to do, He wove all the pieces together with a greater underlying purpose. He showed me that this ‘home and heart cleanse’ would be the answer to the $400.00 we desired to give to these girls so desperately needing hope, healing and restoration. At the same time, this yard sale would be used to bring a restoring freedom to me. In fact, the Lord began to stir and awaken a compassion and sense of purpose in me that I that never before knew existed: a compassion for those trapped in the darkness of human trafficking.

Carlyn’s 11-year-old daughter, Bella, in a special scarf from the girls at Rapha House in Cambodia

Two weeks ago the $400.00 goal turned to $800.00, and then this week, $1000.00, as the Lord continues to speak to our hearts to believe for more. My house has been purged and there are numerous items in boxes, filled and priced, awaiting their new homes. This has brought a deeper unity to our family, as we not only have gone through things together with this common purpose in mind, but also have prayed daily in bold and specific ways.

After a series of late nights spent researching and praying in order to determine who we are to donate the proceeds to, the Lord led me to the “Rapha House” located in Cambodia. Their mission is “Love, Rescue, Heal.” As I looked into this organization I truly saw the hands and feet of Christ. His love is lavishly shown through all they do.

The Lord has spoken to my heart that this is so much more than a sale. It is a step, no . . . more like a giant faith faith-filled leap for our family. His hand has been evident through every aspect. We have found additional families who have offered to donate items. We’re selling silk scarves handcrafted by Rapha House girls who have been rescued from trafficking. We will be handing out information I put together on trafficking in hopes of raising awareness. Our kids will be helping to give out information as well as sell cookies and drinks to raise additional funds.

Preparing for Tomorrow’s “House-Purging” Yard Sale
With all proceeds going for Rapha House in Cambodia:


(By the way, note the JOY in these kids. Wow!!! What a testimony of God’s love!)

Carlyn says, “I am praising God for the work He is doing in my life and in the life of my family. I humbly praise Him for using us to be advocates for these girls who desperately need His healing, love, and restoration! And, how amazing is it that He allows the goodness of His perfect love to bring these very blessings into my own life as well. He has truly begun the process of teaching me that I too, am His Daring Daughter.”

Daring Daughters, let’s join Carlyn’s project in PRAYER!!!
Please pray for Carlyn and her family as they are working today on this mission project. Pray for GRACE and STRENGTH and FAVOR and PROVISION for God’s work.