I don't know if you checked it out this weekend but each time I see that show or even watch the news it shows me just what kind of heart people have these days. There was a story on there which touched my heart.
Her name is Rosa and she was just 13 years old when her life changed forever. She went from being a young waitress in a small Mexican village to being held captive as a prostitute and a slave.
It all started when a family acquaintance told Rosa that she could make ten times as much money waiting tables in the U.S. as she could in her small village. It sounded like an offer that was too good to be true -- she could make enough money to send some back to her family, and if she got homesick, she could just pick up and come home.
Rosa's parents were skeptical, but she was persistent. Against the wishes of her family and friends, she agreed to make the journey to America in hope of a better life.
Rosa and several young girls were driven across the border, and then continued the rest of the way on foot. They traveled four days and nights through the desert, making their way into Texas, then crossing east toward Florida.
Finally, Rosa and the other girls arrived at their destination, a rundown trailer where they would be put to work. Rosa was told that she would be forced to work as a prostitute. For a young girl like Rosa, this was a nightmare -- but as she soon realized, she had to do what she was told or else.
Rosa was gang-raped and locked up like a prisoner, until she agreed to do what she was told. She lived under 24-hour watch and was forced to engage in sexual relations with up to 30 men a day. When she got pregnant, she was forced to have an abortion, then sent back to work the next day.
Soon, this innocent girl had become a tragic young woman with several sexually transmitted diseases, broken bones that hadn't healed properly, and an addiction to drugs and alcohol.
Again, this girl was on 13 years old, innocent and just wanted to help her family. These Monsters took her and forced her to do these things. People like these mentioned are monsters who do not care for life.
In the time it takes you to read this post to the end of this post, a woman will be raped somewhere in the United States. She will be alone and will be terrorized by an act of violence and degradation by someone she probably knows. She may be beaten. She may resist. She will undoubtedly fear for her life.
Rape is the fastest growing violent crime in the United States, which already has one of the highest rates of rape in the world. According to police reports, 16 rapes are attempted, and 10 women are raped every hour. Add to that the fact that unreported rapes may be ten times higher!
Monsters is what they are. We live in a world where crime, war, drugs, alcohol, sexual slavery, biological weapons, domestic violence, child abuse, nuclear weapons, really I can on and on. All monsters. This is the world we live in folks. This is the kind of world that our children are being raised in.
This won't happen to me, this won't happen to my kids. I'm not sure what is worse? The fact that you think you live on fantasy island or you think that none of this can happen to your children. It can. In the book of Proverbs it states this at chapter 2 verse 11: Thinking ability itself will keep guard over you, discernment itself will safeguard you.
Let me give you an example. Let's say you see of bunch of people hanging on a corner. Wouldn't it be wise to cross the street instead of taking the chance of walking through them. There are many examples but really, at times we ask for trouble. At times we are off in our own world listening to our Ipods instead of paying attention to what is around us. Folks wake up. We live in a world that is controlled by Satan the devil. Anything can happen to us.
We have to protect not only ourselves but protect our children. Even in our own homes we have to make sure all is locked before we go to bed because it's very possible that someone can come in during the night and take our kids. Stories like this is on going and we hear it in the news often.
For children, keep your parents informed. If you are going somewhere, let your parents know. Let them have the address of where you are going to. Let them speak to the other parents and allow them to drop you off. Don't go out at night and try to come home before it gets dark. Try not to take any streets where the lighting is bad and stay on streets that have plenty of people.
I worry about my kids all the time. Be safe...
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