One look at the International Justice Mission (IJM) web site reveals the story of 14 slaves held at a rock quarry in Bangledore, India. IJM helped gather local police and government support to raid the quarry and free those being held.
These kinds of stories are happening every day, though most don’t include a rescue.
Seeing [...]
Archive > October 2008
Modern Abolitionists
Call + Response
Krista and I just got home from seeing the documentary, Call + Response. It was a powerful 90 minute presentation with a mix of music and exposé regarding the vast crisis of human slavery around the world. I’m still processing what we saw, but it was Krista’s second time seeing it, so she has already [...]
H2O
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I took two showers yesterday. That was probably eight or nine gallons of clean, drinkable water. Just like every other day, it didn’t cross my mind to be thankful for clean, running water. I’ve had it all of my life and have never had a reason to doubt that it would be there when [...]
Jason Barmer
