Stateside Update 5: And More Prayer

Friends and Family,
We are twenty-seven days out from the end of classes, and then it's another week of exams before summer break begins. With the excitement in the air, I wanted to ask you to take a minute to join me in prayer for these three things.

1. I am still looking for a summer job. I heard back from a summer camp where I applied earlier, but we are waiting on my references and an interview time. I'm back in the period of waiting again. Please pray that God would provide his best for job for me this summer.
2. The issue of human trafficking has been placed in my path and on my heart multiple times, but I think it wasn't until I read Patricia McCormick's novel Sold this week that it became real to me. There's just something about Asia, a novel written for young adults, and a fictional story compiled from the true experiences of several Asian women that captures and breaks my heart. At one point in the book, Lakshmi overhears a customer mentioning to a friend how much he paid for her, which was 30 rupees. Lakshmi says that this is the price of a coke at the village store. This is equal to US$0.50. It broke my heart to read about how trivially these daughters of the Most High are being treated. Please join me in praying for the end of human trafficking around the world.
3. One aspect of human trafficking deep on my heart is the sex trade in Asia. I ask that you would lift up a special prayer for the girls and young women caught up in something to which they did not agree, a crime committed against them. If you would like, you can join the One Girl Prayer Initiative, which is a ministry of Tiny Hands International and works specifically with Nepalese and Indian girls and women. 

For more information on international human trafficking and the sex trade, check out these websites:
http://www.humantrafficking.org/countries/thailand
http://www.worldvision.or.th/index_eng.html
https://www.tinyhandsinternational.org/
http://www.savethedaughters.org/
http://www.didiproject.org/
http://www.maitinepal.org/


Thank you for your prayers!

P.S. I have about 8.5 months until I leave for Chiang Mai!
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"Seek Him. Be Here. Be His."
"‎It is the people who endear the city to our heart." - Chandler

Stateside Update 4: Prayer

I'm writing this in the spare minutes I could find between a meeting for work and my evening ESL class. It's been a crazy week and it's only Tuesday. My ten page paper and the largest recruiting event of my college are both on Friday.

I realized that prayer is the only thing that is going to get me through this week. Isn't it ironic, then, that this week is also my college's 24/7 prayer week? I am reminded of how much I need the Father during weeks like this. Constant communication with Him is what will sustain me.

I also ask that you would join me in prayer for a summer job. To be able to afford to go to Thailand, I need to work this summer. I am also really looking for a job at home so I can be with my family for a while before I leave. With all of that in mind, I covet your prayers that our Father would provide a job for me, that I would be able to save money for overseas student teaching, and that He would provide the money needed to purchase my airplane tickets.

Check out the Contact page to sign up to become a member of my prayer team.

Thank you so much for trusting Him alongside me!
With love,
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"Seek Him. Be Here. Be His."
"‎It is the people who endear the city to our heart." - Chandler