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Micah Pattisall and the team from Salem Chapel are on the ground in Swaziland, ministering to the kids there. Here's a little of what he had to report on his blog: I shot a picture today of a kid. He was smiling so widely like any other happy go lucky boy.  Yet his clothes were…

Boreham on Being Blessed The blessed of the Beatitudes is suggestive of natural fruitfulness; it stands related to the roses round my lawn, to the corn in yonder valleys and to the autumnal harvest of the orchard. It has to do with joys that arise spontaneously and inevitably from certain fixed conditions. It is the…

Men, it’s time to step and take our rightful place as sons of God. No longer can we can’t allow the evils of our culture seep into our souls and steal our power to be who we are created to be: Protectors, Defenders, and Image Bearers of Christ. Watch this until the end, then make…

When you travel to a foreign country, you hear a lot about sex-trafficking. The trafficking of underage children, girls who are stolen out of orphanages, and boys who are lured in friends and trusted relationships. I've just returned from Moldova where this issue is rampant. There is no law in that country to protect victims. In fact…

We are partnering with IEmpathize to help girls who have been rescued from the sex-trade in Eastern Europe. This short video features a good friend of mine and President, Brad Riley. Brad describes what happened while we were in Moldova, specifically the day we were surrounded by traffickers at "The Sex Cafe." Many of you have asked…

Well I made it back home on the last flight out of Europe – literally. But I'll save that story for another post. I wanted to continue this week sharing some of the stories from our trip to Russia and Moldova. This trip really did something to me in my soul, messing me up in…

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Many of you have asked what can be done to stop sex-trafficking before it begins. In a country like Moldova, there is little happening in regards to stopping sex-traffickers. We heard story after story of traffickers abducting kids all over the country. It takes time…

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Many of you have asked what can be done to stop sex-trafficking before it begins. In a country like Moldova, there is little happening in regards to stopping sex-traffickers. We heard story after story of traffickers abducting kids all over the country. It takes time…

Another great day with young ladies in our  Young Mothers Program here in Kostroma, Russia. We spent the afternoon talking to these courageous young ladies in HopeChest's Young Mothers Program. I presented each mother with a HopeChest Love Goes Around necklace–the same ones you can buy as a Mother's Day gift this year. CLICK TO…

Our team is now in Russia! I'm excited to see a different side of tackling this issue which I'll talk about in the days to come. I cannot describe how broken my heart is over what happens to orphans and vulnerable children. The sex-trade is the most evil propagated in the life of a child…

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