From WordPress to The World Race

Hey, followers and friends!

For now, my one and only blog is going to be jesseischens.theworldrace.org.

I would encourage you to click the link on the right side of the page, check it out, and sign up for email updates so you can stay up-to-date with all of the latest as I begin this process of preparation and fundraising and step out onto the field in September 2012.

If you would like to, I would also love any amount of support and prayers you can give. I appreciate all of you and am so grateful for you!

May God richly bless you in this next year and a half of life. See ya on the flipside 🙂

Human Trafficking Awareness Day!!!

Get the word out! Today is Human Trafficking Awareness Day, and we can all DO something to help!

Just to make you more aware, I’m going to post links to several anti-trafficking organizations’ websites so you can check out more about what’s being done across the country to combat sex trafficking/human trafficking/slavery/injustice around the world.

This video just broke my heart and I had to share it again with all of you. It’s why organizations like Compassion International and Mission of Mercy are extremely important–because they help bring kids out of poverty, help them go to school, and give them a chance at life! Help save a child’s life today and rescue one out from under the danger of being trafficked!

Sevenly

Buy a t-shirt and provide aid to a trafficking survivor!

The A21 Campaign

Breaking Free

Love146

International Justice Mission

Buy a t-shirt & save a girl!

This is absolutely awesome. Have you ever wanted to find an easy way to help women who are victims of sex trafficking, but never known how? Well…through Sevenly and the Not For Sale campaign, you can purchase a t-shirt for $22–it’s made by trafficking survivors–and when you purchase it, you’ll provide protection for 1 woman in Cambodia for a whole month! Now I think that’s pretty sweet and definitely worth every penny!

Former World Racer Matt Snyder blogged about this, which is how I heard about it. Check out his post here.

Road of Resistance

This is where my heart is. This video is long and hard to watch. But I’m glued to it. It rips my heart to pieces and crushes it again and again. I applaud the founders of Road of Resistance. For their courage. For their longing to bring justice to the Karen people. I think, with something this big…an atrocity, a genocide…something on this large of a scale and so overwhelming…it’s easy to glaze over it and walk away. But that’s where God’s tugging comes in and you know you can’t just sit still. You have to share this. You have to talk about it. You have to get the word out. Because people think genocide only happens in Africa. But in reality, there are more child soldiers in Burma alone than any other country in the world. No one would think of Asia being a ripe plucking ground for child soldiers. But it is. Trafficking. Genocide. Brutal military rampage by the Burmese army. This is reality. And we need to do something about it. With the Lord’s help. So that is why I’m sharing this video with you. Because if I don’t…I’m not sure I could handle it.

Silence is Shameful

Luke Dowler is a musician I have recently stumbled across. He has partnered with International Justice Mission to write this single. It is riveting, horrifying, and reality. Please share this!