9/28/12

Hiring Prostitutes

I want to hire prostitutes.

Today I read an article on USA Today.  You can read it HERE.  I was so pissed off...pardon the language...and later decided it more represented 'righteous anger.'  I've witness injustice in sex trafficking in other countries, most people know it happens.  And I'm not ignorant of the fact that it happens in the USA.
Even though I don't see it with my own eyes in my neighborhood in Omaha, I know it happens.  This article moved me to tears, that any girl or woman should feel like she has to sell her body to live, to feel wanted, just reeks of Satan's schemes, and I closed the article (after sharing on both Twitter and Faceook) with a new resolve that 'I have to do something.' 

Obviously, if you're on this blog, you probably know that I want to open a coffee shop in the future that supports anti-sex slave trafficking organizations.  Today I was struck with a new idea.

I can hire prostitutes.

Now, this is all just a new revelation to me, so I haven't thought through particulars.  But what if I could open my shop in a building that has living quarters.  What if I could set up bedrooms, with donations.  What if I could go out at night, and invite girls/women who want a new shot at a different life, to come to Divine Cafe.  What if I could clothe, feed, and house them?  What if I could employ them at my coffee shop, paying them wages while not charging for housing, so that all the money they make can be saved to one day move out and live on their own?  What if I could give them experience, so they can find other jobs?  What if I could allow Jesus to change their lives?  What if my dream to not only support other organizations doing the work, could itself be an organization actively involved in seeing sex-slave trafficking ended?

Again, this is the beginning of the idea.  The dreams are in the clouds, and reality will likely reign them back to some extent...but for now let me be excited about the what-if's that I know God can make a reality if it's His will.

3 comments:

  1. I love and share your passion for this tragedy. This sounds like a great idea!

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  2. Interesting idea, my prayers will be with you being able to fullfill your dream.

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