Written by Lauren Jekowsky and Oliver Kaplan: The recent kidnapping of schoolgirls in Nigeria by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram is putting the spotlight on the problem of human trafficking in Nigeria, a scourge that has existed for some time and reaches far beyond Boko Haram. Nigeria is currently ranked as a “Tier 2” country…
Last August, I experienced a Mother’s Day unlike any other. In Thailand, the people celebrate Mother’s Day on the queen’s birthday. It just happened to fall on the week that my daughter and I ventured to Thailand with Rescue 1 Global. On Mother’s Day, we arose to attend a church service. Upon arriving, there sat a…
Mark Rempel’s testimony and experience as a participant on one of the R1G Thailand trips on Mother’s Day last August is moving and powerful. He understands that when a child does not have the nurturing bond of a mother, there will be a certain void only a mother can fill. As a child, Mark never knew his…
Written by Audra Haney. Read her blog here. – If you scroll Facebook or any other form of social media today, you’ll see a lot of people sporting a red X on their hands today…and it couldn’t thrill me more! Today is the “End It” Movement’s “Shine a Light on Slavery” Day for the 27 million trapped…
So as far as I can tell, blogs are supposed to be honest…So here goes. Honestly, my day has put the C in crazy and it is only 9:30 in the morning, and let me tell you that crazy is what my agenda is serving up for breakfast, lunch, and dinner today. There’s the three kids…and did I…