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about six months ago my wife and I founded a nonprofit organization called PTSE
PTSE is an anti-human trafficking organization which is committed
to bring an end to this modern-day slavery. Our name
is an acronym which comes from a passage of Scripture in the Holy Bible
Psalm 10:17,18 which says
Oh Lord, you will hear the desire of the afflicted
You will strengthen their heart. You'll incline your ear
to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed. So that man who is of the earth
may strike terror no more
if we're going to put an end to human trafficking in the world today we
believe that
any approach must be comprehensive. So we plan on fighting human trafficking in
three ways:
first of all is to protect the innocent with millions of victims already in the
world, and millions more in the future
we believe that we must do something to protect the lives of the innocent
a recent FBI statistics says that there is a 100 percent chance that
if a child goes on the internet that they're going to be approached by ***
predator
so we must do everything we can to warn and protect our children
from this horrific evil in the world today. So we'll go to churches and
schools
summer camps, any public forum where we can educate the general public
as to the reality of human trafficking as well as the dangers that it poses for them
in the world. The second thing we do
is to rescue the victims
we'll be working side by side with law enforcement agencies and other
like-minded organizations to identify
locate and rescue victims human trafficking
with more than two and a half million women and children enslaved in the
commercial sex industry
we have to do something to help those that are currently being exploited each and every
day
I know, it may seem like just a number to us when we hear that two and a half million
just imagine if it was your daughter your sister
your mother
granddaughter
who was enslaved
wouldn't you do something? We believe that we have to do everything we can
to bring help and hope to the victims were already enslaved
The third thing we do is to redeem the fallen
one of the most difficult things and one of the most important things
that we have to address is the issue the demand for human trafficking
the sad reality is if we were to rescue every victim tomorrow
that within weeks they would be replaced with millions more new victims
we live in a culture which is sexually broken
and there is an incredible demand for the commercial sex industry
listen we're talking about an industry that generates 32
billion dollars a year profits. That's more profit
more customers, more clients than Starbucks
Google and Nike
combined. We must do something to address that issue
and so one of the ways we decrease the demand is by working with men
who are sexually broken whether it's addiction to ***
frequenting strip clubs, using prostitutes there are all kind of issues
that we have to dress
in our society if we're really going to have an impact on human trafficking
really the thing which sets us apart from every other organization that we know
is at the center of everything we do
is the cross of Jesus Christ. We believe that the only hope for the world whether
it's for the victim or the oppressor
is the gospel of Jesus Christ
we don't want to just help people and offer them hope
we want to help them an offer them hope in Christ
the only real freedom is freedom in Jesus Christ and the only real freedom
is by freedom in the Gospel and so what we plan on doing is invading the
darkness with the light of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
and that's where you come in. We need a lot of help
We need a lot of prayer, we need volunteers, we have all kinds of things that we
don't know how to do and we need people to come alongside us
and help us figure those things out. But what we really need you to do right now
is to give
We're trying to raise thirty thousand dollars in the next 30 days
so we can end the year strong and go into 2014 ready to do all the things
that God has called us to do
And to fulfill all the outreach plans and ministry opportunities that the Lord
has given us
so would you pray about donating today? whether it's a dollar
five dollars, twenty dollars, a hundred dollars, maybe a thousand dollars
or more
would you do what you can to bring help and hope to victims of human trafficking
With the Gospel of Jesus Christ. My name is Billy Mills
and this is PTSE