There once was a girl named Anya, she lived in a very poor country and unfortunately there we're no way to acquire a decent paying job. A friend of a friend told her she get a waitressing job in Europe. She quickly made plans to get to Europe and her friend called in a agent to help her cover the travel cost. Unfortunately, when she got there she realized she wasn't there to be a waitress, but she was to sell her body for sexual services. If she refused, she was beaten. She could not call anyone and was told that if she tried to escape, her family would have to cover the costs to send her back. Plus, she already felt the shame of feeling like it was her fault. Anya was trapped by her own fear and shame to even try and get help. Here's the thing, real men don't buy girls. Real men love God and love the people that God created. They see every life as equally precise, and reducing a person in order to take advantage of them is just beyond them. Here's the deal, human trafficking is a industry that takes between 600,000 to 800,000 people every year, mostly adult women and little kids according to dosomething.org. There are over 20 million people being trafficked right now in total. Thankfully, there are many simple ways to fight the distribution of people across the borders. One thing that we cannot deny about human sex trafficking is that it has an inseparable link to porn. Not only does porn ruin relationships and create false expectations, but it also fuels the sex trafficking industry. When a person clicks on a link to watch the video, sex traffickers have more of an incentive to make videos of their victims. According to a study done by fightthenewdrug of 854 women across nine nations, 49 percent of them were recorded and 47 percent were harmed in the making of it. Porn fuels sex trafficking, and if people stopped watching it, that would decrease the demand of trafficking. Educating yourself and others and knowing how to spot sex trafficking could become a useful tool in eliminating it. One thing to know is that most human trafficking happens in hotels. It doesn't matter what kind of hotel because it happens in all of them. Most sex traffickers use them because there is so much privacy and they can leave without so much a word. There is an app that you can get called TrafficCam that helps authorities find sex traffickers, and all you have to do is snap a picture of your hotel room. Another thing that can help is to just simply support local antitrafficking organizations by funding them. There are plenty of them in every state and each one contributes to the end of sex trafficking. Louisiana Coalition Against Human Trafficking is a great one that helps with victim rehabilitation. Victims of human trafficking are reduced as people and live in inhumane conditions and are often mentally and physically abused. They often get beaten and their will no longer belongs to themselves but to the one who makes money off of them. If we love our Savior, we should love the people He created, and that means not being quiet about their suffering. |
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When you started college at 18 you probably thought you were SO old. Now at 22 or 23 you realize that you still are not "old," but you are to the 19-year-old that may pop up in your classes. You seem like a grandparent to them, and no I will not buy you your alcohol or help you find a fake ID.
2. You may feel lonely.
Sure, you still have friends on campus. But your "squad" is no longer all there. You go from Thursday night pre-games and 2-for-1's to Skype dates to try to stay connected with all your friends. On a positive note, you are likely going to make new friends with other people who are in the same stage of life as you.
3. Senioritis is more real than ever.
You thought you had it rough this last year, yet this year you are more ready to graduate than ever. But, the real world still scares the hell out of you and you are low-key happy you had an extra semester or two to prepare.
4. You may feel a little down sometimes.
When you see your friends moving all over the country you may feel a little down as you realize you are doing the same thing you have been doing for the last four years. But it is important to remember that it is completely normal to not graduate in four years and you can do even more things to help prepare you for the next phase of your life.
5. Fear of missing out won't be as real.
At least in your college town, most things that are going on with your campus are going to be things that you have already done before. So, on nights you would rather lay in bed than go downtown, the FOMO will probably be much more toned down.
6. You are a college pro.
On the plus side of being a fifth year, you've got this whole thing down. You know the ropes of college: how to study, how to get in with your teachers, where to go on what nights. This is all old news to you and you've got everything down to a science.
7. You'll have more free time.
Sure, you can still be involved but odds are your social calendar just really opened up, AKA no more events you are going to be fined for if you don't go to. With all this extra time maybe you'll get a job or maybe you'll lay in bed. Ultimately, it is your choice.
8. You're happy you're still in school.
Every time you get on Facebook you see so-and-so from high school getting married, having children, etc. And while you're happy for them, you're happy being single and not having that responsibly and being in college an extra year doesn't sound so bad anymore.
9. You feel like a guru.
Odds are people in your classes will know you are a fifth year and know that you pretty much have the campus figured out so you are going to have to answer questions about where the best spots to study are, where to go for game days, etc. You may get annoyed answering questions, but you're still happy you've got the lowdown on everything.
10. You continue to grow.
You are going to learn more about yourself and for the first time since you came to college as a confused, excited and scared freshman you are going to have to get out of your comfort zone a little and make sure to make your (hopefully) last year your best year yet.
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