5 and for sale - in Houston

Please read this, to the end.  They deserve for you to feel uncomfortable, they deserve your tears, your prayers and your action!

Slavery, trafficking.  No matter what you call it, it is evil.  And it's growing.

The numbers are haunting:

1.2 millionNumber of children trafficked each year for sex around the world. (UNICEF)

11Average age of sex workers around the world. Some are as young as 5 years old. (CIA)

100,000Number of children and young women who are trafficked in America today. They range in age from 9 to 19, with the average age being 11. (FBI/ABC News)

200,000Number of U.S. children at risk for commercial sexual exploitation. (US Department of Justice)

30Number of years that U.S. citizens can spend in prison if they’re convicted of traveling to another country and engage in child sexual tourism. (US State Department)

$9.5 billionAmount of money generated annually by human trafficking. (FBI)

3rdRanking of human trafficking among all income-generating syndicates (drugs and guns hold the top spots). (Stop the Traffic)

We can change these statistics.

For information on how you can help refer to the links on the right under Slavery.

Recently, as in the past month, undercover aid workers who routinely scour the city of Houston for trafficked children where offered a

5 year old girl, for the night, to share, for $90. 

They were able to make off with the girl and she is now in a safe place under the protection of the FBI.  She is from Germany. 

Does the fact that she is German make a difference in your processing?  For some reason it did to me, and that makes me sad.  As if another culture, country, or color would be less horrific.