Realizing how free I am...

Besides the Lord freeing me from having to pay my own wage for my sin and freeing me from death and eternal separation from Him, I'm realizing how many more freedoms the Lord has blessed me with.

I decided to go ahead and start the one dress project yesterday and as I was going through my drawers to decide what to wear with my dress, I started thinking, "Man... I've really given up a lot of choice and freedom by doing this. There are so many clothes in here that I won't be able to wear for a while."

Then it hit me. I am so free. I have the ability to choose. These women and girls have no freedom. If they're provided with any clothing, I'm sure it isn't much. And yet, I feel bad for myself because there are "so many clothes" that I'll have to leave in my drawers for a month and a half? It's only been two days and the Lord has already been teaching me so much, showing me so many things.

Please, join me in praying for these girls. Pray that they see His beautiful light, knowing that even if their physical, earthly surroundings are dark and dreary the Lord's light never goes out and never flickers. His love is constant, unending and unconditional. And pray for those who are trafficking them. Pray that their hearts become broken, so broken. That they are able to be freed from their bondage in sin and that their blindness may be taken away. Pray.

I've taken a couple pictures, so here they are!

My roommate, Becky, and I - day 1

Me today - day 2

The Beginning of a Journey

I haven't had a blog site since Xanga was popular and back the I didn't really have anything worth talking about. I'm about to begin a journey to help raise awareness for those who are enslaved. Those whose hearts are aching and whose stories have yet to be heard. The Daughter Project is an organization near Toledo, Ohio raising awareness and support for girls and women who are being sex trafficked. Amy Seiffert spoke to all the women at IndyCC this year about this organization and her effort to support them. She has been on a journey to wear the same dress for SIX MONTHS. Many women have come along side her in both prayer and the dress journey. Women are wearing the same dress for one month to raise awareness and help support The Daughter Project. My roommates and I have decided to do the same and wear one dress for one month. 


Kelsey, Becky and I took a shopping trip today to get dresses for the project, because none of us had ones we could wear for one month. We're supposed to start march 13, because our lovely roomie Heather is getting married on March 5, but I'm so excited to have the dress that I may just begin tomorrow! If I have what I need to do it, then why wait? These girls suffer so much, I think I can deal with wearing one dress for one month (plus a couple weeks). :)

The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. And they that know your name will put their trust in you: for you, LORD, have not forsaken them that seek you. – Psalms 9:9-10


Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in His holy habitation. God settles the solitary in a home; He leads out the prisoners to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land. - Psalms 68:5-6