From Stories to Reality-"Sold"

This is a new series that I am doing. I got inspired for this series because of the book that I was reading. It was a fiction story, but there was so much real world implications behind it, and the more books I read, the more it sunk in that I could write a series about the real world implications behind some stories. The first book that I want to talk about is Sold by Patricia McCormick. The story is about a girl Lakshmi from Nepal, who is sold to become a maid for people in the city to help pay off her family's debt. But little does she know at the time when she is sold, that she was sold into prostitution. At first Lakshmi doesn't want to be there and she tries to stand up for herself, but she finally breaks into doing what the lady who brought her wants. Towards the end of the novel, an American asks if she wants to be freed from this life, and finally with hesitation, Lakshmi says yes and the American rescues her.

Sure this may be a fictional story, but the author went to Nepal and did her research about girls from Nepal who are sold into prostitution.  This is real and present and thousands of girls are affected by this. Matthew 25:40 talks about helping the least of these, "The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’"  Now most of us don't have the means to helping theses girls first hand but there are other ways to help. First of all you could pray. Prayer has a lot of impact, more than we know. God hears all of our prayers, and he takes them to heart. Praying for these girls is something that we all can do to help them. Another thing that you can do is just to talk about it and raise awareness. There are lots of us who don't know what is going on in countries outside of ours, but raising on an issue like this can help more people step up to help. Lastly, if you want to do more, there are many organizations out there that you can donate your time or your money to. One organization is Faith Alliance Against Slavery and Trafficking, and there are many more out there you would need to do some research.

Dear Heavenly Father,

               Thank you for bringing to our attention to what is happening to girls in Nepal and all over the world. I pray that you would be with those girls and that you will safely guide them out of the place that they are in, and show them how much you love them. Thank you for the people whose hearts are for helping these girls, and I pray that they can be successful in helping these girls. Amen.