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We Sing for Them
When my kids were younger, I made up a simple tune to Numbers 6:24-26–the priestly blessing–and sang it to them as a bedtime prayer. I still sing it occasionally, even though they’re in middle school and high school now, and … Continue reading
Posted in Devotional
Tagged blackbox, dominican republic, help for trafficked boys, justice
When God Interrupts
God had interrupted him before. In 2009 when Brian Jennings and his wife adopted a daughter from Ethiopia–a sister to their two young sons–God interrupted their tidy, set ways with bigger dreams and deeper love than they’d ever known. So … Continue reading
Posted in Devotional
Tagged blackbox, Brian Jennings, justice, resonate, trafficked boys, Wade Landers
Surely
She runs a tourist shop in the Dominican Republic. “After I heard about sex trafficking,” she told Blackbox, “I began to see it everywhere around me.” “One day in my shop, I noticed a 50-year-old white man walking next to … Continue reading
Posted in Devotional
Tagged blackbox, dominican republic, helping trafficked boys, injustice, isaiah, justice
Redeemed.
“It’s too much.” That’s what we said when we first heard about sex trafficking. We said it again later, when we met real boys who’d endured real atrocities in an entire industry built on abuse. We cried and prayed again, … Continue reading
Posted in Devotional
Tagged helping trafficked boys, justice, sin
Broken
“In justice ministry,” said Blackbox Director of Prayer Shane Wood, “you must be broken. But the brokenness cannot debilitate.” We hear stories of the sex trafficking industry–stories of truckers in India picking up children on the side of the highway, … Continue reading
Posted in Devotional
Tagged broken, help for trafficked boys, justice, Shane Wood, story must change
One boy
One boy entered our hearts. The horrific realization, that our world had almost no idea that boys were victims of sex trafficking and that these boys had no places equipped to help them, first sprung into our hearts because of … Continue reading
Posted in Strategy & Behind the Scenes, Updates
Tagged blackbox update, healing, justice, one boy, trafficked boys
Oh So Close
Lots has been happening since we completed the 50/50 Campaign. God has been good, and there are plenty of things to keep lifting up to him, as we prepare to open our first home for trafficked boys in the Dominican … Continue reading
Posted in Updates
Tagged blackbox, care, caring, help, help for trafficked boys, justice, trafficked, trafficked boys