RELATIONSHIP WEEK

WHAT AN AMAZING WEEK!! We had such an amazing week this week!! Our speaker was talking about relationships and not all relationships but purely relationships between guys and girls ;)!!! It was soo good. We first talked about sex which i know is a very touchy subject bt she talked to us about how sex is defined not as purely intercourse but the actions leading up to it. How when you engage in anything like this then you are stealing from that person's future wife! At the same time they are steeling from my future husband. It was really eye opening. She then went on to say (to the people who had crossed lines) that GOD FORGIVES YOU!! he doesnt hold it against you and if you pray and start over God will totally help you. SO when you cross those lines you are not huting God you are hurting you and your partner. He doesnt tell us not to do it because he wants to take all our fun away he tells us not to do it because it is only hurting us and our partners. She used an illustration of two peices of paper. If you glue the paper together that is like you engaging in physical relationships before you are ready. When you break up then you are like the paper being torn apart! Even if it is a nice break up the paper being torn apart slowly you will stil be a part of each ohter. She really brought light to the reasoning of why it is important to stay pure until married (not for God's sake but for ours) but she also gave hope and said it is totally forgivable if you have crossed those lines!! This was all in one day and it was super enlightining!
Then she talked about boundaries! There are four types of boundaries; spiritual, emotional, verbal, and physical. These all of equal importance. Here are some of the boundaries for each one!! Some of these i did not even realize make guys stumble there is a fine line between having fun and flirting, When you flirt you are tempting guys and that is not fair. I did not realize that some things that i thought didnt effect me actual end up making me stumble. Some people need different boundaries. Physically some people cant even kiss our they will stumble. Love is not to be used until you are considering marriage. Praying together is good ocasionally but not everyday just the two of you. Words of affirmation are good not in a flirty way. Back messages actually make guys stumble. Being alone in certain places add temptaion. THe little things some people arent even aware of make other people stumble.
THe whole lecture was absolutely amazing! if things are not done GOds way the relationship wont last!! shocker i know

BIG ISSUE IN A SMALL WORLD

JUST A WARNING TO THE READER!! THIS DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH WHAT I AM DOING IN HAWAII BUT MORE TO DO WITH AN INJUSTICE THAT LIGHTS A FIRE IN ME!!! SOMETHING THAT IS SO DISGUSTING BUT A BIGGER WORLD ISSUE THAN PEOPLE CHOOSE TO BELIEVE. SO PLEASE DONT READ THIS AS IT BEING AN UPDATE BUT MORE TO OBTAIN KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS AFFECTING CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD. AFTER READING THIS IF YOU FEEL COMPELLED TO PRAY PLEASE DO SO AS THAT IS ALL THAT MOST OF US CAN DO FOR THIS HORRIFIC ISSUE. THANKS!!

SEX TRAFFICKING AND EXPLOITATION AROUND THE WORLD is a huge issue. Cambodia is one of the main places that this happens but it also is majorly present in South Africa, America, Laos, and other huge countries withing Asia but also the world. There are many different ways that these children are captured and it all depends on where you are. Some places the families are promised money, some places the girl are raped and told sense they are no longer virgins that prostitution is all they are good for, some places they are kidnapped, but no matter how the child is obtained the issue is still horrible no matter what he circumstances. It is now completely illegal in ALL countries to sleep with a minor (child under the age of 18) yet in most third world countries government officials, police agents, and even judges can be paid off. This is something i feel needs a raised awareness. It is hard to hear these stories and ignore them but to think that westerners go into these small poor countries preying on small children (most being girls from the ages of 5-16) yes i said FIVE YEAR OLDS, is disgusting. One of the saddest things is, when people go in to rescue these children, they dont want to leave. They have learned to love the hand that feeds them, even if it is the one exploiting them as well. Most will try to resist rescue because they are told that if they leave their families will become poor and sick. They are brainwashed into thinking these lies so that they will not want to leave. The sad thing is it works.

One thing that needs to be made known is that this is not just a problem in poor countries. It happens right here in the US. Normally a girl is loured into a car and told she will get a good paying job. She is then taken across state borders into a city and taught what she will be doing, along with how to do her make up and hair, what clothes she will wear, and how to get the men! That will happen or the kids will be kidnapped. According to SCTNOW.ORG each year 200,000 american children are at risk for sex traficking and in a year one young girl will make around $200,00. THis does not include the children that are brought to America from other countries. The subject matter is horrific.

The point of this is not to feel hopeless. IT is easy to sit back and think that nothing can be done. This is wrong. God is bigger than any pimp or brothel. Prayer is one of the best ways of fighting what is going on. IT is important to pray for the men that prey on small children. Kids can be rescued from these situations but there will always be another kid to take their place, if we run out of pedophiles then the "industry" stops. I am now asking for prayer. These kids need self worth and to know that they are loved. THey need to know that what they are doing is not their fault. They have done nothing wrong. THey need trust in God.