What a Difference a Year Makes

165 posts later, today is the one-year birthday of this blog.

As I look back on the past year, I'm extremely encouraged by the things that have happened. We raised tens of thousands of dollars for Love146 through the Boston Taskforce's "Tread on Trafficking." We raised tens of thousands of dollars for the incredibly important Born2Fly awareness book project. I had the chance to go to Cambodia, Thailand, and the Philippines with Love146 on an absolutely life-changing trip, and see this problem with my own eyes. Meanwhile, countless stories were told in the media and on the movie screen, from "Taken" to "Playground" and "Call and Response." Celebrities have taken on the cause and spoken about it from the hills of Hollywood.

Most of all, I'm so blessed to know such amazing people who are spending every single day fighting child trafficking. From Rob and Kathy at Love146 to Diana Scimone at Born2Fly; from my amazing Twitter friends like those at Transitions Global, Not for Sale, and Nowhere2Hide; from Rachel Sparks-Graeser of The SOLD Project, making a life in Thailand--to so many others. I thought of all of you and what you do, day in and day out, at my church last Sunday after hearing a simple line from a Michael Crawford song:

"Help me not to rest, while those around me weep."

What will be changed by October 20, 2010? What will we do to fight child sex trafficking over the next 365 days, to make sure this coming year sees even greater things? Thank you to all of you who do not rest, but work tirelessly until the weeping ends.