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  • Prepare Your Kids, No Heartaches, Please!

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    By Alvin Erickson

    Prepare Your Kids, No Heartaches, Please!

    © 2022 Adults Saving Kids

    I was speaking at a church in Turner, Montana.  One of the things I said at the beginning was that one of my daughters was the victim of a human trafficker.  Then I went on to talk about what we must say and do to prepare our beloved youth so that bad and wrenching things do not happen to them.  At the end of our time together, a motherly woman put her hand up.  She said, “I don’t know if I dare ask this, but I wonder how is your daughter now?”  This question set me back.  I was not ready for it.  So, I had to explain that my daughter was in a building she would never have been in had she not been trafficked.  She was caught in a fire there and though she was brought to an excellent burn unit, the doctors told us they would not be able save her from all her burns.  We had to decide to let her go. Sadly, we did. 

    The response from the crowd was immediate.  A man stood up and gave me a big hug and he called the group to gather around me and then said a comforting prayer.  Love and compassion flowed.  In this website we are talking about potential heartaches.   This is what none of us want.  But guess what, more families are experiencing such anguish and misery than we can ever imagine.   What does a child live with who has been molested?  And their families?  Or one who becomes addicted to drugs or to Internet pornography?  There is so much hurt going on in young people’s lives and yes, in their families.   We could go on and on bringing out the agonies caused by suicides, teenage pregnancies, abusive marriages, bullying and cyberbullying., etc.  Kids, parents, grandparents living with many more heartaches than ever gets noticed or talked about publicly. 

    So what can be done?  The big word is this: “Preparation”.   What does this mean for us who don’t want our kids and yes, ourselves, to live with heartaches?   It means looking at stories where nasty things happen to kids and then asking, “How could my child be better prepared to handle such a situation and avoid the trap, the pain that will be coming next?  What can I do to prepare those young people I care about that will actually make a difference?   Can someone help me find the tools, the wise skills I need to share with my offspring?”  How then can I get such wise skills into the actual thinking of my loved one?   How can I prepare them to the point they can draw on these wise skills when they need them?

    Brothers and sisters, family leaders, here is the good news.  We have done the work to discover wise skills you will need to pass on to the youth you care about.  Many good authors, many good stories, much wisdom from the Bible all have been located so you will have good tools, sharp weapons, effective responses to work with.  It will take real work on your part to involve yourself in a course with other family leaders present.   But is not this a war worth winning?   Not only do your young people need to know these skills but they need to practice them.  That will take concerted effort.  If a person picks up a basketball for the first time, will they be able to make a basket right away?   Probably not!   But if they practice, they will get better at making baskets.   The same is true when we think about responding to risky situations.   One needs to practice wise skills, how to use effective tools, if one is going to avoid the traps other people set. Also our beloved youth must themselves decide they do not want to be fooled. All of us would say we love our kids.  We are concerned for their safety and their futures.   But have we considered what it will take to bring them through the minefields they face?   Is our love deep enough, effective enough to actually get them prepared for all they will face?   Give yourself the right to make a good decision about this.   The time you take, the effort you spend can save your child and you from long lasting heartaches.   God is on your side.  Make the most of the opportunities this website and the course offered affords.

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Websites:	https://adultssavingkids.org or https://parentsarise.org
Phone:		Office:	612-869-5450
                Cell:	612-708-1875 
Email:		info.adultssavingkids@gmail.com
Address:	Adults Saving Kids
		6501 Woodlake Drive, #814
		Richfield, MN  55423

  • Fifteen Things to Know and Do to Not Get Trafficked or Aid Traffickers

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    By Alvin Erickson

    Fifteen Things to Know and Do to Not Get Trafficked or Aid Traffickers

    © 2022 Adults Saving Kids

    Start with a short look into how we are vulnerable See (Ways Youth Can Be Vulnerable to Human Traffickers) on this website.  Don’t lack preparedness.

    1 Notice, observe, draw back and take in what is happening.  Too many details?

    2. Too good to be true, someone comes into your life & says all the right things.

    3. Have your own support group (family, friends, mentors, etc.) that lessens your need for love, caring, attention and compliments from someone else.

    4. Claim your intuition, recognize how your intuition is really a gift to help you.

    5. Always consult with someone you trust before making a big decision.

    6. Be wise, be shrewd, be prudent, don’t allow yourself to be hurried.  Think through consequences.  Be aware of brain development, an immature pre-frontal cortex fails to see consequences, sometimes lacks good judgment.

    7. Take someone with you if you are putting yourself into a risky situation.

    8. Don’t get manipulated into doing something that supports the trafficker.

    9. Remember who you are in Christ, a child of the eternal God, which is what you stand for.   Connivers seek to attack one’s sense of their identity and shift it.

    10. Always keep in control.  Don’t let charming, niceness, smooth talk sway you.

    11. Remember you never are obligated to in some way return the favor given you.  Setting up a need to return a favor is a favorite ploy of a manipulator.

    12. Look out for person who can’t take “No” for an answer.  It is time to run!

    13. Learn to say “No” firmly.  Don’t add a reason.  “No” is a complete sentence.

    14. Confirm: Know name, address, phone everything you can about this person.

    15. Ask penetrating questions, inquire of God.  Put schemer on the defensive.

    (Some Scripture passages like Isaiah 58:6-12, II Samuel 13; Luke 20, Genesis 3; Proverbs 1-7; Matthew 10:16; Luke 4:18, 19; Ephesians 1, 4 and 6 can guide us).

    Contact Info:
Websites:	https://adultssavingkids.org or https://parentsarise.org
Phone:		Office:	612-869-5450
                Cell:	612-708-1875 
Email:		info.adultssavingkids@gmail.com
Address:	Adults Saving Kids
		6501 Woodlake Drive, #814
		Richfield, MN  55423

  • The Most High Calling of Parents and Grandparents and Other Concerned Adults

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    By Alvin Erickson

    The Most High Calling of Parents and Grandparents and Other Concerned Adults

    © 2022 Adults Saving Kids

    Have we forgotten how important we are?  Have we failed to grasp the vital ministry we have been given and allowed it to slip away unnoticed?  Are we awake?  Parenting and grandparenting are at the core of American life itself. Why do so few see the high importance of this role?  Maybe they are content to “let sleeping dogs lie” but that is a dangerous attitude!   In sports a trash talker has to be careful.  He can prod the opposing team too much and get them fired up.  Do we parents and grandparents need someone to trash us and get our ire going?   Unfortunately there are lots of people making money off our kids.  The last thing these moneymakers want to do is provoke us guardians of our kids into thinking we are not going to let them pick our kids off.  Their motto is “Let the parents and grandparents lollygag, loiter.  Don’t get them thinking they can have some influence.  Don’t annoy them.  Don’t wake them up!”

    Let us speak loud and clear.  This is where it is, folks. Our parenting and our grandparenting, our godparenting and our mentoring represent the very essence of what

    this land of ours is about.   We are the backbone, the physical, mental, social, emotional and spiritual source of all that is happening.   What we are bringing or not bringing to

    our youth is the pivotal fulcrum of all that our country is or isn’t leading to what will be.

    God expects much from us.  We have been given much.  “To whom much has been given, much is required,” said Jesus. (Luke 12:48b) When we are faithful receivers, lovers and worshippers of God in Jesus Christ, we become our children’s chief protectors and teachers.   We have first place in their lives for God has privileged us to become front line guides and instructors. Ours is a singular and unique place in the lives of our children.   We are the only ones to raise them, to pass on the faith to them, to instill in them what life is all about, to equip them with the wise skills to fend off evil.

    The question is:  How much have we realized and acted upon the primary calling we have in our own homes?   Why does research show that from 1960 to 2000 the most impactful influence on the lives of American children has drastically changed?   In 1960

    family life was the key influence, then peers and friends, then school and fourthly church.

    By 2000 this had shifted, and now media was the main influence, then peers and friends, then family and then school.   And how much further have we drifted since then?

    Yes, we believe many families are still operating in ways that show home life is the most vital part of a child’s life.   We need to keep it that way.   But let us admit—it is very easy to give the life of our child over to the TV, the cell phone, and the Internet.   Without trying we can find ourselves on the sidelines watching our children grow up with beliefs, values, attitudes & actions that are not what we know in our hearts will be good for them. 

    There is plenty of room for us to wake up and embrace fully what God is asking of us.

    This website and the books it offers are meant to assist concerned adults to be the ministers God is calling all of us to be.  If you are one of those who believes in what is being said here, we heartily recommend you obtain the books and expose yourself to the support and resources available to you. We now offer a course where family leaders can be trained for such a time as this.  Check it out.  This brings those concerned about their offspring to come together and learn by discussion from each other.  Be bold, get involved.  It is time for Parents and Grandparents to Arise!!

    Contact Info:
Websites:	https://adultssavingkids.org or https://parentsarise.org
Phone:		Office:	612-869-5450
                Cell:	612-708-1875 
Email:		info.adultssavingkids@gmail.com
Address:	Adults Saving Kids
		6501 Woodlake Drive, #814
		Richfield, MN  55423

  • Discernment, The Art of

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    By Alvin Erickson

    Discernment, The Art of

    When people tell you that you are a discerning person, what do they observe that has them say that?  To be discerning means a person has the awareness and the knack of choosing between two things.  One of those things is not going to be good for a person.   One of those things is going to be better for the person and offer a safer and more nurturing outcome. 

    Jesus was discerning.  Some of the Pharisees and leaders were seeking to set him up for failure, for getting himself in trouble by something he would say.  Noticing this he did not fall for their charming pretense.  (See Luke 20:20-26) Their intent was to trap him into saying something off-color that would show he was a fraud.  His intent was to see through their entrapment tactics and then say and do what confounded them for he spoke the truth. 

    When we consider this, we ask ourselves this question: When are we asked to be discerning and pick between two ways of dealing with a situation?   The parable of the Good Samaritan helps us think about one way.  Two men passed by the man beaten and robbed who lay by the side of the road.   The Good Samaritan came along, saw the man, saw his need and discerned that this was not a set-up.  There were no men hiding in the bushes waiting to come out and attack him.  So he ministered to the man, poured oil on his wounds.  Then he took him to an inn and paid for the days the man would need to be there in order to heal.   He treated the man best he could.

    This gives us a simple way to talk about discernment.   Trick or Treat!  When one is confronted by a situation, one must discern.   Is someone seeking to trick me, to deceive me, to take advantage of me?  Or is there actually a need there and no danger of being tricked?  Let us realize this is a tough call.  This means we need to be talking about discernment many times and help our offspring think about this as well.  The book of Proverbs clearly helps us here.  It is aimed to give wisdom to the simple-minded.  It elevates the importance of wisdom as a gift more precious than gold or silver.  Proverbs recognizes one can get oneself in a jam just by going along with someone’s request or proposal.   There will always be someone we meet up with, who has an ulterior motive but who is nice on the front end. 

    Some people are good at scheming.  They can make things seem very normal, very engaging, even compelling.  So why would a person not go along with them?   They would also use “urgency” as a way of getting their victim to do what they are proposing.   Listen to many advertisers and notice how often they are using deadlines and promotions to get a person to act quickly.  So quick that there is no time to consult with another person and discern what is going on.  Luther sees Satan as behind this deception.Proverbs 4:23 exhorts us to “Keep or guard your heart with all vigilance, for from it flows the springs of life.”  If we are not discerning we can find ourselves in a deep hole that’s very hard to get out of.   But here is the challenge.  Discernment does not come easily.   There is quicksand on the road of life and many find themselves in it.  Jesus says there is a narrow way that leads to real life and a broad way that leads to destruction.  So there is much at stake when we are talking about discernment.  Proverbs tells us we need to work with our offspring and help them become discerning so they treat when that is actually needed but they do not let themselves become tricked and then used or wounded unnecessarily.   Jesus tells us in Matt.10:16: “See, I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.”  To be wise as serpents is to be discerning. Are we ready to be trained in discernment?   How important is this matter to you and your beloved youth?

    Contact Info:
Websites:	https://adultssavingkids.org or https://parentsarise.org
Phone:		Office:	612-869-5450
                Cell:	612-708-1875 
Email:		info.adultssavingkids@gmail.com
Address:	Adults Saving Kids
		6501 Woodlake Drive, #814
		Richfield, MN  55423

  • Are Our Children Prepared for Treacherous People?

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    By Alvin Erickson

    Are Our Children Prepared for Treacherous People?

    When we hear a 15-year-old girl has gone with her parents to a Dallas Maverick’s basketball game and is abducted, we might ask how that could happen?  We may well want to know because suddenly situations we assumed were safe may no longer be that safe.   Here is the problem we are abruptly confronting.  Traffickers come up with sophisticated schemes that young people are not prepared to deal with.  So if the scheme is well executed, what will almost always result is that the outcome will favor the traffickers.  They are the professionals and the youth is the amateur in the game being played.

    We do not know what happened in this situation but let us paint a picture anyway.   This is not the true story but it will help us get some idea how something like this could happen.   The fifteen year old is attractive for her age.  She is alone in the wide hallway of the stadium.  Then she is spotted by a couple of women.  They follow her.  On a cell phone one woman calls two men at a nearby door that exits the stadium.  She tells them they have found just the right girl to be targeted.  The plan goes into action.  

    One of the young female traffickers runs up to the girl and looks her in the eyes and says, “I need help.  My father just collapsed.  Could you please come and bring your cell phone so we can call 911?”   The 15 year old responds to the urgent need.  She runs with the woman whose dad is supposedly on the floor.  As they run past the exit door the 15 year old is suddenly confronted by two men.  One gets in her way and stops her.  Before she can think or scream, another man comes up and says in a menacing tone to her.  “If you scream I am going to kill you.”  The girl is not prepared for a situation like this.  One man says, “Follow us and you won’t get hurt.”  She follows.  Soon she is put into a waiting van.  All the eight people involved in the scheme including the driver are in the van with her.  Tape is put over her mouth so she can’t scream.   She is surrounded so there is no way for her to escape.  Her hands and feet at now tied.  All of this has happened in just a few minutes.  The van takes off and will be long gone before the parents start to realize there is really a problem.   That is one of the reasons this kind of abduction is successful.   Delayed comprehension gives the kidnappers time to get far away and be undetected. 

    Now we ask ourselves, “What could have happened so this girl would have avoided being abducted?”  The answer is simple yet profound.   The girl could have stood her ground and not responded to the call for help.   But that would have required not only quick thinking but actual training.   Adults Saving Kids has found parents who deliberately work with their kids so they hold back from responding to a stranger’s plea.   This means parents have had to swallow hard and believe that connivers will approach their children with compelling requests.  Their children must be prepared for this.   They have developed their children’s response level to the point that nothing urgent or compelling is the last word.   The girl could have asked herself, “Why is she choosing me to tell when we are a distance from her father?”  She could have said,
    “Talk to that man over there.  He looks like he would be a better person to help.”  But obviously such quick thinking is not going to happen if the girl has never become prepared to think this way.”

    Adults Saving Kids has come to understand that family leader’s need the kind of training that helps their offspring be able to head off such a tragedy.  We are talking about what can happen at the top of the cliff.  What can be done before a child goes over that cliff and years of heartache and recovery take over one’s life?   It is a little like buying insurance on a home.  Perhaps no claim will ever need to be made.  So do I gamble and not buy insurance?  By the same token, do I decide not to prepare my children to recognize that someone may be seeking to take advantage of them and by so doing give myself more time to do other things?  Or do I realize an ounce of prevention now will pay big dividends if I do not have to live with tragedy and my child’s life deeply scarred?  God is asking us to raise wise kids.  God has provided the tools necessary.

    News Links:

    Eight people arrested after teenage girl trafficked from Dallas Mavericks game is found in Oklahoma (msn.com)

    Family of 15-year-old girl who went missing at Mavericks game demand answers from 8 people arrested in sex trafficking scheme, Dallas Police, and Oklahoma hotel where she was found

    Contact Info:
Websites:	https://adultssavingkids.org or https://parentsarise.org
Phone:		Office:	612-869-5450
                Cell:	612-708-1875 
Email:		info.adultssavingkids@gmail.com
Address:	Adults Saving Kids
		6501 Woodlake Drive, #814
		Richfield, MN  55423

  • Five Distinctions to Becoming Street Smart

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    Truth Exposes And Transforms Lies

    One’s Identity in Christ

    Lie: I will live today, die and be eaten by worms, and have no existence therefore I am worthless.
    Truth: Christ has chosen me, forgiven me, joined me to his death and resurrection in baptism, therefore making me into a child of God forever, giving my life eternal value before God.

    Lie: Because I do not see God or feel Christian today, I might as well try to look good or feel good by risking my future with risky behavior. It doesn’t matter anyway, my life is meaningless.
    Truth: I have Christ within me even though the eyes of my heart often are blind to who I really am. Therefore I focus on and claim the promises given me and I respond faithfully to the calling God has given me to do and be and I seek to be wise in the Holy Spirit about choices I make which might undermine that.

    Being a Sheep: Vulnerability Sets Us Up
    Lie: Since I am confident nothing bad can happen to me, I will continue to depend upon my own strength and wisdom to get me through life.

    Truth: Since we all have our blind sides, to be dependent upon my own self-awareness may well make me as easy target for those who seek to use any perceptions I have or don’t realize I have, against me. I therefore seek to be wise as a serpent and innocent as a dove, using prayer, Christian support and boundaries which work for me in dealing with possible treachery.

    Lie: Since I am a pretty good person and have survived so far, I think my own perceptions must be reliable.
    Truth: Many unnoticed situations set us up for being taken advantage of such as unaddressed trauma in our lives, feeling unloved, misinformation and being inexperienced or naïve.

    Facing the Wolves: Recruitment Tactics Shift Everything

    Lie: I have an ability to tell who is telling me the truth and who is leading me on.
    Truth: Those who recruit young people have usually honed their skills of entrapment to a level far beyond what the young person can even comprehend so that the young person once entrapped actually thinks they have made a personal choice to be where they are.

    Lie: I have a personal formula which has worked to keep me from getting into trouble and will in the future.
    Truth: It is the job of the recruiter to hone in on the blind side of that formula, push the right buttons and disarm any strategy a person might think they have to defend themselves.

    Eaten by the Wolves: Consequences Beyond Imagination

    Lie: Only stupid or sinful people get themselves into a fix that totally disrupts and devastates their lives.
    Truth: Normal, average, so called “good” people glet caught in the traps recruiters set and find themselves having all or some of these following situations to deal with: Used mercilessly many times a day, alienation from family and friends, become chemically addicted, they themselves recruit others and ruin their lives, set up children for failure, get post traumatic stress syndrome, have mental problems, have learned helplessness, lose chance for education, commit crimes, use sex as a drug, use others, lose capacity to love, manipulate to survive. divorce.

    Leadership is Eminently Possible: Standing for the Young People
    Lie: Prostitution is common, there is nothing which can be done to transform its impact, therefore this is one subject we can forget about.
    Truth: Because this is a long neglected injustice and oppression and because we now understand the deceit and dynamics of what is going on, those who step out courageously can give powerful and effective leadership that makes a major difference.

    Lie: People make bad choices and I have better ways to spend my time than to try to do something about people who have made their own bed. Let them sleep in it.
    Truth: To confront what is really going on is to open up a whole new arena of myth shattering truth, to see with fresh eyes the dangers our youth are in today, to get excited about what it means to be in ministry and to be in a public leadership position the church has seldom had in many years. We need people to decisively take on leader ship roles.

    Contact Info:
Websites:	https://adultssavingkids.org or https://parentsarise.org
Phone:		Office:	612-869-5450
                Cell:	612-708-1875 
Email:		info.adultssavingkids@gmail.com
Address:	Adults Saving Kids
		6501 Woodlake Drive, #814
		Richfield, MN  55423

    Bible References:

    • Proverbs 1-7
    • Matthew 10:16
    • II Timothy 3:16-17

  • Ways Youth can be Vulnerable

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    • Want to look good, be noticed, get attention.
    • Want to be heard, to have someone take the time to listen to them.
    • Want to be affirmed, to be valued and their development recognized, even if it is inconsistent and sometimes looks funny.
    • Have many invalidating conversations (self talk) within themselves.
    • Are particularly attractive or wholesome, which has predators invent creative ways of trapping them.
    • Not aware of signals that indicate they are being set up.
    • Are not trained to be strong, shrewd or keep themselves safe and in control.
    • Have low moments where what they are up to, no longer seems worth it and they are in a mood to give up.
    • Want to be independent of parents and rules, desire to be self expressed.
    • Have a yearning for an adventure even though it may involve grave risks.
    • Have the conversation within themselves that no one really cares about them.
    • Believe themselves to be invincible, that they can handle anything that happens.
    • Hang out in public places (malls, video arcades, non-alcoholic bars, roller rinks, schools, colleges, church gatherings, state fairs etc) where predators lie in wait.
    • Carry within them secrets so they have their attention on how they are keeping the secrets rather than on what this person, who is a stranger is up to!
    • Don’t set limits or they allow others to cross their boundaries.
    • Carry within them unaddressed trauma which is affecting them but not necessarily noticed by them. This woundedness is obvious to a sharp eyes of predators.
    • Have no strong male figure in their lives who is affirming them and valuing them.
    • Are socialized to be nice to strangers, to talk to them, to not hurt their feelings, to listen for their needs and to meet those needs, a need to be helpful, serving.
    • Are inexperienced with life and therefore susceptible to those who notice that and come along with bigger visions, better answers, and “authoritative” common sense.
    • Live with an underlying sense in their lives: “I am stupid” or “I am bad” or “I am not worth anything” etc. Once discovered the predator will use this against them.
    • Believe they must serve others when asked and must talk to others when talked to.
    • Associate love with touch, affection, with sex, fun-loving with safety.
    • Feeling rejected in some way now has them secretly hunger for acceptance.
    • Do not check out risky situations and make sure accountability is in place.
    • Naïve about life, evil, human nature. Trusts people without checking them out.
    • Influenced by chemicals, so defenses are not properly working.
    • Away from home, food, shelter, people who care. Immediate physical needs will set them up for risky behavior they wouldn’t try otherwise.
    • Bitter about broken promises made by parents and others. Open to be’ influenced.
    • Open to hear promises of wealth, glamour, easy living, without being realistic.
    • Not aware of mind control techniques. Let themselves be affected by strangers.
    • Willing to trust anyone who appears to be friendly.
    • Do not have the courage or ammunition to keep out of compromising situations.
    • Don’t recognize that being charmed, made to feel good can lead to being entrapped.
    • Do not listen and pay attention to their intuition or gut feelings within them. Disregard warning signs. Don’t value their alarm systems. GUT God’s Unspoken Thought.
    • Natural adolescent tendency to experiment can be used against them.
    • No set limits about chemicals or sexual activity, hard to say “No” to someone.
    • Family dysfunction undercuts sense of stability and confidence, so is open to others.
    • Use of chemicals or willing to try chemicals set them up to be controlled by drug dealer or pimping person.

    Contact Info:
Websites:	https://adultssavingkids.org or https://parentsarise.org
Phone:		Office:	612-869-5450
                Cell:	612-708-1875 
Email:		info.adultssavingkids@gmail.com
Address:	Adults Saving Kids
		6501 Woodlake Drive, #814
		Richfield, MN  55423

    Bible References:

    • II Samuel 13:1-15
    • II Timothy 3:6-7

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    Bible References:

    • Ephesians 4:14-16
    • Ephesians 5:15-17

  • Empowering Our Children

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    Do You Want Any Of Your Children or Grandchildren to Have to Deal With This?

    I was once talking to a young native American leader near where we lived in the inner city of Minneapolis. He told me a story that still haunts my soul. One night he was sitting on the outside steps of his house. It was about midnight. He was there to enjoy the fresh air and coolness of the evening. Suddenly he heard across the fence a young woman screaming hysterically. He could hear a man was there with her, asking her to quiet down. But this young woman was so traumatized she could not stop crying loudly.

    She finally asked, “Don’t you realize what happened? This man overpowered me. He held a knife to my throat. Then he raped me. He could have killed me. He never paid me anything. He just walked away after he got what he wanted. Then the woman began to weep aloud, uncontrollably. The man spoke up, “Okay, it happened, so what? You haven’t met your quota. The night is still young. Get back out there on the street and find more customers. I have had enough of this. You still have work to do. You better get it done or you will be facing something worse.”

    Friends, when you hear a story like this, how are you with it? Can you imagine some young person in your family being in a situation like this young woman was? People wonder why I, an old man of 89 years, am still working as a volunteer to keep situations like this from happening. The answer for me is simple. Can’t I do something to keep some precious young person from ever having to be caught in such a terrifying, heart wrenching kind of slavery? Can I walk around nonchalantly as though everybody is fine and there’s not that much to be concerned about?

    There are moments in our lives when we are confronted with someone’s agony and our denials.  Urgently, our complacency must end.  We are being confronted by reality, by truth, by someone’s horrible suffering.  Like it or not, we have to stand for something more than, “I’m too busy right now.”   So, what can we do? Is there something I can do? When we ask it that way, thoughts immediately turn to our own families, young people who are vulnerable to being controlled by somebody or something. Can I help prevent something like this ever happening to one of those kids or grandkids I care about deeply? Well, yes, there are several steps I can take which could turn out to be very beneficial, safeguarding some young people around me.  And not just for the females but also for the males. After all, 68 % of young men in America are going to a pornography site at least once a week. That means they are gambling. Gambling that no young woman they are watching is like this woman in our story, a trafficked, a trapped young person providing them pleasure but at a great cost to themselves.  In reality, they are lining up more with the trafficker than they are with this young woman.

    So here is what can be done:

    1. Become street smart. How? By getting some training on how connivers scheme and what you and your offspring can do about it. (Have your church has a class for parents and grandparents which is free and on power point.   (Contact information on home page of https://www.adultsavingkids.org ) .

    2. Become equipped and be with other family leaders where you find ways to grow in the leadership you can give for those who are growing up in your midst. (Inquire at 612-708-1875).

    3. Discover how the truths of the Bible and modern thinkers can equip and empower you in being the difference maker in your own family that God has called you to do.

    4. Learn to pray and pray for all those who care about and for other families around you as well.  See “What is Prayer Project Lifesaver?” on our website.

    Contact Info:
    Websites:	https://adultssavingkids.org or https://parentsarise.org
    Phone:		Cell:	612-708-1875
                     
    Email:		info.adultssavingkids@gmail.com
    Address:	Adults Saving Kids
    		1810 11th Ave South
    		Minneapolis, MN  55404