Pilgrim Soldier

About 3 months ago the General, Chief of Staff and the World President of Women’s Ministries called the worldwide Salvation Army to a weekend of prayer for the victims of sex trade trafficking. This is happening this coming weekend and on Saturday we have a Prayer and training day at our Training Centre where a colleague and myself will be teaching on the subject of Human Trafficking.

This is an issue that actually touches the lives of people here in Latvia and a lot has been done in schools recently to try to increase awareness of the issues. The sad fact though is that the promise of a better life overseas causes some young women to fall into the hands of human traffickers. At the same time there is a growing sex trade in Riga, spurred on by the rapid increase in tourism. It seems almost every nightclub in the city has some sort of stripshow or lap-dancing aspect, and an increasing number of bars also have poles for dancers. This is already, and will continue in the future, having an impact on the number of young women being forced into prostitution, including many from even more impoverished areas of Europe and Central Asia.

If you want to know more about the worldwide issue then go to the International Headquarters website and check out the resources there.