Going to India

itbrokeagain · 01-18-2013, 01:00 AM

Yup thats right. End of April. My wife and I are going to work with the International Justice Mission and Crossover Foundation. India has a major issue with sex slavery and forced prostitution. Most of the time parents send their kids off "to be in a movie" or because they think they are sending their kids off to some better opportunity.

We are headed there for several reasons. One is to put on a marriage retreat for the local pastors that our organization has partnered with. There are many cultural barriers to having a marriage with transparency openness and trust in India. We are looking to break those barriers and allow them to have successful marriages.

The other reason is to help set up and run the aftercare homes for the girls that are rescued. We will be showing these girls love and showing them not everyone is a bad person. These girls ages range anywhere from 3 to 15. There are 3 year old girls in forced prostitution that we are working with to give them some sort of healing so they can have as normal a life as they can have.

We are looking for support both monetary and spiritual. We need to raise $6000 to do this trip. Everything donated is tax deductable and it never touches my hands. If anyone wants to donate go to www.crossroads.net/gotripgiving locate my name (Tony Vilardo) and click donate. You will be sent a year end contribution statement for tax purposes. We need spiritual support also because this is some crazy heavy stuff we will be doing and will need to be able to keep it together.

Thanks for taking the time to read my novel. Also if anyone has any tips on how to survive Mumbai I welcome those too. Thanks!

01-18-2013, 01:00 AM	#1
itbrokeagain Just Empty Every Pocket - CORE Member - Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Amelia Posts: 1,435	Going to India Yup thats right. End of April. My wife and I are going to work with the International Justice Mission and Crossover Foundation. India has a major issue with sex slavery and forced prostitution. Most of the time parents send their kids off "to be in a movie" or because they think they are sending their kids off to some better opportunity. We are headed there for several reasons. One is to put on a marriage retreat for the local pastors that our organization has partnered with. There are many cultural barriers to having a marriage with transparency openness and trust in India. We are looking to break those barriers and allow them to have successful marriages. The other reason is to help set up and run the aftercare homes for the girls that are rescued. We will be showing these girls love and showing them not everyone is a bad person. These girls ages range anywhere from 3 to 15. There are 3 year old girls in forced prostitution that we are working with to give them some sort of healing so they can have as normal a life as they can have. We are looking for support both monetary and spiritual. We need to raise $6000 to do this trip. Everything donated is tax deductable and it never touches my hands. If anyone wants to donate go to www.crossroads.net/gotripgiving locate my name (Tony Vilardo) and click donate. You will be sent a year end contribution statement for tax purposes. We need spiritual support also because this is some crazy heavy stuff we will be doing and will need to be able to keep it together. Thanks for taking the time to read my novel. Also if anyone has any tips on how to survive Mumbai I welcome those too. Thanks! __________________ 91 fj 80 on 37 Nitto Muds with a 10k winch. Cage and sliders coming soon.