Friday, March 07, 2008

A mate of mine, one of my youth who got saved last year has started up a Bible study group at his school. First week back (had one last year...lol) was yesterday and he had 31 youth rock up! Not bad hey? That makes it one of our corps largest congregations! And he is in year 11. So, who cares how old someone is, if they have the Holy Spirit give them jobs to do and see God bless it! Hallelujah! Heres to all the people who will get saved and filled with the Holy Spirit there!
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Our drop in center is going well but we're in desperate need for female leaders! Yesterday was our 3rd time doing in and we've gone from having 5-6 people to having 17 youth there yesterday. We haven't advertised, its all been from word of mouth amongst the youth. Now to find ways of presenting the gospel in a fun easy yet meaningful way! If you know any female leaders who could help out, please let me know. If you dont know any, please pray for some!
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And this from national nine news (ninemsn.com)

Five charged over Sydney sex slavery

Friday Mar 7 07:46 AEDT

A group of South Korean women were falsely lured to Australia and forced to work up to 20 hours a day in a Sydney brothel, police say.

Federal Police officers raided six inner-Sydney properties on Thursday, arresting three women and two men allegedly linked to a sex trafficking syndicate worth more than $3 million a year.

"Police will allege the syndicate recruited women in Korea by deceiving them about the conditions under which they would be employed and then organised their entry into Australia under false pretences," the Australian Federal Police said in a statement.

A 46-year-old woman from Greenacre in south-west Sydney, a 42-year-old woman from Hornsby in north-western Sydney and 35-year-old Korean woman are due to appear in Central Local Court.

They are charged with offences including people trafficking, deceptively recruiting for sexual services, dealing in the proceeds of crime worth more than $1 million, and arranging a non-genuine marriage.

Two Sydney men, aged 23 and 28, have been charged with knowingly conducting a business involving the sexual servitude of others and will appear in court at a later date.

2 comments:

salvotim said...

That's fantastic James! (Your mate who's running a Bible Study at school). Luke 10:2! Praise God that he is using you to raise up workers from the harvest. Hallelujah!

Darren Lamotte said...

How Awesome is that about the high school bible study. Every time I read your blog I get challenged about things I need to be doing. You are an inspiration to many.
Many Blessings,Darren