In today's program we get to share a clip from the Christian Broadcasting Network about a new initiative to combat Human Trafficking. They are now impounding the vehicles of johns and increasing the fine for a first offense to $5,000!

Next we get to share about a new law passed this year here in Arkansas dealing with the impounding of vehicles of those caught trying to purchase sex. An interesting twist about our law is that along with the other fees and penalty's there is an additional $500 charge that will go to a new state fund called the "Human Trafficking Victim Support Fund." The moneys in this new fund will be used to help the victims of human trafficking here in Arkansas, and to help train educators to recognize victims of Human Trafficking.

Our thanks go out to Louise Allison, Executive Director of PATH, for the "heads-up" on these two stories.

Today's program again features Jolene and her story. Part of the focus in this storyis the growing awareness in our health care industry that needs to take place about recognizing victims of human trafficking.

Today we have a breaking story out of Washington DC, out of our Congress, that Backpage.com is back in Congressional cross hairs! Congress has received evidence that Backpage has been directly involved in soliciting sex ads as well as coaching advertisers on how to best post their ads. Backpage has tried to paint themselves as only a 3rd party to the ads and not directly involved in creating the ads.

Today's news story is out of Chicago. A human trafficker is behind bars today after his 16 year old female slave was slaughtered on Christmas eve. This is another example of how God is working to bring to justice those profiting from the sex slave industry. We also get to hear an audio clip of the slaughtered girls Mother as she shares about the need to bring these perpetrators to justice.

Today starts a 3 week news story about how God is working in the health care industry to bring awareness to health care providers about human trafficking.

While I was gone to El Salvador I met a young lady that had been abused and trafficked as a young girl. She had never told anyone before. I got to see God do some great healing in her life! In the program today I have Louise Allison share some important information that she had shared with me that was very helpful for the young lady in El Salvador.

Today's news story is out of Alaska! It is about a "barefoot mile" that survivors and concerned individuals walk each year to raise awareness as well as raise money in the fight against the sex-slave industry in Alaska. Last week the event raised $200,000 to support the fight in Alaska!

We also share some insight from our PATH Executive Director, Louise Allison, about what happens in a child's mind that is trafficked at a young age. I share this because one of the girls in the news story was sold sexually as a 3 year old until she was 6.

Today's program is again about what part we call all play in bringing an end to the sex slave industry in America.

This weeks program is about a fund raising idea called "Freedom Friday." The idea is to take a Friday evening, and instead of going out, stay home and estimate how much you would have spent for entertainment and send that money to PATH to help in the effort of setting captives free! A pretty neat idea! We have set the date for June 23rd. Let's all join in and help make a difference!

The news story today is about a health care group called Dignity Health, that is working to train and educate health care providers to recognize and respond when they come across trafficked victims in the health care setting.

I also get to thank PATH for coming this past Thursday to our church's Sheriff's Prayer Breakfast to share with our Sheriff's Department about human trafficking.

Today we get to share a part of a clip from the White House in Washington DC! Ivanka Trump last week held a news conference in the White House, along with members of Congress, about new legislation and financing that Congress is dealing with right now to address Human Trafficking in America. Congress has 8 Human Trafficking bills on it's table right now. We get to make the point that this is evidence of a major movement of God, right before our eyes, in this our day!

We also get to share some of the news story that broke last week about the massive drug bust in Little Rock last week! The point of this news story is that any time we see this level of "drug trafficking" we can be assured that there is a comparable amount of Human Trafficking that goes along with the drug trafficking, and that right here in the Little Rock area.