Fourth of July, 2010, happened to be on a Sunday. In Bible Fellowship that morning our 9th grade class of girls were in the prayer room talking and praying over the freedoms we are thankful for. At one point one of the girls blurted out the blessing we have of not being literally enslaved in physical bondage, specifically enslaved to satisfying the sexual desires of ruthless men.

The week following Independence day was Community: Serve at our church. We were busy all week with planned activities to serve our community with the love of Christ. The Wednesday of this week, a couple of us were wanting to have a sleepover. Not for any particular reason, just because. One girl was sacrificing going to the beach with her family to stay and finish up the week of serving. Another, time with family, and I had made the decision to skip two practices to be able to spend a little extra time with friends, not like we weren't seeing each other everyday that week anyway, but hey, we are 14. So after much fuss and talk and begging our moms, our plan worked. We've grown a lot since then :)

That night we were discussing the random comment made in Bible Fellowship the Sunday before and really got to thinking about the issue of human trafficking.  On July 14th, 2010, SOS was born. We were dreaming big that night, and pretty much planned our first event. We started out thinking, "Wow, it would be awesome if we could have a cook-out with our youth group to raise money to help support trafficked girls across the world." We never expected God to show up in the way that He has.

Looking back at what maybe sparked our passion for this type of ministry, we found that many different things played a role. Through numerous Bible studies and devotionals done together the Lord has solidified to us over and over the importance of sacred purity. We have grown spiritually together, and share many of the same values and truths. Because we have taken a stand for protecting our purity and God's intent for marriage, we are sensitive to the topic of preserving purity of mind, body, and soul.

In our research of sex-trafficking, we found that these little girls have absolutely no choice of protecting their purity. Men degrade and use their bodies day and night, breaking their spirits and damaging God's holy temple, the living bodies of these children. Our hearts have been broken for those who cannot savor their sacredness, and all the more we view our gift of purity with priceless value. Our job is to give a voice to the voiceless, and proclaim freedom for our sisters around the globe.

We are thankful for the opportunity God has given us, to share with His people the call He has placed on our lives. We are doing this because we have been called and we said “Yes, LORD.” One thing we’ve learned is to be sure you are ready for something big when you say “yes” to God. He is always faithful. We pray that God will put our selfish desires to death. That in everything we do, we will bring honor and glory to Him and Him alone. This is the prayer of the SOS team. We seek only to magnify His Name through this ministry.

Who will save them? Who will come to their rescue?

God has called us all to save them. 

Only one question remains:

Will You Join Us?