Prayer for 10K VisionFund Cambodia Fundraiser

Brenda's 10K for Cambodia

Brenda, a Co-Chair of our Chapter, has been preparing for a 10K run to raise funds for our VisionFund Cambodia Project.  Read what Brenda has to say from her heart about Cambodia and about her run.

" Our group of women (Women of Vision) share the same desire (as World Vision) - to make the world a better place for women and children, especially those trapped in human trafficking and modern day slavery. I am particularly passionate about this issue since adopting Hope. As I watch her participate in TaeKwonDo, play her violin or work hard on a school project, I’m reminded how fortunate she is to be living in a safe place. If she had not been adopted, she would be living on the streets of China by age 13 and subject to sex trafficking and slavery. I just can’t imagine. . . .

Our Women of Vision team has committed to educating friends about the issues of human trafficking and child labor. We have also committed to combating this horrific activity in Cambodia, where the pressures of poverty coupled with the commercial sex trade pose serious threats to children. Here is an example of what is happening in Cambodia:

Parents struggling for a way out of poverty and desperate to feed their family send their 8-year-old daughter to work as a domestic servant—or so they thought. Tricked by an unscrupulous acquaintance, the money they received was actually the down payment on the sale of their little girl into the sex trade. After a period of brutal and systematic coercion into sexual slavery, maybe she is rescued and taken to a secure center for girls with similar stories. But maybe she never gets rescued.

As a parent, I’m sure you can’t imagine the pain these families must face. Our team wants to make a difference in the lives of these mothers and children through a proactive approach: World Vision’s microenterprise development, called VisionFund Cambodia. VisionFund Cambodia helps the entrepreneurial poor get a start in business by providing small loans.

 I’ve committed to raising money for microfinance loans to Cambodian women by participating in the 10k You Go Girl run coming up this Sunday morning. . .pray for my knees as I run the hills of Tacoma! Only my passion to help with this project would make me get up at 7:00 in the morning to run 6 miles."

In response to Brenda's courage to run this race, please consider making a donation by clicking this link, Donate to Cambodia. This will allow you to donate on our Women of Vision Donation page.

Prayer:
Ask God to give Brenda wisdom on what foods to eat today that would strengthen her body, bless her with a good night's sleep, and encourage her as the finish to her preparations draws near to let her passion for Cambodia cause her to press on to the end.  Ask God to bring contributors to this cause to raise funds for the need in Cambodia.