Tuesday, April 12, 2011

"Sodom and Gomorrah"

This afternoon I was preparing for my trip to Ghana in June, and I came across a place in the city of Accra (where I'm going) that is nicknamed "Sodom and Gomorrah".

What I read broke my heart.  Thousands of children are living in slums like this, with no parent, no place to live, doing whatever it takes to survive.  Teenage prostitution is rampant, 8 year olds spend there days fishing through the garbage hoping to find something they can sell just to eat, and violence and crime is just a part of life.  One article I read talked about rape and sexual perversion just being the norm.

I'm scheduled to be at this exact place on June 7th - please pray for these children.