If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. –Abe Lincoln
There was quite the buzz going around about Mercy Project yesterday (and still today) – a buzz, as in 200 new Facebook fans, 400 unique visitors to our website, and nearly 700 new views of our documentary. Needless to say, we think this is absolutely fantastic. A dream was cast that we would set aside Labor Day as the perfect time for broadening awareness of the plight of the kids in Ghana and our efforts to help them. With the help of a friend and huge Mercy Project supporter, we started planning for and seeking 100 Mommy Bloggers to help us with an initiative to spread the word about the children in Ghana and our work to rescue them from slavery.
Because while we celebrated the social and economic achievements of American workers by enjoying a day off work and school, 7,000 children worked a 14 hour day in Ghana. As we hung out with friends and family, perhaps grilling out or spending time on a short vacation, 5-year-olds in Ghana spent their time paddling wooden boats, bailing water our of leaky canoes, and pulling small fish out of sticky nets.
And so, it seemed appropriate that we take the opportunity to seek advocates for our work and to not be merely satisfied with freedom in our immediate American circles but to demand it for those who are not blessed in the same manner, to shed light on situations of injustice, to further works that bring hope and redemption.
We have been so blessed by the 160+ people who joined our efforts yesterday and the estimated 100,000 new people who heard about Mercy Project as a result.
But the dream for freedom continues today and into the next; it continues until each child is brought out of slavery and is able to instead run and play and learn their ABC's. It continues until families are reunited and granted the ability to dream for a future that involves the health and happiness of their children and grandchildren.
Would you join us on the journey?
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