Our local free newspaper, the Yellow Advertiser, contains a full page of 'personal services' advertisements... 'visiting massage', 'escort services' and some even less veiled. What surprised me most was the large advert with a list of available 'escorts' at the top of the page... beside each name was their age, and of the 20 or so names, most were only 18 or 19. At least that's what the advert claims.
And even if they are 18 or 19, I would be surprised if any are working willingly. I would also be surprised if many were born in the UK. Most, I suspect, will have been trafficked here. To respectable Romford. ???
A few of our community are planning to pray through the Summer about human trafficking, and about what we can do to 'be the prayer' where we live. Maybe it will begin with challenging these ad-listings... I don't know. But it will begin, I'm sure of that. We will read and learn and investigate and pray together, and ask Holy Spirit to give us the discernment to know what to do, and the courage to do it.
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