Another update from Addis Ababa.

This afternoon in our weekly Pick a Pocket meeting we got to hear from Anna, who is serving long-term with the girls from garbage city. Anna is an amazing young German who has spent 10 months teaching, mentoring and providing love and care to a group of girls who are really crying out for more in their lives. She's been teaching them English, practical skills and discipeling them. It was so encouraging for those of us who are working for these projects and these people, which at times seem so far away,  to be able to hear first hand how well they are going.

We got a little update from Corey who is running the Pick a Pocket project, working with the boys of garbage city, in Addis Ababa. Corey was on my DTS in January this year. He is 19 and from California and has stepped up in a huge way to serve in Ethiopia.
From Corey- So just to let you guys know, today at the teaching with the boys all but Brhanu were there, and Dejene led the 3 of them in "the prayer".  So it looks like we got 3 more in the family!! Keep praying for them to make this a true step in their life and faith. Pray God would really speak to them and reveal himself to them. Pray that they take this seriously and start to make a change.

Go God!!!

Who will listen to what you say? The share of the man who stayed with the supplies is to be the same as that of him who went down to the battle. All will share alike. 1 Samuel 30:24


Thanks for the verse Anne!

A Quick Update

Hi friends!


Today was the first real snow of the season. It looks beautiful falling from the sky like icing sugar, but generally makes life slightly miserable as I have a long walk into work everyday. Coupled with strict German regulations, requiring all footpaths bordering homes to be cleared by hand before 7:30, this has not been a welcome weather development!

Now that the They Are Not For Sale conference is completed, I have a bit more time to do some other things which have been on the back burner for a few weeks. At the moment I am doing a fair bit of writing work. Pick a Pocket is working on a new website so I have been building content for it.  I am also working on international distribution and publicity of our book 'Reject this Reality'.  We use this book to fund a lot of our projects; and as things really progress with the girls and boys from garbage city, we need all the funds we can get. YWAM daily life also keeps me busy! I have been helping in the kitchen (cooking for over 100) every Monday and I have 2 delightful one-on-ones from the current Marriage of the Arts DTS.

Financially things have been pretty tough. I am so thankful to the people who believe in what I am doing and have given, and continue to give. I need about $400 a month to be able to live here and pay for rent, food, staff fees, insurance, internet etc. At the moment I receive about $125 in regular monthly donations.   I would really appreciate your prayer in regards to this matter!

Please feel free to write to me; I love hearing from people!

Love,

Amy

Me and my good friend from my DTS, Jolisa, now back on staff with Pick a Pocket.

Linkity Link...

 An amazing woman giving her all to help prevent trafficking on the Nepal/India border. CNN Heroes

Someone Else Once Said...

"Sympathy is no substitute for action." — David Livingstone, missionary to Africa

My inspiration.

I have black ink on my fingers.

The crinkly pages have a picture of a fading life.

The small girl and the waiting vulture.

Took my breath and gave me questions.

Gave me no other option but to find an answer.

All my passion towards pulling people from under the wings of death.

Facing Reality and Rising to Action

I had the opportunity to write about the conference for ywam.org and you can check out my article by following this link Facing Reality and Rising to Action Thanks!

Not For Sale: End Human Trafficking and Slavery

Photos from the recent NFS conference in Hamburg

Conference auditorium-we had about 1000 people attend.

Pick a Pocket merchandise booth; selling
hand-made t-shirts and hand-developed photographic
prints to raise money for  current and future projects.

Some artwork on the theme of human trafficking, from the
 Marriage of the Arts DTS currently running in Herrnhut.

More Pick a Pocket merchandise.

Our book 'Reject this Reality' for sale.

Pick a Pocket's band 'Liz and the Lions'.

Artwork by MOTA student referencing the
damage caused by sexual exploitation.

Worshipping with Josh Langer from Texas

Hello friends! I just wanted to say thanks for all of the love, prayers and support that has been sent my way. I am truly grateful...

Human-trafficking stop motion.

Have a look at the truly excellent and super labour intensive stop-motion video a friend (and fellow Pick a Pocketer) made for the conference on Vimeo.

Not For Sale Conference

Wow what a weekend! The much anticipated, and worked for, conference in Hamburg is over. It was an awesome weekend full of art, information and inspiration.

The venue was a large auditorium on the doorstop of Hamburg's red-light district; the location was a good reminder that what we are fighting does not just exist in distant countries, but in the neighbour-hoods we live and work in. Over the course of a few days, we heard from many international speakers fighting the issue of human trafficking. David Batstone, President of the Not For Sale Campaign, spoke about his personal journey to fight this evil.  Luba, from YWAM Hamburg, spoke on her work with the victims of sex trafficking. The large Marriage of the Arts DTS from Herrnhut was in attendence and bought provocative and important art pieces to display. The students really affected everyone with their communication of this important issue through their individual creative gifts. Josh Langer flew over from Tyler Texas to lead worship with a few local staff and brought the roof down.

Pick a Pocket members made up the bulk of the organizational and operational staff for this conference and people remarked more than once how well we all functioned together! I had the priviledge of working in speaker care and stage management. This was a huge amount of work, but it was a such a blessing to be able to talk to, and serve,  all the amazing speakers.

More soon!