what is the source?

I work as a manager in the home improvement industry.  When a customer comes in needing to know how to fix a leak, I don't sell them towels and a mop.  I get right to the most probing question.  

"What is the source?"  Where is the leak coming from?  The water heater, a busted pipe, a faulty dishwasher?  Where is the leak coming from?  And then I go to work on repairing the leak, to prevent future leaking.

Trafficking is a sad, terrible reality.  So many kids are being farmed into this industry.  So many unwanted kids find themselves with no other option but to fall into this industry.  

As "graduation day" is had at many orphanages, so many "put-out" kids are greeted at the curb of their orphanages by men in cars who are ready to do business as usual for that day. And it is not okay.  

I am no expert, but am certain that the solution to end trafficking is multi-faceted.  

However, adoption does play a role in the end of trafficking.  As a matter of fact, for many children, it plays more of a role in trafficking never even beginning in the first place.  

Granted, adoption takes more than cutting a check, or drawing a red "X" on your hand, but the outpouring of benefits will far outweigh the substantial initial investment of the adoption.

I heard someone the other day say, 

"we've though about adoption, but we've already got a plan..."

At what point do we look at Isaiah 1:17 and James 1:27 as a letter, personally addresses to us, and not the next person that reads it?

Now reflect on these facts of the average American family.

Only up to 33% of available car seats are occupied in the average American family.

The average American family only occupies up to 25% of the rooms in their home.

Then, if you chalk up your abundance of space to God's blessing in your life, then ask the hardest question.  The one we don't like to ask.

Why?  Why has he blessed me so?

The answer could very well be that you still have family members who have not been brought home yet, and that, my friend, is a call to action.

Put an end to trafficking, before it ever begins. 

Take a chance that God's provisions for you are in fact to adopt an orphan.  Such an investment into another life has never yielded such a large return.