by storymustchange | Jul 20, 2014 | Devotional
Ever known a 12-year-old boy? How would you describe him? Most are a roller coaster of hormones–an awkward blend of childish meets adult, insecure meets confident, little meets big. 12-year-old boys are funny and smart and ornery. They’re smelly, but they...
by storymustchange | Jul 14, 2014 | Strategy & Behind the Scenes, Updates
When I hear the numbers, I get overwhelmed in a hurry. 400,000 boys are victims of sex trafficking. 60% of tourism to Costa Rica is connected to the sex industry. 15,000 boys are being trafficked in the Dominican Republic. Some numbers come from the State Department...
by storymustchange | Jul 7, 2014 | Devotional
She runs a tourist shop in the Dominican Republic. “After I heard about sex trafficking,” she told Blackbox, “I began to see it everywhere around me.” “One day in my shop, I noticed a 50-year-old white man walking next to a 13-year-old Dominican boy. They browsed the...
by storymustchange | Jun 23, 2014 | Strategy & Behind the Scenes
His group was there to construct a church building for the people of that country. By day, he mixed concrete and labored long hours in the hot Central American sun. But in the evenings, Jeremey’s group taxied into the city, hoping to see the culture of the land...
by storymustchange | Jun 16, 2014 | Strategy & Behind the Scenes
The place: India. The group: local pastors. The topic: sex trafficking. The shock: that it happens to boys. Last year, as Blackbox researched India’s need for aftercare homes there, we gathered 15 local Indian pastors who serve in the central part of the country. When...
