Take It for What It's Worth

Conversations with God while dealing with a child’s brain tumor, modern day slavery, theology, and death

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Patricia Hammell Kashtock

Aka: Pat Kashtock. Mother of three, wife of one. BA in Social Work and Biblical Studies. Graduate work at Virginia Tech interrupted, then derailed by oldest child’s brain tumor...

My life has not followed the course I planned. But I am not complaining. Pain is to be expected in a world broken apart from its Creator.

The miracle resides in the ability to find joy when least expected...

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Modern Day Slavery

Help fight slavery
- Not for Sale Campaign
  
  Every single person has a skill that they can give to free an individual living in bondage.
- International Justice Mission
  
  Combating slavery and injustice worldwide
- The Polaris Project
  
  Polaris Project works holistically to combat human trafficking and modern-day slavery, incorporating eight different strategies.
- Stop the Traffik
  
  Do you want to help end modern-day slavery? "STOP THE TRAFFIK is a global movement working to combat the fastest growing global crime, people trafficking. Around the world men, women and children are being treated as commodities...to be bought, sold..."
- Loose Change to Loosen Chains
  
  Innovative way to fight injustice developed by a teenaged abolitionist
- The World Cocoa Foundation
  
  (WCF) works to help cocoa farmers, their families and their communities. WCF programs are helping cocoa farmers earn more for their crop, improving the quality of education for their children, and ensuring that cocoa is grown in a safe, responsible manner
- Free the Slaves
  
  Campaign to end slavery in 25 years. "As big and ugly as it is, we can end slavery. In Ending Slavery, FTS puts forward a plan to bring slavery and human trafficking to an end."
- The Chocolate Campaign
  
  Who harvasts our chocolate? Is there any chance plantation owners forced children to harvast it?
- Faith Alliance Against Slavery and Trafficking
  
  FAAST is committed to the eradication of trafficking and slavery worldwide.
- Soulfest 2008
  
  Help a Village in Africa through music gathering in New England
- Stop the Traffik
Helping Others
- The Hunger Site
  
  Click a day to donate food, free
- The Rice Game
  
  Play a game and donate free rice to a hungry family, while improving your vocabulary
- Compassion International
  
  Share your love, prayers and support with a boy or girl who lives in poverty.
Hope Instead of Suicide

Friend's blog dealing with suicide prevention. Please visit.
- Hope's Website
  
  Go to "view all blogs" for suicide help.
Animals and Rainforest
- The Rainforest Site
  
  Free click to save rainforest
- The Ecology Fund
  
  Click to save rainforest and animal habitat
Publications

Including Devotionals
- The Upper Room
  
  Every day, almost 3 million people in more than 100 countries read or hear this meditation in one of the 77 editions and 40 languages in which it is published.
- I Lift My Eyes Web Ministries
  
  Focusing on prayer and intercession. Home of The Daily Christian Quote, Whatever is Pure Ezine and over a thousand organized, quality Christian resources.

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For What It's Worth

Each life is a journey. The voices of many guides try to direct us, saying, “This is the path – walk in it!” Yet each one leads in a different direction.

I believe only one Voice can be true. That Voice will lead us in ways most unexpected, into worlds yet undiscovered. It will lead us up the hill, around the river and through the forest. And sometimes, it will lead without mercy.

Or so it seems.

I have made listening for that Voice and following it, my life’s quest. I will share some of what I have heard that Voice say with you. But I am not in the business of telling people how to think or what to believe. Each has to decide for himself. Only you can decide if you find the truth of the Voice in these words. And only you can decide how much it is worth to know the Voice, and follow.

But for me, it is worth the whole world.

And then some…

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Your Voice Is Needed to Ensure U.S. Fights Slavery

Thursday, July 21, 2011 at 03:20PM

Email from Free the Slaves.

Please join with us. It only takes a minute. Locate your Senator here: http://www.senate.gov/

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Dear Abolitionists:

You may already know that slavery is connected to you. It’s in the products you buy, the clothes you wear and the car you drive. There are thousands of slaves in America, some hidden from view, others standing on street corners you pass every day.

Ever wonder: What can I do to stop it?

Here’s one simple but vital thing you can do: Call or e-mail your U.S. senators, and urge them to support the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (S.1301).

This critical legislation is pending in the Senate right now. Your voice could make the difference in ensuring the U.S. continues to fight trafficking and slavery.

The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act ensures the U.S. will remain a world leader in combating slavery.

It directs authorities to raid brothels and sweatshops, freeing slaves and prosecuting slaveholders. It enables rescue shelters and rehabilitation programs to operate, inside the U.S. and overseas. The Act helps Free the Slaves conduct programs that you support in India and Haiti.

This landmark anti-slavery initiative was created by Congress years ago, but the Act expires soon and must be renewed. Any delay could jeopardize the remarkable progress the U.S. has made.

It’s easy to find your senators’ contact info at the top right corner of the Senate’s website. Here's what you can say to their receptionists, aides or voicemails:

“My name is ___ and I live in (your state). I'm calling to ask the senator to co-sponsor S.1301, the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act. I also would like the senator to support strengthening the Act, by requiring major companies to disclose on their websites and in annual reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission what they’re doing to end trafficking and slavery.”

The battle against slavery has always been a bipartisan effort that brings lawmakers together, even in polarized times. Senators are working on the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act behind the scenes, even though other issues are center stage at the moment. Your senator needs to hear from you now. Please contact them today.

Thanks for your continued support.

Karen Stauss
Director of Programs
Free the Slaves

[Pat Kashtock] |

Ending Slavery: the Obama/Lincoln connection

Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at 10:22AM

Letter from IJM urging us to ask President Obama to end slavery. To add your name, click here

Dear Patricia,

The inauguration of President Barack Obama has historic significance that citizens across the political spectrum can appreciate and celebrate. With at least nine new Senators and 52 new Congressional Representatives coming to Capitol Hill, change is in the air in Washington.

But there are some things that haven’t changed. Beyond our borders, the poorest of the poor are victimized by violent crime – sexual violence, slavery, trafficking, police brutality, and property theft from widows and orphans. And justice systems in poor countries are ill-equipped to protect victims of violent oppression and apprehend and prosecute perpetrators. Add your name to a letter bringing these important issues to President Obama’s attention.

IJM works in twelve countries to investigate and prosecute exploitation of poor and vulnerable children, women and men, but we alone cannot provide relief for all the victims who desperately need it.

WHAT YOU CAN DO: Make sure that the Obama Administration and the 111th Congress help make public justice systems capable of protecting the poorest of the poor, and the most vulnerable among them: children and women.

Please add your name to a letter bringing these important issues to President Obama’s attention – and share this message with others. Thank you for raising your voice.

Warmly,
Eileen Campbell
Director of Justice Campaigns