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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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.
On October 23, Polaris Project, the DC Stop Modern Slavery community group, and several other non-profit organizations will join together for the 2010 Stop Modern Slavery Walk. Click on the videos below to watch highlights from last year and get directions on how to register for the walk.
What: 2010 Stop Modern Slavery Walk Where: National Mall - Constitution Gardens (Constitution Avenue NW and 19th St NW, Washington, DC) When: Saturday, October 23, 2010 (9:00 am- 2:00 pm) Details: Click here to register.
Last year hundreds of anti-trafficking activists came together for the Stop Child Trafficking Now Walk at Meridian Hill Park. We hope that you and your friends can join us this year for the 2010 Stop Modern Slavery walk on the National Mall. Join the Polaris Project team and bring a friend along too!
WASHINGTON, D.C. - You've no doubt heard of Bat Day or Banner Day at Major League Baseball games, but Thursday night's contest between the Washington Nationals and Philadelphia Phillies was a first. It was Anti-Human Trafficking Night at Nationals Park.
The D.C. Human Trafficking Task Force asked for a night to spread public awareness of the issue. The Washington Nationals complied.
The task force sold t-shirts to raise awarness for their cause and included the hotline number and website url,http://www.polarisproject.org/. It claims that on any given day roughly 27 million people around the world are kept as slaves.
The State Department's point person on human trafficking was honored before the game. Ambassador Luis de Baca told FOX 5 about the case of a Sony Corp. executive in Los Angeles who, along with his wife, kept their maid as a slave. It was investigated by the Justice Department.
Now, the U.S. Attorney's office in Washington is prosecuting a 42-year-old Temple Hills man who has been indicted on charges he kept young girls to work as prostitutes on the streets of D.C.
To see what Anti-Human Trafficking Night at the ballpark was like, check out our story that aired during the FOX 5 News at 10.
What: 2nd Annual Human Trafficking Awareness Night Where: Nationals Park (1500 South Capitol St SE, Washington, DC) When: Tuesday, May 4 @ 7:05 p.m.
The game, hosted by the DC Human Trafficking Task Force (of which Polaris Project is a member), is an exciting match-up between the Washington Nationals and the Atlanta Braves. Be part of raising awareness on human trafficking at a widely publicized sports game! To purchase your tickets please visit the Washington Nationals website.
Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 11:43PM 
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