The Arts
&
Social Justice / Social Issues
HOMELESS / STREET PEOPLE
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© Grace Wiebe, EthniClay, 2004
CALL FOR ARTISTS re SOCIAL & JUSTICE ISSUES
Modelling Clay artwork and blank note cards re Street Ministries
GREETING CARDS: HELPING TO GIVE SEX
WORKERS A CHOICE
Young Thai women caught in prostitution are being offered an alternative
through a minister through (a Dutch missionary with YWAM). The popular resort
town of Pattaya
has an estimated 20,000 sex workers. Many are raising children in extreme
poverty, but feel they have no choice. At (the) Tamar Center, women can receive
job training and English lessons, and get discipled once they commit their
lives
to Christ. Many girls earn money by making greeting cards, which are sold
on
the internet (http://www.tamarcards.net).
Sewing and hairstyling training is also
offered annually. Nella goes to bars and talks with the women three nights
a week
in a bid to win them to the Lord. Source: [CHARISMA 3 Aug.'04]
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MARIA - song
Lyrics: Chris Janz, Jeannette Petkau Music: Chris Janz - to order CD contact
through web site
In the night, alone and afraid
She walks the street plying her trade
Wondering, where she went wrong
She walks the street, praying for dawn
In the night, lost and confused
All her life, broken and bruised
Wondering, if things will ever change
She hears a voice, calling her name
CHORUS:
Come to Me, I am the One
Who makes your nights, bright like the sun
Come to me, I am the love your cryin' for
Like desert for rain ~ In my arms, You'll find a way
I'm the one, calling your name
Maria, Maria
A frightened girl, 14 years old
A frightened girl, out in the cold
All she knows, is the heartache and tears
What a tragedy for 14 years
A frightened girl, with nowhere to go
Now the street is what she calls home
In her heart, desperately praying
Maria, can't you hear Him saying
CHORUS:
TAG:
Maria (Repeat)
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NEW WEBSITE on missing children and to report child porn/luring/prostitution.