Who will fight for me??

If you are reading with your children, please be advised.....
The closer one gets to the details of these orphaned children's lives, the closer we are to a world we can not even imagine. The stories we have heard this week are the ugly reality of situations where the family structure has deteriorated, there is no religion, no education and tremendous poverty- then throw in a large dose of alcohol.

There was a young female student (16) at Fathers school who came to him last year and said that she was pregnant. This is itself is not unique but when father asked her what her plans with school were all the details spilled out- she was given away by her birth mother to another women to raise. ( not uncommon in Mongolia) The birthmother and her son live in a ger in the country. At a school break they young girl went to see her birth mom. When she arrived at the ger her birth mom was not home but the son was (her brother she had not grown up with). He raped her and she became pregnant. Father first commended her for not having an abortion but he said " you should report this to the police- he needs to go to jail". The young girl said that the two families ( her adoptive vs her birth) had worked out some type of justice. She would have the baby but then the baby would be sent to the countryside to be raised by the father and his family- WHAT? So this is what was done- she had the baby several months ago and is now back at school living with the family that raised her as if nothing ever happened. Where is the justice??

The police realized that they needed a temporary facility to house children who are left parent-less when their parents are arrested. It was intended to be a holding facility for like 24- 48 hours until someone from the family could be notified to come down to the station and pick up the child. As life has it- the facility is now notorious and children are often housed there for months at a time. The sexual abuse that occurs at this facility is the worst imaginable. Older children prey on the younger ones and then they prey on the new ones.....These are very young children I speak of. When no one comes to claim these kids, eventually the police will take them to an orphanage. Then of course, is the start of a viscious cycle to take these children who have been so severely traumatized that they need special treatment, not available in Mongolia- not to be simply put into a orphanage of innocent children. We all know that the cycle of abuse is self perpetuating.

Sexual abuse amongst these vulnerable children is a huge problem that the government does not want to acknowledge or address.

We have many more individual stories but we know you all can "get the picture". There are some people trying to draw attention to these vulnerable kids and help prevent trauma and to save a life. Unfortunately, our supplies and donations can't change these kids worlds BUT prayer can.

Please pray for the strength of those who are " swimming upstream" against the tide here. Please pray that their efforts can bring about real change and that these children are given a chance at a having some type of life, because this does not qualify...
Who will stand and fight for them? Who will be their voice?