Hey friends and welcome to the happy hour Jamie Ivey podcast. I'm your host Jamie and

I'm really really excited that you're with me today. Every single week I invite a girlfriend

to join me on the show and we chat about the big things in life, the little things in

life and everything in between. Today's show is sponsored by IJM. It's International Justice

Mission and basically I'm actually talking to someone today from IJM so you're going

to really get to hear some behind the scenes of what they do. But guys, slavery exists.

We often think that of slavery which was abolished years ago and let's only in history books,

but there are more slaves now than at any other time in history. In fact, 45 million men,

girls and boys are daily being bought, sold, trafficked and used against their will. It's crazy,

but guys, there's hope and there really is hope and IJM is bringing that hope and it might seem too

big and we're going to talk about that today with Melissa, but there's a plan and it's called Freedom

Sunday. September 25th, we are asking churches to stand up and say this is not enough. Go to

ijm.org slash happy hour to find out more information. My guess for today is Melissa Russell and Melissa is

the senior vice president of Global Advancement at IJM. Today we chat a lot about what IJM does,

why it matters and how we can all get involved. I know if you're like me that sometimes hearing about

awful injustices around the world is not really what you want to hear about. You're not thinking

this is a happy hour. You're not thinking this is going to encourage you, but I want to tell you

that this is going to encourage you a lot and you're going to really think about how I can help.

Melissa actually addresses this overwhelming feeling so well. I was deeply encouraged to think

about it the way she said to think about it when I'm feeling overwhelmed. Guys, as you're listening

to this, I'm still in Ethiopia, so hopefully you're continuing to follow my journey there on Instagram

over I'm over at at Jamie Ivy, so I hope you're following us and guys if you're loving the happy

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