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Bill Haley from St Brennans in DC asks @IJMHQ to reflect on joy

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Every Quarterly Retreat we reflect on our annual theme. This year we reflect on joy. You would think joy is an odd theme for an organization that sees the evil one can do to a fellow human being. However, there is joy in the girl who is rescued or the man who is freed from slavery. If you visit IJM HQ, you will see the joy this work brings. Join us today in praising God for the true gift of joy.

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Spreading joy at @IJMHQ Quarterly Prayer Retreat

Once a quarter, IJM HQ pauses for an entire day of prayer with and for our colleagues. As our 11AM daily prayer exhibits, we cannot do this work without the power of prayer.

This year we have been reflecting on joy. Gary Haugen challenged us to wear an ugly sweater for the "Ugly Christmas Sweater" competition at the retreat. Here Keith Dykstra, who works with our Africa offices, and Jaclyn Lesch, who works in Education, show off their ugly sweaters. What a joy these retreats bring!

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Tenth Avenue North leads us in worship at IJM DC Benefit.

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Sneak peek of the GPG 2010 design! New design to unveil later this month. (@ijminstitute)

The Global Prayer Gathering (Apr. 9 – 11, 2010) is a weekend devoted to prayer and worship for the work of justice around the world with the global IJM family.

Learn more about IJM’s Global Prayer Gathering at http://www.ijm.org/GPG

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Missouri Church Uses #ATEOS as Outreach Event

Make12 Church is a new church plant in St. Joseph, Missouri, who hosted a screening of “At the End of Slavery” November 12th.  They flew out Justice Advocate and Former IJM Legal Fellow, Andrea Comfort Martinez, to speak at the event.  About 130 people attended the screening and about 100 CPCA postcards were signed.  Make12 partnerd with a local university and used the screening as a big outreach event. 

If your church is interested in hosting a screening, contact churches@ijm.org.

To read more about Make12’s screening of ATEOS, visit: www.stjoenews.net/news/2009/nov/07/making-modern-day-slavery-thing-past/?diem

     
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@IJMHQ says goodbye to a true IJM HERO

Today marked the last day of @IJMHQ's Director of Police Training, Craig*. With an incredible background with the FBI, this man served faithfully for 5 years training police around the world to better care for the clients that IJM seeks to rescue. These police then would go on to train other police through IJM's International Police Training Program. Hundreds of law enforcement officials across the globe owe their expertise to Craig in how to better care for our clients once rescued from brothels, brick kilns, etc. Out of the 5 years that Craig was on staff, he spent 394 days training police overseas (That is more than a YEAR!). During his service, Craig spent three anniversaries and five Valentine's Day apart from his wife in order to do this work. Craig not only is an IJM hero to many of our clients, but he is a true hero in the hearts of IJMers across the globe. Today @IJMHQ said goodbye, but in doing so we celebrated his service to IJM and what a blessing he has been to so many of us here. This picture shows the STANDING OVATION he received at his goodbye party today. Craig, we love you!


*This is a pseudonym in order to protect the identity of our investigators.

 

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G. Haugen sharing what he'd seen on recent trip to India

"what keeps the poor, poor is the violence that keeps them in poverty. "

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Gary Haugen getting ready for the 1st Annual Live Call w. IJM Freedom Partners

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Gary, Holly and Amy - going over last minute webcast details. #ATEOS

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Amy Roth and Teresa Hillis, going over tonight's #ATEOS webcast script

Amy Roth (right) - Dir. Of Media Relations, IJM Communications

Teresa Hillis (left) - IJM Government Relations

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