Had a meeting with US Ambassador Harry K. Thomas at his office yesterday at the US Embassy. I brought to his office Dr. Geoff Tunicliffe, International Director of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA). PCEC Board chairman, Dr Andrew Liuson and Rheo Loseo, National Director of Youth with a Mission Philippines were also with us.
He met with us for 70 minutes and had good exchange of information with Dr. Geoff Tunicliffe about the advocacies and programs of the WEA. After an hour of informal conversation, we talked about the issue of sex trafficking, which is an issue that he has addressed from the time he was posted in Manila last year.
He was teary eyed when I told him of the report of our Pastors in Tondo of "batang beinte", young girls who are paid twenty pesos for sex in Tondo.
I felt his heart for the concern about sex traffickiing here in the Philippines. We are with him in addressing this problem that dehumanizes and exploits the women in our land!