In Morelia, Mexico children (between ages 7-12) have produced a book full of images of shootouts, kidnapping, robberies and grenade attacks. The book is called, "The Mexico I Live." It was released Tuesday by the Michoacan state Human Rights Commission and a local university. The pictures "show explicit images of a society devoted to drug trafficking, violence and of abuses against minors, said the university professor Araceli Colin.
Since December 2006, there have been 34,000 deaths related to the drug violence. Mexico estimates 994 children and youths under 18 were killed in drug warfare between late 2006 and lat 2010 across the country, and the numbers keep rising.
Lord,
You are beauty when there is none to be seen, and you are all around. Lord, I pray for these children in Morelia. They have witnessed things that they should never be exposed to. Lord, my heart hurts for these children who have no safe haven and probably don't know what a refuge is. They are in constant fear and I know you are what these children need to cling onto. Let them see your unfailing love. Let them know you are there with them and you will never let go. God thank you for produced a book full or daunting thoughts and pictures. The world needs to be aware of the devastation in Mexico and this will further help their cause in getting the world out to what these children are being exposed to. You are knowing and all powerful, let your light shine forever.
Amen.
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