Charles Cist lived in the 1700's. He was imprisonment and likely experienced slave labor while in Siberia, Russia. The idea of imprisonment slavery is not new. It happened in Biblical Egypt, it happened in the 1700's with Cist. The Underground Railroad during the American slavery movement is well documented. Slavery is happening in modern day society. The term Underground Railroad is a term used to express freedom and liberty and cost and hope and faith and love. Do organizations experience upgrading, transformation, and new management changes? Yes, it happens all the time, but the organization still remains. So when someone implies that the Underground Railroad is still alive it should not surprise you. Imprisonment and slavery can be about physical slavery, spiritual slavery, financial slavery, sex slavery, drug addiction, mental health imprisonment. My own personal imprisonment issues has been about battling depression. I was unbalance years ago. With visits with a doctor and therapist, and a case manager, I am now an asset to my family and not a liability. I have a more meaningful and inspired life. It has taken me a lifetime of learning more about the Holy Bible and that adds understanding on how to deal with my depression and being balanced, release freedom and liberty. In order to understand more about this, it is recommended to participate in a Bible study group. Explore your own individual imprisonment, slavery experience and hopefully gain more out of these blog entries.
The Guardian, www.theguardian.com, wrote articles about modern day slavery concerning the supply chain with global pawn (shrimp) industry in Thailand and its connections to US and European stores, such as, Walmart, Costco, Carrefour, and Tesco to name a few. In the article Charoen Pokphand Foods, (CP Foods), was named in a class action lawsuit filed by co-lead Derek Howard, Howard Law Firm, in Mill Valley, California. In the lawsuit it gives testimonies of workers who were forced to work 20 hour shifts, starting at 3:00 am., workers were killed in front of other workers to show fear and intimidation, some workers were at sea for years. The Thai Ambassador to the United States, Mr. Vijavat Isarabhakdi, says that his department has made progress in this area.
How does this effect me? How does this effect you? As an American living in the US, it is a blessing that our society has many comforts of modern day living. It makes me more aware of eliminating an attitude of ( I can eat shrimp whenever I want, I can have as much shrimp whenever I want, I expect shrimp to be cheap). Yes, I will eat shrimp again in the future. Am I more balanced about portion sizes and who is involved with the supply chain,yes. I make an attempt to read food labels. Where does this food come from? Be honest with yourself ;therefore, you can be honest with others. I do not need to tell society that there is spiritual warfare going on. It is all around us. It happens in Bible, it happens during Cist's period, it is happening today. If you fully understand that a person's behavior can have a negative/ positive effect elsewhere in the universe (both physically/ spiritually) and then multiply that by all of your decisions during the day, how you eat, what you eat, how you spend money, who you give money to, how you use your time ,who you spend time with, who do you look up to . Include all the other decisions that I have left out and it will probably make your head spin. It is OK to seek therapy.
In conclusion, I am using the life of Charles Cist, an American Revolutionary War printer, as an example and testimony on how a person can survive imprisonment, slavery and reinvent themselves and live a productive life. I look at the life of Charles Cist and his involvement to the causes of freedom and liberty as permission to so.
Andrew C. Allen
pewabic34@gmail.com
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