First night out for ministry in the bars and the search is on for a red and white polka dot cami. Some of us go out to minister while the rest stay back and pray during these hours. They pray for ministry, divine appointments, protection over us and where the Lord leads to pray. The entire day I felt like I was staying back. I’ve been broken for a few weeks now and really didn’t think I had anything to give. Our team went out to eat and on the way back I felt God say “get ready”. I said – really Lord? My heart really didn’t want to. God lovingly said – “Just get ready. Trust Me. I got you.” – So I did. We worship together as a team before we go out to the bars. During worship God gave me a vision of a red and white polka dot cami with a bow on it and the area of bars He wanted me in. This was the first time I got a vision like this. I was excited to find this girl. When we got to the red light district we set out in 3 different groups. My teammate and I went in the direction God gave me and looked in every bar for this girl. Finally with only 4 bars left on this street we see her. She was sitting at the bar by herself. We walked up to the bar and sat down and started talking to her. The conversation came naturally, like we had been friends for years. She stole my heart immediately. I just loved her and tried to show her that she was worth so much. She began talking about her life, her past and I just listened. Didn’t have any advice or scripture but just listened. I felt her pain. I’ve been through some of the same things before so I know the hurt, rejection and the hopelessness. All I could do was love her, feel her pain and tell her how valuable she is. As the night went on customers came. She couldn’t spend as much time with us because she had to go flirt with the men, but she kept coming back to us and talking and trying to take care of us. She told us why she couldn’t sit down and talk anymore but she promised to keep coming back to check on us. Then finally my heart broke. She came over and told me goodbye. She hugged me and kissed my cheeks and said she had to go with her customer to drink at another location – in other words he bought her for the night. She asked us to come back and said she really enjoyed talking to us. It was two men. The other girl that left with them said she was 24. I met her earlier and I really think she is no more than 18. She had only been working there for 2 months. We saw another young girl there that looked no more than 14 with an older man all over her. She looked so miserable. Every time he touched her, she would always move his hand. She left with him that night. This is hard stuff and its real stuff. It’s happening. It’s not easy. Brokenness and hopelessness is all around this place. It’s not just the women – the men are broken too. Some men are here on vacation, some men are in the bars with their wife and I have met many men that have retired here. These men are looking for fulfillment, love, acceptance, etc… They are looking for the answer in these women. The women make them feel great for a short time but the hurt and brokenness come back and it’s just a cycle. A lifestyle of not being fulfilled and searching for hope in darkness. We all need to stand up and pray for this brokenness! For the women and the men!! Pray for the brokenness in this dark place. Only God can truly fulfill and heal. He loves the women and the men in this situation. We should to.
