Update on Lee and Jung

Lee and Jung (and one more woman we met at the bars the other night) were supposed to come over today to check out the center, but when we called them we found out that clients had bought them for the week. See, most of the men want more than sex here. Their lonely, desperate for companionship. So when they come for women, a lot of times they pay a lump sum of money and pretty much own them for an allotted amount of time. It’s so odd… these men swallow any pride or dignity they have and walk around this beach town with a Thai woman on their arm like their girlfriend. We all know you bought her. Theirs hundreds of these couples, holding hands as they walk through the shopping mall, the men trying to impress these girls with jokes and conversation… you already have them buddy, you paid to make sure she wont leave you this week. Why are you trying to woo her? 

My friends have been purchased for the week, so they aren’t able to come to the center. I know I serve a good God, that redeems all things… but I’m a little blindsided right now and struggling to have compassion on these men. I know God is calling me to love them, just as much as my new friends… they need Him just as bad, but my flesh is struggling not to judge them. Most of them have no idea the situation these girls are in. They justify their actions by telling themselves that these women wouldn’t make a living any other way. A lot of them go back to their countries and continue to send money as though they have actual relationships…. their just so hungry for love.

I am learning to hate the sin, and not the sinner. I am learning that love is such a deep desire that people will do anything to replicate it if they cant find the real thing. I am learning that I am a lot less like Jesus than I’d like to be.

Pray for my girls as I continue to pursue them. I’m going back to the bars tonight to try and find God’s precious ones. The Shepherd leaves the 99 to find the one… pray for favor and a miracle tonight.