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Ministry this month for me has been working in a coffee shop, going to the University across the street and having lunch with students, and tutoring. However, Tuesday and Thursday night of this past week looked completely different for us. 

—–Bar Ministry—-
 
Tuesday night: A few of us stayed back and interceded in prayer for the teams that went out that night into the bars. Basically, interceding is sitting in a room with 6 other girls and praying for 2-4 hours for the girls that are out doing ministry, for the relationships that are being built, and for the men, women, and children in the bars.

Thursday night: It was my turn to go out into the bars.

Can I just say—–I was terrified. It''s an environment that I really haven't spent a ton of time in and I didn't know what to expect. AS soon as I said those words, the Father was like—-

"Don't have any expectations".
So—I dropped em.

So–we get to the other team's house and I find out that I will be with 2 other girls. We get ready to go, step outside, and one of the girls asks me how I am feeling—this girl can basically read me like a book, because I knew there was nervousness written all over my face—-but I tell her that I am ready to do this! She then tells me…"great! Cause the Father says you are gonna lead us tonight"…..my heart dropped. Literally. Immediately, I was hit with so many thoughts, feelings, and emotions. We had just prayed before leaving and breaking off any feelings of nervousness to be gone, but they came right back as soon as those words were told to me.

So, I started praying as we began our walk to the bars—-


"I have no idea what I am doing. Father, guide me. Please. SHow me where you want us tonight".

We get to the bars and I am immediately hit with this overwhelming-overstimulated–dreaded feeling. I still hadn't heard from the Father with where He wanted us to go.

There was so much smoke. The music was blaring.People.were.everywhere.

–LadyBoys.
Women.–
–Men.
Children.–
–Foreigners.

I literally wanted to cry right there.

You could—-just—-feel the heaviness in the atmosphere.

I turn—-look at the girls and tell them—-

"I have NO idea where we are supposed to go–I feel like I can't hear anything from the Father".


So—I start walking towards the exit, feeling so discouraged, and then I hear Him—-

"Red walls" and the letter "W".
I stop.
Turn around and look for red walls.
There.
I see it.
A place called "The Shamrock".
 
We walk to it, grab a seat, and get our drinks (non-alcoholic—don't worry). The bars have little games like Connect 4 and card games placed through out the place, so we start to play a game.

I immediately feel the bartenders/barowners eyes on us.
He knows why we are there.
He isn't happy about it one bit.
I can just see it in his eyes.
He continues to glance at us every once in a while.
 
So—we sit there and wait on the Father to tell us what's next. The other 2 girls are waiting for my call. So, I start praying again, but my prayers all over the place. I can't focus. There is so much happening around me and once again, I am hit with this feeling of dread, that I am not hearing from the Father. I start to observe my surroundings and realize my heart is breaking more and more for the things that I am witnessing around me. I say to the Father—-

"Father, I know you love these people. You call them your sons and daughters. You call them worthy and valuable. You LOVE these people. Please continue to give me eyes to see them the way that you do".

A few minutes pass—-then I hear HIM, loud and clear—-

"You are absolutely right, I do love them. I do call them sons and daughters. Continue to pray for them. AND—-ready for it…..I love you just the same. Do you believe that? or do you doubt Me? You know that you hear clearly from me and yet, you thought you couldn't hear from me. Daughter—you are so Loved, just as much as the people that you see walking in front of you right now. Don't doubt. Walk in the confidence that you hear ME loud and clear. I will NOT leave you nor Forsake you. I call you daughter."
 

Man—–how easily I forget these things when I go out to do ministry. It's not about the works that we do, it's about the heart that we have when doing it. He doesn't call us to do, He calls us to just "BE".
 
What a beautiful reminder. And it took Him placing me in an uncomfortable environment to remind me of His Love for His children.

My eyes were opened up to so much that night and my heart broke over and over again, but He isn't done with the Red-Light District. He is doing big things there.


It's so good. He is so gooooooodddd:)

We serve a good Papa.
 

Emms