I’M GOING ON A DATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY!
Part of our ministry here in
Thailand is building relationship with the girls and taking them out on dates. I have been building a relationship
with one woman who works at a restaurant on the bar street. She only works
during the day so last week I asked if she wanted to have dinner and hang out
but she wasn’t feeling well so she wasn’t able to go. Kursti and I decided to
take her a good ‘ole American remedy to help make her feel better… Gatorade,
mentos, and M&Ms. Okay so maybe not the best remedy but it works for me. By
my surprise, it worked for her too. On Monday she was feeling much better so we
asked her again about dinner she told us she was available any day after
Tuesday. SCORE!! We went back yesterday to confirm our date for tonight; not
only am I really excited but she is as well!
During our night outreach,
Kursti and I felt led to go to a particular bar that’s been on my heart since
the first day we got here. Although in this bar we aren’t allowed to build
relationships with the girls because they are in the process of taking a girl
out of there. When we do go in there we order are cokes (or in mine and Kursti’s
case Red Bull because there are the same price as the cokes) and pray over the
place. After about 30 minutes or
so we made our way to the next bar. This is a bar I had visited a few times
with Kursti and Nicole. When we went in the main bartender came up to us and
was so excited to see us. We sat and talked for a while, then I leaned over and
asked Kursti if they had been able to take her out yet. Kursti said because she
lives outside the city she hasn’t been able to. The woman overheard us and got
really excited! She told us that she had off #7. Kursti and I looked at each
other… #7? Then we realized she had off the 7th. It took us a second
to get that one. She started talking about how she had a truck that she would
invite her friends and we could invite our friends and we’d make a day out of
it. Kursti and I looked at each other with tears in our eyes because we were
ecstatic! Apparently all the bars are closed on Saturday because of elections
and there’s a funeral for someone related to the king (you can’t sell alcohol
on those days). So we’re taking out the WHOLE bar!!
Thank you so much for your
prayers and support! Thank you for helping make this all possible! I will make
sure to post a follow up blog to let you know how the dates go!
(Of course bar ministry includes playing a little pool!)
