Below is an incredible story of a night of worship that T squad had in a bar on Bangla Rd. in Phuket, Thailand. I kinda kept John Hearn (one of T’s Squad leaders) up way past his bed time to type this story out for me (its now 1 AM there).
In John’s words this is how the night went down…
Tonight was an unexpected night of worship for T Squad in the red-light district of Phuket, Thailand. After days of torrential downpours, flooded streets, and house arrest, our squad was bummed to discover our gig at a local bar in the heart of the red-light district had been canceled during our last night of ministry. After plans were made to hang out at the house, our contact notified us that the roads had cleared, ministry was back on, and it was still a possibility to worship in the bar tonight. Needless to say the band (the T-train band as we like to call them) was excited yet hesitant to take their act to the streets of what our contact refers to as the very pits of hell. With no preparation, no rehearsal time, and no solidified set-list, Anne Embree, Philip Cron, Amiee Wood, Tabitha Blanchard, Scott Taylor, and Vincent Farino, marched through the red-light district like the Beatles down Addison Road. With guitars in hand, the group entered a bar filled with people drinking, laughing, and smoking as they dawned bold and courageous spirit filled grins on the faces. It was an intimidating scene – like a boxer stepping into a ring for his first fight. 
As they unpacked their belongings, took mics in hand, and strummed the first chord, they began playing some of the most spirit filled music I have yet to hear on the race. People were singing, stopping in the streets, and focusing on the celestial sounds coming from a once dark corner of a bar owned by the Russian Mafia. It was as if the room itself was growing lighter and brighter as the spirit of God flowed tangibly in our presence. While the band was on stage, the rest of the squad mates interceded on their behalf in various nooks of the bar. After 45 minutes of amazing worship, the band wrapped up what I can only sum up as the baptism of Bangla Road.
The old had been washed away and the new emerged. Bangla Road will never be the same. We brought the Spirit of God into the streets of the red-light district and planted seeds that cannot be washed away. I don’t think tonight was about being successful, it was about being faithful. T-squad stepped out in complete faith this evening as we were put in a vulnerable position where only God could deliver us. We did what we were asked out of faith and God performed a miracle. I recall what it was like when God told Moses to raise his staff to part the Red Sea. Honestly, there wasn’t anything special about his staff – it wasn’t magic and it certainly didn’t have any supernatural powers. No, it was Moses’ faith that God was able to use to perform a miracle, the same faith that was found tonight on Bangla Road. I’m so proud to be the squad leader for t-squad; a squad that when God says raise your staff high in the air, they reach out their arms to their fullest extent…and then some! We’re so thankful God has chosen us to be a part of His story on Bangla Road in Phuket, Thailand. To God be the glory!
