We have had several wonderful opportunities here to minister to the people. One of those opportunities is right in the bottom floor of our hotel. Each night the down stairs rooms are busy with prostitutes coming and going. We have set up prayer teams to pray all hours of the night to guard us spiritually. The cool thing is that it has become a ministry and a witness to the hotel staff as well. There is one guy in particular who has really warmed up to us, so please be praying that he would come to the Lord.
One thing I have found is that the people here are open and ready to hear the Good News. We had the opportunity to go to the local AIDS ward in a hospital and talk with the patients. There was a medium size room filled with cots. Patients were laying in the humid room, men and women. There was no separation. Each bed had a small bedside stand to hold belongings and some medical supplies. There was no chairs, just little child size 
plastic stepping stools to sit on. Our group of five split up into four groups, each with a translator. My group was able to speak with three patients, one who was catholic, another who was Buddhist and one other man. Of our group of five, three groups had people join God’s family that night while many others were prayed over and encouraged.
Other opportunities have included visiting churches and universities chatting with students as well as visiting a local hangout spot to pray with and encourage believers. We also were able to do some prayer walking on the streets here in the city. The city traffic is absolutely crazy here, worse than I have seen anywhere else! We also visited a Pagoda House and did some prayer walking there as well.
I have found myself more so now confronted with idol worship than ever before in my life. Before, I knew that it existed but really just connected it with the Old Testament times. However, being at the Pagoda House and various other places this month has really opened my eyes. What I see is a human being, God’s creation bowing themselves before a man made object, something molded out of plastic or gold. These objects have now power! They can’t do anything for the person! Yet, day in and day out living beings are voluntarily bowing down before them and offering food and flowers convinced that what they are serving is real. What is real is the spiritual strongholds that have them caught in a world of confusion and fear.
Lord I pray that your spirit would come upon this place and set the captives free! I pray that these people would know the one true living God and know the life and joy that is offered only in him. I pray for freedom in this place, that these people would wake up out of that spiritual confusion and worship the one true God.
