I had a great time at debrief in South Africa before flying out to Thailand on Aug 1st. Gary and Lisa Black and the Siplings imparted what God put on their hearts to share with us and my world got rocked again.
Man, I love Jesus when He dose that!
God has been teaching me so much about intimacy with Him and how everything needs to over flow from that. My life is first about spending time with the father, then going out and loving others the way He has instructed me to. If I don’t spend time with the Father first I’m going out doing my will, when I need to be seeking the father and His will before doing anything. I’m learning that life is not about doing as much as it is about being. Just be around Jesus and become more like Him, get directions, and then obey them. I think you get the best results that way.
Africa was amazing, we learned so much about dreams, visions, prophecy, intimacy, fluidity, abandonment, sacrifice, blessing, love, grace, mercy, and forgiveness. I felt so blessed to have met so many men and women of God that spoke into my life, and the lives of my teammates. They were shinning examples of what Jesus can do with a life surrendered. Just by passing on what they have received, and loving us, I know we’ll never be the same.
So now were in Thailand, Amanda and I will be in Bangkok ministering to the prostitutes along with some other girls from team Agapetos. The rest of team Nessa will be heading to northern Thailand to minister to the Karen Refugee’s that are fleeing Burma. By the way we have a new member on our team, Rusty Jackson has just joined us. Be sure to check out his blog and add him to your prayers.
Please be praying for us as what we are doing can be dangerous and the need is great. Millions of children are sold into the sex trade industry every year, its estimated that Thailand has over 800 children a day that are sold into the sex trade industry. Human trafficking is third biggest industry in the world after guns and drugs. A girl can be forced to perform sex over ten times a day, everyday, till she dies or something else happens. They say most are done by the time they turn 15, whatever that means.
We will start going out and ministering Tuesday next week. We really need your prayer support on this one, I think we will be heading into some dark places and finding some kids that are really hurt and need to see even just a flicker of hope. We need the strength to bring it. We need the mercy and forgiveness it takes to extend grace to the men that are looking to fill a void in their lives. We need the courage and boldness it takes to offer them the true way to fill that void. Please pray for safety, for the angels to come and do what they need to do, for an abundance of compassion, and whatever else you can think of. We really only have a small idea of what we are walking into, the rest is by faith.
