the lst three days in bangkok have been so amazing. this place is a little overwhelming. there is just so much to see. i can’t imagine how long you would have to be here before you see it all. the first day we went around to a lot of the shops to look around and the next day we went on a tour. first we went to the floating market…which was so much fun and then we went to see the people who do the woodwork. they carve these pictures out of wood…so beautiful. we went and had lunch at a place called the rose garden and walked around there. i have been running non stop since i got here.
last night though was a little different. when we were at training in matamores gary black talked to us about the girls that are sex slaves here. after that jessica and kim both felt called to be a part of the rescue. so their hearts are here. kim found out where the red light district was and we went as a group there last night. i can’t even beginning to tell you what is was like. i don’t think that there is anything that could have prepared me for what we saw. it was horrible. there were just countless girls wearing at most a bikini with numbers on them. in the clubs there were just disgusting men filled with evil. the guys who were there for the girls were horrible…but the guys who owned those places and were bringing us in were just evil. but the Lord went before us and He was with the whole way. we went in and covered the places in prayer and the Lord constantly just showed me how much His heart was broken for them and how in love with them He is and how much He wants them to now that. i know that we will talk more about this…but please be in prayer for those girls…for their rescue and for them to know and understand their Fathers love for them. also for the tourist who are there…who probably don’t even now what is really going on. and for those men who do this…..that is definatly a hard thing to pray for, but i know that our God loves them to and He wants them freed from their life of bondage also. and please be in prayer for all of us…that the Lord will clense us from what we came in contact with and that He will continue to break our hearts for this place and these girls.
Shalom
