I didn’t want to play with a child.
I have been in Thailand for the last week and half an wow what an honor! Jesus wanted me here, but just because he wants me in a place doesn’t mean its easy!
The night of ministry day two, I was partnered with Jon and his parents! We were off to do BAR ministry. The nights in chiang mai is filled with prostitution! Yuck!
We went to the bar we had been to the night before. The lady we had talked to said she was working later come back then. So we went to a different bar, one Erika had went to the day before. We walked in and there was a bar in the left and in the back there is a pool table. Pool seems safe might help us with getting comfortable so we walked in the back. Then a little girl showed up she was 5 (ha) in thai language. I started to turn on my child charm starting with repeating her name 5 times wrong, then I put on her sandale as she wore mine, then to throwing her in the air!! Here I am in a bar, playing with a 5 year old! Then I started to think, then I started to feel the pain of fear! I have no idea what will happen to this girl! Here she is in the bar scene at 5! The odds that she works here in this very place is high. Ouch! and I couldn’t protect her, I couldn’t tell her the difference between me a white guy verse the other white guy on the couch! I wanted to leave I wanted to scare her so she would avoide all white men! But I didnt, I couldn’t! I prayed and still played. I left that night not knowing what would happen to her.(po)
I learned, how much I care about children, the effect of environment and trusting the power of prayer and the lord would protect Po.
I am not going to lie I felt pretty bad, I probably should have shared. Instead my friend Nicole had invited me to an orphanage the next day! God prepared me with this by mens bible study at 6.50am having men pray for me and once again releasing my fears and angers.(trust God)
Hannah her parents, Nicole and her mom and I jumped in the back of a truck! Off to another day of ministry. Still wondering if my heart can handle more children!
We arrived to Sending Hope and guess what we did! We had lte men on the couch.
Pray for sending hope. I asked a staff and this were their prayer requests!
Ways to pray for Hope home
Pray for hope
Pray for the way the young woman think
(Self esteem, looks, future, every day)
To.grow more jesus
More fruit!!
for the staff, strength, wisdom, more lord,
Staff family, far away from
Parents, staff children!
