God,
I don’t know what to do. I don’t know what to say.
I love this month, this ministry, these hosts, but this place is so dark.
Patong beach on Phuket Island in Thailand is so incredibly beautiful, making it one of the top tourist destinations in the world. Take a few steps inland from the beach and you realize that it’s not just its beauty that makes it a hot spot for tourists.
There is a deep, seemingly impenetrable darkness lurking beneath the beautiful, sparkling exterior. At the heart of that darkness is Bangla Road.
Bangla Road is about a ½ mile long; it and its alleyways are lined with thousands of bars, women or lady-boys, and massage parlors. While some come to Patong Beach for its incredible God-given beauty, most of those who come here come primarily for the darkness beneath.
Papa, I want to help. I want to serve, but I know there is nothing I can do without you. Lord I am desperate for your hope and love here. I pray Lord you would change this place from the inside out. Let the darkness within retreat from your light.
Let your light shine from within me, and all those who love you.
God, I pray that no one would come to Phuket for any reason than to admire the beauty you created. That the 200 bars you shut down this past year would double this next and double again every year until Bangla road is filled instead with ice cream and smoothie shops. I pray we would see our broken-ness and turn to you.
I still don’t know what to do. I still don’t know what to say.
I do know that all I am able to do is drop on my knees and cry out to you.
Only you can fix this. Only your light can penetrate this darkness.
Lord, we need you.
