Two nights ago I went out with some friends that do to street ministry – Clem, Rahul, Yurie, and Sandesh. Mainly they talk and pray for anyone who they feel called on the street and love on the street boys. I was excited and hesitant to go out with them just because I had no idea what all of this would look like. We started the night by praying and a couple of us got visions of people to look for. Then we just started walking around. We prayed for healing for two people within the first 45 mins. Then we met up with the street boys. Some of them I had seen before – one in particular had asked me for food a couple days ago. Not that he would remember me by any means. The guys hang out the these boys every week and the boys are very fond of them. It was awesome to see how much the street boys want to be around these guys, even to the point of hugging them and wanting to be prayed for. While we were hanging out with the street boys three girls appeared with them. Clem told us he had never seen these girls before and they were probably new to the streets. He explained that a lot of street girls will sleep with westerners for money and that they are super high risk for being trafficked. He ask us (Michelle, Marina, and I) to talk to them and get to know them. The girls were very standoffish and didn’t really want to talk to us. But as we all walked through out the night we tried to strike up conversations with them. The guys always buy the street boys a meal so we ended up at a small restaurant. At the end of the meal Clem asked us to go outside with the street girls so that we all could talk and pray for them. Clem started by talking about how the street are no place for the three of them to live and that they should go home before anything very bad happens. Then he turned it over to us – Michelle, Marina, and I all spoke life into them. We prayed over them for safety, protecting and God to move in their hearts. At the end of the prayer a couple of us and the girls were a little teary eyed. I was hoping that was a sign that God was moving. Clem suggested that he could get them a room for the night so they could be safe, warm, and dry with a good night’s sleep. The street girls were okay with that so we started looking for a place they could stay. We finally find a hostel that would let them stay. We again separated the girls and the boys. We talked wit the girls about how if they stay at the hostile the boys are not allowed to stay with them. Clem talked with the boys about how they should respect the girls and leave them alone for the night. The street boys agreed but the girls did not. They did not want to leave the boys.They kept calling them their husbands. I asked Sandesh what that meant and he explained to me that they aren’t really married they use that word because they say they love each other but there is no real commitment. We kept talking with them explaining its just one night without the boys. One night to think things over and get their heads straight. At one point even the street boys where telling them they should take the room. One girl said that she wanted to stay but then she would change her mind. 45 minutes later the girls declined the room. As we walked away for the hostel one of the girls grabbed my arm and we walked arm in arm for a little bit. All i wanted to do was bring her home with me. I didn’t want to let her go but I had to because we needed to get home. The the guys walked us back to our hostel. While waiting for the reception to unlock the gate for us Clem gave us this advice: When you have a hard night like this happen all you can do is lay it at the feet of Jesus and go to sleep. We said good night and headed to our rooms.
That night I watch three girls willingly give up a warm, dry room with a beds to sleep with their boyfriends on the wet, cold street. I cannot put into words how hard it was for me to walk away from those girls. I wanted the shake them and explain how close they are to loosing their lives. I wanted them to meet the women I met two weeks ago that have been rescued from brothels. I wanted them to see the greatness and potential they have inside themselves. My heart ached for these girls and I wanted them to feel the love and ache God has for them.
I pray I never see them again not because I don’t want to see them but if I never see them again that means they have gone home. They are safe and God has moved in their lives. This may be a naive thought but I can’t think about the alternative. In a two week span I have met girls who are in danger of being trafficked and girls who have been rescued from trafficking. I know right now talking about sex trafficking has become the cool cause to support but seriously its a huge problem that needs to be stopped.
Wanna know how? check out this website with ways you can help :http://iempathize.org/
Also another fundraising update I’m at $13,445.46!! Only $2,054.54 to go 🙂 Thank you to everyone who has given. I literally wouldn’t be here in Nepal if you didn’t. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!
