10:30pm
Arriving
Frantic movement
Unloading
Backpacks
More backpacks
Greetings
Hearts beating with exhilaration
Room assignments
Finally
Hello, Zion
A big breath in
Double decker beds
Dreaming?
2:30am
Already leaving
Frantic movement
Sweeping
Backpacks
More backpacks
Goodbyes
Hearts not sure what to feel
It chokes out
Finally
Goodbye, Mai
One last hug
Double decker bus
Dreaming?
Whisked away
So fast
Too fast
It all happened too fast
Thailand
It’s just a movie in my mind
Now
Press play
Do I dare?
To remember
All of it
That happened
So fast
Too fast
Exploring
So much to see
A city surging with something
Something
What is it?
Uncertainty
Disorientation
Orientation
Long term missionaries
Women’s ministry
Women willing to serve women
Painting
So many rooms
Where are the women?
Within the walls
Their identity is there
Scribbled in simple pencil
They reside there
It’s about them
What the women want
To make the house a home
To come and commune
To rest and recharge
The best way to show Christ’s love
Service
It’s about others
People
Thursday nights
Powerful praise
Confident callings
Finding freedom
In the dark
Before the dark
On that street
That wretchedly beautiful and broken street
A city surging with secrets
Dark secrets
That’s it
A spiritual war
We fight with The Light
To defeat
“Already done,” says The Father
Our Father
Their Father
Loving
So loving
The God of that city
Pursuing His children
Despite
Desperation
Dark, desperate secrets
To see
Faces
Real people
Searching
Searching for something
Someone
Love
True love
Our Father
Their Father
They just don’t know it
We have to show them
We have what they’re searching for
To feel
The weight
Dark, desperate secrets
Heavy
Can we even show them?
Prayers
A plethora of prayers
For them
Show them, Father
You can show them
Use us
Your vessels
Show them what they’re searching for
It’s You
It has always been You
You’re God of this City
King of these people
Lord of this nation
It’s You
Change the atmosphere
Desperation
For You alone
Releasing them to you, Father
We are being whisked away
So fast
Too fast
It has all happened too fast
Orphanage ministry
Already
Picking up a shovel
Breaking ground
Digging a trench
Where are the kids?
They’re in the homes
Their lives are there
Scribbling with pencils
They reside there
It’s about them
What the children need
To have a healthy home
To run and rejoice
To learn and live
The best way to show Christ’s love
Service
It’s about others
People
The Christian life
Serving others
Because Christ served
First
We serve
Wherever we’re at
Whatever that means
Whenever we can
Even though it’s short
Life is short
So fast
Too fast
It all happens too fast
Don’t miss the point
Christ’s love
The best way to show Christ’s love
Service
It’s about others
People
No dreaming
It really happens
So fast
Just too fast
