I don’t really even know where to begin….so much has happened…and in just a little over one week, I have changed! God has changed me!
When we first arrived in the Philippines, we were all amazed by what we saw! I could not believe my eyes! As we were riding along to our new home for the week, we passed many areas that are considered “dumps”….no, literally, they are! They give a whole new meaning to what we, as rich americans (and yes, I promise you….we are completely rich), would call poor! These “dumps” are basically giant tin cans with a whole cut into it for the door….and there are hundreds of these in the size of a regular house lot in America…tin houses just built on top of each other! And one of the saddest things to see is that on one side of the road, there are condos with amazing balconies….and on the other side are thousands of giant tin cans that families live in! Really?! Can people really live in condos across from these places and walk out on their balconies to only have a view of these dumps, and still be satisfied with themselves?! I just don’t get that life!
My heart also breaks for the women of this community! To see how there is a spirit of perversion that Satan has placed on this community….a spirit that has a strong hold on the people that God loves…that I love! I am here to reclaim His people back from that awful spirit that haunts these people! The hold of sexual immorality, sexual abuse, physical abuse, women used as sex objects, children used for sexual fantasies, affairs that destroy marriages, affairs that end with unwanted pregnancies that in turn produce unwanted babies with health problems that would surpass the beliefs of many….these are things that are not of God….these are the things that Satan has planted into the minds of God’s beautiful people! I, along with my team, Karis, are here to destroy that spirit….to claim the people back for God!
Today….two beautiful girls told me that they were ugly, while I was beautiful…..my heart broke at hearing those words! These children were more beautiful that I could even explain….yet…they were, at some point in their lives, told differently! It makes me angry and sad to know that…that Satan is attacking the innocent hearts and souls of these little girls…he is using these girls to try and continue his hold on this community….Well, my God is much stronger…and those girls were made by my creator…and He wants them back!
This is a war out here, guys! I am here to fight a battle for God…He is using me to claim back what is rightfully His…AND I AM CHOOSING IN….I AM CHOOSING TO BE OBEDIENT!
