I have been excited about coming to Thailand for a long time now. I was able to help take my churches
youth group to a middle school conference believe, at the beginning of the year. It was there that I saw a
Video called baht, which is the testimonies from women who have been forced into prostitution, many of
Tem at a very young age, and my heart broke. I couldn’t believe this was happening, so I knew then that I
wanted to be there helping to rescue the women from where they are trapped.
Then I figured out that this month for the guys is man-istry month, which means I have been shipped
Off with fourteen other guys I didn’t really know, doing something other than what I felt I was called here
To do. So needless to say I wasn’t thrilled about it. That was until I was given the idea that we are called
to not only love the prostitutes, but also the men that come here for them. I didn’t really put a lot of
thought into it at the time, but I realized one night while walking through the night bazaar in chiang Mai,
and seeing older American, or European men with Thai women that are around my age, that im not ready
to go into these dark places. Because I cant see past the sin that is consuming these men’s lives to love
Them, because all I would bring them now is hate and judgment that im not fit to give. This hit me like a
ton of bricks! 1 Corinthians 13:13 says “And now these three remain: faith hope and love. But the greatest
of these is love”.
Its been my prayer for the last week that God teaches me to love the men. The same love that I
Undeserving have been given, and to see them as God sees them.
