Much Praise

Much has happened since my last post, and much is about to happen... life truly is exciting here.

First of all I have a few prayer requests, they are kinda last minute but here they go:
*3 girls from NightLight are being baptized today - praise God
*Sophia our house momma is sick
*Tisha (my roomate) flys home early Tuesday morning
*We go on outreach tonight (every tuesday and friday night)
*For our family at New Song church
*For the constant ministry of NightLight

I have been meaning to write about an amazing time of outreach that I was able to be a part of last week...
Women came from Saddleback church with a large ministry budget... so we decided to go into the bars and pay the bar fee and take out about 15 women. We split up in groups so we would not be super obvious... then we all met together and went to MK a resturant that is loved by Thai people. When we arrived tables with food awaited them, they were all decorated with gifts for the women and we all sat and ate together. It was amazing. I was able to sit with two Thai girls, we can call them B & O ... they were such sweet girls... they even knew enough english that I was able to have great conversations... man God was so present in our time with the girls... Praise God that it was all possible. Since our time with these women we have been able to visit some of them in the bars, we have taken some of them out for lunch and dinner, and some have even expressed a desire to leave the bars and come and apply to work at NightLight. What an amazing God we have.

I want to share more but i have to go to the Baptism... I will try to update again...

October

My new hair cut...

I know I haven’t posted for a really long time, forgive me, I have been trying to figure out what to write about for the last few days and I finally am able to just sit down and type it all out. Much has happened in the last month. Car and I went to Singapore and got 60 day visas, I’ve worked a lot, we have done outreach many times, said goodbye to volunteers, and much more. While all of these things have been a huge part of my time here I desire to share more about what is happening in the ministry of NightLight.

In the last month the Lord has really been working within the ministry. While there have been a few girls leaving NightLight, there have been many new girls that have chosen to leave prostitution and join us. For most the decision to leave prostitution is a costly one in the sense that they typically have to give up around a week’s pay in order to get out and find a new job.

Yesterday I was able to talk to the CEO of NightLight and she was able to share with me about a girl who came in yesterday morning, heard the gospel, and accepted Christ. Praise God. Today was her first day working for NightLight. Now that she has chosen this life she will be fed through a daily morning bible study and a weekly deeper study. She will have encouragement from staff and other workers. Lord willing she we constantly be learning about God.

Praise God that all of this was able to happen. As I have been learning, most women have been here for over a year attending a Bible study, but have never chosen to follow the Lord. Typically it is a very slow process, so praise God that this girl was able to choose life, especially so quickly.

The more I learn about NightLight the more I appreciate my time here. The Lord has been teaching me so much about serving on a personal level. I came with certain expectations, and the Lord has shown me His plan. My work here is valuable, whatever it may be, because it is to the glory of the Lord. So as I sit in an office and complete jewelry orders, or count and separate beads, I have complete joy knowing that my work is in service to NightLight and to God.

Here are some pictures from around the bars...