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Butterflies and Spit

February 11, 2012
Adventures
Admissions Department

When you’re kneeling with your face to the asphalt, staring at someone’s spit under your nose, and crying out to God- it’s hard not to question your sanity. Mrriah and I created quite the scene on our prayer walk yesterday. After wandering down each Soi adjacent to Bangla Road speaking our prayers into space, we both felt discouraged by the demonic idols that seemed to have procreated over night. As we sat wordless and empty inside a bar at the end of Bangla, Mrriah got on her knees, and I followed. We prayed that God would forgive our unbelief and...

Masquerade

February 11, 2012
Adventures
Reflections

God brought me back to a passage of scripture this past Monday while praying for the other half of my team who were on Bangla Road. In 2 Corinthians 11:14, Paul says, “Satan masquerades as an angel of light.” There are a lot of lights on Bangla Road. Neon, flashing, spinning, glowing—so much so, that I walk out every time with a headache (and all I drink is Coke!). Ironically, areas in which major prostitution and trafficking take place are called “Red Light Districts.” I realized this week what that passage was talking about. Bangla...

Honey Bird

February 11, 2012
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Admissions Department

I was so excited to get to the market so i could buy some Honey. For some reason putting honey on my cereal and peanut butter sandwich is so comforting! After a few hours of being home it was completely infested with ants… Thanks to the ants my day was slightly ruined. However that is not the end to this story! One of the girls i am here with was struggling with some issues at 1:30 A.M. and two of us went up to comfort her and pray. As we prayed we said, "Lord please take the evil out of this house! Let only your love fill this place," and after we prayed that a...

Blindness & The Problem of Evil

February 3, 2012
Adventures
Reflections

When Alexa, Saraw, and I were walking up and down Bangla Road, prayer walking, we stopped into a little shop called “Bookazine” to grab some postcards. As we were browsing their selection, Alexa spotted a book on human trafficking in Asia. We were shocked to say the least. On a street where prostitution is an epidemic, yet no one seems convicted, here was a bookstore that makes its money off of that industry, selling a book raising awareness for that very tragedy. But what was even more frightening was that as we continued to look, we found at least 10-15 more books...

Did we just eat a rat?

February 3, 2012
Adventures
Life on the Field

There are times when I leave Bangla road asking myself, “What did I even accomplish tonight?” Trying our best to make relationships with these woman can be a hard task and emotionally draining. Thankfully, when you seek God you find him, and from this I have found God to be more abundant than I could ever imagine. Going onto Bangla road I expected to encourage and bless these woman who are being sexually abused and neglected and I have been the one leaving encouraged and blessed. How does this happen? God has given me friendships with these girls who are so delighted in just...

Did you know I am from Bangkok?

February 3, 2012
Adventures
Life on the Field

“Funny how when you plan on blessing someone it turns out that we were the ones being blessed!”- Quote as Saraw, Sabrina and I walked away from a great lunch date with Ale. On Wednesday I got the chance to go with two of my teammates, Saraw and Sabrina, to have lunch with Ale, one of the girls we have made friends with at the bar. We met her on Bangla road and after a game of charades we finally some what understood what the other was trying to say. She was going to take us to get good Thai food. As we followed Ale down the road to a street vender of her choice we...

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