Though it has been 8 months already since the Unearthed missions team went to Bangkok to bring light to the red light districts, we have not forgotten the amazing things we experienced while we were there. The Lord broke our hearts so much for Thailand and for the people we met; its impossible to forget.
And for some reason, the Lord has been stirring it up even more in my heart the past month or so. As I think and pray about Bangkok, the bars, the men...tears still come to my eyes. As long as there is injustice in Thailand and men and women of all ages are trafficked and exploited, let us never forget!!
I have included a small portion of my personal testimony from our trip to Thailand to share with you all. Please continue to pray with us!
My other prayer, to have a shift in my heart toward Thailand, God answered on our first night of outreach. We went with a few members of a local Thai organization to learn from them and watch how they do ministry. But for some reason, we felt so much unrest the entire time we were there because we knew that God was calling us to minister to the men and we weren’t following. When we finally went to the “boy bar street,” we had no idea what to expect and had no direction about what we were supposed to do or where to go. How do you just “choose” a bar and go in and start ministering to male prostitutes?? As I prayed before going in, the Lord was showing me that we were going to make a change there and when I look a boy straight in the eyes and speak, he would see the truth. I had no idea yet how literal these words were. So, we went in. And it was chaos! Men were grabbing and shouting at all of us, trying to pull us in to their clubs, watch their sex shows, and drink with them. I honestly had no idea what to think. It seemed like it all happened so fast and it was so blurry. Yet we walked the entire street and still none of us had a clue about where we were supposed to go. But for one split second, I caught the eyes of a boy at the last bar on the strip (and they pierced me) and in that second I said to E, without even realizing what was happening, “We have to go back to that bar.” PRAISE THE LORD we had some kind of direction! So, we prayed, went back to that place and began to just talk to the guys working there. And it was in that bar that I met three of the most special boys I’ve ever met in my life. Mos. Jade. Pong.
Though to the world they are the "Lost Boys of Thailand," to the Lord they are priests and sons. Please continue to pray for them! They need an encounter with Jesus in the depths of their heart!
