Dancing Red Lights in Bangkok

Hello to everyone back at home!

The past few days here have been full and exciting! Since there are no English classes on Wednedays, we as a team were able to have a wonderrful time listening to Roy and Bonita who run the Centre here. We were able to hear more of their story as well as ask lots of questions to them. What a wealth of wisdom those two are! We covered a lot of the topics we as a team have been wondering about, such as human trafficking, the beggars we often see on the streets, gangs, etc. It was good to get answers, but sobering as well.

In the afternoon we did not do any ministry as some of the team was feeling quite fatigued and some have been struggling with some sickness. It was nice to rest as well as have time to process all that we heard in the morning. Please pray for continued strength and health for the team.

That evening, Jen and Amy both felt led to stay back at the hotel to pray instead of going out to do ministry in the bars. The rest of the team went to Nano Plaza to do ministry in the Go-go bars. God worked in a very interesting and unique way that night. When the team came back together after ministry, we were able to hear some good reports of connections that had been made in the bars that night as well as a word Amy recieved from God while praying back at the hotel. [This is Amy now typing]

While praying for the girls, I felt God leading me to stand on the balcony and just look at the city of Bangkok. I went outside and looked at all the streets, buildings, people, cars, lights, and business of Bangkok (it is a city that never sleeps!). As I was doing that, a light off a building caught my eye. It was just a small, red, blinking light - very insignificant compared to all the other blaring lights of the city. Yet my eyes were drawn to that single, red blinking light so I asked God what He wanted to show me through it. But then I realized that the more I looked around, the more small, red blinking lights I saw all over different buildings. Some were blinking fast, some were slow, some were constant, others not. I looked around and just kept seeing more and more, and more, until they were all I could focus on - these red blinking lights. It was one of those "once you see it, you can't not see it" type things.

I came inside and felt God leading me to Hosea 1:10 which talks about the children of Israel being as numerous as the sand of the sea, not able to be measured or numbered. It was then that I realized what God was trying to show me. Just like it seemed impossible for Abraham to have children as numerous as the sand of the sea, likewise, it seems impossible at times for change to be brought to Bangkok and multitudes of girls set free. But God wanted to show me that those red lights that caught my eye represented girls who have been washed by the blood of Christ and are now free to dance for Him. Right now it seems like there are only a few here and there, but then as soon as you see one, another one appears, and another, and another.. We are believing that soon this whole city will be filled with what I like to call "Dancing Red Lights". It also spoke to the "Red Light" district we are reaching out to. Right now we can only see a few precious Lights - Si, Bu, Jid, and KwanJi who live at the Centre but we took this Word from God as hope for what is to come. Through it all, God gave me a poem (I haven't written a poem in years!!) which is attached to this email for you all.

The next day after English class, we were able to share the story/poem with Bonita and Anne who started weeping right away. It was such a special moment to share that with them as it truly encouraged their hearts. Anne then translated it for the girls who were also touched by it.

That night instead of going into the bars for ministry, we did a prayer walk through "Pat-Pong" which is another Red-Light district. Then we went to an evening market for a bit more shopping. Lots and lots of Thai pants being bought!!

We just finished up English classes for the morning where we taught adjectives and played BINGO!! The girls really enjoyed that.

We are now off to lunch and then Si's baptism!! We are all VERY excited for that.

Thanks again for all of your prayers. God is moving both in Bangkok and in each of our hearts and we look forward to sharing that all with you soon!!
God bless you abundantly!

-Amy Stevens :)