Psalm 139, Brownies and Brothels

I went to visit the brothels with two volunteers, Sara and Michelle. This outing was Sara and Michelle's first time to reach out, love and minister to women in brothels. They are both mothers and amazing women of God. They have such hearts for the Lord and pure motives in wanting to reach out to these women!

All three of us walked up to the first brothel door and rang the doorbell. A young Thai woman opened the door and I introduced the three of us. I then proceeded to tell the woman that we had something special for the girls inside and that we wanted them to know that we loved and cared for them. At first she didn't smile but then she saw how special the gift was. Michelle had made brownies to hand out to the women in the brothels. The brownies were wrapped in saran wrap with a Bible verse attached to it written in BOTH English and Thai, Psalm 139:13-16 "For you created my inmost being; you knit me in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." When this woman saw that the bible verse was written in her very own Thai language she finally began to smile!!! I could tell that this gift meant much more to her because of this extra step that was taken!

As we approached the second brothel we waited in the screening room. This is the room that men wait at until the madame or a girl that works there comes to answer the door. In most all of the screening rooms we go into there are shrines to Buddha. This is an ever present reminder of the spiritual battle that is going on around us and inside the brothels. A friend of mine, Julie, recommended that I read the book Disposable People by Dr. Kevin Bales. This book is about researched modern day slavery and it highlights how religion is used to justify a girl's bondage in prostitution. In the book Dr. Bales describes the type of Buddhism that is followed in Thailand: "In the ladder of existence, women are well below men, and only if she is especially careful might a woman hope to be born as a man in her next life."

Since Michelle was aware that this could be the case for many of the Thai women we came across in the brothels she specifically chose Psalm 139:13-16. for them to read. She wanted them to know that they are valued and priceless in the eyes of Jesus, and that He has a plan and a purpose for each one of them!

I am still researching and learning about these Buddhist shrines and the religion behind them. I am eager to know what it means to the women inside and how it may affect the view of their self worth.

As we continued to knock on doors each woman was hesitant to open the door to us at first. I am sure they were thinking that we wanted something from them or that we came to pass judgment. Nope...we just came to pass out these brownies with nuggets of God's Truth on them in hopes of blessing each one of them! When they realized that we were not there to cause any trouble, one by one they would open up the doors to reach out for the brownies with nuggets of truth!

We offered to pray for these girls at several of the brothels. Each time they were speechless at first and didn't know what to say. Then once they processed our question they smiled and asked us to raise up their own personal prayer requests for them. I think these girls were taken back at the fact that church women would care enough to bake brownies for them with bible versus in their own language and then offer to pray for them!

Once again it was a day that I am so thankful to be able to do this ministry!! Both Sara and Michelle had their eyes and hearts opened in so many ways their first time out!

Please join us in prayer by praying that the verse would reveal to the women how precious they are to the One that created them. That it would also open up conversations between myself, the volunteers and the women in the brothels. We pray that some seeds of love have been planted! I am eager to see what will grow!!

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