THAILAND 2011 - Ministering to Prostitutes, Transvestites and "Clients"

Pattaya, Thailand

Thursday, March 10, 2011

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Ministering to Prostitutes, Transvestites and "Clients"

Got into Pattaya by bus from Northeast Thailand at around 3am and slept on the floor of Jesse and Tanya's room until about 8:30am. Didn't get much sleep on the bus or the floor, so while a group from our team went to the prison to minister, Jesse, Tanya, Lonnie and I chose to relax on the beach. We swam in the warm waters of the Gulf of Thailand. There are so many tourists and the beaches aren't very beautiful, but we made the best of it.

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At around 4pm our team walked to "The Crossing" which is a youth center. They have a skate ministry as well. We met the leader of the youth center, Wan, and prayed fro him. Then Jesse and I skated with the local skaters. There is also a local skate shop right next to the youth center called, "Kanong Skate Shop." They have a skate team with three guys who ride for them; Sten, Mark and Bobby. They are really good at skating. I made friends with them all as we skated together. Got some film and pics of them, too. They gave me their contact info for YouTube and Facebook so I can hit them up when I get back to the U.S. They were all interested in our FacePlant skate team. We also invited them all to the block party we will throw on Saturday.

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Around 6:30pm our team took a taxi to the red light district where DeeDee, Bae and I led worship at the PHOP (Pattaya House of Prayer) for two hours. It was so neat to fill the streets of the red light district with the worship of Jesus. Then our team hit the streets and handed out roses to the prostitutes and ministered to them as well as to the "lady-boys" or transvestites and the men who had come to buy them for sex. And Irish "client" named Willem (who Jesse and DeeDee had previously prayed with as he came to sit in on our worship time) asked me to pray for him as he held hands with a Thai prostitute. I prayed that God would reveal Himself to Willem through the Holy Spirit. I also talked to a guy named Max who hugged me and wished us the best. We greeted the prostitutes, transvestites and "clients" in Jesus' name, telling them, "Pra Yesu Rah Koon," or, "Jesus loves you." Our team carried so much of the Father's love through the red light district tonight. I knew that this is exactly the kind of place that Jesus would minister.

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On another note, I got a chance to add some more weird foods to my list of things tried overseas. These include: grasshopper, frog, cricket and larvae.

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Christian Young