15 years ago as I knelt weeping on Patpong street in Thailand, I cried out to the Lord and asked what the answer was for
the young girl prostitutes, who was going to help them? I have never been the same since, and I have been looking for others to take up the cross of the little ones in the streets of the cities, I have found one! The Lord promised me that if I would preach about the girls, and ask every time I spoke, he would raise up radical young people that He would have go… Please read the following blog from one of our World Racers that is there now,
here was her email to me this morning;
last night was the hardest thing i have ever done in my life. my heart is so broken, the tears i cried, the evil i saw in the pimps, the hopelessness you could see in the girls eyes. my heart is here…i wanted to grab everyone of them and pull them out of there right then…i dont want to leave here.
you can look at my blog for the whole story.
www.theworldrace.org
The Natashas
i knew this is where i was called to since matamorros, he told me specifically…but little did i know that he was going to break my heart this much for this place, these girls. i have had my heart broken before…but WOW.
i mean i am such a loss of words because i dont know what to say…how to describe what i feel, what i saw, my emotions.
i hope to see you in india…i would love to be able to sit and talk.
i miss you and keep lifting me up. i am crying typing this to you because i am leaving here in 1 hour and i do not want to leave.
My response;
I know what it feels like, it’s deep and soul wrenching, and that’s really good! You will carry those girls, the girls in India, girls all over the world for the rest of your life, and that is the point…
Let God do His work in you, He will provide a balance and grace, I promise. The reason it hurts so much is that God needs true intercession for them, not just some cute prayers. This is the only way He can raise up true intercessors that will carry His babies in prayer until you can get back.
Don’t rush it, don’t miss what He has for you the rest of the trip. Remember, God is not in a hurry, those are His kids, you will be working with them before you know it. The first time I went was 15 years ago, I felt just like you do, and I have carried them ever since.
I am very proud of you Kim!
Gary,
Thanks so much for your pouring into the lives of young adults. You see in Kim the same giftings that her heavenly FATHER sees also. Your encouragement and strength has helped her so much during the hard times.She is learning how to hear the Father and have faith in the message. Even when others don’t agree. This is a hard lesson but your presence in her life has given her the strength and boldness to “carry on”. Kim is only experiencing the “beginnings” of a call upon her life, that means her life is not her own.
Thanks so much for your love and desire to impact this “warrior” generation.
Teresa
i have to ditto what “teresa” (mom) said and say thank you for the encouragement that you give me. it means so much and is always the “lift” that i need. those girls are not in my heart now, they are my heart now and will stay there forever.
For a really great book on how a small group of people took holistic community seriously and transformed a pagan nation into a Christian nation, I recommend The Celtic Way of Evangelism, by George Hunter. Hunter is a professor at Asbury. The band was let by Patrick. The place was pagan Ireland. The time was in the late 300s ad. The result was Western Civilization. Hunter believes as do I, that the same approach is now needed to re-reach the post-modern west, including the US. Go man go. Dean