New Ministry

Our Ministry this month is quite interesting!  We are only one day in on a three day orientation, but I can already tell, it is going to be a good month.  We are in Chiang Mai working with Lighthouse in Action.  They have three main ministries to work with, and we will also be helping around the complex as needed.  I might get to paint a little this month if I am lucky.

The three main ministries are as follows:
Love Acts: This ministry comes down to showing God's love to people through relationships.

• Bar ministry- making friends with the working girls in the bars, showing the love of Christ, being a listening ear, and a lot of praying and interceding.
• Monk Chat- going to temples just to talk with monks.  Listening to them, asking questions, sharing our beliefs as well, and overall, just building relationships.
• Slum Ministry-  I am going to request of my team that I can spend quite a bit of time with this one.  Usually it is playing with the kids in the nearby slums...they are hard affected by the Red Light District and need time to just be a kid again.  But two days before we came, a huge fire ravaged the slums.  They lost everything!  And so we are trying to raise money to get them some food and clothes and the like.

X-Life: This ministry involves going to the rural parts of Northern Thailand to work with a build relationships with the poorer families.  The more we can help them and give them options and opportunities, the less likely they will be to sell their children for food money.  We come with the Good News.  I am not certain if our team will be able to go into the rural areas, but I sure hope we do.

Zion Cafe:  Unfortunately the cafe is currently under construction.  But it is a place where rescued working girls can learn a trade in a safe environment.  Even though the cafe is closed, we still have four new ladies starting their second week here.  They cook and clean, earning a pay, until the cafe re-opens in June.  We will provide English language classes for them in the afternoons as well.

Continue to pray for our ministry this month, and please see my World Race Blog to hear more about things that are happening; debrief, ministry, person revelations, and our team Salt N Light.