Last Thursday

Last Thursday Na, 17, told me about the 3 times she has been raped.  The first was by 4 men.

Bpu told me that her cousin was once again badly beat up by the guy she has been living with off and on for over a year.  She ran to Bpu's apartment, and cowered in the corner, crying at every sound she heard that the boyfriend was coming after her.

Pim, drop-dead gorgeous with an even more stunning 8 month-old girl, told me how her husband has been staying away nights, and shows little interest in either her or his lovely daughter.  He is almost certainly using and dealing drugs.

Pear, the 14 year-old we've had in her home who ran away in April, called several times asking to come back.  

June told me about the memory stuck in her head of a guy holding a gun to her head while he raped her.  

If we are to help Bpu's cousin, we need to reach her mother, 7 hours away, and get her to stop allowing her daughter to sell herself.  

If we are to help Pear again, we have to take her back in our own home, because we really don't have an appropriate place for her elsewhere and don't know of one that would take a troubled girl her age.

If we are to really help Pim, we need to start spending time with her boyfriend, who began his relapse when he lost his already low-paying job--a typical scenario for young uneducated Thai men.

Na and June need lots of counseling, prayer and patience. 

How do we deal with such heavy stuff all the time?  We just love God and love people.  Friday morning I woke up tired, stressed about some internal issues in our organization.  I arrived at The Well Center 1 at 8:10 to hear the sound of our students singing for morning worship.  My heart leapt.  They are so dear and precious, and their brokenness doesn't take away from that one bit.  In terms of the problems we can't help, well, we're starting to pray more.

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Jason H
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Reply #5 on : Mon September 22, 2008, 17:54:30
Keep walking the walk guys & loving a nation in need of extravagant love.

Are you doing any work in Cambodia? We (The Mission Worldwide) are just working on International NGO status there so we can STOP child prostitution.

Would be great to connect if you are or have any solid contacts.

Blessings,

Jason
Kyle Marquardt
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Reply #4 on : Wed July 02, 2008, 02:54:46
Hey Jim,
I learned about your ministry from Chris McGarvey at Grace Church and am encouraged to see your endurance in the face of a task I would find very difficult. I'm praying for you.

Grace and Peace,
Kyle Marquardt
Bill
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the singing...
Reply #3 on : Mon June 30, 2008, 17:19:42
Jim,
One of the most gripping things that I experienced there was the morning worship. As I heard the girls singing, I couldn't help but think that this HAS to be what angels sound like.
edwin
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the few
Reply #2 on : Mon June 30, 2008, 17:03:27
you guys seem to be doing what only a few people in the world will ever do...

yet it is not enough... we need more people

speaking of which.... Glen wonders if he might move in with ya guys... who knows??? maybe they will be of great help
Marie
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stress
Reply #1 on : Mon June 30, 2008, 16:25:46
This post and the last seem to spell out stress for you. May God give you the strength to keep loving Him and loving people.