Desert to Flood

Overview

Our YWAM Las Vegas team arrived in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday November 23rd. We had a day of orientation, then we began a week of flood relief. Tonight we begin ministry in the red light district. Please be praying for us, the people we are going to meet, and whatever else God lays on your heart.

The Flood

Our DTS is indeed an Abolitionist DTS, so you may be just as surprised as I was to read that we spent a week of our 2 month outreach helping clean up from the Bangkok floods. Before coming to Thailand, during times of prayer, we felt God telling us to be open to whatever He wants us to do. In that time, many doors of human trafficking outreach were being closed... actually nearly all of them. Thus, a week was open.

A few months ago, Thailand was hit with one of the biggest floods they have seen in about 50 years. Some areas are still flooded and many are still in a devastated state. YWAM Thailand has been forming teams to help. Many of the people were confused as to why a bunch of foreigners would come to Thailand to clean mold infested houses. Needless to say, we drew a lot of attention in our boots and rubber suits, gloves, face masks and hoards of cleaning supplies.

And oh, the people were so precious! They were so astounded and grateful for what we were doing. News of us got around very quickly. While walking around, many asked us if we could help with their house... Some had been out of a job for weeks and could mak

e little progress with the two hands with which they had to work (with a team of about 20, we could usually clean the first floor of a house pretty soundly in about 2 days). We had to turn many of them down simply because we didn't have enough people. I really began to understand Jesus's compassion - the bounty is indeed plentiful, but the workers are few.

It was a wonderful week. God's will and love truly is a curious and wild thing.

The Now and Then

We have about two more weeks in Bangkok, then we will be spending the rest of our outreach time in Chiang Mai. From what I understand, a lot of our time in Bangkok will be spent focusing on how we can holistically help through the seven spheres of influence (religion, government and law, arts and entertainment, education, business, media, and family). I'm super excited to see where God takes us. Today, we are seeking God for what He wants us to do in the red light district.

How You Can Help

Prayer is beyond essential. Truly, God can lay a prayer on someone's heart and use that prayer to do crazy awesome things on the other side of the world. (In fact, the reason why you are reading this post is because I woke up feeling God tell me to update peoples and get lots of prayer support)

You can pray for:

-Our team - protection (spiritually, physically, emotionally) and to have God's heart and perspective when meeting the victims, buyers, and pimps.

-God to prepare the way - bring the people He wants us to talk with.

-Us to move with God - we'll be sensitive to His voice and direction and obey. I think God is going to be moving in some magnificent/huge ways. May nothing hinder what He wants to do.

-God to leave a lasting impression and seed in the people

-The people - Open their hearts and minds. Give them freedom.

-Whatever else God lays on your heart :)

Thank you for your time and support! I'm excited to see what God will do and am so happy that we partner together to do God's will. May His love be known and so irresistibly evident! Ah, God is so good and beautiful!






photo credit = Sadie Wendt-Quibell
First two were some before pics of some of the places we cleaned. The third is an after pic.