uuuugghhhhhh i’ve fallen so far behind in my updates/ blogs/ mental capabilities. k, here goes the short version. i’ve been on the second phase of my Discipleship Training School (DTS) since August 11th? this second phase is dubbed “outreach” after 12 weeks of lecture phase in Byron Bay, Australia. The first 5 weeks of our overseas outreach was spent in various villages and provinces in Cambodia. Phnom Pehn, Battambang, Siem Reap, and Kampong Cham were where we made our temporary homes for those 5 weeks. ministry included everything from children’s ministry with formerly trafficked girls, devotions/ Bible teaching in bible college, english classes all over the country, feeding and teaching in the slums, feeding and teaching in the poor villages, feeding and praying for healing (and seeing some) in the AIDS wards of Kampong Cham as well as in the slums. we fed the hungry, clothed the poor, prayed for the sick and taught those hungry for the word. and in the midst of it i’ve learned more about myself than i could have thought possible. some fears, insecurities, answers that lead to more questions… and i was blessed beyond measure to experience loving these people and being loved by them. i absolutely adore Cambodians and cherish the time i’ve spent there and i pray that the Lord will take me back sometime. For a week now we’ve been in Thailand doing ministry with The Well in Bangkok. The Well gives limited schooling,along with bible study and a safe place to earn money to former bar-girls who wanted a way out of that depressing and condemning way of living. Thailand is the # 1 destination for sex tourism in the world and the bars where these girls work offer more than just friendly hospitality. the girls who have chosen to leave now have income at the well for their handmade cards and jewelry, not their bodies or their dignity. we’ve been fortunate enough to do outreach in some of the craziest redlight districts in the world, with a former bar girl who works at the well leading us to her old place of employment to talk to some of her old friends. it was heavy but the conversations we had were good and i pray God continues to redeem His little girls out of this horrible situation that happens to be one of Thailand’s biggest cash crops.
at the close of this day i have 18 days left of outreach before i head back to Oz for debrief and graduation. it has been an effin rollercoaster up to this point but i wouldn’t have changed it for the world. God’s been speaking to me about my future and i’m stoked to get there, but for now i’m content to make it through today. 
pics later.
peace
