Lighting Up the Darkness

     Last night I had the privilege of a lifetime; I got to play and sing to the Lord in one of the bars on Bangla Road. Mark, the head of SHE, has a good relationship with the bar owner of a bar on Soi Sea Dragon called the Coyote Bar. So me, Robert, and Carl (a guy from YWAM Denver) played worship music in the midst of prostitution and indulgence; we glorified God in a place where the body and all its pleasures are worshiped. We honored the Lord of Heaven and Earth in the very place that the enemy believes he has conquered. It was powerful and weird. It was so weird to be singing "How He Loves" and you look to your right and there are girls prostituting themselves. To be singing, "You're all I want, You're all I need, You're everything..." amongst people that are there to satisfy their wants and their "needs"; people who have no idea what it means for God to be everything...that is why people travel to Patong- to fill that void. People would peek their heads in and wonder what was going on. People at the bars next to Coyote bar had their chairs angled so that they could see and listen to what was going on. There was such a calm in that bar and it was such a wonderful presence of God that I don't think you would ever feel in a church. It was pure light amongst pure darkness....it was beautiful.
     One of the coolest things that happened was during our worship the whole strip of bars opposite us had their power go out! What's cooler is that it was an exact answer to prayer. All the people in those bars where forced to leave.
     I'll be playing and singing in the bars much more while we're here so I'm sure there will be many more stories to come. It's such an incredible opportunity to be able to worship God in this place and it's unreal how much favor God has given us to do it.


     On other notes; Josie is back! She arrived today at about 11:30 and the other team that was here left this afternoon; so we're here all by ourselves till Saturday when about 50 people come......well we're trying to just enjoy each day we have lol.
     Wednesday has become our official day that we go out into the neighborhoods to play with the kids and bless the community. We may add another day but we actually haven't been into the bars all that much since we've been here so we're still allowing ourselves room to get adjusted and see how much time we want to be out there.

Some Prayer Requests:
1) Team Finances (Some people are still needing some support to come in)
2) I've been battling some kind of virus since Friday and don't know what it's from but my stomach feels like I've been punched. It's not so bad that it keeps me from going out but it just hurts and I don't feel too keen to eat which has its repercussions in this heat.
3) Favor, Peace, Boldness and Persistence for us as we minister
4) Our team leader Josie is doing some serious travel time; pray she recovers quickly.

Thanks so much guys. Much Love