So we left YWAM Bangkok in the morning on our Thursday (2days ago) to move more in inner city Soi 11 of Bangkok, while half the team headed to a Northern region to meet up with another YWAM base and scope out their ministry and serve alongside.
We are staying at an amazing hostel called SUK 11, so we will be closer to Night Light for our next few days of outreach. Again pictures don't do justice, however here are a few shots of our hostel. It's pretty eclectic and a common place for many tourists and visitors to stay. It downpoured throughout the day, so it was nice to have a cozy place to be inside.
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Below... the front of the hidden hostel. Also note the sign below. It's refreshing to see a business turn away sex tourist and not permit them to use their rooms.
Katherine O'Brian (we have 2 Katherine’s on the team) and I snagged a room on the 4th floor, and arriving we all could feel the spiritual climate shift hugely and the heaviness set it. Here’s a shot of one of the hallways, which as you go up higher on the floors turn more into cavern. We joke that it’s kind of like Indian Jones ride.
To explain a bit of the spiritual background in Thailand, there is about less than .5% Thai Christian, and majority of the rest is Bhuddist. You can find on just about every business lot and street, idol temple houses built they call "spirit houses" (I will try to snap a pic later to show…you can kind of see on the picture above in the corner) where they build a home for the spirits so they won't reside in the Thai's houses or business, and they will pay or feed them to stay. Inside our hostel on every floor there is a lounge room where idols are set up surrounded by gifts and offerings. It is openly welcomed here, and we can definitely feel the heaviness.We are finding as a team that we have to be so intentional in prayer and constantly speaking out against the warfare, through continual worship and prayer. It's not as easy to "feel", but it is definitely more in your face!
One thing though for those who might read this and ask if we are safe. One, Jesus is with us and we can feel such an ease/protection in everything we do as a whole. Thanks to those who saw the ease and prayed it! Two, Bangkok and actually Thailand overall is very safe and not as much crime or violence as we would expect in comparison to the States.
So after arriving and settling in met up with Janie again to walk to a local park to join up with some of her girls that left the bars to work for Night Light. We picked a central spot and began to worship and intercede on the grounds. Thai people LOVE singing and music. As we were worshiping and began to pray for the girls, could feel the Holy Spirit begin to minister and through one of the girlis and began sharing some of the things she was sensing and seeing. My favorite part was tag teaming with Janie, as the Lord gave me a song for one of the girls, and the phrase "You are His beauty", while she took over and translated singing it over her in Thai "You are His Princess!" while the rest of the team covered her in prayer and spoke over her. It was a sweet time to experience the fight for breakthrough together and to get a chance to minister/bless the girls Janie works with.
Here is a picture of the park. The signs reads: " This park is dedicated to the Lord Jesus Christ...To God be the Glory!"
Later that evening we compiled in Yonnies room to debrief a bit, and pray over Janie. I feel it really helped the team verbalize what we are sensing in the Spirit and content for greater breakthrough and unity amongst us in our time here.
We then had a free night so the team decided it would be fun to see a movie together. So we headed to the Bangkok Mall and ate some dinner sporatically at their "food court" which is more like an indoor food market (where I experience that a Japanese Waffle, looks like a waffle on a stick, till you bite into the middle to find a hot dog!). Then after eating all piled into one row at the theater. All I have to say is Thai drama is hysterical and so over-the-top!
Here are a few pics of their glorious massive mall! The Lord gave me a word in the beginning that our trip was going to be like Disneyland and super fun. (You hear that Cheryl Perry and Lizzy!?) When we walked in this joy welled up in me and felt this excitement to experience the creativity and FUN in Thai culture!
And this is just the beginning... we still have 4 more days in Bangkok (which I will share in a few hours yesterdays crazy day!) and another week in Pattaya with the team. It's getting so good!
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