Mucho Agua!

Sorry it's been a while folks. For the past month a solid internet connection has eluded me and the times that I caught up with it, I wasn't very motivated to spend time on it. A lot has happened in the past few weeks. Many places visited and people met. It's been crazy, but so good. I will try my best to capture my adventures in word and the things that I have experienced and seen. The last phase of my trip is going to be spent here in Bangkok and the internet faithfully lives here, so I have no excuse, save my laziness. It's been interesting traveling to all these different places and seeing people on the ground, giving their lives to something beautiful, the redemption and restoration of fellow souls. It has challenged me and inspired me and I know that I will not be the same. I am excited to share these stories!

And so here we are in Bangkok. The rain fell yesterday as if it was a mission from the clouds to destroy earth. I could picture each little rain drop all kamikazied out, with their little bomber suits on and their bomber goggles on, fist forward like superman, heading towards earth with a mission. It assulted us for hours in the morning, and with nowhere to go, their little bodies piled up, until Bangkok was an ocean. A nasty ocean. There was a weird film on top of the water, as if an oil tanker had overturned and spewed its contents, and as I made my way through the water, it left me feeling like one of those poor little seagulls that you see at an oil spill, all covered in oil. Nasty. I'm praying that I don't wind up with some weird type of hookworm or ringworm or some other type of worm, cause my feet have spent plenty of time in that water so far these past few days. A guy told me that this has been the worst flood that he's seen in 9 years.

Anyway, I'm excited for our time here and to process the last few weeks. It should be interesting as we are working with a ministry that reaches out to the men that come to Thailand as sex tourists. Up until now the ministries that we have visited are reaching out to the women at the bars, instead of the ones creating the demand. I'll keep you posted.