This morning we taught English for the last time for 2 weeks. A team from California (Roy & Bonita's home church) sent a team of 4 women. They will be teaching English and doing some Evening Outreach. We went to afternoon outreach. We went to H2 because we had not been there the last few days. We saw the girl Kalyn met the first time she was here, but she was with a customer. Kalyn and Trisha then played pool and you could tell that she was embarrassed for us to see her talking to a customer. She did not want to look at us, and put her back to us. We knew her birthday was sometime this week but today she told us it was tomorrow. So Kalyn is going to buy her a piece of cake from the bakery. We left there and went to H1. We talked to our 2 friends at H1 for a while. But then a girl we had spoken to before a little bit came over to me and asked how I was. I told her I was good, but tired and then asked her the same. She got BIG tears in her eyes and said NOT GOOD. I asked her if she was okay, and she said im not. I felt so bad, I asked her if she wanted to talk and she said No. Thai's bottle up their emotions alot. I knew there was nothing I could do because she didnt know much English already. But seeing those big tears in her eyes KILLED me. I felt so bad for her. Our older friend at the same bar told us a few days ago that she was always happy, and we asked her if she could be sad. She said you can be sad for a second but then happy again. Meaning you should not stay sad for long. Thats sad because by doing that she is bottling up her feelings which alot of Thai's especially the bar girls do. After she walked away, I was watching a VERY beautiful girl play pool with a customer. When she came to our side of the table I look down and her legs had cuts and bruises on them. I showed Kalyn and she said that she bet that she had been beat. You never know what these girls stories are. But to them EVERYTHING IS OKAY. But they need to know the difference, someone bumping you on the street is ok, but not being raped, or beaten.


These girls dont feel like they have a purpose, or have a future. Many want to get out of the bars but just cant. Some like being in the bars because they feel wanted by the men. But these girls are worth so much. The girls we have already made friends with already mean so much to me.


These men need as much prayer as the girls do.


Pray for the girls in the house, pray for their safety and well being.
Pray for our emotionally state, as we are getting very emotionally tired.
Pray for our friends in the bar, that they understand what they mean to us.
Pray for us as we are doing outreach everyday, pray for our safety.

love and thanks,

Savannah