by Jenna, Children at Risk DTS student My two friends and I walk through the red light district of Patong, Thailand. Bars flank us on both sides and heavy club music pulses all around. We are going to make friends with the women in these bars and I'm excited to show them not everyone is out to use them. But …
Our first two weeks in India
by Paul, DTS leader We spent our first full day in India touring the city. We visited the railway station where tarps stretch from the walls toward the streets with families tucked underneath on the sidewalk. We visited and prayed for one of these families. The children’s home we are primarily working with has a long relationship with this family. …
“I never wanted to do this.” The story of a woman in Pattaya, Thailand.
by Kate, Access and School of the Bible alumni, outreach staff As I walked the dark streets of Pattaya, I was bombarded by obscene images and words in the windows of the bars. I passed scores of empty barstools that would soon be occupied by half-clothed women desperate to make a sale to survive. And what they would sell was …
Discovering Thailand’s Treasures
by Hattie, DTS graduate and outreach team co-leader Today God changed the way I view heat. You see, I’m from Wisconsin and didn’t really know heat until I came here to Thailand. It was 100% humidity with temperatures soaring over 100. When we deplaned in Bangkok, a layer of sticky sweat coated my whole body within seconds. And that was at …
Video: Trapped in an Indian Brothel
A couple years ago, our DTS team was part of bringing a young girl out of a brothel. This year, we returned to the same brothel. We met the women who had cared for this girl and we learned their stories, too.
Pattaya Bar Outreach
by Briana, DTS student During the classroom phase of DTS, we learned a lot about women who are forced into prostitution – either because they are sold or tricked into it, or they are so desperate that they see no other way to survive. I wanted to do something to help these women, and looked forward to going to Pattaya, …
I left my heart on Laxmi Road
We climbed the narrow and steep staircase, ducking in places to avoid the ceiling. The stairs were just wide enough for one person at a time. The few windows in the tall building were barred, allowing only a small shaft of light to brighten the landings. When we reached the top, a woman in a pink, flowered Punjabi and checkered …
Now as Always
I felt as bold as Joshua. Of course, God had gotten me through this! My God never changes. The same God who was with me in Driver’s Ed and during my ACT test was with me here in India. He was there when I was 15 and picked that verse from Philippians.
And that is the God I choose to exalt with my body… whether by life or death. Now as always.
Freedom to the Captives
by Jen It was one of those surreal moments…. The kind that makes life worth living. “Am I in a movie?” I asked myself as I climbed up the narrow, dark stairway. The stairs weren’t the only thing that was dark. As I passed through one room (or “house”) lined with even tinier rooms with just enough space for a …
Rescue from the Brothel part 1
Part One — The DTS team witnesses a miraculous rescue of a young girl from a brothel in India.