Burmese Days or Animal Farm?

I do not even know where to begin tonight. Just yesterday I was sitting in a house in Burma talking to three young prostitutes, ages 16, 17, and 24. Their parents told them to go find work in the city, and they are completely alone. This is completely unfathomable to my American mind - a 16-year-old girl leaving home to go find work in a big city, where she has no friends, no family, and no job skills or education. I won't give their names, or put their faces up, but do pray for these young girls.

There are four young Burmese girls who are living in this same city and are reaching out to the prostitutes in the bars. These young women of God are completely on fire and love Jesus so much. They have befriended the three girls I mentioned above, and they invited the girls over when we came. We prayed with them and sang Burmese and English worship songs with them. How exactly did a yuppie lawyer from Haymarket, Va. end up sitting in a room and singing and praying with three young prostitutes in one of the most awful countries in the world? Wow, I (we) serve an amazing God - what a privilege to spend time with His lost and hurting sheep. But I have to admit, I left Burma last night with a heavy, heavy heart. I just kept staring at those girls and thinking about what horrible things they have to endure day in and day out. I think of the children in my family who are doing what "normal" teenagers are doing - learning Algebra and Spanish, watching too much TV and playing league soccer. Our version of normal is completely foreign to them

Thank you so much for your prayers for the details of this trip. God certainly ordained several completely Providential meetings these last two weeks, and He has forever changed my heart for the people of this region. I want to tell you so much more about the four young workers, but I also should let Kelly B back on her computer sometime tonight! But please let me encourage you to pray for these girls - both the workers and those trapped in the sex trade in Burma. And please keep praying for Burma - not too surprisingly the killing has started there again - pray for God's protection...most, if not all, of the dead probably did not know the Lord.

kerri