This year, we’ve focused on stories inspired by our We Are the World Race Campaign. This month, we’re sharing stories inspired by women on the mission field. (Don’t worry guys, your turn is coming next month!) Our experiences with women worldwide have taught us what womanhood really means. Women are wired for intimate relationships and deep, abiding love. And even when that “love” is used to take advantage of them—things like human trafficking, prostitution, and exploitation, to name a few—women teach us about beauty, femininity, joy, and God’s love for each one of his daughters. This month we want to celebrate all things women-in-missions related, and give you a chance to share your story as well. 

 This week we hear from Passport Thailand participant Sarah Arant. She and her team spent two months in Phuket, Thailand with SHE Ministries befriending women in sex slavery and offering them a way out. On days like this one, they got to see the beautiful hope and freedom God’s love offers. 

Last week my teammate and I went on a lunch date with two people we’ve built a relationship with on Bangla Road. They are a couple in their early twenties who work on two of the streets. He is a bar tender in a tiny bar, and she is a bar girl at one of the bars. They came to tour SHE Ministries and see what they had to offer, then we went to eat at a place down the road.

Our goal was to love them and let them see that there are other options besides selling themselves and others. The whole afternoon was really fun, and once they left we were excited to go visit them next time we go out to Bangla Road.

We began to walk down the street, praying about which bar to go to. After a few minutes we decided to check out a place we had visited once before. At the entrance, we saw our friend preparing for another night of bar tending. On our way past, we stopped and had a short conversation. As we prepared to leave, we asked him if his girlfriend was working that night.
 

*Photos by Robin Brooks