Grace Hotel (not taken by me)
Tonight I went on outreach with Sophia and Mackenzi into the red light district of Nana. I have been going with Sophia into another red light district, Soi Cowboy on a weekly basis for several months now, but tonight she felt that we were supposed to go into Grace Hotel in Nana which is notorious for the trafficking of Eastern European women.
We started a short ways away from Nana where Sophia pointed out a tucked away staircase that lead to a government-protected brothel full of teenage girls. We also stopped to pray outside of a bar that looked like a pretty normal sports bar from the outside but actually carts in many underage girls late at night, both Thai and Cambodian.
After that we went to visit bar girls that we have made friends with before heading to Grace Hotel.
Grace was surprisingly quiet inside, but it was still early. There were a few prostitutes hanging around, but by the time that we were heading out a whole flood was coming in.
Sophia shared with us personal stories of helping women from Uzbekistan escape their oppressors while she was working with Night Light, the ministry mentioned in the video below. You can watch the full story here:
We started a short ways away from Nana where Sophia pointed out a tucked away staircase that lead to a government-protected brothel full of teenage girls. We also stopped to pray outside of a bar that looked like a pretty normal sports bar from the outside but actually carts in many underage girls late at night, both Thai and Cambodian.
After that we went to visit bar girls that we have made friends with before heading to Grace Hotel.
Grace was surprisingly quiet inside, but it was still early. There were a few prostitutes hanging around, but by the time that we were heading out a whole flood was coming in.
Sophia shared with us personal stories of helping women from Uzbekistan escape their oppressors while she was working with Night Light, the ministry mentioned in the video below. You can watch the full story here:
Our conversation was interesting because at the very base of it was the reality that in Thailand "money buys the law," as Sophia says. In other words, it doesn't matter what is legal and what is illegal as much as who has the most money. There are reasons that businesses like Grace Hotel are able to run so smoothly here in Thailand. These reasons are not mentioned in the video and it's unlikely that you will find them online. I would love to tell you exactly why, but because of certain laws I would probably be imprisoned, so I'd rather not. For the moment I'll put it under the broad banner of "corruption." I can explain more later upon returning to the states.
Please pray for Thailand. Please pray for our government. Please pray for the thousands of men, women, and children stuck in slavery both here and around the globe. Thank you.
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