Prostitute Outreach…
Well, I’m trying (was) trying to sleep before the outreach tonight. But Daryl’s out in the living room with Jackie watching TV so I’m just gonna wait till he comes to bed. I’m not much of a TV person – I’d rather read or write.
So tonight at 2am we’re getting up to drive to a new (new to us) pimp /prostitute hangout. I spoke with a couple of the guys this week on the phone and they let me know where they’ve been ‘working’ these days. I hadn’t talked to any of them while we were in Utah and after I lost my phone until this week. It probably sounds weird – I really miss them after I haven’t seen them for a bit.
There’s two of the older pimps who really seem sort of a ‘dad’ type when we’re talking. That probably sounds crazy – but it’s just the way they talk to me, like “You’d better take care of yourself and be careful out there – I know you’re out telling people about Jesus but just be aware of your surroundings…” They’re funny. I know that many people just think, “Those are just slimy, violent, criminals” but again – I was one of those “slimy, violent, criminals” before I met Jesus too. I was just talking to Jackie today about how angry and violent I was when I was hanging around the Asian gangs. I’m ashamed to share some of the situations I participated in – I wouldn’t want to incriminate myself either. Sharing those stories wouldn’t bring glory to God at all – there are just some things that are better kept to oneself.
But my point in saying all of that was that if someone like me who was such an angry, sleezy, slimy, prostituting, criminal! If someone like me could get saved and have Jesus change my life – He could do that for anyone. People have NO IDEA what kind of temper I used to have before Jesus came into my life or what kind of a SLEEZE BAG I was. NO IDEA. Except the people who hung out with me back then.
This is why I have so much hope for these pimps. I can’t wait till they get saved, each and every single one of them!
