Last Night's Outreach
Well, last night (this morning) went pretty well. I got home after 6am. There weren’t as many girls out as we had hoped – but they were definitely out. Driving up and down the street we saw about 8 or 10 tops. But we were able to talk to only a few.
Giacomo, Sarah and I hung out at a 24 hour hamburger joint and got some fries so we could watch the track before walking. I saw an SUV drive by and said, “That guy looks like a pimp” – but one side of his car was kind of ghetto and so I thought maybe not.
Then later on as we walked, we met a girl who looked about about 17-18 – her working name was Keisha. Sarah and I approached her and she was pretty open to talking to us – we shared that we were both ex-prostitutes and asked her how long she had been in the game. She said about a year – I asked her if she had a pimp and if he was her “boyfriend” and she said yes. She said they got into the game together. Sarah asked if Keisha they had any “wifey’s” and she said that they did, it sounded like there were at least two or three more girls in her boyfriends “stable.”
Keisha let us pray with her and we pretty much hung out on the street corner with her the whole time she was working, talking to her between ‘clients’.
Then there was a guy who drove by and called Sarah over… I didn’t feel right about her going over to him by herself so I went with her, and he made it clear that he didn’t want to talk with me, only Sarah. She said that I was her friend, and he asked what we were doing out there and she said that we were telling people about God. He (was so full of it – forgive me Lord) said that it was good that we were doing that cause he was gonna say that we shouldn’t be out so late, blah blah blah.
I’m sorry but I could see right through him…later we talked with him some more and her was saying that he didn’t pimp and that he was a manager and blah blah blah and he asked Sarah if she’d had a pimp before when she was in the game and she said yes and he asked if her pimp ever hit her and said that was wrong and blah blah blah and asked me if I had a pimp and I said no and he said “Oh you were a renegade, huh” and he was talking all the game but still tried to make like he wasn’t in it, with his fur coat and all.
Although I have a heart for the pimps I am not an idiot and I don’t really care to be talked to (or hustled) like I just fell off a turnip truck or was born in a barn. I suppose i am also pretty protective of Sarah, praying that she saw through him like I did. After we walked away from him, she shared that she saw what I did, Praise God.
Anyway, please pray for him. Later on, we found out that Keisha’s “boyfriend” was the guy I first pointed out as looking like a pimp with the kind of ghetto SUV. I’m not saying that to be mean – it’s just that this was a different area than we’re used to going to, and these pimps automobiles don’t seem to be as ‘high notch’ as the guys I’m used to seeing out here. Just an observation.
We were able to give tracts out to a few more girls, and there was one girl who looked pretty young (under 18) and pretty scared. She was on the phone when I handed her a tract and although we could see she wasn’t open to talking, she did smile a little when we walked by again.
All in all it was a good night, and later when we were getting gas before getting on the freeway – we saw Keisha and her boyfriend/pimp pull up to get gas and I gave him a pimp tract. She was with him this time and she waved.
Please pray for this beautiful young lady and her boyfriend – who looked about as young as she. 
