So as we found ourselves stuck in the Capitol of the Dominican Republic for over 2 weeks while working on our Visas, we began to grow weary and anxious to be back in our town, Barahona, to get settled in and to get involved with the work we left 12 weeks before.Feeling somewhat helpless because the circumstances were beyond our control we then were able to exhale, and relaz that God has even this time in His hands we were then able to surrender it to Him. We had the privilege to meet and hang out with a godly young man, Albert who helped us with translating and getting us to where we needed to be. Albert invited us to his church one Sunday and told us about an outreach they had on Wednesday nights to the street workers-prostitutes of the Capitol. We were invited to go along and as the three young ladies (Jen being one of them) we (the men) stood guard and protected our ladies as they shared Jesus with the prostitutes. Jen was told there is a man who brings his 16 year old daughter and his wife to the corner and offers them for sale while he waits patiently in his car to collect the money from the evening. Jen noticed the emotions of the young ladies had been seared, and that the girls had the ability to no longer "feel" as you and I have feelings.One young lady (26 yr old) pregnant with her third child worked hard to wrap and mask the fact that she was "with child" so it would not hurt her nightly income. These ladies eyes have been darkened and they believe "there is no other way" to make money to live as they said to us. As Jen shared a story of hope, when Moses had the Red Sea before him and the Enemy behind him and it appeared that there was no other way, God MADE a Way through the situation and defeated the enemy in the process. We then went to the other side of town where there are different types of street workers. We met with Juan or Juanita as some of his clients know him as. We were faced with the reality of our own fears of talking to a transsexual. Please let me be very frank. By no means do we condone or support the lifestyle this person has chosen, but by just talking to him for a few minutes we were faced with the reality that he is a human. Jesus died for him. Jesus loves him. Please pray that God would convict them of there sin and they would seek Repentance and Reconciliation with Jesus.
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