Mean Cheese

Well, there are still a lot of things I need to do before going to
Bangkok! I can’t believe it’s only 11 days away!!! Hope you all had a
blessed, awesome Christmas. Ours was quiet, we drove to Santa Monica
with the doggies, spent some time on the pier and at the Promenade. We
spent the 23rd at my dad’s house (attached picture) - Dad, Daryl, me,
Shawn (my sister Tracy’s husband) Tracy and Bethany (my younger, half
sister) and Pablo and Ziggy. (And of course my dad’s wife, Diane who
took the picture.)

I also included a picture of Pablo sneaking up on Ziggy while he’s
chewing on his bone, and another couple of pics of the two of them. My
babies!!!

We (our team) is leaving on the Sunday, the 6th of January. I still
have to get a suitcase from my dad, and I ordered a passport carrier
(the kind you put around your neck) online this morning so hopefully
it will get here in time…I didn’t know where else to look for them.
Unfortunately I am notorious for misplacing, forgetting and losing
things - so having everything important tied around my neck is the
best thing for me.

It still hasn’t hit me that I’ll be flying across the world to another
country in less than two weeks…like I’ve said before, I’ve never
been out of the country before - the farthest I’ve ever been is
probably Hawaii or Florida. Don’t care for traveling at all - it
totally stresses me out and I usually get sick when I get on (and off)
an airplane. So this is a REAL STRETCH for me!!!

I truly believe that the Lord is going to do amazing things while we
are there. So far, there are five of us women that met last week that
will be going, and two from out of state that we will meet at the
airport I believe.

For me personally, I believe that God wans to do something in me -
break me… sometimes I feel like I get so calloused from the things I
see and the people we deal with every week, many times people that
know Jesus and are so unrepentant and don’t feel they’re doing
anything wrong - or KNOW they’re doing wrong but don’t care or have
any fear of God or of the consequences for their actions.

Bangkok will be an entirely different environment than LA, physically
and ESPECIALLY spiritually. I’m sure there will be things there that I
have never seen or care to see and then beautiful things as well. But
one thing I feel, deep in my spirit - is that the Lord is having me go
there more to work on me, to do something in me - than anything else.

Charity (who heads up Nightlight in here in LA) said that there will
be morning times of prayer and devotion, as well as a time of
testimony when we’re with the women that are staying at Nightlight in
Bangkok, and I will share my experiences with the women to somewhat
“de-glamourize” being in Hollywood…and letting them know that being
a prostitute here is NOT like what they see in movies like “Pretty
Woman.”

We will also have times of ‘touristy’ stuff, so we won’t get depressed
only going to the red light district… we’ll have times to go
shopping (for what, I have no idea) and we will also visit Cambodia
for two days and see the “Killing Fields”…

Like I said, I don’t think it’s hit me yet that I’m going away - I
really need people to pray for me cause I dn NOT want to get ill while
I’m there. No bedbugs (or any other bugs) either!!! I feel so
unprepared and I know that I will miss Daryl and my doggies SO MUCH -
I’ll have to call them every day!!!

Please also pray for our team to be in unity, that the Lord will move
mightily through us, that we will be sensitive to the Holy Spirit and
quick to obey His leading. Protection from the spiritual attacks that
are inevitable - again, especially protection of our HEALTH while we
are there, protection from any foods that may be contaminated, etc!

Deliverance for the captives, for discernment, that we would only say
and do what God wants us to say and not speak or do anything out of
ourselves…and blessings, blessings…that we would be a blessing to
those we come in contact with while we are there. Oh! And on the
airplane too - divine appointments on our flights, and wherever we go
in Jesus’ Name!

Thank you so much, and HAPPY, BLESSED, NEW YEAR!

Yea, this totally came into one of my email accounts not too long ago and I figured it was worth a post. You’ve gotta love the crazy Christians doing their part to clean up the world.