God had been preparing Club 15 for us for a long time.
We headed to the back of the dressing room and quickly realized there were 25+ women working this night! It was a busy night! The conditions in which these women work are horrendous to say the least, most of them ending up here as a last resort!
This night our intent was to go in and provide pampering services for the ladies where we could immediately get one on one time with the ladies. It was wonderful. They warmed up right away and allowed us to do their hair, makeup, foot massages, and just sit and talk with them! The banana pudding that was made for us they raved over! We can't thank our cooks enough for the beautiful desserts and meals they supply us every week! They appreciate it so much!
Managers were telling us thank you and the girls…all their faces would light up with a gleam of hope when they each saw us. They knew we were there to show them love and show them first and foremost the love of Christ!
Many of the ladies that received a foot massage could not believe that we would get down on the floor and even touch their feet. They were moved beyond words! Each women kept opening up to us more and more. We heard stories of them being asked to prostitute in their dancing careers, abuse unheard of, hopes of pregnancies, and longings to leave this kind of lifestyle.
We could write all day about the endless stories we heard, but two stuck out.
Dancer T spoke a lot with us as she told us her marriage to her husband has been rough. He's a convicted felon and can't seem to
find a job. Her 5 year old little boy was molested last year when she left him with a babysitter. Her little boy has now been taken out of her custody and she wants more than anything to get him back. The pain that is has taken her through has led her searching for endless amounts of drugs and money. When we did T's makeup she asked how much she could pay us and when we told her it was absolutely free because we loved Jesus and he loved her, she looked with tears in her eyes and said “I've never ever gotten anything for free!”
Dancer S came back in the dressing room and sat down. A question that would follow her entrance was going to be a direct chance to witness the gospel. S told us that she was just asked by a customer to go to a hotel room for $3000.00 and have sex with him. She said that she doesn't see anything wrong with making money this way and she doesn't see how it's different than anything else. We could see the justifying begin. But the question that struck us straight to our core, she asked “Is this money a blessing from God?” Wow! The Lord allowed A on our team to witness through that question to her and it was awesome. We don't' know what happened after they talked, but we do know that a big seed was planted tonight.
We pray that one day soon S and T will both rejoice that though they once were blind in darkness, they now can see~ Thank you Lord for providing such amazing opportunities to minister the gospel to so many women!
He is good and providing a way all over this city! To Jesus be All Glory!
