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What My Pastor Said

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Now, the rest of my story from yesterday’s Birthday post:

Okay, so I talked to my pastor. Told him pretty much what I said in my post yesterday, and managed to get through it without totally breaking down sobbing.

And his response was basically, “Of course. This is something we HAVE TO DO. No question about it.”

That “have to do” probably wasn’t a significant choice of words for him. But for me, it was like hearing the voice of God. See, that particular phrase, “We have to do this” or “We MUST do this” is the phrase that has been pounding in my brain for the last several weeks as I’ve prayed about what we can do to reach out to and help the prostitutes in our neighborhood. When I heard him say pretty much the exact same phrase, I just felt like it was God confirming that I’m on the right path.

My pastor’s suggestion was to continue researching and studying how to approach the girls, what works, what doesn’t, the mindset, etc. But then also to get a few women from church and just start making connections with some of the prostitutes. Even something small, like giving them a can of Coke or something, will hopefully help get the ball rolling on building relationships with them. And then I guess we take it from there.

So my job right now is to continue praying about how this should look and who to ask to be involved. But I’m really excited that I have my church community’s support on this. The Vineyard Church community is SO willing to reach out to those that others view as trash…or at least as too big of a mess to get involved with. At the Vineyard, the mindset is that we want the ones that nobody else wants. We’ll take them!

This should be a good fit, then. As my pastor put it, “This area (of working with prostitutes) is not a popular area you’ve chosen.” And my response–with which he agreed–was this:

“All the more reason for us to do it.”

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Written By: Meredith Efken
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