Bruised Reed

For those of you that don't attend Southland in Lexington, Bruised Reed is a ministry that began to support, encourage, visit, and pray for women at nightclubs in Lexington. Once a week, people donate their time and make food, pray over it, or go and deliver this food to the women at the nightclubs.
Two of the women that work with this ministry, Jani and Shawna, have been in Haiti since Friday. We were invited on Saturday to go around and visit a couple of brothels here in Port-de-Paix and invite them to church. So Cady, Amanda, and I loaded up with a few women and 2 Haitian men and went in search of these brothels.
What an adventure. We visited 3...and I was in a whole other world. I was blown away by the sadness, the pride, the dirtiness, and the shame that these women bore. At the second brothel we visited, we were overwhelmed by the happiness and joy these women had for us! They wanted to sit next to us, touch us, and just 'be loved'. Diana, a permanent missionary here, invited them to come to their church on Sunday. They all seemed very willing and open to going!
Cady just had a phone call from Jani, and 8 of the women showed up this morning! Praise God! They were asking for Cady, Amanda, and I by name...and were wondering why we weren't there. Please pray for the ladies that work at these brothels...that they feel invited by others to attend church, they feel loved, and most importantly, that they understand that no matter what their past, God will always love them.