I visited A-Town (America Town), now known as the International Cultural Village. It's got about 20 bars filled with imagrant workers that we affectionately call Juicies. I got to sit down with one with a few friends, Chance somehow found out that she was a Christian and I wanted to ask her some questions. Here's how our conversation in broken English went.
Q:Where are you from?
A:The Phillipines
Q:What did you think you would do here when you got here?
A:Be a singer, that's what I did in the Philippines, I sang at weddings and played the guitar.
Q:Did you know you would be doing this? (hanging out in a bar everyday, if guys buy her drinks she gets $$, they definitely like to get close too)
A:No, I hate it, it's terrible.
Q:Why don't you leave?
A: I can't I have a legal contract for one year.
Q:When did you accept Christ as your Savior?
A:A few months before I came here.
Q:How can I pray for you?
A:Pray for endurance, that the next eight months would go by quickly.
Her name is Michelle, pray for her. A few of the guys are pretty excited there's a "new batch" of juicies coming from the Philippines on Friday, some of the guys are pretty excited. I might go down there just to see the look the young women's eyes as they realize what the next year of lives is going to be like. That should leave a pretty deep mark.
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