Updates: Ep. 13 / brothels / X3pure

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This past week we had the opportunity to do an outreach at a brothel here in Nevada. We had the privilege of cooking dinner and hanging out with the girls, as well as dong hair styling and make up. Below is Rachel Sanchez's reflection after visiting the brothel. Please continue to pray for this branch our ministry to grow here in Nevada. We are very excited to see what happens...

cigarette smoke, soaps, cards, and heat. We walked in with the owner and his girlfriend. right away they gave us a tour. From a normal looking bar with a juke box to the “back rooms” where the “business” happens. Just old rooms, leaky ceiling from the snow, beds that looked like they were taken out of a really old motel room. The special champagne party room even had a hot tub.  We walked outside to the next building.  This was where most of the girls stay to wait for customers.  And through another door was the “spa.” We walked in and met the girls.  One girl was lounging on the couch watching Charmed and smoking a cigarette, next to her was an english/spanish dictionary that another girl (who was out at the moment) used to practice her english.  Behind the couch was a small circle table where two of the girls were playing rummy and smoking.

I was nervous at first because you could tell there was a wall built up with two of them especially.  I can imagine thinking what are these people doing here in our brothel.  So we sat on the couch with the girl watching Charmed and chatted.  Craig and sam were making some pasta in the other room for dinner for everyone.  When they were finished we took all the food to the bar area.  we were hoping that a little food would break the walls down a little.  sure enough after dinner one of the girls asked which one of us cut hair.  So Phylicia went with her to cut hair.  they were all so excited to get their hair trimmed because it had been such a long time. three of them had their hair cut.  that warmed them up and i was able to do some makeup as well.

It had begun….the walls were breaking down slowly.  numerous times they had thanked us for the gifts of makeup we had given them when we got there and told us how amazing the food was.  They started to talk about their lives. How long they had been there, what their family was like and what they wanted to do. three of the girls didn’t sound like they had dreams to get out any time soon.  The youngest girl wants to be a sex therapist and she said the brothel was her training to see what it was like for different people.  I don't know how that would be training but she truly believed it.  When I was done doing her makeup she said it made her feel beautiful and full of color :)

This is what it was all about.  Going where Jesus would have gone.  Yeah it was dirty but these girls needed to be loved more than anything.  Interaction from the “outside” where they could be themselves.  It broke my heart when they soon got called into the bar.  They had to take their sandals off and on with the heels.  They took of the sweaters they had over their skimpy dresses and sat in the back smoking a cigarette just waiting to be called in.  A young man probably around 38 showed up and had the girls line up for him. Phylicia and i stood in the back where they couldn’t see us.  About 1 minute later they all came right back.  They said “he doesn’t want any of us.” It sounded so sad but i was so thankful at the same time. 

One of the girls stayed in the back to explain it to us.  she said she had seen him before and it happens all the time.  Groups of guys will make them line up and then say they don't want any of them.  she told us that she didn't care like the other girls.  It was their career but its not what she wanted to do at all.  Just watching one of the older women get ready to go out there…..she was so worried about how she looked.  she took it very serious.

Craig made cookies as we were about to leave. We gave them grocery cards and a bible.  It was an amazing experience that we plan on having much more of. The girls really wanted us to come back and i believed they felt loved in a way they haven’t in a long time.  It seemed as successful as it could be.

Now Phylicia and I are sitting in the restaurant down stairs of the Hotel Nevada discussing.  Headed up to our room with 2 double beds that we dont want to sleep on.  So we are going to crank up the heat and sleep on top of the covers.  headed home tomorrow morning.

girls pay $20 per night to stay at the brothel

girls pay for all of their own food

they give 50% of what they make back to the brothel…..

-rachel sanchez

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