Battle won

Last week Mae agreed to quit bar work and join The Well.  She also brought a 16 year-old friend who had also been working at another location.  The first battle is ours, but the war is far from over.

Even though the final outcome is still not certain, it is nonetheless heartening.  I prayed hard for this one, and I know others did as well.  Indeed it was a team effort, as several volunteers, staff and students were part of helping Mae decide to join.

As we suspected, it turns out that Mae is 13, not 15.  She's just a cute, skinny little kid.  I still shudder to remember some guys at that bar eyeing her.  

It's weird to think that Mae's future may now have completely changed.  We've met other bar girls and street prostitutes who got their start the way Mae was heading.  They come from the countryside to the big city, and dazzled by the pace and the prospect of money, feel on top of the world, oblivious to the risks they're facing.  Mae isn't heading that way anymore, and we can now pray that she won't go back.

She wants to be a doctor.
 

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Bill Graver
Posts: 1

That is so cool
Reply #1 on : Mon July 30, 2007, 11:19:58

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Praise the Lord!

We'll continue to pray for Mae.