Whilst on holiday in Magalluf with 4 friends, I was walking alone back up the hill to our hotel, when out of a side street a North African woman grabs my arm and starts asking me if I would give her money for her services. After I refused, without thinking and not of my own boldness or thinking I directly say 'You need Jesus'. In an instance she switched and her facial expression changed to a look of slight shock and says to me in her North African accent, 'I have Jesus'. I was surprised when she said this and asked if she had accepted Jesus into her life and knew him, she confirmed that she did know Jesus and that she went to a church on the island. I started talking to her about how her prostituting herself was dishonoring herself and destroying her on the inside and then said 'Why do you do it?' She began to explain briefly how she didn't have enough money for food so she sold herself so she could buy food to survive. I started to tell her how God can provide for all our needs and said told her that she needed to start trusting in God for his provision. I asked what her name was and if i could pray for her in her situation and that she would start to know God as her provider and live in light of that. She said her name was Mary and she would like me to pray for her so I prayed for her what I said I would and afterwards she looked as if God had touched her heart. I decided to give her some money to buy some food and we said bye. How cool is that!
This didn't happen because I looked for people to pray for and it wasn't a boldness which I hyped myself up for but boldness from the Holy Spirit in that moment for that task in which I said what I said. I just believe that God wanted to encounter Mary on that night and I'm full of faith that God will continue to work in her life and provide for her needs. What a privilidge to play a part in bringing God's kingdom. :-)
