Free2BMe had the opportunity to visit one of our clubs on one of their biggest nights of the year! Our team was very excited. We are always honored when we are given the privilege to enter a club to share the unconditional love of Christ unashamedly! So out we went on Saturday night to love on some of the best women in town! Our gifts included inspirational silicone bracelets and yummy chocolate!!And one of our supporters, a woman who dearly loves our ministry and the women that we serve baked four dozen homemade brownies! In total we took 100 gifts for 100 precious ladies! This was our larg The night was amazing! We talked with managers. We were able to hug and encourage at least 30 dancers face-to-face and many others through our love gifts and just smiles. We saw old friends and made some new ones! Girls were wearing the bracelets we gave! Some of the girls even gave us some of their own candy stash! We sat down and chatted with many women! My favorite part of our visits is hearing the life stories of the women we encounter! Often the world forgets that these ladies are real people, with real feelings. I love to hear about what's going on in their lives, whether they go to school, have children, their struggles, their joys and their dreams. And I love having the opportunity to encourage them on their journey in any way I can. I am always blown away with how God intersects our lives and I love having the honor to illuminate his workings in our world! I believe with all my heart that Jesus loves exotic dancers! He is working in their lives in the same way that He works in the life of anyone else. He doesn't see our professions, He sees our hearts and loves us dearly because we are his children! Check out these pictures of our preparation for this visit! It's the Fourth of July! Free2BMe celebrated our freedom by visiting three of the clubs here in Toledo! We had a fabulous day getting to know our managers and our girls a little better! Some 2000 years ago, the Apostle Paul said "Christ has set us free to live a free life. So take your stand! Never again let anyone put a harness of slavery on you." These words are still true! The love of Christ breaks all boundaries and gives us freedom to be the women He created us to be! Dear One, we pray that you know that you are loved beyond all measure! It's Independence Day! Let FREEDOM ring in your life! Because in Christ you are free!!!! This tattoo is between the shoulder blades of one of the ladies that we love and serve. I saw it tonight for the first time and fell in love with it. I asked her permission for a picture and also to post it. These 19 words spell out exactly what Free2BMe believes. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. Women in the industry are looked down on because of what is visible to the eye. People see a stripper and can't take her seriously. One of our ladies reported this very thing today to us. It is impossible for her to feel appreciated, valued, and loved in the world outside of her club. Why? Because people see with their eyes the exterior, the obvious, and never care to look deeper with their heart into the heart, mind and soul of the person standing in front of them. This same woman expressed her heart to leave the industry because she is aging out, but can't because she knows according to the world outside her club....she is nothing. Free2BMe says "NO!" You are valued! You do matter! You can be taken seriously, and should be! You are loved beyond measure! We say this because we see with our hearts! We see you! The real you! More importantly, we see with God's eyes, and God's eyes are His heart! We believe that God doesn't care about the exterior that is visible to everyone...your job, your addictions, your whatever...He cares about you! He cares about YOU! Not for what you are or what you do, but simply because He created you and loves you! He's not mad! He's not angry! He's not waiting at every turn to tell you you're going to hell. He's standing beside you with His arms outstretched and often wrapped around you, whispering words of love to the deepest parts of your soul...because He loves you! Because He sees with his heart! Tonight we handed out 68 love gifts at 4 different clubs! We met some of the most wonderful people in Toledo! And we had some of the best God conversations I've had in a long time! God loves strippers, exotic dancers, adult entertainers, whatever you want to call them...God loves them! He loves them unconditionally! He loves them passionately! We hugged many women tonight. We cried with women tonight and we laughed with many women tonight! God ROCKS! He never ceases to blow my mind! He is amazing! And his love is unfailing! |
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