On Friday night I returned from two weeks in Cheb ("Hyeb"), Czech Republic--my mini outreach! There is a YWAM base in Cheb that will have its first Discipleship Training School beginning in February, and we were able to meet the staff and a few of the students who may be in the school. Cheb is an amazing city. The architecture is amazing, and the people that I met are great.
That isn't to say that it's perfect--in fact, as a border town it is an area for prostitution and sex trafficking. Brothels are in plain view. They are called "night clubs," but function the same way. German men cross over the border, since sex is cheaper in Czech.
Twice our team did red light district outreach, meaning a few teams went out and spoke with prostitutes--offering prayer and warm tea in the evenings. Part of our team would stay back and pray over the outreach.
In fact, prayer spotted our entire time in Cheb. We did a mix of prayer and worship most mornings. I learned what a prayer walk is--walking through the city, asking the Holy Spirit to lead, and praying over the city. Sam Hofmann, our speaker for last week, led us in prayer in front of two brothels during the day. We also spent a morning in prayer over the city on a hill. God is so good.
We also had the opportunity to teach English classes in one of the local high schools. The students were awesome! We kept meeting up with them throughout our time in Cheb. I loved having friends to meet in cafés! One new friend invited a group of us to visit her town, which was just outside of Cheb :)
We got to talk about all kinds of things--boys, the sex industry in Cheb, how kids grow up too early there (sounds a little like the US, yeah?). Athiesm is super common in Cheb, so we had some cool conversations about God too.
Now I'm back in Herrnhut for the next four weeks or so! :)
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