18/09/2026
On a Friday night every month, we go out on the streets of Geylang to share God’s love with the ladies who work in this area. We bring them little gifts like this each time – in Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese and English (a few hundred gifts in total). Even though the item and tract content may be different for every walk, the heart that goes into each gift remains the same 🤍 Below, read one of our long-time volunteers’ experience serving in this ministry, then register your interest to walk with us at www.om.org/sg/go/local-ministry.
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"Having done ministry in the red light district for a while, I’ve seen more than I ever thought I would.
Once, I visited a brothel that was going to be torn down. It was my first time going so far inside one, because we are usually only allowed to stand at entryways when we give our gifts and say hi to the girls. All I saw inside was a waiting area, multiple rooms for servicing customers, and a tiny pantry in the back. That’s it. Girls had lived there. And that means they slept in the same spaces where they worked. This isn’t the reality for every girl working in Geylang, but it still is for some.
This gift in the picture (the phone charm and gospel tract) was particularly well-received when we gave them out. Some brothel caretakers even asked if we had more of them available. Maybe the girls thought they were pretty or wanted to trade among themselves for different charm designs.
One caretaker was extra nice that night and let me personally give these to the girls in his brothel (we usually hand the gifts to the caretaker, who passes them along). So I got to see the girls inside, sitting in their waiting area. They were working on something together. They had a huge cross-stitch project spread out across their laps, with girls working on different ends at the same time. It was heartwarming and nice to see the girls doing something fun and homely in what I feel is a harsh environment.
Like any other young ladies their age, these girls need community, like pretty things, enjoy chatting with friends, and have hobbies of their own. They are just like any one of us, except that life looks really different for them, and they’ve accepted that.
Every time we do this ministry, we long to share the gentle, redemptive, healing love of Jesus with these girls. The gifts (no matter how nice they are) are just a tiny physical representation of that desire.
God loves them dearly, and so do we. Will you pray with us that they may experience this truth one day?"
