so today ywam atlanta recorded our "CRIBS" (idea taken from MTV) video showing off our base and trucks/cars/lawn mower (haha) yeah it was funny! we started off with all the girls in the jacuzzi upstairs, then showed the girls' dorms, the pool outside, the rec hall- bowling ally and volleyball court indoors, the classroom with the pool table, our pond and acres of nature, and saved the best for last- our pimped out gangster- falling apart vehicles and the song "riding dirty" implying our truck is filthy...ah, i am having so much fun!
and our speaker this week was amazing...i'll fill in more later

warning: graphic content

during intercessory prayer the other day, we felt led to pray for the workers and the victims in the slave sex trade overseas...and chris, one of the students wrote an incredible rap song about it the next day...check it out:

Unseen

I 'm seeing heart renching visionings/ of stories that aren't worth mentioning / these hurting and fallen girls/ these unseen glories of unsung symphonies / I can't stop the tears/ thinking of her pain/ sitting unloved by the back door/ working for this man/ she don't even no his name/ Learning that her body is a gateway/ her biggest drama isn't just a bad hair day/ theres no way/ a path of immoral worth/she burns with a desire heart full of suppressed works/ too tired her body hurts/ where is the justice/ this world is unforgiving/ that her very life is just a tool/ and her drying tears are unwilling/ I'm gonna help I promise you'll have your dream/
I cry for you/ yes real tears I weep/ cause for me your not unseen

When are we gonna wake up/
Her life is not easy/
deciding not to help its not your call/
while your stomachs feeling queazy/
If we don't help her out/
Will her life just be another/
this girl is being used for a cash source/
lost left and smothered/
this isn't just a feel bad give more deal/
her life is going too fast/
This girl lives hell every day/
she thinks her life is only good for cash/
Your not unseen
your not unseen
God Loves you
and saved you just like me
your not unseen

an unmerciful hand/ strikes her face as she struggles/ her makeup is ruined/ but thats the least of her troubles/ He's got a grip on her wrist as she turns away to try and run/ He strikes her again in the chin/ this time she sees blood/ he screams obcenities at her/ she wasn't worth the ten stinking dollars/ now her face was ruined/ and her blood was on his fake designer collar/ He might as well let her go/and just stop the video thats ruined now/ But he paid money for her body and he'll get it/ he doesn't care how/ So he throws her on the bed/ shes getting too tired to resist/ he rips her dress off at the shoulder/ she hits/ he gets pissed/ He slams his palm into her face/ she blacks out to see pain induced stars/ he forces himself in/ thats it her only purity is gone/ Did I tell you she was a virgin/ oh well, it didn't last long/ So she finally gives up/ theres no point anymore/ she can't stop whats begun/ he treats her like a common whore/ like a store/ he can just drop by and shop/a common convenience for the needy/but for her it needs to stop/ flash forward to the end/ its a miracle she's alive/ bloody from the top down/ all around/ her hearts dead not to mention her pride/ What kind of life can she live now/ doomed to never be normal/ But someone loves you little princess/ the introduction isn't formal/ But a heart broken is a heart spoken/ a token for her pain/ Nobody will tell her about this lover/ you know him... Jesus is his name/

When are we gonna wake up/
Her life is not easy/
deciding not to help its not your call/
while your stomachs feeling queazy/
If we don't help her out/
Will her life just be another/
this girl is being used for a cash source/
lost left and smothered/
this isn't just a feel bad give more deal/
her life is going too fast/
This girl lives hell every day/
she thinks her life is only good for cash/
Your not unseen
your not unseen
God Loves you
and saved you just like me
your not unseen

Stop complaining/ please/ I know how raw and graphic my verses sound/ while you're sadly thinking about yourself/ her immortal soul is being bound/ the underworld pulls her away/every day/ with each selling of her body/ no longer a future hottie/ scars from the naughty make her look gaudy/ Her childhood is thrown away/ because that forgiven man was greedy/ Chivalry isn't dead/ and this world is still part of the needy/ Intercede on her behalf/ please I beg you with my tears/ God can still save her and heal her heart/ and drive away her fears/ don't look at your peers/ who are they/ are they you!?/ are they called to the samething/ is your individuality lost too?!/ This song is definitely not a last/ I swear/ as long as this girl is hurting/ I'll be working/ interceding on her behalf/ I have a call that I need to answer/ I pick up its the sex slave trade/ I'll give my life for this message/ what about you..... what does God say!??

When are we gonna wake up/
Her life is not easy/
deciding not to help its not your call/
while your stomachs feeling queazy/
If we don't help her out/
Will her life just be another/
this girl is being used for a cash source/
lost left and smothered/
this isn't just a feel bad give more deal/
her life is going too fast/
This girl lives hell every day/
she thinks her life is only good for cash/
Your not unseen
your not unseen
God Loves you
and saved you just like me
your not unseen

RokFaythe the Gospel Rapper Copyright 2008

i think something god is showing me is how to live with people that are from totally different parts of this world and this country...we've had a lot of really fun times already, although, sometimes it can be challenging...i wanna grow through it... this week should be more structured since last week was the introduction/orientation. i am looking forward to our well known guest speakers, my 1:1 with my small group leader, inner city outreach in atlanta, my quiet time with god (which has been wonderful), community living...etc. i think this is going to be one of the best times of my life! i want to embrace every day...even the moments when i think i'm going to go crazy...haha