{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Serve Globally Blog","provider_url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally","title":"Bearing God's Light in a Dark Place - Serve Globally Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"OWNKdeUeKB\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2019\/01\/14\/bearing-gods-light-in-a-dark-place\/\">Bearing God&#8217;s Light in a Dark Place<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2019\/01\/14\/bearing-gods-light-in-a-dark-place\/embed\/#?secret=OWNKdeUeKB\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Bearing God&#8217;s Light in a Dark Place&#8221; &#8212; Serve Globally Blog\" data-secret=\"OWNKdeUeKB\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Adrienne Satterberg was commissioned to France at the 2016 Annual Meeting. It is late at night and we are making the rounds at the hostess bars not far from the tourist area of the Old Port of Marseille. In my pocket are several individually wrapped chocolate squares with Bible verses attached to the back. We offer these to the women standing near the doors of these bars, waiting for clients to buy them a drink. We are a recently formed group of evangelical Christians who attend various local churches and feel called to reach out to the women and men who are sexually exploited through prostitution. Tonight, we come across a number of women of different ages gathered around a sidewalk table outside a bar. As we engage with them and they accept the chocolate, I notice that some toss aside the wrappers with the verse. We exchange pleasantries and are about to leave when an older woman tells us she notices something about us. \u201cI see joy in your faces. I have peace,\u201d she says, \u201cbut I don\u2019t have joy.\u201d She expresses a desire to have this kind of joy in her life\u2014the joy she sees in us! We [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2019\/01\/Adrienne-Satterberg-quote-graphic-2-300x300.png"}