wan's story
There was nothing that satisfied me as a night bar girl. There is so much pain, even in times where life was happy. At first life was sweet because of the money from the bar, but life became bitter very soon after that. My life was not different from the other people around me, suffering to get money to support my family until one day I realized that my life had failed… there was nothing left for me anymore. I had no money to support my family, I was betrayed by my loved ones and my family was broken.

After that time, my life was like a boat in the vast ocean because there was no one who could help me, encourage me, or forgive me. People left me because I was nothing.

It was like my life was filled with cobwebs, and that I couldn’t be freed from these dirty webs. I didn’t even know how to start again or how my life would end up. Even if I tried to get rid of these cobwebs, whenever I looked they were still there in my life. The day that I walked into The Well I was like a body without a soul, dirty, full of thick sin, and very tired of life. I was too tired to continue my life.

But there was a holy hand that gave me a drink and food. Not only that, these hands helped me to get rid of the dirty cobwebs and washed me with pure water from head to toe. They cared for every single strand of my hair. Each hand treated me gently as though I was the most precious one they have. They give me what I did not have before. They forgive me when I do wrong. They give me counseling and encourage me. They have shown me a valuable treasure that no one can take away from me. I am so thankful for God’s hands and the hands of The Well staff.

I don’t know when I will be able to completely get rid of these cobwebs, but as long as God’s people help me, and of course as I help myself too, I hope that someday I will have no more of these cobwebs in my life. I don’t think I will ever give up learning more about God, because of the One who lives inside of me.