Good Friday

Yesterday I was stuck in Macau twice in Macau. Macau is the 'Las Vegas' of Hong Kong and has lots of dazzling lights. I arrived at 10pm last night to find the Exchange bureau closed. I didn't want to withdraw any cash as my bank now charge 3 quid for every transaction made outside of the EU. I needed God to deliver me - all of these thoughts lasted for 10 seconds before a lovely young Chinese lady came and said "you look like you are in trouble - here is 20 dollars!". I walked away thinking to myself 'His eye is on the sparrow' and happily got the bus to the centre of town where I managed to change more but not after the next story.....

The next problem (this is only one of three times I have ever done this) - I hadn't booked anywhere to stay. I prayed to the Holy Spirit to help me decide a good place to stay. The first two were full (Easter is a public holiday in Hong Kong and Macau) - I got to the 3rd and they were offering a decent price. I went with it however the moment I walked out the door, I had a real check in my spirit that this was not a good idea. When I came back after unsuccessfully finding a bureau de change, (I did find one eventually and a much better hotel for half the price!) I saw a big red light outside the door and a lady asked me if I wanted a "top secret massage" - enough said. To cut a long story short, they didn't want me when I had no money.