This is my post from last year in honor of International Women’s Day. I continue serving and learning from the women I meet. I pray this honors you as well. We women are amazing. I also honor the men in our lives who spiritually and emotionally support us as they encourage us and come along side us as we passionately share the love and hope of Jesus through our actions and our words. We love You Jesus!
Honoring
Today, the world’s focus is on International Women’s Day. This is dear to me because of how many women I have met across this world. From my daily involvement in our Honduras programs to the mountains I have stood upon, to the villages in rice fields to the war torn places where families escape with only their lives and what they can carry, I honor.
Eph 3:20–21ESV
Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
This scripture defines my desire to go when I have an opportunity to go. To be present. In the now. In the today. In this world we live in. There is only one reason I am able to go – the power of God living in me – at work in me. I could never imagine going without this. People ask me if I’m afraid. There have been only a handful of times I was concerned but God’s presence immediately assured me and I know He is bigger than any enemy I could ever face in this world.
First up is Honduras. I’ve been involved there since 1998.
In 2002 Mi Esperanza – The Women of My Hope was founded. You can find out more about us here. http://www.thewomenofmyhope.org
Next up – India. I have been working as a team member there for 8 years.
Next up – Jordan on the Syrian border 2017 – I was invited through a mutual friend to join a team originating in Dubai. We spent time with the women as they knitted items that are then sold in Dubai and the US, supporting their lives there. They are all refugees escaping the war ravaged cities where they had lived all their lives. Some of their families came and some stayed behind. And we sat – and just listened – and I cried a lot of tears – and then they asked us to pray with them. I’m not sure what I would do without the ability to pray.
These are just a few of my favorite moments. I have so many. Today – I honor all the women I have met around this world and here at home. Many of the women in my family share the same passion. Three of my grandchildren, all my children and two daughter in laws, six nieces and a nephew have been to Honduras with me. Creating this generational desire to honor and engage in lives everywhere we go will prayerfully be my legacy I leave when I move on.
To women – everywhere.
With much love,
Janet