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Women of Orissa Transformed in WTWMC
Thursday, October 29, 2009
The Women To Women Mentorship Conference (WTWMC) held recently in the state of Orissa was instrumental in dramatically changing the lives of numerous women. For weeks prior to the conference we knew that we were in for a battle, but we also knew from previous experience that no matter what came if we did not give up we would reap a harvest. We faced one hindrance after another and as the WTWMC drew closer we were met daily with negative news.
We could have canceled and no one would have blamed us.
The team that joined us from the US was also in for a rough ride. In fact this was one of the hardest trips our teams have ever had to endure. Thank God they had the same mentality -if you dont quit you will reap!
Nothing could have prepared us for how oppressed the women were even though we knew that after the previous years slaughter of 100s of believers there would still be a lot of grief. The first night of meetings hopelessness prevailed.
Many women had been told not to attend the conference, so these that came were under intimidation to say the least.
Somewhere in the midst of hammering away at the hardness, a smile or two broke out, the women began to open up and one 80 year old woman broke from the crowd and began to dance. The next several days, curses broke like glass, divorces were canceled and many were healed and launched into ministry. In the end 350 women were challenged and changed. Over 100 children were loved on and ministered to. And not one on the ministry team remained the same.
After our departure the calls began to come. During the meetings each woman had received a gift from our Pastors wife, a small bag filled with potpourri and a bottle of anointing oil. We encouraged the women to lay hands on the sick or massage the feet of the husbands who were giving them trouble! The first call came from one family whose elderly partially paralyzed mother was sent home to die. After anointing her with oil, the next morning she was up and serving her household totally healed. Another woman called stating that after she massaged her alcoholic husbands feet with the oil he stopped drinking!
One business man who had served as staff during the event approached us. You have no idea what has happened here. The women of Balangir, they are quiet and shy, they dont converse one with another. When I picked up the women to bring them day after day, they were laughing, talking, boldly declaring what they were going to do. They also never dance like that. Another exciting thing is that this conference was funded by women in the US who stepped forward to sponsor the women in India. On so many levels this truly was a Women to Women Mentorship Conference. Orissa will never be the same!
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