Today I had my first workshop with a small group of 10 women who pray every Sunday. The workshop was at the church. First, the women read and discussed the gospel of the day. After that we started our workshop. One of the activities we did was telling each other about our our hobbies. These are women who like to dance, sing, talk and bring water to the house (I’m not sure they understood but maybe they like that??). I asked each of the women to act out their hobbies, and this was a very nice ice breaker. They laughed and enjoyed it a lot!!
After that we talked about some of problems they perceive they have. These are some of the problems they expressed:
- The polygamy. They don’t like that their husband has more than one wife.
- The women who have to accept when a drunk man hits them
- A woman who has to work very hard to support her family because the man doesn’t care to bring food.
- The woman who is a single mother. Men see her a easy, but because she isn’t they talk bad things about her to the rest of the community.
Wow, what strong women they are!! However they live in a community that is tough for them and they feel tired and upset!! This is a perfect opportunity to empower them. To talk about their rights, traditions, dreams, God and the power of the mind among others.
Thank you God for allowing me to be an instrument to listen to these oppressed women, and through that help them to start healing what they have to heal!!