OK, the name sounds really ambitious, doesn't it?! Well, you have to dream big...and with our BIG God, we can believe for Big things! I have myself and 9 Christian women who are believing that God will help us to disciple alot of women and at the same time, give these same women some good health teaching. And we're trying to keep it simple. Here's how it works:
Who is the main health care giver in the family? Usually it's mom. So we decided to focus on training moms. I put out the word that I was willing to give health teaching to women interested in it. In a country with minimal health care resources, I had immediate interest. 14 women showed up for the introduction and first lesson. I was looking for 1o women to whom I could teach a discipleship lesson and a health lesson, and they would take that teaching back to their village and teach it to their own group of around 10 women. and so on...
That's just what has been happening, and I now have 9 women who are regular students. Each of them has committed to teach a group...some have 9 women and other groups are around 16. Every other Monday, I teach the next lesson at the center. The women have two weeks to teach their group. I'm so encouraged by their desire to learn and pass what they have learned on to others. At present we have around 136 women being trained! That's exciting!!!
The last lesson was on Water. How to prevent or treat many illnesses with water. They found it so simple, but so helpful. And I try to make the lessons as "hands on" as possible.
Included in our program is memorizing scripture. In an area where most women cannot read, one of the best ways to help them grow in their faith is to get them memorizing verses, and passages of scripture. They are fast learners and are quite good at memorizing!
As I said earlier, most of the women in the program cannot read. This presents a challenge when preparing their lesson papers. I have to use pictures to convey the ideas, so that when they see the picture, it will recall to their minds, the lessons they've learned. What a challenge! Every lesson prep is an Adventure!