CONCLUSION: LOOKING TO THE FUTURE

Abstract

Through these three windows, we have looked into the lives of fifteen women in various continents, settings and times. We have learned from different cultures, from those on the margins and from the lives of women in ministry. If we were to condense these stories to just one theme it would be a willingness to go to unfamiliar and unexpected places, beyond comfort zones, to serve and to be formed and shaped in other cultures and places. As these women listened and responded to the voice of God, they had the faith to let God write their stories. As a result, God led each of them to unexpected place, living lives beyond what they could have asked for or imagined. Each of these stories, like Betty Sue’s story, is a vivid example of what happens when we trust God, and let God write the story.