SHOULD WE EXPECT MOMS TO DO MORE? HOW MOMS MAKE DISCIPLES IN ALL NATIONS

Abstract

When I first moved overseas, I was expected to share my testimony using a language with which I couldn’t even count to ten. I was supposed to start a church planting movement, disciple women, and keep our supporters in the States up to date. My first two months were spent dusting the layers of coal away each morning. The next month, I figured out how to pay the water bill without actually ordering water. In the two months that followed, I learned to buy lettuce and use the squatty potty. At the six-month mark, it was tempting to feel like I failed. I vomited my testimony out a few times. However, once they asked any sort of question of me, I simply smile and replied using the only phrase I could say correctly, “Yes, I am American.” This is not a church planting strategy that fills books.