{"id":1106,"date":"2014-05-08T11:52:36","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T16:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/worldmission\/?p=1106"},"modified":"2014-05-08T11:52:36","modified_gmt":"2014-05-08T16:52:36","slug":"in-honor-of-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2014\/05\/08\/in-honor-of-women\/","title":{"rendered":"In Honor of Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article is was written by, Elizabeth Sedore, a Covenant Missionary serving in Asia and we re-post it here this week to honor moms and women everywhere who work hard, never give up.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1108 alignleft\" style=\"line-height: 19.5px\" alt=\"a.m. bath  mongolia\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/05\/a.m.-bath-mongolia-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/05\/a.m.-bath-mongolia-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/05\/a.m.-bath-mongolia-250x187.jpg 250w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/05\/a.m.-bath-mongolia.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">I was standing at the river\u2019s edge when she came up beside me, crouched, and splashed her face with icy water. She peeled off her stocking cap and ran a wet hand through her short white hair. Next, she dipped her pointer in the flowing creek, and massaged her single toothed gums. Just a little after six, her morning beauty routine complete, she turned to me. \u00a0We&#8217;d been talking for a few minutes when she asked if I knew her language. I was caught off guard since we\u2019d been chatting in Mongolian already. She had to repeat that question three times, though, before I got it.\u00a0Then she asked if I would help her. \u201cSure!\u201d I said, and followed her to a pile of collected branches. She took off her cotton sash, and spent ten minutes weaving it through her firewood to ensure the load would stay together.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><!--more--><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">I kept reaching out, wondering when I was to help, but she kept repeating, \u201cnot yet.\u201d When she was finally satisfied that her knitted twigs were secure, she squatted down in front of them. \u00a0After slipping her left arm through a make shift shoulder loop, she asked me to hand to her a walking stick that was on the ground behind me. Taking the staff from me, she adjusted the right loop onto the top end,<\/div>\n<p style=\"line-height: 19.5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1107 alignright\" alt=\"stack loaded mongolia\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/05\/stack-loaded-mongolia-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/05\/stack-loaded-mongolia-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/05\/stack-loaded-mongolia-250x187.jpg 250w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/05\/stack-loaded-mongolia.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">and immediately leaned forward on the stick pulling the load behind her a bit up off the ground. I thought that I should carry her package for her, but frankly, I wasn&#8217;t sure I could. \u201cNow, lift and give it to me,\u201d she sai<span style=\"line-height: 24px\">d. So I quickly moved be<\/span>hind the heavy load and helped to maneuver it onto her \u201cc\u201d shaped back. Then, off she went. I stood watching in amazement, as she toddled off toward home carrying two thirds of her weight in wood.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"line-height: 24px\">Convicted! I frequently complain about not having hot water, about icky tasting tooth paste, about my \u2018so heavy\u2019 six pound laptop and about feeling old. This woman was well into her 80&#8217;s and less than 90 pounds. No complaints from her. She simply wanted to know if I loved her beautiful Mongolia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Now is a great time to honor the important women in your life. Please consider helping to support the work of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurchgiving.com\/p-343-world-mission-general-fund.aspx\">Covenant World Mission by donating here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=1106&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article is was written by, Elizabeth Sedore, a Covenant Missionary serving in Asia and we re-post it here this week to honor moms and women everywhere who work hard, never give up. I was standing at the river\u2019s edge when she came up beside me, crouched, and splashed her face with icy water. She peeled off her stocking cap and ran a wet hand through her short white hair. Next, she dipped her pointer in the flowing creek, and massaged her single toothed gums. Just a little after six, her morning beauty routine complete, she turned to me. \u00a0We&#8217;d been talking for a few minutes when she asked if I knew her language. I was caught off guard since we\u2019d been chatting in Mongolian already. She had to repeat that question three times, though, before I got it.\u00a0Then she asked if I would help her. \u201cSure!\u201d I said, and followed her to a pile of collected branches. She took off her cotton sash, and spent ten minutes weaving it through her firewood to ensure the load would stay together. 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