{"id":1576,"date":"2014-09-01T23:00:07","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T23:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/bge\/?p=1576"},"modified":"2014-09-02T00:32:15","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T00:32:15","slug":"women-who-inspire-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/bge\/2014\/09\/01\/women-who-inspire-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Women Who Inspire Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

Evelmyn Ivens was born in Mexico and moved to the United States during her teenage years. She graduated from North Park Theological Seminary in 2013 with a MA in Theological Studies and is currently a Curriculum & Resource Development intern at the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) in Chicago. Evelmyn has lived in Los Angeles, CA, Washington, DC, and Chicago, IL, enjoys traveling and learning about other cultures. She\u2019s passionate about issues of immigration, hunger, poverty, and human trafficking.<\/em><\/p>\n

Having lived in Mexico until my teenage years gave me some good understanding of the gender roles in that society. In my extended family for example, gender roles were very evident and for me this was very common and natural. I grew up seeing women do the cooking and cleaning of the house, taking care of the children, etc. That was their responsibility as wives. It was very rare to see husbands do the same. Culturally, that just wouldn\u2019t look good. If men would do all these \u201cjobs\u201d that would mean that they didn\u2019t have \u201cgood wives\u201d, men were seen only as the providers. However, when I moved to the United States, and as I began to interact with people from different cultures, and having committed my life to Christ, some questions began to arise. Is this how God intended it to be? Somehow, something seemed unfair. As a woman, did I have to decide whether to have a family or to have a career?<\/p>\n

As I was experiencing this and beginning my faith journey, it was such a blessing to befriend women who were in ministry. I was 16 years old and was attending a small group with some seminary students from Fuller Theological Seminary, and have to confess that it was very intimidating sometimes! I was the youngest of the group and trying to learn as much as I could. It was then that I was very inspired by the women in the group as they were pursuing their seminary education. Also during this time I got to see that women preached at my church, and held positions of leadership, something that the congregation valued and embraced. I remember one night, some church friends where at home, and one of them told my father, that he was very happy that I had been experiencing such a healthy gospel. Now as I think about it, I think he was talking about my experience with the small group, which was life changing, and that I was getting to see empowered women serving the Lord.<\/p>\n

In 2010 I was visiting my good friend Brenda in Puerto Rico, who was part of that small group. Coincidently, the weekend that I was visiting, she had her installation service, as associate pastor. I was very privileged to be part of that, what a gift! Now as am reflecting on this, it was kind of a full circle, first because I was part of her life as she was completing her M.Div. and then attending her installation service.<\/p>\n

Then, there\u2019s also my other good friend Emma, who has her heart on missions and teaches at a seminary in Texas, and is someone who continues to follow God\u2019s calling in her life. Even though, I\u2019ve been friends\u2019 with these women for over 10 years, I actually have never told them how their call for ministry was such an inspiration to my life. Seeing them in action years ago, encouraged me to consider seminary education, and as I was completing my degree, thought of them very often. Brenda and Emma, thank you for being such role models and for teaching me that women can do it all!<\/p>\n

Lord I give you thanks for those women in our lives who have inspire us to follow you and to serve you. Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n

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