This morning--Saturday morning, at 7:30AM my beeping alarm startled me awake. Today was the church workday. Still half asleep, I begrudgingly dressed in my most unattractive clothes and prepared to get dirty.
Flashback to a year and a half ago: church workday for a different church.
Ethan and I were rather excited to get to do some work because inevitably, work is the best way to get to know people. As we arrived, however, something seemed to be missing. Oh yeah, other women--that's what was missing. I was the only woman there from the entire church (not a small church either). So working alongside men was strangely awkward because no one knew what to say to me. I learned that some of the unspoken rules there were that women had their place in the kitchen and inside the home--that's it. One man said, "You're a great worker. Can you cook?" I was rather taken aback by this, but I actually cook rather well. Let's just say, I didn't fit in there at all. I think they must have thought I was a total feminist. I'd say 3/4 feminist is more like it.
Flash forward to this year: current workday at Wheatland.
How refreshing. Men and women working alongside each other doing all sorts or yard work, chopping things down, etc... It was a wonderful time getting dirty and getting to know people. My enjoyment of church workdays is now restored :)
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Hello Ms. Faracat,
You made your site simple yet elegant. I see that you have a strong desire to serve God. Now is a good time! I recommend the one true God, Jehovah. He has an important message for all of us: 21 YOU cannot be drinking the cup of Jehovah and the cup of demons; YOU cannot be partaking of “the table of Jehovah” and the table of demons. (1Corinthians 10:21) (NWT)