LEARNING TO SEW FOR A DEEPER PURPOSE

I will be heading to Jordan next month on April 3rd, 2023.

My attention recently was captured by a documentary I saw on BBC about Domestic Abuse in Jordan.    It is an issue we see around the world but especially in the Arab world.  Domestic violence has increased dramatically with Covid when families were isolated at home. Jordan was the first Arab country to enforce a law against violence towards women in 2008.  Even with this law in place it is still very dangerous for women to speak out about what goes on at home in a society where men, fathers and brothers have legal rights over women. 

Only 18% of women have jobs in Jordan. 

There was one cases scenario in this BBC documentary that shared a story about a girl raped by her father and then when she told her family they beat her, breaking her arms and legs.  She left home when she could and is now trying to make it on her own.  But again, in a society that is not pro-women working – it has been extremely difficult for her to survive.  

The women I have worked with in Jordan are not (as far as I know) domestically abused but there is still a great need to educate the women on their rights as human beings and women created in God’s His image and designed to do works He has set out for them to do. 

Even in a home or a country that does not allow the same freedoms as most of the west – my hope is that through the work I do, these women can find purpose in providing for themselves and their families. Giving them these tools to become independent, is a vital resource for them and their families.  This I hope would give them the courage to seek help and if necessary leave home should abuse occur to take their children to a safer living situation.  

My hope is that the women that I get to have time with on this next trip will in turn teach more women tailoring skills and also build their own businesses.  The country of Jordan has an emphasis on workmanship and artisans.  Jordan is still not as industrialized as the West because people still hold onto traditions and customs which are beautiful.  

Would you pray with me.

• For outlets to distribute the products locally.
• For bridges to build between the Syrian women and the Jordanian women.
• For opportunities to share about Yahweh, the God who created them, loves them, and can and will restore all things.
• For safety for the women I will be working with, safety for Elbie & her team, and my safety.  
• For the land of Jordan to come to know the God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob as the one true God.  

Thank you for sending me out!  I am looking forward to whatever the Father has in store.