We compliment each other well. I can handle the administration of the site. I created the accounting system and work with the money. But I just can't connect on a significant level with the women in the site (for a variety of reasons). Miriam is just the opposite. She's not as skilled with managing all the details of the site, but can be that connection point, a light in the communities we work in.
Every morning she visits women in their businesses. Sometimes she talks about their work, other times it's just to have a café and talk about life. She teaches one woman how to read, and takes another to pray with her elderly mother each week. She normally has lunch at a woman's house in the community she's in that day, and that afternoon all the women meet for their MiBanco meeting.
I can't say enough how crucial this is to my ministry. I don't care if we have a 100% repayment rate for 10 years, if people aren't hearing the Gospel and responding to His Call for us, than the site is a failure.
Well, I'm happy to say that one of the women Miriam is discipling gave her life to Christ. She is in our 4th bank in Mata Gorda and her name is Georgina. She owns a food stand. She is very soft spoken and deals with an abusive husband. The very first day we went to her house for an interview she broke down crying because her mother was dying. Miriam was able to come along side her through the whole process. Now, Miriam goes to her house every Monday to cultivate her new faith.
Please pray that in every community we go, womens' lives would be changed the way Georgina's was changed.
Miriam enjoying a cup of juice with one of our summer students. Free snacks is the occasional perk to our ministry.
Georgina posing for her picture that will eventually go on her MiBanco ID Badge.
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