Sometimes I wonder if I should have begun pioneered alone, rather than attempting to pioneer with the women as a group. I could have unveilled a new Church environment quickly and this may have been very successful. However, something made me choose otherwise. I saw Jesus in the eyes of these women and saw them as part of the future. I had respect for their commitment and believed God was calling them to something new.
The path I have taken means that I have had an eye to modelling change and mentoring a couple of the women in mission and leadership. It takes longer to travel as a group, but I continue to believe the group, are significant to the mission of God in this neighbourhood. I have a complete sense of personal inadequacy to the task, but that is the point. It is God who is (more than) adequate to the task. Together we are discovering that power of God released in us by our faith, which grows as we work together. His power is always sufficient for the task!
