Hi, great topic and great testimonies! I feel called to lead and remind the network of people I know to recognize God as their saviour. I am a SAHM right now, and so my life is consumed by never ending laundry and dishes lol. But about 4 years ago my husband and I were sent overseas while he was serving in the army. We moved in to these buildings which housed 16 families. I am a shy person by nature and I have a hard time breaking the ice with people. We moved there in the winter, so there was really no way to meet anyone. One day I came back from the grocery store and there was a flyer about a women's bible study. At that time I didn't attend church, and I was so isolated, so I decided to go the bible study having never been to anything like that before.
I can honestly say that was one of the best days of my life, and from that I met so many Christian friends, all of my friends really. We prayed for each other and talked, and cried. It was just a safe place to be. We all had lots of stress, most of the time for military moms its like you're a single parent because of deployments and long hours. But this was awesome, it even had child care free provided by the chapel.
Well when the woman who was lead to start it got reassigned, there was no one willing to step up. But God put the desire in my heart to lead this large group of women in the Lord. And for the next 3 years that's what I did, and it gave me such a joy to prepare the study each week. On the outside it would have seemed an unlikely thing. I was the youngest and my husband was the lowest rank. In the military that's a pretty big deal for an officer's wife and an enlisted wife to hang out and be friends. But that's what we all did, being an example that we loved the Lord, and we were sisters in Christ.
Now that I'm back home I have started a study to reach the women I know, and so far God has done some good things in it. I feel so weak at times, but I know that's the paradox. He's strong in my weakness. So if anyone is reading this and has an excitement for God, but feels inadequate...you are! But God will work through you.