Multiplying the Impact

Sahel Region

"I have been part of Disciple Making Trainings before, but I was never able to fully grasp how it could work for me. Now that it has been taught in a contextualized way specifically for women, I have discovered that there are different ways of reaching women than there are for men.

After the Women of Impact Disciple Making Training, I returned home and began praying and looking for women that were open to spiritual things. I discovered that most of the women in my community struggle to provide for themselves and their families, and that I could use one of the practical skills I learnt in the training as a way to gather women together. I learnt how to make an insulated cooker - it's like a slow cooker, but made out of fabric and doesn't need any electricity. It allows women to start cooking a pot of food over charcoal or electricity for about 15 minutes, and then transfer the pot into the insulated cooker that will allow the food to continue cooking for many hours without the cost of other resources. Women have been gathering fabric scraps from all the tailors around, which they then use as the insulation for the cooker.

I have been focussing on gathering women to learn this new integrated cooking skill, as well as do Discovery Bible Study (DBS) together. About 96% of the women in my country are Muslim, but through forming the DBS groups I have seen the desire the women have to get to know Jesus!

In addition to learning how to reach women in my community, I also learnt the importance of bringing other Christian women alongside me to be praying and reaching out together. I thank God for the group of women I was able to mobilize for a Women of Impact Disciple Making Training in my country earlier this year, and that I could also gain practise myself as a trainer on some of the topics during this training. I continue to follow up with all of these women & believe we will see many more women coming to know Jesus soon."