Here in the Philippines, a pastor’s wife is regarded as a pastora even though she may never preach. She is considered to be in ministry full-time and her church has very high expectations for her involvement in the church – even if she has a full-time job (often as a teacher) to support the family.
One of the wives in Batch 2 was just such a wife. GG is a full-time pastor’s wife, full-time mother of three, and full-time seasoned schoolteacher. She is the pastor’s wife who just “showed up” and stated, “I need this class!” She didn’t miss any classes, her homework was completed, and she readily shared in class.
GG and her husband recently came to visit us and shared the following amazing story:
First semester had just finished when, due to mismanagement of funds, the school laid her off. She came to class the very next week. After studying about half the lessons, GG and her husband began teaching the material in their church and seeing the real growth they had been asking the Lord for. We finished the classes the end of April and one week later the school called to ask if she could report to work immediately!
GG and her husband believe the Life Discipleship class was a divine appointment. Because she was unemployed and her husband’s income is very small, she received assistance with her travel expenses each week. Before they left the day of their visit, they gave us an envelope containing enough money to cover 13 weeks of her transportation money and the instructions that this money was to be used to pay someone else’s travel expenses!
Transportation subsidies for the current 25 pastors/wives amount to nearly $100/week! If you, too, would like to help a pastor or his wife pay their transportation to class every week, please visit www.actionintl.org/index.php?page=contact_us. Please also make a comment on this page so we can be sure to use your gift for this purpose.