Drunkeness

This morning's Bible study was focused around Romans 12:1-2 which led to the discussion about people in the local communities and if they are living to be sacrifices for God and following God's will.  It was brought up that in the two villages where the current group of women are from, there is a huge alcohol problem.  The man speaking spoke of a time he was in both the villages in the morning and the majority of men were drunk/drinking already and sitting around doing nothing.  These men leave the women to do all the work.  And it's true, the women are the ones who not only take care of the children, wash the clothes, clean the house but also earn all of the money for the family by digging in the fields all day while many of the husbands drink away the families food money.

This is so completely opposite of our masculine philosophy of men being the bread winners, being productive, providing for their family.  In single mother homes it's hard for the women to take on the role of both man and woman but here most women are like single mothers even if their husband is still married to them.

This is obviously not to say that there aren't good men here, there certainly are.  But what most of the women that come to the center are facing is this: either they have no husband, or their husband is unreliable to share the burden of taking care of the family.