UPRISING.

This country needs good men. I noticed this almost immediately after starting ministry in India. There are so many different issues that this country is facing. But in my opinion, the root of so many of them is the men.

So many men in this country do not work. But their wives do. What do the men do? Take care of their children? No. Tend to household duties? No. Do anything productive? Not usually. Many of them drink. Many gamble. Many visit brothels. They may have other wives. Many even beat their wives because they have money problems, or because their wives do not bear boys. Or for countless other reasons.

My hope and my prayer is that God will not only send foreign men to India, but that there will be an uprising of Indian men. Men who take a stand against the way men are "supposed to be". Men who declare that gender bias is WRONG and that women are special and should be treated with respect. Men who refuse to buy girls or sell them and make fools of those who do. Men who teach their sons the proper way to treat women. Men who do not beat their wives for any reason, let alone reasons that are out of their control. Men who love Jesus and live their lives as men after his own heart.

This is my prayer for this country. And I believe that men will rise up soon. Change is coming, I can feel it.

-Alex

3 Month Goa Volunteer