#hannah aylward

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Ya. That was the response to Feminists unnecessarily gendering the word. Most of the feminists I knew in the 70s believed in equal rights, but they are dead now. I have to wonder, if their spirits could see what the movement became, would they wish they hadn't done any of it at all?

I think it's hilarious that the wiki entry hasn't been entirely purged of the facts. "Incel (/ˈɪnsɛl/ IN-sel) is a portmanteau of "involuntary celibate".[1] Originally coined as "INVCEL" around 1993 to 1997 by a queer Canadian female student known as Alana, the term rose to prominence in the 2010s as it became more closely associated with an online subculture of people (mostly white,[2] male, and heterosexual[3]) who define themselves as unable to get a romantic or sexual partner despite desiring one.[4][5][6]" It was a neutral term for a long time. Then Feminists decided to use it as a replacement for the taunt "virgin", because the hypocrisy was a tad too obvious. THEN they decided that incels were a dangerous terrorist organisation. Gotta say, the number of incels on the planet is in the millions - how many terrorist attacks from self declared incels have there been? I think it's one. (Meanwhile, the religion of peace ...)

That's the narrative. There are incels roaming about with ak-47s, blowing up buildings and not having sex. It's this weird story that obviously is false, is patently disconnected from reality, but they tell it over and over, and anyone foolish enough to trust the media ends up believing it - even if they can never quite figure out where all the incel-nazis are hiding.

If anything, I'd say the dangers of the mindset of those who label themselves incel is despair and suicide. Which is exactly what the Australian government recognised years ago, prescribing antidepressants and even sex workers. But I guess some feminists - maybe most of the tumblr types - would much rather see those boys hang themselves than find love.

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151: Gut health with Hannah Aylward

151: Gut health with Hannah Aylward https://ift.tt/vNqLnu4 So excited to have Hannah on the podcast and we’re chatting about gut health. Here’s what we discuss: – Tips for optimal gut health – Food sensitvities – Eating for optimal digestion and more!  151: Gut health with Hannah Aylward Here’s a bit more about Hannah and her background: Hannah Aylward is a Certified Holistic Health Coach, gut health specialist, and the founder of HAN, her functional nutrition practice taking a root cause approach to repairing the gut for real. After struggling with her own chronic digestive issues for years, Hannah dove headfirst into the latest in gut health research, seeking answers to her bloating, food sensitivities, and pain. With her science-backed formula, Hannah has overcome her own digestive issues and helped hundreds of other women around the world do the same. Today Hannah leads her all-women team of functional practitioners who have served over 500 clients globally. HAN’s mission is to help clients transform their gut health and overcome their never-ending digestive issues with functional nutrition, targeted supplementation, and advanced lab work. Now referred by doctors across the U.S., HAN’s signature and highly sought-after Healin’ Guts + Shakin’ Butts Program has brought her clients life-changing results such as getting off of thyroid medication and antidepressants, reversing lifelong food sensitivities, healing leaky gut and brain fog, weight loss, and much more! Connect with her on Instagram and check out her website. More resources from this episode: Join us for Fit Team! This is my online fitness community and you can try it free for 7 days. I love love love the meals from Sakara Life! Use this link and the code XOGINAH for 20% off their meal delivery and clean boutique items. This is something I do once a month as a lil treat to myself and the meals are always showstoppers. If any of my fellow health professional friends are looking for another way to help their clients, I highly recommend IHP. You can also use this information to heal yourself and then go one to heal others, which I think is a beautiful mission. You can absolutely join if you don’t currently work in the health or fitness industry; many IHPs don’t begin on this path. They’re friends who are passionate to learn more about health and wellness, and want to share this information with those they love. You can do this as a passion, or start an entirely new career. You can use my referral link here and the code FITNESSISTA for up to $250 off the Integrative Health Practitioner program. I highly recommend it! You can check out my review IHP Level 1 here and my review of Level 2 here. I’m still obsessed with my sauna blanket. This is one of my favorite ways to relax and sweat it out. I find that it energizes me, helps with aches and pains, I sleep better on the days I use this, and it makes my skin glow. Link to check it out here. You can also use my discount FITNESSISTA15 for the PEMF Go Mat, which I use every day, and the red light face mask, which is a staple in my weekly skincare routine. Get 20% off Organifi with the code FITNESSISTA. I drink the green juice, red juice, gold, and Harmony! (Each day I might have something different, or have two different things. Everything I’ve tried is amazing.) I’m currently obsessed with the shilajit gummies! Thank you so much for listening and for all of your support with the podcast! Please be sure to subscribe, and leave a rating or review if you enjoyed this episode. If you leave a rating, head to this page and you’ll get a little “thank you” gift from me to you.  Home The post 151: Gut health with Hannah Aylward appeared first on The Fitnessista. via The Fitnessista https://ift.tt/vkSoRYl February 01, 2024 at 06:30AM

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There will be nine new faces when the legislature resumes sitting on Prince Edward Island in the coming months, all from the governing party. The 22 Progressive Conservative seats include those nine first-time MLAs and all 13 incumbents. Three Liberals and two Green Party members also held their seats.

Below are the 27 elected representatives who will make up the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island. The majority increased from 15 seats to 22. Six came at the expense of the Green Party, and one was flipped from Liberal hands. Two other newcomers won seats held by former PC MLAs who did not re-offer.

Rob Lantz, a former leader of the Progressive Conservatives, won District 13: Charlottetown-Brighton. The seat was formerly held by Green MLA Ole Hammarlund, who lost his party's nomination to Janice Harper. A win is a form of redemption for Lantz, who lost the district in 2015 to Liberal Jordan Brown and spent eight years out of politics. He got a warm welcome back in King's victory speech Monday night.

Susie Dillon turned District 11: Charlottetown-Belvedere from green to blue. The seat was formerly held by the Greens' Hannah Bell, who did not re-offer. Joanna Morrison, who won the nomination in Bell's place, finished second.

Barb Ramsay took District 22 (Summerside-South Drive) from incumbent Green MLA Steve Howard. Tyler DesRoches, a former Summerside councilor, took District 21: Summerside-Wilmot from incumbent Green MLA Lynne Lund.

Jenn Redmond, who won the PC nomination by just one vote, was in another nail-biter Monday, winning District 5: Mermaid-Stratford by just 38 votes. Michele Beaton, the incumbent and a vocal MLA for the Greens, finished second.

Hilton MacLennan, who manages the O'Leary Co-op Feed Mill and Retail Store, took District 23: Tyne Valley-Sherbrooke from incumbent Green MLA Trish Altass.

Gilles Arsenault won in District 24: Evangeline-Miscouche, a seat formerly held by longtime Liberal MLA and interim party leader Sonny Gallant, who did not re-offer MacLellan, the Liberal candidate, and finished second.

Robin Croucher won in District 1: Souris-Elmira with 1,593 votes, keeping the seat for PCs LaVie, the MLA for the last 11 years, who made a late decision not to run again due to health reasons.

Jill Burridge kept District 6, Stratford-Keppoch, for the PCs with 1,479 votes. The seat was formerly held by James Aylward, who did not re-offer King the seat but handily won in District 15: Brackley-Hunter River) with more than 68 percent of the vote.

Bloyce Thompson, a farmer who was the minister of economic growth, tourism, and culture, won in District 8: Stanhope-Marshfield with the highest percentage of votes in any district this time - almost 80 percent of the vote. He faced only one challenger, Marian White of the NDP.

Matthew MacKay won in District 20 (Kensington-Malpeque in 2019) with a margin of 76 percent. MacKay held the high-profile social development and housing portfolio and was called upon to find temporary housing for Islanders facing homelessness.

Ernie Hudson won in District 26: Alberton-Bloomfield over Pat Murphy, a Liberal MLA from 2007-2019. Hudson was the King's minister of health and wellness at a time when many Islanders cited health care as the island's most pressing issue.

Steven Myers, most recently the minister of environment, energy, and climate action, won his fourth election in District 2: Georgetown-Pownal with almost 70 percent of the vote.

Darlene Compton, King's deputy premier and minister of agriculture and land, won in District 4: Belfast-Murray River with 1,510 votes, almost three times as many as her nearest competitor, Liberal candidate Katherine Bryson.

Cory Deagle, 31, retains his title as the youngest MLA, winning District 3: Montague-Kilmuir with more than 70 percent of the vote before dissolution was won for the PCs in a byelection in 2020, and cruising to victory in District 10: Charlottetown-Winsloe with more than 60 percent of the vote.

Sidney MacEwen, government house leader before the election call, had a convincing win in District 7, Morell-Donagh, with more than 70 percent of the vote.

Jamie Fox, the most recent minister of fisheries and communities, won his third election in District 19: Borden-Kinkora, well ahead of Matthew MacFarlane of the Green Party.

Jamie Fox, the most recent minister of fisheries and communities, won his third election in District 19: Borden-Kinkora, well ahead of Matthew MacFarlane of the Green Party.

Mark McLane, who was King's most recent finance minister, was re-elected in District 16: Cornwall-Meadowbank. McLane took the seat from the Liberals in a 2021 byelection after Heath MacDonald resigned to run federally. Green candidate Tayte Willows finished second on Monday.

Mark McLane, who was King's most recent finance minister, was re-elected in District 16: Cornwall-Meadowbank took the seat from the Liberals in a 2021 byelection after Heath MacDonald resigned to run federally and finished second on Monday.

The Liberals will form the official opposition, winning the second-largest number of seats, though their leader Sharon Cameron did not secure a seat herself McNeilly returns as the only person of color in the legislature, keeping his seat in District 14; Charlottetown-West Royalty candidate Kristi MacKay came in a close second.

Robert Henderson won his fifth election, taking District 25: O'Leary-Inverness in a three-way race with Daniel MacDonald of the PCs and Herb Dickieson of the NDP.

Hal Perry, who was first elected as a Progressive Conservative in 2011 before crossing the floor to the then-governing Liberals in 2013, was re-elected in District 27: Tignish-Palmer Road.

Leader Peter Bevan-Baker kept his seat in District 17: New Haven-Rocky Point, but just barely. PC Donald Docherty gave him a scare by finishing just over 100 votes behind. Liberal Leader Sharon Cameron finished a distant third.

Karla Bernard, the former opposition critic for social development, housing, and the status of women, kept her seat in District 12; Charlottetown Victoria Park Keizer, a longtime Charlottetown police constable, was a close second.

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hannahayl: If the past two years of having a YouTube channel have taught me anything, it's that you're never going to be able to educate everyone. No matter what you do, some people will just never come around. Worrying about these people's opinions is a waste of time, and as time has gone on, it's become so much easier to have no internal reaction to comments like these. A few years ago, reading words like these was painful. For a while, I held on to the idea that once Shane and I were married, all the people doubting our relationship would realize it was real. Now, of course, I'm not that naive. Although it's taken time, I'm able to completley dismiss people like this. Shane and I continue to make content and share our story with the hopes of showing as many people as we can that disabled people are worthy partners. Comments like these only encourage us to continue! We're so grateful for all of the people that our story has managed to reach in a positive way.

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“Little did she know, I was using full tongue.” - Shane Burcaw ❤️

We love Shane’s sense of humor and are so happy for the beautiful couple on their union! ✨

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‘I married my best friend’: YouTube’s interabled influencers break another stigma with their fairytale wedding

‘I married my best friend’: YouTube’s interabled influencers break another stigma with their fairytale wedding

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Our faith in love and ever lasting relationships that beat the odds got re-instilled as YouTube’s influencer couple, Shane Burcaw and Hannah Aylward, broke another stigma with their interabled marriage last week. The duo has been documenting their interabled relationship, on their YouTube channel Squirmy and Grubs, for four years before they finally got married on September 4 and shared…

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@sunheart wrote in her tags on another post:

Genuinely hate being alive ... I completely understand on so many levels why you would hate being a woman. Its horrible. And then as a Christian there's this whole really ugly dynamic- that i know is probably a lie i just haven't worked out how yet- that we're the 2nd best. The afterthought. The mediocre option. Almost everything in life men are better at and it's hard to believe it's just cultural-  math logic leadership writing cooking writing physical activities on and on, and women are good at being Nice :)   Which ok i like being nice   but it's like that's my only option   I feel like any other impact i might wish to have upon the world   will be paltry in comparison to what i could do   if only i was a man.   I feel incompetent. Irrational. Emotional. Obnoxious.   I feel like I'm supposed to be a plaything for the beings that were *actually* created to be in harmony with God   like I'm not supposed to have a connection with God-  only through my husband   which what does that make me as a single childless bitch?   I can't even fulfill the main point of my existence. Jesus interacted with women but did he care about them like he did the men? David and John were named his favorites not Deborah or Hannah. And like i said i'm sure none of that's true but i don't know how and it feels awful. hate it.

   Hopefully others have shared encouragement on this already, but just in case I wanted to give some thoughts. Please know that if I sound riled at all (and I’m going to try to avoid that) I’m not upset at anyone who feels this way but am deeply upset by the enemy’s lies that so many are hurt by. As a younger believer I did struggle with some of these questions myself, and for a long time it was difficult to reconcile these concerns with the promises that God loves me.

   Your instincts are right - it is a lie that women are second best. And before I go any further let me also agree that yes, we are physically weaker than men and have other weaknesses too. But since when has weakness meant that someone is any way “less than” others? Men have weaknesses too, just different ones. That’s the nature of humanity: every person is a mixed bag of strengths and weaknesses. I’ve never heard before that men are better at cooking?? My dad literally struggles to cook a hotdog in the microwave and has never touched a grill in his life. And okay men may (possibly, not sure on this one either) be inherently better at math, but which gender is drastically underrepresented in the nursing field? I suspect there are fewer male teachers, too, though not as huge a disparity. Men are more prone to recklessness and violence - part of the reason married men live longer (gotta get that stable influence). Again yes men are physically stronger but have you watched ballet dancers (oooh i mean ballerinas, sorry there’re so few ballerinos that I forgot to differentiate) or female gymnasts? Nothing “less than” there! The famous Proverbs 31 woman is a good insight into Biblical support of female abilities and value: “strength and dignity are her clothing”, “she opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.” “Let her works praise her in the gates.” (The gates were essentially the city hall or forum of ancient Israel.)

   Going back to the beginning - women were created second, true. But did God not know His own plan? He was always going to create women. And the really amazing thing that I learned in the last couple of years is that, when God says He’s going to make Adam “a helper” (Hebrew ”ezer”), that’s the same word that is used to describe God’s actions for His people throughout the Old Testament: - Exodus 18:4 “The God of my father was my help.” - 1 Samuel 7:12 “Ebenezer” means “rock of help” and is a memorial of Yaweh’s help. - Psalm 30:10 “Hear, O Lord, and be merciful to me! O Lord, be my helper!” - Psalm 115:11 “You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord, He is their help and their shield” - Psalm 121:2 “My help comes from the Lord” - Hosea 13:9 “‘You are against Me, against your helper.’“

It is a common word for “help” used in other settings, yes, but the fact that it’s used of God illustrates that this is no poor or second-rate role. Helping - aiding - supporting - incredibly important! In fact this article I just found puts it this way:

In two cases it refers to the first woman, Eve, in Genesis 2. Three times it refers to powerful nations Israel called on for help when besieged. In the sixteen remaining cases the word refers to God as our help. He is the one who comes alongside us in our helplessness. That's the meaning of ezer. Because God is not subordinate to his creatures, any idea that an ezer-helper is inferior is untenable. In his book Man and Woman: One in Christ, Philip Payne puts it this way: "The noun used here [ezer] throughout the Old Testament does not suggest 'helper' as in 'servant,' but help, savior, rescuer, protector.'

   Moving on to the New Testament, and the topic of John, who is known as “the disciple whom Jesus loved”. John is the one who wrote the book which tells us that (under the direction of the Holy Spirit, yes) and he only uses that wording as a title, in place of his name. Nowhere does it say he was the favorite disciple, or even most loved, just that he was loved. To me it seems more as if John is saying “Jesus loved me! Can you believe it?!” It has a feeling of awe and thankfulness as opposed to superiority.

  Getting into marriage specifically, I do believe that a wife should be under the headship of her husband ...mainly in the sense of letting him have the last word on decisions and plans. This is in part due to differing areas of strength, and in part because in some situations it’s better to have a family leader - most groups of humans need a leader, and following an assigned (or picked) leader does not make one inferior. All that being said, a wife should be able to provide input, advice, and feedback to her husband, who should take into strong consideration his wife’s needs, insights, and concerns (Ephesians 5:25-29).

   The lie that women cannot be connected to God outside of their husband is refuted not only by all the vibrantly faithful single or windowed Christian ladies of history (Amy Carmichael, Gladys Aylward, Mary Slessor, and Elisabeth Elliot are some of my favorites) but also Scripture itself. When Christ spoke with the divorced Samaritan woman the disciples were shocked not because she was a Samaritan but because she was a woman (John 4:27; she was shocked on both counts - John 4:9) - I hope they got used to it because Jesus spoke with women a lot. Despite the culture of the time, Jesus clearly had very warm and caring direct relationships with Martha and Mary, Mary Magdalene, and other women. Anna the Prophetess in the temple had been widowed for decades and was serving God alone “night and day” (Luke 2:37). Incredibly, in a culture where women were looked down upon, the Lord chose women to be the first to discover the empty tomb, and Mary Magdalene to be the first to see the risen Christ! I love that passage so much (John 20:11-18).

   Another example is when Jesus stopped on His way to heal Jairus’ daughter (i.e. He put aside a powerful man’s urgent request) to lovingly interact with the woman who’d suffered bleeding for years - a terribly personal and female problem (Mark 5:21-35).

   To try to wrap up, I’ll return to David in the OT, who was a “man after God’s own heart”. But again, it doesn’t say that he was actually a favorite - it does say David was chosen by God though, to lead Israel and establish the family from which Jesus would ultimately come. You know who else was chosen? Esther - “for such a time as this”. Once she realizes the task she must complete, she tells Mordecai how it’s going to go, and “Mordecai then went away and did everything Esther had ordered him.” Esther gets a book named after her and is remembered in the holiday of Purim to this day. Also note that Esther was married to an unbeliever. Likewise Ruth was chosen, as a young foreign widow, to be part of the Messiah’s kingly line. As an aside, my favorite thing about Ruth’s story (besides all the faith and beauty of it) is the simultaneous deep respect and protectiveness Boaz shows towards her (okay enough mush). Anyhow what it comes down to is that God chooses and loves both men and women, and both have a place (singly and married) in His plans and kingdom. See also Galatians 3:28 “ There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”

   This post has all over the place, and I probably forgot a bunch of things I wanted to add (if anything else comes to mind I’ll add it later), but I hope it’s been encouraging. Yes I’ve struggled with some aspects of how women are portrayed in the Bible, but what I shared above, plus the love and blessings I’ve known as a single woman are more than enough evidence that we are known and loved. If anything is unclear or anyone has any questions please speak out/send an ask! Anon asks are on too. Also if anyone wants to add or amend anything do so without hesitation!!

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The UK’s femicide epidemic: who’s killing our daughters? | Crime | The Guardian

"In 2010, 16-year-old Joshua Davies went out with Rebecca Aylward, 15, for three months. After they broke up, he lured her to woods and battered her with a rock. Swansea crown court heard he had often spoken of murdering her. Not believing he was serious, his friends had promised to buy him a breakfast at their favourite cafe if he went ahead.

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On the day Hannah Pearson, 16, met James Morton, he gave her wine, port and beer, then strangled her. Hannah was a friend of his girlfriend. He was jailed for 12 years for manslaughter. He had been pursuing “a sexual thrill” having watched the behaviour in pornographic films.

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They found a significant association between boys’ regular viewing of online pornography and their use of sexual coercion and abuse. Boys who regularly watched online pornography were also significantly more likely to hold negative attitudes towards females."

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Light Keepers John 1:1–18

Gurnet Point Light in Plymouth, Massachusetts, is distinct from any other lighthouse in the United States: It is associated with Hannah Thomas, the first female lighthouse keeper in America. When Hannah’s husband went off to fight in the War for Independence, Hannah remained behind to keep the great lamp burning to guide ships out at sea.

In spiritual terms, women have been keepers of the light for centuries: Agnes of Rome was martyred for refusing to sacrifice to pagan gods. Glady Aylward was a missionary to China who shared the gospel in villages and prisons and among lepers. Rose Lathrop, daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne, established homes in the late 1800s for young women suffering from cancer. Like John the Baptist, these women directed and guided others toward the true light that came into the world: Jesus.

Have you ever watched the sun reflecting off prisms hanging from a crystal chandelier? The prisms themselves are not the light; they merely reflect the light produced by the chandelier. Yet they are capable of throwing hundreds of sparkling rainbows throughout a room. In his book Desiring God, John Piper wrote, “We were made to be prisms refracting the light of God’s glory into all of life. Why God should want to give us a share in shining with his glory—shekinah—is a great mystery. Call it grace or mercy or love—it is an unspeakable wonder!”

To reflect the light of God’s presence in a dark and damaged world, we have to stay close to the source: the Son. The more we let his light shine into our eyes and reflect into the eyes of others, the more we become like him. “And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit” (2 Corinthians 3:18).

Let’s be keepers of God’s light—ensuring that the light of his love burns brightly. We can also reflect that light into the lives of others. It only takes a small beacon of light to dispel the darkness

Reflection What are your favorite types of light (lamps, candles, firelight, sunshine)? List them. What positive feeling do you derive from each light source you listed? How can you emit a Christlike light in your home or workplace? John 1:7–9 [John] came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.

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I do missions like a girl.

I am a girl. And I always wanted to be brave. How come when I was growing up, they only told the boys to be brave?

Something inside me wanted to be on the frontlines rather than just a spectator. I wanted to get my hands dirty and be a part of a revolution. And I knew that if I felt that way there must be other women who do too.

Someone recently told me that I should read, Guardians of the Great Commission by Ruth A.Tucker. Honestly, I felt a little skeptical—exaggerated tales lauding unrealistic female missionary superheroes—no thanks. But the title was pretty similar to a recent superhero film so...I decided to read it. What could I lose, right?

Much to my relief, it turned out to be a fascinating collection of stories about revolutionary women who gave their lives for the great task of fulfilling the Great Commission. 

These women were female missionary superheros. (There, I said it).

As I read, I was faced with my own hesitancy. What kept me from just “going for it?” It made me wonder, what holds women back from taking risks and trying to change the world?

I believe it’s the lie of insignificance. It is the voice that tells us that our lives are only a tiny drop of water in a big ocean. We are too small, too weak to change the world. There are men with more power, charisma and know-how.

But it’s a lie!

This book was full of women who overcame these conceptions of insignificance. They traded it in for a life that shook communities, people groups, and nations.   

And while the stories showed these women’s great strength, it also gave me comfort to know that they were normal. These women were average and faced human struggles I could relate to.

In her book, Tucker made a point to feature many of their failures as well as missionary successes. She shed a realistic light on these women; showing that great callings comes with great responsibility and risk.

Dorothy Carey—wife of the famous William Carey—was well acquainted with the real life struggles of marriage and missionary calling. It took desperate pleading to keep William from sailing to India right before the birth of their fourth child. Reading these raw stories diffused any pressure to be the great missionary with the perfect ministry. It allowed me to be me, human and frail. I learned the only thing required is simple obedience. Simple obedience changes history.

In an age when women’s roles were narrow and restricted, these “guardians of the great commission” broke through gender roles, followed God and changed the world.

With the overwhelming task at hand, these women were invited to labor alongside men to fulfill the great commission. Male missionaries requested women to join them so they could better reach the women in their area, especially where there were cultural restrictions that prevented them from interacting with the opposite sex.

Women were more readily employed and utilized on the mission field, than in church ministry back home, because of the restrictions that were put on women preachers and ministers.  On the mission field, there was always a job to do, and everyone was a team player.  There wasn’t any time for exclusivity simply due to doctrinal preference. The mission required all hands to be on deck, and for everyone to have a voice, including women.

As I read through these missionary stories (many I had never heard of before), I realized that the Great Commission was bigger than I realized. In fact, the job is enormous. But these women’s stories put names and faces on the lives they changed. And while it may seem like my contribution might just be a drop in the bucket, I realized it still matters. I don’t have to change the world, I just want to change a few people’s lives.

The truth is, God can use anyone, any way, anywhere. Qualifications, distinctions, skill, and personality type are irrelevant to God’s mission. Anyone who counts herself out because she is “ordinary” should quickly grasp the truth.

Gladys Aylward was one women who felt the call of God to reach the world. She stepped out despite all of the reasons that she shouldn’t. She was rejected by Hudson Taylor’s China Inland Mission, because she was not “missionary material”.  But Gladys went anyway.  

She took up a job as a parlor maid and started to tell everyone she met about Jesus. During her time in China, God used her to heroically lead one-hundred children into the mountains to safety after the Japanese invasion.

After the war, she went back to sharing the gospel. Tucker described her as a humble woman who had grit, and her “determination made up for what she lacked in recognizable qualifications…” Little did Gladys know that many years later, her small stature of 4’10”, would have created such a powerful wave for Jesus among many Chinese people. She did it by demonstrating the love of Christ in her simple way.

Brave doesn’t mean brash, aggressive and conquering. We can be brave while displaying gentleness, kindness, and longsuffering.

These guardians of the great commission did it before us, and the invitation still stands for us today. God doesn’t care about our education or our skills. It’s not our strength but our simple obedience that God uses.

“I wasn’t God’s first choice for what I’ve done in China…I don’t know who it was…it must have been a man...a well-educated man. I don’t know what happened. Perhaps he died. Perhaps he wasn’t willing…and God looked down…and saw Gladys Aylward…and God said, ‘Well, she’s willing.’” 

—Gladys Aylward

Story by Hannah Parks

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Ένα ζευγάρι YouTubers δέχθηκε αρνητική κριτική και αηδιαστικά σχόλια στα social media με αφορμή τον γάμο τους. Ζευγάρι YouTubers: Εκείνος ανάπηρος και εκείνη αρτιμελής μιλούν στο δημοφιλές κανάλι τους για τον interabled δεσμός τους Εκείνος είναι καθηλωμένος στο καροτσάκι εξαιτίας μίας νευρομυϊκής ασθένειας. Εκείνη είναι μια αρτιμελής νεαρή γυναίκα που αποφάσισε να περάσει όλη της τη ζωή μαζί του. Ο interabled δεσμός τους (όπως ονομάζεται η σχέση ανάμεσα σε ένα άτομο με αναπηρία και ένα χωρίς) είναι κάτι για το οποίο μιλούν ανοιχτά μέσω του άκρως δημοφιλούς καναλιού τους στο ΥouTube με την ονομασία «Squirmy and Grubs». Ζευγάρι YouTubers: Αντιμέτωπο με έναν οχετό από προσβλητικά και ρατσιστικά σχόλια O 27χρονος Shane Burcaw και η 24χρονη Hannah Aylward, που πρόσφατα ενώθηκαν με τα δεσμά του γάμου και – για μία ακόμη φορά κατά τη διάρκεια της σχέσης τους – βρέθηκαν αντιμέτωποι με έναν οχετό από προσβλητικά και ρατσιστικά σχόλια, από ανθρώπους που αδυνατούν να πιστέψουν ότι η αγάπη που τους δένει είναι αληθινή. Ζευγάρι YouTubers: Παντρεύτηκε μόνο του, λόγω κορονοϊού Το νεαρό ζευγάρι από τη Μινεσότα αρχικά σχεδίαζε να κάνει έναν ανοιχτό γάμο, με προσκεκλημένους όλους τους συγγενείς και φίλους τους. Ωστόσο η νέα κατάσταση του κορωνοϊού τους οδήγησε στην απόφαση να αλλάξουν τα σχέδιά τους και να παντρευτούν ουσιαστικά μόνοι τους στον κήπο του σπιτιού τους, με μια τελετή μέσω zoom, αναβάλλοντας το «πάρτι» του γάμου για την επόμενη χρονιά. Ζευγάρι YouTubers: Αντί να το συγχαρούν, τους σφυροκοπήσουν με αβάσιμα συμπεράσματα και προσβλητικά σχόλια για τη σχέση τους Όταν όμως δημοσίευσαν βίντεο και φωτογραφίες από την τόσο σημαντική στιγμή της ζωής τους στα social media, πολλοί χρήστες επέλεξαν – αντί να τους συγχαρούν – να τους σφυροκοπήσουν με αβάσιμα συμπεράσματα και προσβλητικά σχόλια για τη σχέση τους. «Πρόκειται για φώτοσοπ» έγραψε ένας χρήστης σχολιάζοντας τη φωτογραφία του ζευγαριού. «Σίγουρα μας κάνετε πλάκα», σχολίασε ένας άλλος. «Έχε�� βρει άραγε κάποιον άλλον για να κάνει σεξ μαζί του;» διερωτήθηκε για τη νεαρή Aylward κάποιος στο Twitter, ενώ πολλοί εξέφρασαν τη βεβαιότητα ότι είναι με τον αγαπημένο της μόνο και μόνο για τα χρήματά του. Ζευγάρι YouTubers: Θεωρούν χάσιμο χρόνο ν’ ανησυχούν για τη γνώμη των άλλων Ενοχλημένη, η 24χρονη δημοσίευσε μερικά από τα σχόλια που δέχτηκε στο Instagram με την εξής απάντηση: «Εδώ και δύο χρόνια που έχουμε το κανάλι στο YouTube, αυτό που έχω μάθει πια πολύ καλά είναι ότι είναι αδύνατον να εκπαιδεύσεις τους πάντες. Ό,τι κι αν κάνεις, μερικοί άνθρωποι δεν αλλάζουν ποτέ γνώμη. Το να ανησυχείς για τη γνώμη των άλλων είναι χάσιμο χρόνου, και με τον καιρό έχει γίνει πολύ πιο εύκολο να μην αντιδρώ συναισθηματικά σε σχόλια όπως αυτό. Πριν από μερικά χρόνια, ήταν επώδυνο να διαβάζω τέτοια λόγια. Για κάμποσο καιρό πίστευα ότι όταν ο Shane Κι εγώ παντρευόμασταν, όλοι όσοι αμφισβητούσαν τη σχέση μας θα καταλάβαιναν ότι είναι αληθινή. Δεν είμαι πια τόσο αφελής. Παρόλο που χρειάστηκε αρκετός καιρός, μπορώ πια να αγνοώ τέτοιους ανθρώπους. Ο Shane κι εγώ συνεχίζουμε να παράγουμε βίντεο και να μοιραζόμαστε την ιστορία μας, ελπίζοντας να δείξουμε σε όσον το δυνατόν περισσότερους ανθρώπους ότι τα άτομα με αναπηρία αξίζουν συντροφικότητα. Σχόλια όπως αυτά μας δίνουν δύναμη να συνεχίσουμε». Δείτε αυτή τη δημοσίευση στο Instagram. If the past two years of having a YouTube channel have taught me anything, it’s that you’re never going to be able to educate everyone. No matter what you do, some people will just never come around. Worrying about these people’s opinions is a waste of time, and as time has gone on, it’s become so much easier to genuinely have no internal reaction to comments like these. A few years ago, reading words like these was painful. For a while, I held onto the idea that once Shane and I were married, all the people doubting our relationship would realize it was real. Now, of course, I’m not that naive. Although it’s taken time, I’m able to completely dismiss people like this. Shane and I continue to make content and share our story with the hopes of showing as many people as we can that disabled people are worthy partners. Comments like these only encourage us to continue! We’re so grateful for all of the people that our story has managed to reach in a positive way. Η δημοσίευση κοινοποιήθηκε από το χρήστη Hannah Burcaw (@hannahayl) στις 11 Σεπ, 2020 στις 3:41 μμ PDT Το ζευγάρι γνωρίστηκε όταν η Hannah είδε ένα ντοκιμαντέρ για τη ζωή του Shane και τον τρόπο που αντιμετωπίζει τη νωτιαία μυική ατροφία και επικοινώνησε μαζί του για να του εκφράσει τον θαυμασμό της για την αίσθηση του χιούμορ του και τις συγγραφικές του ικανότητες. Ζευγάρι YouTubers: Στο κανάλι του μοιράζεται την πραγματικότητα μιας interabled σχέσης Οι δύο νέοι άρχισαν να μιλάνε μέσω FaceTime και σιγά σιγά ερωτεύτηκαν. Μαζί, ξεκίνησαν ένα ��ανάλι στο YouTube προκειμένου να μοιραστούν με ανθρώπους την πραγματικότητα μιας interabled σχέσης, μιλώντας ανοιχτά για πολλά ζητήματα και λύνοντας απορίες των subscriber τους.

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The first time that I visited Hannah’s house, during a particularly cold and snowy stretch of Minnesota’s winter, we used my tried and true, handy dandy portable ramps to get me in and out of her house. The process was, in a word, horrifying. The bottom of my wheelchair conveniently snagged the upper lip of the ramps, so ascending and descending the staircase each day was a perilous procedure of popping a wheelie on the icy, 45-degree incline while one person held my head upright, another person stabilized my wheelchair, and a third assistant stood at the bottom of the ramps to ensure that they didn’t move. This extravaganza made leaving her home a once-per-day activity that we lamented.

When we began to plan my second visit for the summer of 2017, Hannah’s parents insisted that we make the entry safer, both for their peace of mind and my ease of access. Before I knew it, they had procured the perfect solution: a 12-foot-long, industrial-strength, 5-ton machinery ramp that was somehow wedged into a staircase that was one inch narrower than the ramp itself. Their adamant efforts and miraculous distortion of physics made it so that Hannah and I could come and go as we pleased while I spent a week visiting her family last month. Not only did I glide up and down that bad boy with ease, but I fell so in love with entering and exiting their home that I spent most of my week there doing nothing but that. Thank you, Aylwards!

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Love knows no boundaries

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💌 Happy #ValentinesDay! We have a gift for you. 💌 Meet Shane Burcaw (@shaneburcaw) and Hannah Aylward (@hannahayl) who — like any great modern love story — met with a little help from technology. 🙃 Hannah made the first move; she reached out to Shane after watching a documentary about his life. Today, the pair lives together in Minnesota where 26-year-old Shane is an author and Hannah, 23, is a college senior, studying sociology. “At first, I think people are a little unsure of what to think of our relationship since I am in a wheelchair, and I rely on Hannah for a lot of my day-to-day care,” says Shane, who lives with spinal muscular atrophy, a genetic disease affecting the part of the nervous system that controls voluntary muscle movement. “I think people assume that Shane needs more caregiving than he does,” adds Hannah. “Anything that I do to help him is just us hanging out together. And we don’t see it as girlfriend time versus caregiving time. It’s all just us being together.” The couple is on a mission to normalize inter-abled relationships. “It shows people that having a disability isn’t a sad, depressing existence,” says Hannah. “And people who are able-bodied can be in amazing relationships with people who have disabilities.” Today on our story and our IGTV channel, we’re celebrating Hannah and Shane’s love. (P.S. Grab your tissues. This one’s a tear-jerker.) ❤️ http://bit.ly/2Idpmtv

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Bất chấp những lời miệt thị, cô nàng Hannah Aylward vẫn yêu và muốn gắn bó lâu dài cùng Shane Burcaw - chàng trai suốt đời phải ngồi xe lăn vì mắc chứng teo cơ tủy sống.