For three weeks I was in Uganda teaching specifically in the area of

marriage. Uganda is a country, not unlike many, that relies heavily on

culture and tradition to define and experience marriage. Many future

brides receive marriage instruction from their aunties who essentially

counsel to be the slave of the husband, meeting his every need.

Of course, as the Word of God is unfolded in this context, lights come

on and people come alive to a new reason for living and loving. In one

seminar conducted in a remote village in the bush, one older married

woman stood to share that she was so happy that she came to the seminar

for she had lived her entire married life believing her purpose was to

cook food for her husband and children - her only purpose to cook

food. What enslavement, restriction, and limitation - all of which

were dealt a huge blow by the truth of God's Word. She was thrilled

to learn that her purpose could be traced all the way