(WAH-soo-loo) – It has been a tradition for the Wassulu workers to request prayer for the Wassulu women near Mother’s Day in the United States. No such day exists among Wassulu women in West Africa, and most don’t celebrate–or perhaps even know–their birthdays. Unless they are privileged, they arise early to begin the day’s chores. Those may include sweeping the courtyard with a straw broom; cooking meals over a fire; doing gardening or food preservation tasks; washing clothes by hand; mudding a house or wall; and, if a devout follower of Islam, stopping to pray during one or more of the five calls to prayer for Muslims. If young, these things are often done with a baby tied to their backs. Their hands are strong and their feet are tough and calloused, but they have warm smiles and hospitable hearts. Many have suffered physically due to the ongoing practice of female circumcision and are in arranged marriages. Most still have not heard the gospel of Jesus Christ, and even fewer can read it for themselves. Pray that the Holy Spirit will work in the hearts of the Wassulu women as women and mothers in the U.S. are honored during this month.

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