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The Ordain Women Movement: "Walking in Darkness at Noon-Day"

I had an experience as a missionary in Brasil that might not seem related at all to the Ordain Women Movement, but if you humor me for a moment, I think it will help explain my current understanding of the situation. One night, the four of us sisters in our area returned after dark to our apartment building. We noticed that every single light was out in the building. The one Brazilian among us noted quickly that it must have meant the power was out. Sure enough, when we got in and tried a couple lights, we confirmed the power outage. Now brasilian electricity does not affect the water or oven. So we decided to try and do our best to accomplish our evening tasks without light. One took a shower. Another began making food. I began washing the dishes to a small flashlight I had taken from one of my bags. We adjusted to this new life of darkness for some time.  Finally, my companion entered the kitchen intent on looking in the fridge, probably to see what food might go bad. Wh