Communities in Sumba island, East Nusa Tenggara rely on farming and animal husbandry for a living. Apart from that, weaving cloth in livelihood is not less important. In several areas in East Sumba, making woven fabrics is integrated with daily activities, especially for women who are busy taking care of the household and helping their husbands work in the fields. Especially the youth and women who are members of the Kawara Panamung weaving group, in the last two years they no longer have activities only at home by taking care of the household and gardening but also activities of tied weaving. It started with the Multiplication of Stube HEMAT in Sumba with women's empowerment activities in Tanatuku village, Nggaha Ori Angu district. There were no weavers in the village before, through the program, now Tanatuku has twenty women engaged in weaving.

Pastor Dr. Tumpal M.P.L Tobing, Mag. Theol., one of the boards of Stube HEMAT, with Dema Mathias, an IT developer, had the opportunity to visit the Kawara Panamung weaving group in Tanatuku (Wednesday, October 19, 2022). It was a valuable and historic opportunity for a weaving group member to welcome them by giving them a woven shawl and dancing performance done by Sunday school kids and kayaka-kakalak (welcome greeting) from women group while walking together to the weaving house.

Arriving at the weaving house, Alfin Lestari, host of the event, greeted the participants and opened the activity with a prayer, then welcome speech from Elisabeth Uru Ndaya, S.Pd, the Multiplicator of Stube HEMAT in Sumba. She expressed her experience and the dynamics of accompanying the weaving group participants. Then, Rev. Tumpal expressed his gratitude to meet directly with the women weavers. He appreciated the enthusiasm of the women in Tanatuku to be in one unit moving forward together and he never expected the impact of the Stube HEMAT program to be so large. On that occasion, he also narrated the history of the Stube HEMAT which was brought from Germany to Indonesia, and how God's blessings are so real until now. Katrina Pindi Njola, one of the participants was asked why she wanted to learn to weave. She firmly told, "I'm curious and I want to know how the process of making weaving." While Debi Hada Inda, another participant, added, "I want to learn to weave and earn income from it." Rev. Tumpal motivated group participants to keep their enthusiasm and to be empowered as well as work together.

To the participants, Dema Mathias conveyed the importance of the role of the media in today's life. “I see the faces of the members here, I found them familiar because I often watch the activities of you when Elisabeth uploaded them to media such as Facebook and YouTube. So it shows the clear impact and benefits of the media. Even though we live in Jakarta, we can see and find out about the activities of our friends here through the media. Therefore, use and utilize the media as best as possible to promote activities so that it is known by many parties," he added.

This was the first time the weaving house held a meeting, so Elisabeth asked Pastor Tumpal to pray for the weaving house to become a house that provides shade, and comfort for those who use it, as well as a place for women's struggles to move ahead. From the weaving house, women in Tanatuku, learn to love their culture as well as know the world. Move ahead, women! (EUN) ***