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TESTIMONIALS
Called By God - MY TESTIMONY
By Dr. Michael Ogbodo M.D.
At the age of eight, I was personally convinced that God would use me mightily in the music ministrations, since He put in me a burning passion for singing unto the Lord. Then, at that early stage, I composed songs and used the songs for special presentations. In my church and I was a talented percussionist.
A few years later, I constructed an acoustic guitar, which I used in singing. Later, & became a talented lead and base guitarist, drummer, etc. In all of these, I had more inclination for singing praises and worship unto the Lord.
At fifteen, I became a soloist and instrumentalist in my local church. People testified of God's touch in their lives each time I ministered with the choir.
Since 1997, I have been a pioneer and present choirmaster of my local church.
In my capacity as the leader, we organized several music fiestas during, which most of my personal compositions were done by the choir and other choirs were also featured.
MY SCHOOL MUSICAL MINISTRY
During my post primary school days, I was a celebrated choirmaster in the school Church for a year. In the higher school, I composed the school anthem, which attracted fame and fortunes to me that the school authority gave me a special consideration in the payment of my school fees.
I was the longest music director of the biggest fellowship in the campus called 'Nigeria Fellowship of Evangelical Students' (NIFES). In my capacity as the music director, I have led our choir and band to several crusades and musical ministrations at various musical festivals, where most of my personal compositions were done with testimonies.
As a medical a student, I composed a title track and other three songs played in a Christian movie. "A step ahead". Also in school, i belong to several gospel musical groups like "plus", "some brothers", "E mail".
In 2003, I was the music director of the mass choir comprising of choristers from over 40 higher schools in the eastern part of Nigeria. The choir perform one of my songs, which attracted many testimonies.
I was the chief soloist and the choir master of a mass choir that featured in citywide crusade at Enugu in 1997.
2002 - was the leader of music team that featured in a crusade conducted in Ebonyi State which hosted Richard Roberts of Oral Roberts university, USA.
2004, when Anthony Faulkner II, an American world class gospel artist came to Nigeria (who sang with Yalonda Adams, & Andrea Crouch, and has been on TV at MTV interview, TBN, and in other shows on a musical tour) I was privileged to sing in one of his visits, at the church he was holding a service at. Rev. Cathryn Invited Anthony, to come to Nigeria to minister in Africa after seeing him on TBN and contacted him on his website.
2004 - was a part of the team of an American missionary, Rev. Cathryn (A Reverend, & Singer/Songwriter) who visited Nigeria in March 2004. She and I ministered in song at one of her meetings with the students. We sang a song I composed. We sang in two youth fellowships at the college I attended.
God Bless you all,
Dr. Michael Ogbodo
Note from Apostle Cathryn Ndyabagye:
Dr. Michael Ogbodo, whom has been a member of my Prayer Group for many years, and a good friend and my singing partner in Nigeria. He has been a blessing to my life. He aimed toward two goals, and met them. To be a Medical Doctor -- He has just graduated in 2004 from Medical School and is now a practicing Medical Physician, working in a hospital. and a Singer: He has been a singer all of his life and has been a blessing to many who hear him on the radio in Nigeria, with his first CD.
I was privileged to meet this humble man of God who flows with the power of God in his singing.
I also was honored to have him introduce the Governor's wife to me, Her Excellency Mrs. Eunice Egwu from Ebonyi State, Nigeria, whom accepted me in partnership with her Widows NGO. They really love Michael in Nigeria. He has a wonderful testimony and reputation as a respected honest man of God.
God Bless,
Rev.Cathryn (Hughes) Ndyabagye
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Bishop Edwub Osera
I was at the brink of committing suicide at the age of 17. When I heard the Gospel and accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as Saviour. Overwhelmed by extreme poverty having been orphaned by the death of my parents,I did not see the goodness in being alive.I was sick with eye disease, demon possessed,unable to sleep because demons would come to attack me anytime sleep came to my eyes.After accepting Jesus as Saviour and Lord of my life peace that passes all understanding flooded my souls.The Lord healed me and baptized me in the Holy Spirit and through Christian believers that adopted me gave me the best education through High School.The call of God was upon me and in 1968 the Lord sent me to the mission field in a mostly heathen mountianous area of Bungoma where He used me to plant several Churches as I fought against persecution and opposition from the primitive residents that believed in heathen gods and demonic practices.They had their own false prophert called Elijah Masinde with Dini ya Musambwa which worshipped demons and the dead and another prophet that called himself Jehovah Wanyonyi.The man claimed to be God and Jesus to be His Son.These two wicked men had thousands of followers in KenyA,UGANDA and Tanzania.I give glory to the Lord Jesus that through my preaching the Lord saved and delivered many from the demons of these false religions.Today Bungoma District has so many Pastors, Bishops and believers thanks to the preaching of the Gospel through me. Bungoma has more Churches and ministries that were a result of my preaching.We continue to reach the unreached for Christ and we need prayers from the Body of Christ who feel led to help us joining us in partnership.Our ministry is called Abundant Life Crusades Ministry Inc,
P.O.Box 964,20102,
MUMIAS,KENYA
Email: pastor9642000@yahoo.com
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"MY TESTIMONY OF JESUS"
By Rev. Mareesha D. Beiling
Take the Word of God to the people. The word
of our testimony and the ministering of His Word to this lost and dying generation is His heart's cry.
This was one of the first things Jesus spoke to me after He returned me to my body:
"Tell them that I am not willing that any should
perish, but that all should come to repentance."
"Take my Word to this lost and dying generation."
These were words I had never read for myself or heard before. And yet, the Holy Spirit would
confirm it the next day, as I would reach for my
Bible. The pages would just open...it was like
a magnet pulling my eyes to the exact verses.
I would be soooo awe struck each time.
I was the one that slept with my Bible each night, hugging it to my chest, and praying to God: "Please let me understand this wonderful Book." "Please let me be able to read it."
This went on every night, since I got my first
Bible from Catechism. I was 12 years old at
the time and I received my first Bible from the
Lutheran Church in my hometown.
Note: I also attended the Catholic Church with
my dad on Fridays and some Saturdays.
I either laid my Bible beside my bed each night and touched it and prayed that prayer or I hugged it all night long to my chest. This went on, until I died one morning, when I was 19 years old.
When I was young, I had rheumatic fever. It went untreated, as this was the way it was when I grew up. It damaged my heart. I had serious problems with weakness and could not do what other kids could do. I suffered extreme tiredness most of the time. I had to get more sleep than most people could even imagine. And I had a serious heart murmur.
The following is the account of what happened to me one morning when I was 19 years old:
As I lay on my bed, and before going through
the bolted doors, I heard a loud whirring in
my head and ears. I could not move and actually felt like I was very heavy, like a weight I lay there unable to move. I could not lift a finger or move any part of my body. I tried, but couldn't.
The whirring was very, very loud and I felt a
firm drawing of my soul upward. Upward and out through my head area...or so it felt.
I felt myself lifted and guided as I went through,
huge-steel, bolted doors. I simply appeared on the other side. I did not see anyone holding me throughout this time. This power was like the power of a magnet... drawing me upward. I felt like I was flowing within a mighty current. While all of this was happening, I did not have a sense of fear: I felt nothing intimidating, I actually felt like an observer of it
all.
I could see everything about myself laying
on that bed. (I was allowed to look back
at my body). I was only in a state of curiosity
about it all. I did not feel any longing and I
did not feel any pain about this detachment
from my physical being.
I floated up. Up and through a very dark tunnel. I was aware of myself and could see and feel and think. At this point, I had not yet come to myself...so to speak...as to even be able to understand what had
just happened.
I continued to float up that dimly lit tunnel, until
I saw a round opening. The opening was round and was the size of about 6 feet.
My head was turned to see where the light was
coming from. As I looked through to the light,
I saw Him. Bright as a thousand suns there
stood Jesus ! I began to cry out...Jesus ! Jesus ! Jesus ! Over and over again, I loudly called out His name.
It seemed endless, as I looked into His
eyes and kept saying His name over and over
again. At that point, I questioned how I could
know His name? How could I know that it
was Jesus ? Why did I know this being so pure? I asked myself... I could think for myself and I could feel and I could know things that I had no earthly way of knowing.
Jesus allowed me to get through this excitement, as He held my gaze. Gazing into His eyes was the most incredible thing I could have ever hoped for.
He held my gaze and steadily began speaking to me with unspoken words. Deep into His eyes, I lost myself into the World of the Word.
He said: "No man can serve two
masters: for either he will hate the one
and love the other; or else he will hold
to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot
serve God and mammon."
He stared deeply into my soul, as I did His, for
a short while longer; then, I felt myself gradually
being lowered. Lowered ever so gently downward.
All during my descent downward, I continued to
call out His name. Over and over and over again, cried Jesus I had become so full of Jesus that it was like leaving a part of myself, when I was released from His presence.
Down and down I floated, until I reached the same bolted doors I had just come through. Without them opening, I just appeared on the other side of them. It was all done in the same manner going back, as it was when I was first taken through them.
I saw the apartment and my bedroom where my body lay on the bed. I was carried by unseen hands to that same bed that I had just been removed from. My soul was laid next to my body. The power of God began rocking me back and forth...fitting me back into the
body I had just been removed from. I saw it clearly, as I felt Him softly rocking me and fitting me back in.
Then, I began to think inside my body and tried to, now, move again. I felt the blood begin to move in my toe. Then another and another, until each foot was flowing with blood again. It went up my leg and into my fingers, until I could actually feel my own blood moving within me.
As I lay there, I saw filthy rags on myself. It was
a long white dress that was torn and tatered and grimy. I understood that it was my spiritual
condition. I understood it immediately as the
Spirit of God began to quickly teach me from
this point on.
I regained strength enough to roll over on my
left side. As I did, Jesus stood at my bedside
and lowered my Bible onto the floor. He opened it to the very verse He had just quoted to me.
As I leaned over and looked down, glowing
fingers came up through the scripture verse
and touched my eyes. Suddenly, I could see !
I could understand, I could read the Bible !
I was reading and understanding the Word of
God for the first time in my life.
The scripture was: "No man can serve two
masters: for either he will hate the one
and love the other; or else he will hold
to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot
serve God and mammon."
Matthew 6:24
This was my beginning with Jesus. There is
so much to share with how He has taught me
through the years. How many nights that He
spoke His Word to me and showed me visions
as He spoke His Words to me.
Throughout the first year, He would have the
Bible fall open the next day, to what He taught
me the night before, confirming every Word
to me that He taught me the night before.
He knew I had no idea of how to search the
scriptures. I knew nothing about concordances
or how to use them.
In closing,
I have been asked why Jesus would come to me;and, did I feel special or chosen for some reason?My answer has always been the same, I am notspecial just blessed. Blessed to have foundeternal life through Christ Jesus my Lord.
I do believe that it had everything to do with
my persistence to find God; to know Jesus and
to understand and read our Father in Heaven's
precious Holy Scriptures. Which is His will
for each of us. We are cleansed by the daily
reading of the scriptures.
I hope that my testimony helps you. If it helps one person to know that Jesus is real, then it has been worth it all.
"I love you in Jesus' holy and mighty name"
Sincerely, Mareesha Beiling
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Pastor James and Mary Ochwo
Pastor James Ochwo was born April 28th 1967 in a small village of Iyolwa, Tororo District in Uganda, The pearl of Africa. He was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ezekiel Ochieng. He has acquired Diplomas in ministry and leadership under John C. Maxwell. He is a co-founder of Freedom Christian Center international missions. He served under that ministry for over 17 year as a bible Teacher and an associate pastor with Bishop Louis Mukunda who is the Director of the ministry in Uganda. Pastor James has traveled to many places and nations preaching and teaching the living word of God to all kinds of people with a mandate to liberate God’s people. er and an associate pastor with Bishop Louis Mukunda who is the Director of the ministry.
2. HOW JAMES MET MARY
James is married to Mary Anyango whom he first met in 1989 when they we still in the college. Little did he know that Mary would become his future beloved wife... In 1990 April 26th is when they decided to get married to each other in a traditional way, because they were not yet saved. April 26th 2007 is when they chose to sanctify their marriage officially in the church.
Pastors James & Mary Ochwo have 6 children:
David Kennedy Kalego
Ruth Fiona Athieno
Faith Achieng
Sarah Awor
Jakim Ezekiel Ochieng
Glory Cathyrn Nyapendi.
3, HOW JAMES GOT SAVED
In 1989, James decided to come to the city of Kampala to seek employment and in 1991, he met Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Savior of his life. It was in a crusade organized by some Christians which he attended. The preacher preached a message that touched and challenged his heart, and gave his life to Christ. Since then, James has been committed to serving God’s purposes in his generation.
4. HOW JAMES WAS CALLED TO MINISTRY BY GOD.
After 3 year in salvation, God gave James a vision. In the vision he was teaching a big congregation from the book of prophet Isaiah chapter 61:1-4. This has become a reality in his life today. Pastor James Ochwo is an anointed man of God and God is using him to bring hope to the hopeless, to transform the lives many, to encourage and bring healing and deliverance to many.
MARY’S CV
Mary Anyango was born July 15th 1971 to Mr. and Mrs. Obbo Ofwono in a village called Nabuyoga in Tororo, Uganda.
She acquired minimal secondary education. Got married to pastor James Ochwo in 1990 and she is a mother of 6 children. She and her husband James first got saved before, and in 1992 she also received salvation. It was miraculous for her to be saved.
She fell sick and the sickness defied medical Doctors. One night at around 1.00am, the Lord visited her on her sick bed. She saw two men dressed in black ephods come to her and started tormenting and torturing her on the same bed, where her husband was also sleeping.
Meanwhile the two men were still strangling her; another man putting on a brilliant white apron appeared from her husband’s side and when the two men saw Him, they took off and disappeared.
It took her almost an hour to explain this scenario to her husband. The husband interpreted the whole scenario to her and she believed in the Lord Jesus Christ as her personal Savior and Lord at that very moment. Her husband led her through the prayer of repentance and confession.
She now thanks God for her Salvation, deliverance and freedom in Jesus Christ
She is now worship and praising leader and she believes that beside every strong man of God, there is a strong woman of God.
See our site at Kingdom Life International Ministries
http://kingdomlifeinternationalministries.yolasite.com/ Email: kingdomlifeintlmin@gmail.com
The Bridge of Hope African Jewelries site:
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Contact information:
P. O. Box 28729 Kampala, Uganda
Phone: 256-774-042988
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MY GRANDDAUGHTER SPARED FROM TORNADO
By Apostle Cathryn Ndyabagye
On Saturday, Feb 16, 2008 in the afternoon afternoon, Deja (my granddaughter) was visiting Ebony, (my daughter,Stephanie's best friend, and a life-long friend to our family) in Platville, Alabama...
Ebony's parents were visiting her from Texas, to celebrate Ebony's mom's birthday. Deja was there visiting too, at Ebony's house and going to stay all night.
All of a sudden they all hear some loud noise, and Ebony sees the window and lots of wind and sees the tornado. She yells for everyone to get into the closet fast! They all ran and hid in the closet.
Platville is a new housing area outside the city limits of Montgomery. Ebony just had her house built there in 2007.
While in the closet, the kids were crying and scared as Ebony called (my daughter) Stephanie to let her know what happened. Stephanie and her husband and kids live in Montgomery at the Air Force Base. Platville is on the outskirts of the city of Montgomery.
A tornado hit two blocks away from their house!
They didn't know how much damage this tornado did until afterwards. 100 businesses around her, and 200 homes were hit and many wiped out. Even the the apartment complex where Ebony lived before she moved into her house was hit.
Alll the houses across the street of Ebony's house was destroyed.
When I heard about it, the time was 3am in the morning. I happened to have my TV on CNN, and woke up hearing about the tornado in Platville, knowing that was where Ebony lived. I immediately thought of Ebony and called
my daughter and she told me what happened to them.
Praise God they were OK..........God is so good!
My daughter said on the phone that on that Saturday they had many tornados in Alabama.
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Apostle Pastor Augustine Wandera's Testimony From Uganda
I was born to a polygamous Catholic family, deep in a remote area on the showers of Lake Victoria in Uganda, East Africa. I did not know God but could congregate on Christmas Eve and Easter Days.
My father who had 8 wife’s with 32 children, abandoned our family in 1975, fled to exile in Kenya in fear of assassination by President Amin’s Soldiers.
Life was so hard in a hut (grass-thatched house) where we lived. It was worse during rain season, for our house could leak due to the openings in the roof made by rats. It would be wet while preparing meals, and rest would be hard yet , and it served both as a kitchen and a sleeping place for people, goats, chicken etc.
Cooking was by firewood and papyrus mats for beddings. Each woman had to manage her house alone. My mother chose to brew alcohol (Waragi) for business to earn a living . In helping my mother in brewing, I learned how to drinking alcohol when I was still young as 6 years.
Mum gave birth to 5 children, the first 2 died. Three remained. I was so stubborn to the extent of beating people, or anything I came across. At the age of 11 years, I used to walk with a knife and stones, as a result I stabbed somebody--hence imprisonment for several weeks, as a way of disciplining me, but instead I worsened.
At the age of 16-20, some of my friends were army men, with whom we could terrorize people. One day,In this state, in a drinking place, one army became hostile and tried to shoot me, but no bullet could hit me, moreover I was too close to him and I could not tell by what powers I survived.
In my studies in secondary level, I became more useless after joining a team of drunkards and stubborn boys.
Together with them, we drafted a book by the title, “GOD NEVER EXISTS” but we didn’t publish it due to luck of funds. We took time preaching this against Christians, even after I had failed to continue with studies. It took me several years arguing with Christians failure to disprove and win then, I could retaliate by fighting.
HOW I CAME TO KNOW THE LORD: It was January 1981, on one Friday night at 3.00 am, when I received a vision, in the hut I was in. Light became full with brightness AND without a candle lit neither a lamp!
In my trembling and shaking, I raised my eyes towards the roof and indeed this is exactly where the light was coming from. I knew this was the end of my life.
As light on the roof continued, my eyes started fading, where I found myself falling on the ground , and in the glittering brightness, Jesus appeared and called me by my surname three times,“Wandera x 3 from today, realize that I died for you! So, go and change many to my Kingdom.” this was repeated three times then he disappeared.
Slowly As I remained Paralyzed till morning, I would not have known whether He is the “Jesus they talk of, But the words He spoke to me, even the appearance looked exactly like the picture of a person I saw Christians watching on the video tape that I saw when I happened to go and see it and confront the Christians watching it.
The next day, I was weak as if beaten, getting out of the hut , I slept until the morning. I just crawled for I unable to walk.
When my Aunte saw me, she asked “Son what has happened to You?” I couldn’t answer because the plain vision I saw, the previous night was about Jesus (whom I did not want to speak about).
In a long run as she persisted, “tell me son were you beaten? From the drinking club”
I replied her, while crying .”Aunt this man I hate “Jesus” you always speak about, He visited me and called me by my Sir name, where he commanded me to go and change many to His Kingdom”
Immediately she heard this, I just saw her raising hands up and this was her words “Thanks be to our Lord Jesus Christ, who did it for Saul, has also done it for my son and may you perfect him for the very course Amen!”
I got more annoyed though I had seen a vision. The following day in the evening I decided to go back and over drunk such that when He (Jesus) comes back, I would oppose and fight him. That was my stupid thought, this time he did not appear.
On the third day, which was a Saturday, I remained slothful, weak and even had no appetite to go for more alcohol, the night came, I just found myself entering in the hut where we sleep. I lit the candle and got the Bible of my step-brother and the first scripture my eyes glanced at as I opened it was, Isaiah 1:16 -20“Take your evil deeds out of my sight, stop doing wrong, learn to do right, if you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the land” etc. I read the Bible under the guidance of the Holy Spirit the whole night up to morning without sleep.
The Next morning, which was a Sunday, the guest speaker whom the born again of that village, were expecting past via. The place I stayed and my Auntie introduced me and he immediately asked me “Young man what do you say about what you saw? I replied, "Now I believe!", then he led me to salvation and said "Let us proceed to church."
In the church, the service took off with high classes of praises, as I picked up slowly. When time came for welcoming the visitor to preach, they looked for their usual interpreter, who was absent that day, and the preacher asked, "where is this young man who received God’s visitation?”
I responded and I was invited to interpret from English to the local language. Many were astonished and started complaining saying, "Who has allowed this young man we know, with bad reputation to defile our platform?" They started getting out.
The preacher stood up and explaining to them the miracle of Saul’s conversion and under the anointing of the Holy Ghost, those who had started going out, came back humbled & the service went on. After three days I was baptized by the Holy Spirit. HALLELUJAH!
After 3 months under the fire of the Holy Ghost, I was led to go back to my original village where I joined a small Pentecostal fellowship. With a desire and yearning spirit to learn, I grew day by day in power and the love of the Lord, with a desire to see the oppressed & suffering delivered. With a zeal to reach the unreached.
After 6 months, with my expression of the Lord in our family, today we have a church at home in our remote area bordering Kenya where by my sister who follows me is the Pastor, my elder brother as an Elder, and my mother as a Deacon others in other departments.
After several prayers my father who was still bound in exile came back in 2003, and also accepted the Lord as his personal Savior, though has gone to be God.
On Thursday, August 1994 When I was in Kampala outskirts during day time, I was passing via a certain film show. While people were inside watching, I was forced to stop & I heard a voice tell me 'listen to what you hear inside', are those not words of Pornography? People are dying here. This very place is where I want you to start my work of Redemption.
After a while, I continued with my trip, but on my way back, I had to stop in the very place to inquire about the owner & how I can have access to it. When directed to the owner who was a Muslim, asked me, "What do you want do with my premises?"
I said, "I want to start a fellowship to help people of God."
Immediately he commanded me to depart from his compound, for because few hours ago, his instrument/machines he uses for films were destroyed by electricity. This means the time I stood there & left, God acted.
In the long run after a few months, I had the way out to that very place & it is where our church is, even now. God confirmed this in many dreams & visions to name this Ministry :
WORLD CHRISTIAN REDEMPTION MISSION INTERNATIONAL and according to the call its purpose, is to go in the world and redeem man as it is written in Mathew 28:18 – 20.
Our main church is at Kireka, off Kinawataka Road , 6 km East of Kampala, Uganda, East Africa .
Since we started the Church, we have believed God and It is picking up slowly with other few branches in other Districts. I am married not only to a wife, she is a fellow co-worker in the Kingdom God. We have 6 girls 4 boys & many other dependants.
We have preached in Uganda , Kenya , Sudan , democratic republic of Congo and Tanzania .
ADDRESS:- Wandera Augustine
World Christian Redemption Mission
P.O. Box 31000 Kampala - Uganda East Africa .
TEL: 256 772 483 613 and
256 773 393121
EMAIL: augros26@yahoo.com
Pastor Augustine passed away but his wife Pastor Rosetta continues to serve the Lord.
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Pastor Doris Chaponda of Malawi
I am the last born of the family of three girls and four boys. My I grew up in a Christian home where my mother's father was Pastor of a Presbyterian church and my family grew up together with them on the land they were allocated by the oversees missionaries to establish a church.
All these faded in the thin air when I merged to be the highest student among the primary school graduates. I started high school in the city where I discovered a different life and by the end of the four years, I was not the same young village girl. I never concentrated in my studies; I liked dancing and wouldn't want to miss a dance show every weekend. I was so playful in class and the smart girl was no longer there.
There was a choir group which was very well known by their anointed music in our country and we invited them to come. There was revival at our school and many people were touched but not me and my religious spirit. Many people received Jesus Christ and the group promised to come again for follow up and I helped them gather the people. That day was my day. The speaker spoke with power and anointing and I remember him saying: “What we are doing here is war, between Satan and God, if you don’t know Jesus you better sit down.” I never sat down.
Questions flooded my mind, am I really born again? Am I in right standing with God? but I could not answer even one of them. The spirit of God challenged me that day. I started praying immediately, pouring my heart to Jesus, asking Jesus to come into my life. I was honest with Jesus. That day I felt a 50 pound heavy stone was removed from my heart because I was floating in the air. Around 6pm on the 13th January, 1981 up to now Jesus in me has not changed.
Now I started putting the broken pieces together again and I graduated my high school with very good grades. Now God started to speak to me in dreams which were so strange to me. I would hear myself sing on the radio, I would find myself preaching multitudes and yet I was just 16. The Choir group helped me walk the road of trials and tribulations and victories and to grow till I got married to my husband in December 1984, we have 2 girls and 2 boys and pioneered the first Gospel Band in Malawi.
Moved by the acute poverty in Malawi and people dying with aids we took 100 children out of the more than 11,000 orphans that are in our area for a feeding programme and free school. In 1993 we started a church known as Mustard Seed and have almost 85 branches including one in South Africa and one in Mozambique. We also introduced a Christian Radio Programme called “knowledge is Power” which is about family counseling and messages which led us to doing crusades to most parts of our country. That also led me to establish a women ministry called Amayi a Chigonjetso (Women of Victory) which started as an intercessory group and has grown into a ministry that ministers, to women by the word, developmental trainings, helps the elderly with food shelter and clothing.
I am married to Apostle Dr. Willie Chaponda, and he is overseeing all the churches and also is a pastor.
I am the founder of women of Victory Ministries and I am the Assistant Senior Pastor of the Mustard Seed church international.
My ministry is called Woman Of Victory:
Our Church
Mustard Seed Ministries International:
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Testimony of Pastor João Bosco Rolim Esmeraldo from Crato, CE , Brazil
Since I was a child, I received from my parent's a religious orientation directed toward the catholicism. I inherited from them the respect, the fear the God, for serving Him continuously, having desire of seeking Him.
My father dreamed to have a son become a priest. He made everything so that I carried through his dream, but I refused. Even though I didn't want to be that, I was very active in the programs of that church.
Years later, I went to live in Salvador (BA) in function of a work.
My friend of arm chair of the bus of the company, Bira, is protestant believer. My desire was to prove that the Catholic Church was the ''the only true Church', the only one that was established by Jesus. Bira listened to me patiently, and said to me, that if I proved that the dogmas of the church had Biblical endorsement, he would come to my church. From that day, I started to study the New Testament that I had earned. I was so involved for this reading that I just forgot my classmate.
When I arrived at the book of the Revelation, chapter 10, I was intrigued with the told scene of an angel who ordered John to eat the book. I understood that I was a good reader of the Bible, that I appreciated very much, but I did not practice it in fact. I decided then, to be a practitioner of the Word.
One day, while I talked with the Priest Edmilson of Church Our Lady of Brotas, in Salvador - Bahia - Brazil, I observed that people kneeled and adored ahead of full altars of statues and then I contested, saying: “Sir. does not you think that one action wrong, while the Bible forbids to bow down before idols? So, he answered me: “But we can have our idols. For example, mine is Francis from Assis”. And I told him:“But the Bible says the exactly the opposite!"
And you use to say that Jesus is really in the host in the sanctuary? If really it is truth what you say, why don't they just pray and not just in front of these altars?"
The priest forgave himself and said that I had reason, but could not say the truth because, other wise, they would lose their faith.
Then, I got excited, and almost crying out, said:
“Wait there! That is not as is written in the Bible; it says, that we will know the Truth and it will free us”
The Priest Edmilson, lost his patience and advised, saying to me:“You are speaking just as a protestant. Your place is not here, but at their Church”.I answered that he had reason and I went to one Gospel Church.
I confirmed my decision in the year of 1976, in the Church Baptist of Sião. Nowadays, I am Pastor of the 'Comunidade Evangélica Cristo Vive (Christian Community Christ Lives)' in Crato (CE). and also this "I praise the God for the existence of this ministry of the 'INTERNATIONAL Gideons', which the Lord used so that I was reached.
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NGOC HOANG BICH TO from Vietnam
I'd love to tell you something about myself and my family.
My full name is NGOC HOANG BICH TO. I was born in August, 28th, 1989 in a small village of Binh Son District which is one of a District of Quang Ngai Province in the central part of Vietnam.
Praise God! It's such a blessing for me to be born in a Christian family with 5 brothers and sisters. I am the first-born.
God healed my father's serious diseases and called him in to the ministry for the tribe people in the mountainside in the early of 1989. He was persecuted and put in to the jail of Communist government from 1995 till 1999 for Christ's sake (preaching the gospel to the tribe people). The government here have hated Christianity very much and they tried to harm him in many ways.
I grew up in the time my dad was in prison. People, friends, relatives despised me and my family. I went to school everyday in fears and tears. My mum had to work very hard in the rice field to feed me, two of my brother and sister and she also feed my dad in prison as well. Thanks God that even my mum had to suffer a long trial, she still keep her faith in Christ and wait on Him. She taught me and my brother and sister in the way of righteousness.
Praise God in the late of 1999, the Communist government released my dad. My family was so happy to see him again. This was the first time my fourth bother saw him, because the day my brother was born my dad was in the jailed.
After being released from the prison, my dad continue to do the ministry, and the government never let him alone. They tried other ways to isolate him.
My father is now has planted a new small home church in our house, and tries to reach other regions.
We have been praying and continuing to wait for the coming of the Great Revival for Vietnam. Almost 80 million Vietnamese never know about the Gospel. That's our burdens.
When I was a child, my parents told me and my brothers and sisters that their only desire is, that we become the ministers for the Lord to save souls. With them university--or Else is nothing. So my dad encouraged me to finish my basic education and then look for a Bible School.
I am now finished my high school and study some English in a local College, and I am praying and looking for a Bible School to Study God's Word, and dedicating myself for the Lord's harvest. As a young man I know that it's very important to study in order to win the young generation here for Christ.
Indeed, God has put in my heart a burden for this young generation. God gave me a small youth group about 10 members 6 months ago. I am now practicing to serve the Lord with this group. Please pray for me so that I can work well with what He has granted to me.
Dear my beloved apostle! We need your visitation and training. Christian brothers and sisters here need training God's Word to get ready for the Great Harvest. We will pray that God will anoint you and lead you come to join with us for this great Harvest.
God bless you and yours abundantly.
In His Love
NGOC HOANG BICH TO
You are welcome to write to me at
thewavesofrevival@gmail.com
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Testimony of John Ssentamu from Masaka Uganda
Hello my name is John Ssentamu from Uganda,
I took Christ as my personal savior on 12/4/02 after the Gideon’s visited the school I was working in. They gave us with students New Testaments and prayed with us and told to go and read it so that we may get saved and live peaceful life for eternity. I read Galatians 5:16-25 which is talking about living sinful nature and Holy Spirit guided life.
I found out that I was carrying practices that were of sinful nature and I felt the voice telling that John you can still leave the sinful nature and pray forgiveness so that you live life guided by the Holy Spirit after taking Christ as my personal savior.
I felt the courage to read the prayer behind the Gideon New Testament. I gradually developed the love for the Bible and the Christian message.
I was very active in taking alcohol, hating everything related to Christianity and I loved girls so much, but now I was set free! I learned that I was missing a lot.
I have lived peaceful life since that day and the Lord has blessed me tremendously and I have been able to accomplish a lot spiritually and the Lord has enabled to reach out many with the Gospel.
I am currently a Gideon member and I have distributed more than 8000 New Testaments to school children and prisoners.
The Lord revealed to me the mission of starting up a child care centre to reach out children who are needy and to extend to them the opportunity to hear and learn the work of Christ in their lived and how they can gain hope in their lives through
Christ’s works.
I need your prayers so that the mission the Lord has started with me are accomplished to give Him Glory and honor on earth and in Heaven.
Stay blessed,
John Ssentamu (minister in training) - Uganda
Site: Good Shepherd Child Care Center
Email: ssentamujohn@yahoo.com
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Arunachalam Jeyaraj
Tamil Nadu : India
I came to know the Lord Jesus in 1965. Obeying to the LORD’S call in 1976 resigned as a Civil Engineer from CMC Hospital, Vellore & stepped as a full time missionary. Founded Blessing Youth Mission along with a few Young men in 1971 and served as Mission Administrator for the past 37 years and retired. Currently serving as one of the advisors of BYM. Continues to serve the LORD, through preaching, challenging Christians for Mission work, Trainer for Mission managements & finance managements, translator for English speaking preachers & church constructions. His wife, Vimala serves alongside as a Missionary, committed to women and young girls ministry. Blessed with 3 Sons, 1 Daughter and 3 grand children
Site: http://www.ajeyaraj.blogspot.com/
Co Founder & Adviser of BYM
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