Times of Eswatini

God is the answer to every unanswered question

- BY VUMILE MAVIMBELA

comoupaler­aertno.to be an adult at a very myeyyansrt­saomoryfe aisgtew.staimœeilolǡnuIy­l.ecIo. lInoasmtid­m͵eͶyr early stage; you have to mae isnufpoerr­mveisdiodn­e.cIisdioidn­ns’twsietheom­utysaenlyf parents growing up. I don’t now pgmiavysis­mnegodtbah­iwerrta;hyshtoeomp­laaestseae­rndydaemwa­raysyflawt­hehriel. er fdienmisho­itnivgamte­ydFonrmevV­erbyecsaid­ueseoIf wlifaesǡ fbiunitsbh­y. od’s grace I managed to toIgwetahs­errawisiet­dh boynemoyfg­mraynbdrmo­tohtehresr. hen I was in rade VIIǡ my grandǦ

icIindeaas­tptaecmepo­tfsa. yteoarnǡeI hpaodintwǡ IowsausǦ tmheorteho­enr ǡpliafesst­oeodaawshayara­pntudrfnr.om collecting food scraps from people’s dustbins at night because I was I’ve alwaysEbDe­UeCnApTaIs­OsNionate about too hungry to go to bed. I vividly aeldwuacya­stisoanids­iInwceasml­yaœgyrǡasnodI­mhoatdheto­r remember spending one hristmas eating rice and cabbage. ife had no idnolwif e.ll at school for a better chance mehaennina­gǡyIewaras­ladtiesrcǡ­oounreagde­ady. I was I was lucy enough to be sponǦ

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lwoaospinrgeaact­hminegǡǡ sitpwe asiansgifws­ohredws aosf high school. ife without parents is nothing close to anything you can life to me. I had never heard someǦ

PROVERBS 3:3-4

FOOD

one spea about od that way. was tangibleǡ e was breathingǡ e e was closer and mostlyǡ e was lisǦ wteonminag­n. Iwnaeseplrea­dyriingghǡ­twthitehre­teaasrtshi­ins my heart. I said to myself I will see this woman’s od. he following unnodwaywI­hweraeleešdacttolyto­Iwna.sI gdoidi ng’tǡ but I waled around town.

uddenlyǡ I stopped in one secǦ tion of town. cross the street awpapsraoa­cchhuerdch­mǡ tehaendtwa­sogeednǡ tifleImhea­nd come to churchǫ I said yes without hesuitrain­tigonth. at entire serviceǡ I was being changed forever. y life too a sudden changeǡ it was suddenly warmǡ and I was looing at myself in aifedcifhf­earnegnetd­wǡ Iafyo.und my purpose. stiofeppie­nd coradvbinr­gofuogrhat­lomteoafnt­hiningg.sI. I accepted my past as a blessing

CHURCH

more than it being a curse. lifeh. eI lroioghet dpeaot pelveercya­mobesitnat­colemays aosdtaeypǡ­pIihnagves­townoedteo­grmeyess.uccess.

Four years agoǡ I started a foundaǦ tfoiornywo­uhnicghpde­eoaplslew. Ii’tmh msheanrtio­nrgshmipy torumthaǡteeiat cfrhoimngh­tuhmemblei­tb’segpionsns­inibglse. hanavsoewd. eIi’rsmetdhcue“ruarennstw­liyoenwr trwoiteien­cvgaeanryb­eouvoenrǦ aI’bmo utsiwnigth­thmisyeŒnocuorunne­ytewrsitth­o goivde. shhoopuelǡ­dton’sthdoewfin­oethuesr. s that our past anI dwagnivtet­othsetrmen­aghthoepne­tfhoeriraf­baeitthǦ wteeratpoo­mnoinrreov­wer.y sriatuyeat­rioisnmbey­cabueset Ihenisoawfrio­enddiǡsaan­ldwayfastt­hheerrteoa­tnhde fhaetrheeǡ rtloelsisf­e. I’mnoŒwuisntggra­otdefiuslb­tyombye side and he won’t let me down.”

FOUNDATION

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Prayer is my best weapon in every situation because I know God is always there, and He is a friend and a father to the fatherless.(Courtesy

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