MY FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH GOD

name is Thandokuhle Shongwe, the finirsFtetbimrueaIrgya2v,e2m0y15li.feAtothCahtritsitmwea, sI whaabsiststr, usuggrplirnigsiwngitlhy aI wloat sofsatidlldjiucstito1n6s yaenadrbsaodf hageelp. Imgrewinuapniynwa aCyhrsisntciaenI hf oumnedbCuhtrtihsattodnidmn’yt own outside of the family. As a result of being an uandrualyt scchhilodo, lI,wahsicinh cthonenstlaendt toromubelaetatet nhdomineg thArletehohui ghsIcwhaososlsa.ved and had received a basic understanding of what Christianity is, I still lived in sin, some years I’d stop my habits other years I would relapse. wAhetunrInminegtpsoimnteignumysyiCnhtrhiestliasnt whiaglhksbcehgoaonl IUantitoen.dTehde. sTehebyrowtheerersvoerf ymaicnteivsehionwSecreipdtumre atwhmietihermaloblcoeatrl.ocfhluorvceh, itnheMnotthsehyaninetwrohdeurceeadmmneotwo tleThSRerHelIomphetea, hmeabnecwahmoecahmanegnetdormaynldifea,fAatphoesr-,

M YCHRISTIAN

hirseewsgehamveenbmlIewes aCslhorrteioasftll;kymncohywaslpleidnrgigteuadanltdofawltivhisedaroldmified. Ttnhoaist soenrlyvajunstst toefaGcohdb.Mutoerqeuoivpepr,ebdeuinsgtoabpeartevoefrtehnist church made me aware of the power of prayer be a better place and we would have creathtedreaiscondeutchiivnegpwlaecceafnorofofuer tfaomthileiense.xItf tgieoneoraf taidounl,tist wishaoccaarrinegahbeoaurtte, aacgheontehrear-. Parents, leaders and mentors should be at the fore front leading by example. apnpdlythinegimanpdoirmtapnlceemoefndtienligvevraenrycteh. iInsgtaI rwteads taught and the Lord has been faithful because I hEavveerybepernaygreorwreinqguienslteIaposnacendhbaoduhnadss.been oavnIeshrwacvoeemrepede. ,rseovnearyllylismeeitnatGioodn cIrheaadtinhgaas tbeesetinimnomny loifuet, Iorfemalylylitfheobuegchatuistewaatsaocveerrt,anionwpothinist wGcuoIotrdrridssesanoyrtne’lslysyoiptbnsuyaortvtseheuweri’n.igtghraimnceymoseft‘uGitdo’sidenstehvaaettrCIoovalemlergunenotowifl TGhoedowloagsynboatsendoiungEhzIualwminio. wAstihfethveicgerpacresoi-f dent of the SRC in school. I am excited for what God has for my futu-r‘eB. ut God shall supply all your needs according to his riches in glory’, God has everything and he is everything.

Phillipians 2:19 toehvuIaewrtneiGsavohePderHyviDsenrtbheyueytdoi,tuniinltsy’gsGopnonedoer.tswLopahnesoctlopiysu,leGaldbonlduoenhrtdoaessrjcuosatpbalplneolddyr tmhe ginotsopeml,itnhiestgroysptoelttehaacthsathvesg, roeoddeenmews asnodf sanctifies.

GRACE

Pic) Thando says that his wish is for every young person to understand that God is the only one who is able to supply our every need, it’s not people nor a job or even a PHD.(Courtesy