As we exhaust the six months program period in this location, we are already hearing from the beneficiaries of how Manna has changed their lives. Here is a word of testimony and happy Easter wishes from these precious people here in Katanga. –Douglas
Here is Nasamba Florence, a 29-year-old mother of 4 children.
Happy Easter! Happy Easter! Indeed this Easter is happy Easter!! You all have made this Easter a different one… its happy Easter!! Life is not how it used to be. You came and took care of us by feeding us every month with food and you even brought us to fellowship right into our courtyard. Something new, yet so much a blessing. I am now a born again Christian. I do go for Sunday celebrations at Kalerwe celebration point where Pastor Benon leads. But every Fridays we got a house church meeting in our courtyard… I love this so much!
The food got me when I used to starve with my children. I used to look for money desperately to feed us and when I would get like 1,000 shillings, which to us is a very big miracle experience, I would have to split between charcoal for cooking and the food to be cooked. But now you came, we have the food and now the miracle 1,000 shillings now goes for charcoal and health care and even some for offertory in church.
What I want to say is that, you have been a blessing to me and my neighborhood of Katanga. We are so encouraged by your giving. You have even supplied us with the word of God. We are now stronger. Before we used to run to the witch doctors but now we got a community of believers to turn to and the word of God. This is a happy Easter! I wish you all a very happy Easter! Just as you have taken care of us may God Himself take of you all!
I did not know that this Easter would be happy Easter!! I believe that yours too would be this way too!!
God bless you and thanks so much for giving to us.
Namusi Robinah is a mother of 5 and has been resident in Katanga for four years.
Indeed you are a big miracle that happened to me and my family. Before the food came, we used to only afford one meal a day…must times we did drink water for a meal. When sugar is there we would take tea and the left over of the posho would be accompaniment. The large potion of the shillings I made went straight to the landlord with very little left for buying food. My rent cost 20,000 shillings.
But here you came and brought to my family good news! Not just word of mouth but you extended your hand and reached out to us and gave us food, the word of God and even blessed us with your presence! You visited us! I remember well, Mt Zion did love on us, by their coming here! I wish I could remember the names of the wonderful ladies and gentlemen who visited me! All I can is, thanks for coming! You blessed me and the people here. I actually did not know that food would follow your visit to us! You just prepared me for the blessing that would come! After the food starting coming through these months, I got a friend who came a taught me how to subsides my income through making of beads… which I say is the real deal! I have so much joy, when I am making the beads, because I get to have time to sing to Jesus my praises and I have all the time to share with my neighbors about what He has done for me through you all. You have made me stand in the midst of these hard times! I pray that God too, would make you stand in the midst of your hard times too. You did for me and others here. Now God should do it for you!!
It’s a happy Easter for my family and me this season! Because of you allowing God to use you in order to help us stand! I can now smile! See I can!
Now I make beads and this has greatly helped us! I did not have this before until you came! Your coming here with the food has pointed us to lots of opportunities of blessings that are there… in the midst of hardship. I pray that God would point you to yours amen!
Happy Easter to you my friends! You are real brothers and sisters in Christ that I found! Thanks so much and may God bless you richly!”
