back. We chose to fight! We decided to take part in the
Campaign. This was one of our first encounters with sacrifice
and the power of God in a mighty way. We put our faith on the
altar and went back for the tests.” We had plans for the future, and although we were working
towards them, they never quite came together as we wanted.
There always seemed to be a big obstacle or resistance
preventing us from moving forward, despite our best efforts.
Sharokh received the all clear from the doctors. “This was proof
that sacrifice worked!” Fabiana said excitedly. “We took part in
other Campaigns and saw things happening, but we
didn’t take part in them with the same intensity
as before. Looking back, I understand that
unless you present a perfect sacrifice – what
God asks of you – you cannot receive the
answer you seek. If just anything is what
you place on the altar, you will be
disappointed. I think that was our
mistake. By this time, we were
living an ‘okay life’,
but it didn’t sit
well with us. We wanted to open an import/export business and be
financially stable, especially after the loss of our second child.
There were some complications during my pregnancy and I
ended up losing the baby. That loss hit us hard. We couldn’t
fund for the care that was needed and this limitation brought
about such a revolt in us that we refused to continue living
an ‘okay life’. My husband and I vowed to sacrifice like never
before. If God had done the impossible in our lives before, He
could do it again, but it all depended on us.”
When the Campaign in the Temple of Solomon took place in
July this year, Gideon’s revolt became Fabiana and Sharokh’s
petition before God. “If the Lord is with us, why then has all this
happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our
fathers told us about…” (Judges 6:13)
“We threw ourselves into this Campaign completely. We had
the full assurance that God would answer. I remember that
we had many bills to pay and we didn’t have enough money
to do that. My husband and I sat together and said that it’s
time to call upon God and do something big. We decided to
sacrifice and present everything we were and everything we
had to God.
We went into the Campaign with the assurance that God
would transform our finances just as He had changed my
husband’s health. What we had at the time could not
solve our problems or change the quality of our lives, so
it was logical for us to exchange it with what God had
promised. Our faith was that we would give God what
we had in exchange for what He had planned for us.
We knew it was going to be difficult, but we believed
in what we were doing, so we took all that we could
get our hands on and placed it on the altar. No one
told us to do it. This was between us and the altar.
Initially, after presenting our sacrifice, we didn’t even
know how my husband was going to get to work or how
things would turn around, but we trusted in the altar and
were sure of our sacrifice.”
Not long after, unexpected things started to happen.
“It was like that huge resistance we had struggled
against had fallen. The first sign was that we received
a car, and then we received an unexpected
lump sum of hundreds of thousands! We couldn’t
believe it! Right after that, a five-year court battle
was judged in my favour and the settlement ruled
that I am to receive thousands in compensation.
This was something that I had been struggling with
for so long that I had even put it at the back of my
mind! On top of this, we’ve recently been able to
open our import/export business, and things are really
looking up.
This Campaign opened doors that we thought were
impossible to open and has put our lives on a brand-
new path. We are reaping today the fruit of what we
planted on the altar. Sacrifice works! We’re seeing it
with our own eyes.”
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