Here & Now 2016 Editions October 2016 | Page 36

LOVE LEARN TO LOVE INTELLIGENTLY M iguel: My love life was heading down the wrong direction before I came to the UCKG HelpCentre. I didn’t have a role model. As a result, I was sleeping around with many women. Although I told myself I would never be like my father, indirectly, that’s what I became. I couldn’t run away from it. My older cousins even made relationships seem as if they were not worth entering. Currently, we feel blessed and we are growing in love every day. However, the word of God and the representations of couples at the HelpCentre helped me change my perceptions. The couples looked truly in love, happy, and blessed. I wanted what they had. I met my wife Chantel from a friend at the HelpCentre. I then invited her to come to the services, and we grew in faith. Today, I’m very happy, and I feel complete. Miguel and I are happily married. 36 Chantel: I was filled with an empty void before finding the HelpCentre. I wanted to find something to fill this emptiness inside me, so I started engaging in different relationships, hoping that would work. But nothing was making me feel complete. As we grew in faith, my void was filled by the joy and inner peace I received. Miguel and Chantel Beia SATURDAY 7PM ONLY AT THE RAINBOW THEATRE