PROSPERITY
A new direction
Away from my family
and my home country,
I had nothing but $600
that my parents would
send to me. You could
say that I was surviving,
rather than actually living.
Loneliness was my faithful
companion, and the need
to be in the company of
others drove me to the
wrong crowd. Before I
knew it, I was smoking and
becoming just like them.
The distance from my
family was hard enough,
but when my dad told me
that he was divorcing my
mom, it was as though
my whole world fell apart!
It was in that moment
that I realised that I could
not remain in the same
situation. I needed help
and that is when I came
across the UCKG Help
Centre.
Because of the
bad company I
kept, I was very
resistant
to
commit myself
to the advice
and
direction
that I received
in the meetings.
Eventually,
I
recognised
that my friends
were not helping me, so I
decided to give the Help
Centre a try for real. I learnt
essential things, such as
how to pray, fast and most
importantly, how to use
my faith! I was equipped
with the spiritual armour
that I needed to go out and
conquer the blessings that
God had promised for me,
and one of those promises
is prosperity. Although my
life was now taking a new
direction, my finances
were still in ruins! The $600
I received from my
parents was barely
enough to survive.
However, through
the
Monday
meetings, I gained
the courage that I
needed to stand
up on my own
feet and go and
look for a job.
I started off as
a cleaner in
a
restaurant
washing dishes. I’d learnt in
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the
meetings to always give my
best in all I do so, though it
wasn’t my ideal job, I did
just that! From washing
dishes, I moved up to
cutting the vegetables and
from there, an interest in
cooking sparked within me.
I even started to help out.
The company noticed that
I had a talent in culinary
arts, and offered to pay for
courses for me to improve
the skills I didn’t know I
had. Now when the head
chef is not around, I run the
kitchen! What started out
as tedious and tiresome
became a job that I love! I
am now a sous-chef.
Today, I have changed
completely!
I
have
prospects for my future
and one of them is to
open my own business to
help support my parents,
as they supported me. I
know that now that I have
God on my side, I can do all
things!
Marius Nichiforeac