The journey

A boy born a bastard child, his dad left his mother at age 5 and left him and his 2 year old sister in the care of his unemployed mum who with a grade 4 education worked low paying jobs, suffered rejection and ridicule from family,  just to make ends meet…

He lived in terrible conditions growing up often having to share a house with 4 other families each occupying a room which was there world… all through his childhood. After meeting many itinerant evangelists, A dream was born of being a missionary for God, travelling the country sharing Jesus. He dreamt of going to the Olympics after watching Carl Lewis shatter the 100m record.  No godly role models, lack of affection from parents lead him to seek love and acceptance in people that didn’t have his best interests at heart… this took him away from his dream but deep inside the seed was planted…

At age 8 he gave his heart to the Lord, this was the start of the journey that made him who he is. In school he played every sport excelled in athletics and team sports… later this would open the door to him fulfilling his dream… in the teenage years he followed the crowd just to fit in, but deep inside he felt empty and lost the only thing that gave him joy was when he did what was his passion, "leading people to Christ". The grace of God kept him safe all through year’s dangerous and reckless living till the day he reached the point where he couldn’t continue living double life, of acting like a godly Christian and  reckless ungodly living. After a shooting accident, in a hospital room he rededicated his life to God, and made a covenant with God that he will at age 30 dedicate his life to service of the kingdom. And started the long hard journey of fulfilling the God given destiny…

As time passed he reunited with his mum, started the relationship with his absent dad and fulfilled his lifelong dream of being at the Olympics and God used his love of sport and the love of souls to reach the lost at the games while enjoying the dream. His journey has not been easy; the demons of his past has constantly come back to haunt him and destroy the hard work but God kept picking him up every time he fell.

The journey became tougher when he found the love of his life, the constant struggle to be a husband and a father, after having no earthly role models crushed him many times over. The only solace he found was the example of fatherhood by father God this is what helped him be strong and persevere on this journey. It hasn’t been easy but was worth every tear shed.

A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.
Mohandas Gandhi

The journey continues…