MY
BIO
Stephen Ong'ang'a

Born in a polygamous home of three wives to my dad, (my mum being the second wife). My dad was unable to get a child with my first step mum. Being a Catholic, he tried to pray to no avail, and he resorted to other ways including witchcraft, but still there was no answer. He finally got married to my mum and i and my younger brother were born, and then He also got woman number three with whom they got more children. Later on my Dad confessed Jesus as his Savior.
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As a child in a Polygamous home' you always would hang around mama than daddy, because all three mums had their own houses. Daddy being the bread winner would go to work to fend family.
My mum's dad was one of the priest in religious sect, where a human being by the name of 'Ondeto' used to be their god. So every Sunday, my brother and I would accompany my mom to the church. After a week we would go to my grandpa's place for more prayer. As a little boy I always attended this religious sect on Sundays, and was an alter boy for my grandpa, while he conducted the prayers during the week. You wouldn't blame me for not knowing any other way than this one.
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My daddy who had already seen the light, tried to preach so many times to me, but i couldn't have it. The visitors who also kept coming to our home, (most of them being pastors didn't help much) .Daddy would often bless them financially,pay their bills at times (at our expense). We were kids, and they would often spend nights at our home,and because of the limited space, we were forced to give our bed's for 'so called' men of God (ooh I hated these people). At one time one of the pastors snatched the blanket from me, and I slept in the cold, only to wake in the morning to find that he using my blanket. My siblings including: My bro, step brothers, and sisters (from my third step mom) didn't like preachers also' but I fueled by the demons within me,from this sect that didn't believe in JESUS THE SON OF GOD was the ring leader!
Meanwhile, my dad never stopped teaching me about Jesus. He would call me and turn on the TV when this preachers were preaching, and winning souls, praying for the sick. I would laugh it off, and say, "They all liars and only after peoples money!"
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One day, in the year 2000, a healing televangelist was coming to Nairobi, Kenya. His name was Pastor
Benny Hinn. While the advertisement was running on TV, my dad called me to watch. I heard him say stuff like "Touch" and the power of some kind of '. ..... '. It would drop people down, and then the lame would begin to walk out of their wheelchairs, the blind would claim to be now seeing and demons could be seen screaming and coming out of the people. I got so angry and i told daddy "Lies,lies and lies". I had never seen such power before. All I knew from the religious sect where i was being trained, to be a 'Joses' and was to be handed a wooden sword, that I was to use in spanking people with (while chanting some strange language) and shaking my dreadlocks head in name of casting demons, so I stormed out of the house telling my dad that, "I will prove you wrong!"
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So, the day finally came. the much hyped crusade was going down the following day. Still angry and off course, puffed up by spirits from the sect, that I had been attending, and serving, weeks before Pastor Benny came on. One of the relatives being among the board members organizing His visit in Kenya; I knew I could get the front seats, but first, I had to get a suit from my uncle. In my mind I planned to disguise myself as a pastor. I couldn't wait to get up in the morning and attend the crusade, which was starting in the afternoon. Wicked thoughts kept playing in my mind of what exactly I was gonna do, and I couldn't wait to do it.
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I woke very early chanting strange songs took a shower, ate breakfast and waited for the time to leave with the rest of the family members. My siblings seemed to be excited about seeing Pastor Benny Hinn face to face. Since they had been watching on television, so were the relatives, and the country as whole. Renowned gospel singer, Donnie McClurkin was also coming, along with Paul and Jan Crouch, Matt and Lorrie Crouch.
The mood in the city was spiritual, yet one boy in this bus was 'beefed up' with demonic thoughts of Killing the innocent servant of God, Pastor Hinn. I had my plans programmed well. I was going to disguise myself as a pastor and my huge body in a suit back then was not going to disappoint me' We got to the arena, and I sat on the 4th row on the ground floor. I was in the seat at the end of row, meaning moving wouldn't be difficult. The grounds were fully packed with thousands of people who had come to the crusade. The worship songs kept on irritating me, threatening me to leave, but, i stayed to fulfill this mission. (John 10:10) the thief comes to steal, kill and destroy.
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I sat on my chair quiet, waiting while others were on their feet worshiping and having fun. Pastor Hinn took awhile coming out, and finally some minutes to 5 p.m., they announced that the man of God was arriving. I couldn't wait to leave my seat, to get a hold of him and strangle him as per the way i could hear voices in my head directing me to do.When the man of God vehicle was making it's way in the grounds, people cheering and shouting. I was now standing on waiting. when he finally got nearer, and was about to come out of his car, I felt a strong presence that literally got me grounded, and couldn't move for about 2 to 3 minutes. My eyes could see Pastor Benny Hinn surrounded by angels, I knew that he wasn't going to stay up there forever, and when he comes
down I was more willing to carry out the mission.​
Salvation:
He preached on the love and the power of name Jesus, saying how all the servants of God in the old testament used to say 'Thus saith the Lord' but Jesus when He came didn't have to say 'Thus saith the Lord' but said 'I say to you' and devils came out of people, and the sick were healed while he kept on preaching. I could feel things leaving me. Burdens being lifted off my mind, and body. I felt light, and convicted of all my sins. The thoughts to kill and even anger was far away from me. All I wanted to do was to fall at the feet of Jesus, and plead for mercy. He finally called out for those that wanted to receive Jesus. I was not walking, but running to the alter, crying with aloud voice for mercy. What a mercy full God He is! He forgave me of all my sins! When I repeated the prayer after Pastor Benny and when He said 'Touch' I felt a powerful force of God that literally lifted me up and thrust me on the ground. I laid slain in the spirit for sometime, and next thing I was being woken up by one of the officials when crusade was over. Most people left. I will never forget such an awesome feeling that I felt on that day. I was a new creature (like a baby spotless without guilt, anger and vices of the enemy). The presence of God was still so strong. I wanted to stay there for the whole year. I felt fresh, free and alive. I could almost fly away it was such a great feeling! Nothing else mattered except the Jesus who saved me. I was made whole! oooh, all I wanted was to serve Him for the rest of my life!
I arrived home to daddy; from his eyes; I could tell that he knew what had happened to me. I hugged him and began weeping tears of Joy, and grateful to him for not giving up on me. For praying for me to see the answer of God a few days later. A man of God again from the states called, Perry Stone came for a conference preaching about the Holy spirit and that day. I was baptized by the Holy spirit, and later on water baptized. My life has never been the same and am grateful to God for everything He did in my life!



