Hello, Praise JESUS!
My name is Velma, Pastor Steve's wife.I am born again and I love JESUS as my Lord and Savior.
I got saved as a teenager. i grew up loving the things of GOD, and nothing would separate me from GOD.
I grew up living with my Mum, and 2 brothers.They knew there was GOD, but they were not born again.GOD made me a Pillar in my family. My Mum loved it when i prayed. She believed that when I prayed, my prayers reached heaven, and GOD answered. Whenever things didn't go well, she said I wasn't praying.Today she is born again,so radical in the things of GOD. Hallelujah!

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When i met my husband in 2009, I was still serving GOD. Stephen met me in Kampala, Uganda at, Miracle Centre Cathedral, where i served in the worship Team as a worship leader. I was also working in Kampala but after a few months, I resigned to go join my husband in Nairobi,Kenya, where he served as a Pastor. He served in 'World Harvest' as an assistant Pastor. We prepared for our wedding and got married in March 2010.

 

In 2011 31, January, we had our first baby Stephanie Gift Ong'ang'a. She was born in Aga khan Hospital Nairobi. Her birth was smooth, and was well taken care of. I couldn't push the baby because she was 42 weeks breech at term. So i had an operation (Cesarean section) to get her out. The operation was really smooth,the doctors took good care of us so, I didn't experience the pain of normal birth, and I healed very fast. 

 

In 2012 November, GOD spoke to us to go to Kampala, and do his work there.It was really hard at first to take a step and go to Kampala. We didn't know how we were going to start. But when the conviction became great, we took a step of Faith and left for Kampal,Uganda. As much as i had lived and worked there while I was single;in 2012 it was different. I had a family. Where were we going to stay? How were we to survive?These questions lingered in our mind throughout our journey to Kampala.

When we got there, we checked into a hotel and stayed there for 6 months. We paid hotel bills by GOD'S Grace.

I remember an incident where we had a hotel bill to pay, and the management was getting restless, because it had accumulated for 4 days. One morning, a white couple came knocking on our room. when we opened,they handed us a receipt saying that we should have peace, and that they had paid our bill. So much peace filled our hearts, joy unspeakable!

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A few days later a certain Bishop friend called us.  He said we should go to where he was staying, and that he would give us a place to stay. So we checked out of the hotel and went to his home. To our surprise when we got there, we found that he had rentals(houses for rent). He had actually prepared a house for us to live in. We reached his compound in the night, so his family offered us food, then we slept.

In the morning,the Bishop furnished our house fully with sofa sets, a television, radio, bed and beddi, and bought food in stock etc. We saw the hand of GOD. By this timeI was pregnant with my 2nd baby Natalia Praise Ong'ang'a.

We were now living far from the town center,so i had to go for my clinic just around that village.Natalia's birth was not as smooth as Stephanie's. This part makes me emotional, because it wasn't easy.

2 weeks  Natalia's birth, we got news that my sister-in-law had passed on immediately after she delivered her baby in hospital. This sent fear direct into my mind, and heart, because I was also about to deliver my baby. We had booked a hospital in the city, but then when it was time for me to deliver Natalia, that particular day,it rained heavily,the roads were not in good condition, and we couldnt rush to the city. It was far. My labor pains were increasing, So we had no choice but to check into the nearby health centre around that village. I didn't know how labor pains felt, what comes with them, how the water breaks, at what stage do I push,the extent of the pains etc. No one had prepared me for this, not even the nurse.

 

You see, Ugandan health centers are not like Kenyan health centre,they really care less. So, my water broke, the pain became too much! I was  pulling my husband's shirt. I was confused at what was happening. And when it was time to deliver my baby,the nurse comes and roughly tells me to lie on the bed. As I laid on the bed, I see another lady giving birth near me. Her baby was born dead. Then the nurse wraps the baby and puts her just close to my bed.ooh GOD!! Little did i know that what happened to my sister-in-law's death, was happening near me.

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I finally managed push the baby safely, but when i pushed, I tore, so they had to stitch me up. Guess what? The health centre had run out of anesthesia,so they stitched me without it.I cant explain the pain I felt. It was just crazy. 

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Well, I got out of hospital with my baby, and was still in so much pain. I went home and I started healing. And just when I thought I was getting better, I started getting sick. I was anemic,dizzy, weak, started having heart palpitations, burning sensations on my head. So very sick! But,I remember one night after i had prayed, and cried to GOD to heal me. i had vision of my spiritual Father telling me to go and see him.

 

The following day,we said goodbye to the Bishop who had hosted us. Then we left the village by Faith to go and meet my Spiritual Father at the church where i served as a worship leader.When we got where he was,he actually prayed for me and my family, casting out all sickness, then gave us money to use for our upkeep. After that, an elder in the church (an elderly woman) took us to her house, gave us a place to rest, and then i began to heal.  I began a new life again! I was really dizzy, so i started practicing how to walk steady. The I met a doctor who also counseled me and helped me through my healing process. It took me a long time to fully heal. After my Father prayed for me,the curse of death was broken! What the devil had intended, didn't take place. 

 

After that experience,the Lord put it into my heart,to begin helping ladies with sanitary supplies,feeding the hungry, and I  make sure I'm be there for people who are helpless. GOD gave me a name "Praise The Lord Mother Baby kit" which we are planning to register here. Though it has been a challenge we just just buy sanitary supplies and a few foodstuffs to give away. It is my passion to help others. I know GOD will also give us more finances, and resources to do this.

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The Lord started putting songs in my heart to sing. He has enabled me to write songs. I have 
a number of songs with me, and once i get the resources, I will record them on CD.
I thank GOD for keeping me, healing me, and saving me from the jaws of death. 
All glory and honour be to GOD!