October 30, 2022
“My name is Everlin. I got married at the age of 17 yrs after a long struggle in our family. We lost our dad when I was only 7 yrs and I had to go and stay with my uncle (my Mums brother). He had promised to take me to school, but after one year I dropped from the school as he didn’t pay my fees but turned me to be their house help (maid).
I did all sorts of jobs in the house. I washed clothes for the whole family, fetch water, take care of his cows, etc. It was bad for me but I couldn’t go back home as life was much tougher there. When I was 12 yrs old my cousin (uncle’s son) who was older than me raped me one afternoon and took away my virginity. This kept me crying all day and when my uncle came home, I told him about it but instead he started to hit me, that I am lying about his son. I couldn’t take it so I left and went back home.
At home I tried all I could to make our lives better. I could accompany my mum to do some casual jobs so we can get food. At the age of 17, I got married hoping to be running away from problems, but I was wrong. Because of my worse background my husband treated me us a slave. The love he had promised was nowhere. He started mistreating me. He became violent and my life has been full of pain.
But today I am so grateful to God for a book our pastor started to teach us this year. My husband goes to church every Sunday, but the man who has been going to church is not the same man at home. He lives a double life. He drinks alcohol and hides, but since the book came my life has changed.
Our Pastor has been teaching us about sins that separate us from God. He has been telling us of the true love of God to us and that God does not want any of us to perish. Our Pastor told us from the book that in the world there are only two types of people and only two tribes. Bad people and good people. The tribe of God and the tribe of Satan. Bad people hurt others, good people treat others like themselves.
My husband has been attending all these teachings. As a family we could go to church together yet in my heart I was in pain. Our pastor said that God had sent a Savior to those who wanted to follow him. I kept praying for my family that the Savior would come and save us. Our pastor told us the Savior is JESUS. I called Jesus every day.
One day after our service, my husband came home and asked me to sit where he wanted to talk to me. I was so afraid as I knew that was time to be slapped, but it has been the sweetest time of my life. My husband hugged me and apologized for how he was treating me and our baby. He promised not to mistreat me again, and asked me to pray for him that he would not go back to alcohol again, but he wants to be in the good tribe of God.
My husband confessed that he has been cheating God and he wants the Savior Jesus to forgive him and to help him be a good man. Since then I have experienced a love that I have never had since my birth. My marriage is now enjoyable, my husband has taken my younger brother and is now paying his fees in school.
I thank God for this book. This book that the pastor read to us every morning, changed my life. It has changed my husband. It has changed my marriage. I thank God. We are now reading lesson 47 and my husband wakes us early so that we don’t miss anything. Thank You Lord.”