This testimony from another widow in Kenya:
“Last year, I wanted to commit suicide. Life had become unbearable for me. Since my husband died two years ago, my life had totally changed. We were used to each other. He was my everything as God didn’t give us a child.
When he died, I felt empty, lonely, and miserable. Life had no meaning any more. I would sit alone the whole day in my compound, and I thought, ‘Why not join my husband?’
On my way to the shop to buy my poison, I met Mama Sarah with a booklet. We greeted each other, and I smiled, hiding my pain. Then Mama Sarah told me how she has found her joy in reading Bible stories.
She was a widow who had gone through the same thing that I was going through. She had started reading the simple Bible stories which gave her hope to live again. These stories gave her company. She has a Saviour who is always with her.
This caught my attention, and I wanted to know more. Mama Sarah brought me to the widows’ group and introduced me to the Bible stories. I was given a booklet lessons 1-10, and I went home with it–not with the poison.
I read the book, after which I went to Mama Sarah for more lessons. She took me to our group leader who gave me all of the 68 lessons to copy as she has only one set. I made my copies, have read all of the lessons, and now, I am alive.
The lessons taught me that our lives belong to God. Jesus is always with us even when we feel alone. Jesus knows us better than we know ourselves. Jesus is our JOY.
Jesus gave me my sisters. We read the stories together, and I am no longer lonely. I now have friends who visit, and we share together. I am so grateful for these booklets that have given me life. I am alive because these booklets have replaced the poison.”
May God replace any poison in our lives with His truth.
Wycliffe