Voice in the Night: The True Story of a Man and the Miracles That Are Changing Africa by Surprise Sithole

Author:Surprise Sithole [Sithole, Surprise]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Featuring, Arica, Biography
ISBN: 9780800795238
Amazon: 0800795237
Publisher: Chosen Books
Published: 2012-02-01T22:00:00+00:00

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A Hunger for Knowledge

Because I had witnessed such a massacre and so much evil, my relationship with Jesus changed after that night. Before, Jesus had been the most important thing in my life—by far. Now having lived through this horrendous event I felt that nothing else mattered; I felt that anything that earthly life offered was only an illusion that could evaporate in a moment and that anything I did that was not done for God was a waste of time.

I therefore decided to leave my career in nursing and devote myself to full-time ministry. By the grace of God I had always enjoyed great favor as a preacher of the Gospel, even though I was barely out of my teens. When I went into villages to preach, the people could have dismissed me because of my youth. Instead they treated me with respect and listened with interest to what I had to say. Even in the churches I attended, men and women who were much older and who had been following Christ for much longer than I had gave me honor and respect. Still, I was lacking in my knowledge and understanding of God’s Word, and I hungered to know more. I wanted to go to Bible school.

One night, as I was waiting before God, I suddenly felt that He wanted me to go to South Africa. South Africa, Lord? I asked. I had never been there and was not particularly anxious to go. I had heard about apartheid, and I knew that black people were often mistreated in South Africa.

Johannesburg, I felt Him say. That was all.

Over the next few days I prayed often for further instructions, but none came. Meanwhile the feeling that I was supposed to go to Johannesburg grew stronger. I did not know anyone there; I did not know where I was to go when I got there. But I knew I was supposed to go, and I figured that God would take care of the rest. It seemed He wanted me to trust Him one step at a time, and I had learned that He is completely trustworthy.

So, trusting Him, I bought my tickets. I had enough money for an airplane ticket to Maputo and a train ticket from there to Johannesburg. I said good-bye to my friends and set out on a new chapter of my life.

It was early morning on January 3, 1990, when the train pulled into Johannesburg. My mouth fell open when I saw the sun glinting off the tall buildings. I had been in some fairly large cities before, but I had never seen anything like this. After the train rolled to a stop, I sat rooted to my chair for a few minutes, taking in the grandeur of this huge city of glass and steel. Finally it occurred to me that I was the only one still on board, so I snatched up the small bag I had brought, which contained all of my worldly possessions, and headed down the stairs to .

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