28 Pauling Rd, Suburbs, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
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What an amazing journey!

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I had come to a point in my life where everything was hard and everything was dark. I was so overwhelmed with grief, missing my mum so much and not knowing how I would proceed with the next steps of my life. Going through the counseling showed me that there was so much more overshadowing me than I realized or cared to admit. I was able to dig deeper. I was met with such love, warmth, encouragement, no judgment and professionalism.  A tender balance of teaching without rebuking, true guidance. I was able to be myself, open up, and share things I had never dreamed I’d ever talk about. The shadow began to lift and I could see the light. Even now as I have learned to identify the thoughts that held me captive for years, experiences I had forgotten and things I was completely unaware of, I am illuminated. And even as I step into new chapters of my life, I have been empowered.

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These are not just words but my reality and I would enthusiastically recommend this journey to everyone particularly those who want to confront themselves dig deeper and make a fresh start

  MS

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My experience at Life in the Light was a wonderful four weeks and I feel my gains from this process will make all the difference on my journey of life. The thoroughness of self-review was very challenging

and I appreciated the detail of the guided prayers. I highly recommend others to embark on this

Journey to Wholeness.                                                       

  MW

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I really appreciated the opportunity to express myself in a safe environment. I learned so much about myself and what I learned has led to positive changes in my life. I am so grateful for the love, encouragement and teaching that I received. I have already recommended the Journey to Wholeness programme to a lot of people and I am praying those people will respond.

I have been helped so much and I know everyone needs to go through this programme.                

  TK

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The most helpful aspect of my counselling/coaching was learning the truth – God’s truth – about how He intends us to live our lives, especially in the area of forgiveness. I honestly loved every session and everything I learnt made perfect sense and was very helpful. I actually understand myself much better now. I just wish everyone would get the chance to experience the same counselling/coaching I have received. It’s life changing.                                                                                                                                                MS

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We arrived at Life in the Light Ministries lost, afraid, confused and in complete distress. We approached with the hope that we would get the help that we were so desperately seeking and in so much need of.

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From the first day we entered through that security gate into that peaceful and tranquil white building passing through a small garden of welcoming plants. We were greeted with the most welcome smile and such compassion that we were able to be honest from that moment. Even with the paperwork with such overwhelming questions we were guided and assisted with such diligence and made confident to be open.

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Separating us as husband and wife was essential from day one and God has been working through this spiritual family to make us stronger than ever. My husband has accepted the Lord as his Saviour now and together we have grown stronger each day. Our goliaths may have felt huge but with the team praying with us and for us and with their guidance, I have tackled them all. I was strong enough to deal with all my personal issues and in the end I was finally able to totally forgive everyone that has ever done anything to me.

 

For the first time in decades, I have been set free from my chains.  

​Thank you.

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The group counselling on Wednesdays has been very successful. The children feel that they’re able to ask questions (concerning the topic or not), openly express their views as well as their experiences.

Students really look forward to Wednesdays as they feel that the Word is not being imposed on them and this has helped in setting a good foundation for their spiritual growth in terms of reading their Bibles. We have witnessed a change in their attitudes’ towards the things of God as they have shown interest and commitment to their sessions.

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The Counsellors have been patient with them hence allowing them the freedom to talk about their daily challenges such as sex, drugs and Occultic activity in their past and because of this, they love the fact that fellow group members have also experienced the exact same problems and they are able to share with each other encouraging testimonies as well as accept some advice from the Counsellors – allowing dialogue in the sessions on relevant topics. For example: they have been taking most of their free time at school to study the Word in groups without having to be told – something we have not seen in the past with other school programmes. The students are keen and excited and have even requested more time with the Counsellors as they feel the two hours in not enough.

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It has really been a life changing experience and very relevant to the young people at the school.

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I have been trying to get this testimony perfect…. But eventually realized

 

It’s impossible to describe in words the different person that God has made me on the inside.  Every time I think about it I am overwhelmed with incredible amazement at God and profound joy!  These verses in 2 Corinthians 5:17 & John 8:36  have taken on a totally new meaning in my life: “therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” and  “If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed!” (Exclamation my own because I finally understand, with utter exuberance, what it means to be set free!!)

 

My journey to freedom all began when I decided to attend Life in the Light Ministries counselling training.  I just wanted to learn how to better interact with people, little did I realize God had a far more glorious plan for me there.  As part of the training Pastor Wayne Nel came to speak about “The Father’s Blessing”… it was then that it hit me with a flood of uncontrollable emotion that, for over 30 years, I’d been holding on to resentment, anger, bitterness, hurt , disappointment and loads of other mixed emotions over not having my father in my life.  I didn’t know I was that badly affected.  As that day’s training drew to a close we were urged to come for counselling if we felt we couldn’t deal with anything on our own, I knew then that I needed to go.  It wasn’t an easy process emotionally but every single step was well worth it. 

 

Some of the most profound experiences I had were in my last two sessions as we went through the different prayers, I felt as though several yarns of binding were being unwound from my head and pulled away and I was set free from a spirit of fear and control.  Another major one was when I finally received my Father’s blessing, it was just as if God Himself was talking to me and said “my child you’re no longer a little girl, now you’re a woman” I cannot explain it to you but for all the years I saw myself as a little girl in my mind but after I heard that something clicked inside me and I knew I was a blessed WOMAN! I praise God every day for this new freedom and I’d just like to say THANK YOU to the Team at Life in the Light,  you are amazing and I thank God for the awesome work that you are doing and that He is doing through you.  May God continually bless you throughout this ministry! 

 

C.K