Changed Lives: Nicole's StoryMy mum was a single parent and we were going through a financially difficult time... The turning point for me was when my family moved from Johannesburg to Durban. My mum was a single parent and we were going through a financially difficult time. Unbeknown to us, our next door neighbour was praying for us and asking God to make a way for her to come and speak to us about Him. Then one day our post got delivered to her house by mistake and there was the opportunity she had been praying for. We started going to our neighbour’s church and about three months later I just woke up one day and knew that everything the Bible said was true. In our difficult times we found the peace of God. We were quite literally at the end of our own means, but it didn’t matter because God would provide everything we needed. Things were still very hard but we knew that God was with us. I decided to get baptised and since then I can honestly say that I have never looked back. I have not doubted, for one second, God’s existence of the fact that he is guiding me. Over the last eight years I have had to call on God so many times and he has answered faithfully every time. After I finished university, I really wanted to travel overseas but I needed a lot of money and I didn't have it. I decided to look for flights anyway and applied for a passport. I had a couple of friends I thought would be able to lend me the money but they couldn't manage it. A few days later I met an acquantance from university and just mentioned what I hoped to do. Half an hour later he came to me and offered to lend me the money. I couldn't believe it. I barely knew this person and he trusted me with a lot of money. I came to England, found work and was able to pay him back. I'm still learning lots about God and I know that he is an awesome friend and wonderful Father. A lot of people may think that knowing God means a lot of sacrifice - but I just want to say it is so worth it.
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