Turning 28 years was such a sad phase in my life ,I was so scared and felt like i had not achieved as much as i had wanted to and here is my short story and the lessons I learned that season.

Being the firstborn in our family, I thought I’d have accomplished most of the goals I had set by the time I turned 28, yet here I was with no job, after 2 years then of job hunting with no success and the small business that I had started was doing so badly.
I remember I’d cry and ask God why things are falling apart, and I felt like God didn’t love and care for me, but these are the little lies that the devil likes feeding our minds.It was then that the comparison game checked in.

I’d log in to social media platforms and almost every day I would come across a post about guys sharing how their businesses are doing well yet my own was failing badly (can anyone relate?) or someone secured a job when they least expected, or one enjoying their holiday. It was a tough time but I am grateful for my dear husband, family, and friends who kept encouraging me not to give up.
The lessons learned from that period were so profound and anyone in their late twenties you might feel the pressure, but this is what I learned and maybe you can pick a few that will help you push through this process.

1. Never compare yourself to anyone, God created each of us uniquely and there is a great purpose that He wants us to accomplish and no one else can do that task apart from you. Let your mind see the positive things and always speak positive things about yourself that’s how you get to defeat the little lies that the devil feeds our minds that we are not enough.
2. Identify something that you love doing, i.e. cooking, baking, singing, etc. Pursue it and this will keep your mind occupied. This might develop into a passion and you could make money out of it.
3. Have friends that you can confide in, I learned that it’s important to surround yourself with people that speak and see greatness in you, for this will help you focus on the end goal. I remember I would call my friends and share with them how I felt, and they would speak positive words and remind me that this is a phase and soon it would be over.
4. Let God lead and guide you, I realized that without God I could not do anything, despite how I felt about God, deep down in my heart I knew God cared and loved me.
   I am thankful for that phase, for I have become a better person and I am still learning.

Blessings!

I remember as a child many are the times I got to hear from my parents that I needed to be an obedient child or I’d face the disciplinary action of not obeying and being a child, there was no choice but to oblige, and I was neither spared when I went to Sunday school for the same thing was taught. But as I grew older something changed, and having a mind of my own, changed how I viewed obedience for it came from a selfish point of view, but I thank God for His grace for obedience to God means to hear, trust, submit and surrender to God. The Bible has timeless examples of people who walked in obedience and one, in particular, is the story of Noah, this man was the only one that was found righteous by God, and the Bible says that Noah pleased God and found favour because he loved God and obeyed him with his whole heart. As a result, Noah set an example for his entire generation. Although everyone around him followed the evil in their hearts, Noah followed God. Does your life and my life set an example, or are we negatively influenced by the people around us?

When we grow older obedience seems like an uphill task yet it’s the most fulfilling, this seems to be a huge struggle for most people, you feel entitled to your opinions and therefore no need to follow certain regulations set, at times it could be a simple task or requirement set at our workplaces like being at work on time, yet most people don’t see the value of keeping time yet this is for us to become good stewards of time. But God keeps reminding us of the rewards of obeying when He instructs us to do so.

Five years back, I was in a relationship that I thought would lead to marriage, but we were not equally yoked, God had asked me to move from the relationship and I was adamant and I gave God all the reasons why I needed to stay but when God speak His word then it can’t return to Him in void, the events that kept happening to me for not obeying, hurt me so badly yet God had given an opportunity to obey Him. But God literally had to pluck me out, and the moment I stepped out of that relationship I met my dear husband 😊.

I Am reminded today that when God calls us to walk in Obedience we should honour Him by accepting His call, there is so much to benefit from just by walking in obedience. Abraham was asked to sacrifice his son whom he loved dearly and I bet Abraham was crushed to the core but he choose to obey and we see God making him the father of many nations what a great honour that God gave him. If he chose to disobey God then we won’t be existing today.

In conclusion, our obedience to God should be an act of worship to him, and it should prove our love for Him and the faith we have in Him. My challenge to us is, let’s obey God as He calls us to do so, for this is a blessing for generations.

Blessings!

Am so grateful for all of you and for the support and also hearing how God is speaking to us through this story.

Upon my arrival back to the nigerian guy,he didn’t seem as welcoming still, but I had prayed to God to soften his heart and agree to give me maybe a part time job as I had learnt from my fellow Kenyan lady that he was also an agent.Anyway he let me in the house and this time I found another lady from Ghana who had joined him and my fellow Kenyan lady,to tell you the truth i was somehow happy and worried at the same time because I didn’t know the intention of the Nigerian agent considering the stories I had heard about them taking advantage of ladies and using them as drug traffickers especially in China.

We slept and the next day he called me and he told me that he was willing to help me secure a job, I was super happy for God had answered my prayers just in time. God works in the most amazing ways, the Nigerian guy became my friend introduced me to one of the best schools to work on part time basis and I had an experience of being an English teacher(not qualified though) for two weeks😊,the school would send a driver to pick and drop me ,things were starting to look up but it was shortlived as we had to travel back to yiwu city to get our passports.

God is indeed Awesome,when we decided to head back to yiwu city the Nigerian guy decided to travel with us and he helped us book our tickets which would not have been possible because we didn’t have our original passports but thankfully he had a contact that helped us with the bookings. Our trip was really awesome until we arrived. Our Kenyan agent was not expecting us, so when he saw us he felt like running away because all this time he had mentioned to us that he had picked our passports from the Embassy which turned out it was a lie.

Once we learnt about our passports we contacted the Nigerian guy(our friend) and aired our frustrations and the situation awaiting us, God used him again, I remember the call and he said with the Nigerian accent ‘don’t worry I have an agent who will help you get your passports back meet me at this place in the next 30 minutes ‘ by then we had re united with the other lady that we had left at yiwu city , we hugged each other and cried as we headed to me the Nigerian guy.

We met the Nigerian guy and the Chinese agent and we were instructed on what to do and of course at a fee and thank God for the opportunity I had secured for the money I got would help me settle the fee.The Chinese agent informed us to be at the embassy at a certain time and also on what to say when asked questions all this time our Nigerian guy was accompanying us and am reminded that God will use anyone to become a blessing to you in ways you can’t even imagine because He loves us so much despite our situations and circumstances. We got our passports back but there was a catch to it.

My passport could not be extended longer for I had a tourist visa😢 my hope’s were crushed again and the worst part was that I had to exit China in two day’s,I had my return ticket with me but upon checking it was a fake one, I was crushed and I questioned the Kenyan agent why he did all that to us but that seemed not to bother him, so I called home and explained to mum the whole situation and I thank God for her she had to look for money so that I get a ticket for the next available flight, thankfully my brother who work’s at the airport was able to do that.

On the travel day, things happened, I got to the airport and my phone decided to crush and my brother had not sent my ticket number I tried all I could asking for help from people but no one was willing , I asked God to send help my way such that the next person I talk to would be willing to assist, and sure enough God answered my prayer again , this time it was a guy from Uganda he offered his phone, I called my brother got the ticket number and to say the least my Ugandan friend was with me till I checked in and he even helped with the luggage.And that’s how I got back to my homeland Kenya safe and sound .It was such a relief

Why I shared this story is to encourage anyone going through season and situations that don’t seem to end, know that God cares and He is preparing you for greater things, I look back and see how God was refining me,like the way gold has to go through fire for it to be refined and the end product is usually a beautiful thing, same way God was preparing me and am grateful for that season despite the pain. Trust the process and wait on God.

Praying for anyone of you going through such seasons, hold on and indue time you will testify

Blessings 💖

Thank you everyone for taking time to read my story on my previous blog…we continue this week.

China gave me an experience that no class or training would have given me and that is to totally and dependently rely on GOD in all circumstances and situations that life throws at you.

Two weeks after our arrival,things changed for the worst; first off we started having one meal a day and we would spend the whole day exploring the markets around the City we were in(something that am grateful for)for I now know,when I am make my next trip to China,ill know where to go to. Anyway,we would make calls home to request for money to help us survive. I remember this day that we didn’t have enough money to buy food and we survived on strong tea(strungi) and three small buns and I asked God why He allowed me to leave my country home (Kenya) to suffer in a foreign country! But this season taught me to seek God more and pray even more.

After another week of empty promises from the agent, we got a call that an opportunity had come up and two of us had to travel to a different city for the same.I took a 30 hour train ride and to tell you the truth,i have never been that tired and exhausted my whole life.Funny part is the glances i’d get from my fellow passengers, they were really intriguing as they have probably never come across a ‘ dark’ person in their lifetime.I made a friend whom i’d say was God sent cause he really helped me in maneuvering around the city after arrival.

Upon arrival,I called my contact person and to my surprise, she stated that there were no jobs available! However, she would refer me to a contact whom she thought had jobs available.

I went to Mc donalds (my first time being in that establishment ) and i cried my heart out, many thoughts ran through my mind and I wondered how one could do such a thing to a person.In the middle of my crying moments, i got a call from a nigerian guy who ended up being rude to me but eventually he asked me to proceed to his house. I was overjoyed when I met some fellow Kenyan in the same house but the down side was, there was no electricity and the winter season was beginning (I had to shower with really cold water 😢). The nigerian guy sat me down and told me that indeed there were no jobs and our agent had played games on us and I had to make my way back to where I’d come from the next day. I broke down..and went to the room I had been allocated to. I cried till I slept.

The next day, I woke up prepared and left. Upon arrival at the train station, I called my agent to inform him of the ordeal, I was so angry at him and vented to him for 20mins and I hang up. I remember telling him that I need a solution in the next 20 minutes but it ended up being a whole day of waiting,during this time I was spending time between Mc donalds and KFC (without really having to spend money) as I waited for the agent to book my ticket back to Yiwu city. This was very risky, for if you are found idling in the streets, you will have a case to answer.

At about 5.00pm, I called the agent after making so many calls during the day, and he informed me that he was not able to get me a ticket but he’s looking for money to send me so that I get to book a hotel for the night, which he eventually did to my relief. I withdrew the money and started looking for hotels but then they could not book me in as I didn’t have my passport with me. This was about 6.30pm and I remember standing in the streets and I broke down and I asked God for a miracle. Indeed God is truly amazing; after saying that prayer, I met a couple that was passing by and I greeted them (for I had learnt a bit of Chinese) and God used them to help me. We were communicating with our phones where I’d type something in English and it would translate into Chinese. The couple helped me till I got a solution and that was to go back to the nigerian guy.

To be continued …

Blessings!!

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I have always wanted to visit China thanks to my late dad who gave us beautiful stories about this country after visiting.My interest in business drew me to love China and i remember after my dad came back home,he had so many business cards of the factories and the businesses he had visited and i was so excited and asked God to provide an opportunity for me to visit China one day so that i get to have an almost or even better experience than my late dad.

2014 was one of my difficult seasons in my life and had prayed to God to allow me to visit China that year and little did i know how soon God would answer that Prayer.Around July i met two gentlemen who were agents and they mentioned to me that there were teaching jobs opportunities in China and they were really paying so well.I could not resist this opportunity, for i was beyond excited.I shared the news with my Mum and siblings and they supported me with the decision of me leaving for china.

The visa application process took longer than expected and i was getting impatient and again I asked God if it was His will for me to travel to China ,to allow the agents call me that week to give me the good news and before the end of that week my visa had gone through ,i was super happy.I had a meeting with the agents and they briefed me on what was expected of me to prepare for the job,there were fees i had to make for them to facilitate the whole process.During that period i met two ladies that had been recruited and we were to travel together ,how joyful was this to know i had my fellow ladies and Kenyans to do life with in China.

September 1st we arrived in China together with one of the agents, the weather was not really welcoming as it was the end of summer and beginning of autumn,the humidity was out of this world i wondered how does even one survive in such environment as i have never experienced something like that before. We got a cab and had to transit to a different city which was about 3 hrs away this was not as discussed with the agents but we kept our calm and waited.

We arrived at Yiwu city which amazingly was such a beautiful city and i would later learn that its a business hub,but our expectations were not met as we were taken to an old apartment and we were assured we would be moved to a better space, little did we know that conversation would end there. Inshort we shared a single room and also shared a bed three of us.

To be continued on the next blog…please stay tuned.

Blessings!

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