Sedgley International Christian Ministries

 

 

 

Thursday July 12 2012

Maria's testimony

 

 

I grew up in a Catholic family, my mother would sent me to church regularly until I got the confirmation at age of 14. I thought I  was fine, I did all I needed before God, so I decided do not go to church anymore, it was boring.

As I grew up I questioned myself about the meaning of life, but couldn’t find the answer. I had good job, many friend, but no happiness, no satisfaction for whatever I did. I started to blame God for my sadness and questioning His existence.

One night I had a dream, in the dream God called me by name and when I realized it was God who called me, I started to surrender to Him asking for forgiveness and putting myself in His hands. That dream was a reality to me, I experienced the new birth.

I started to attend catholic church regularly again and I became involved with some activities and also a children catechist teacher. Reading the bible the Lord showed to me all the wrong doctrines in the Catholic church, so I started to search for the truth. The Lord send me some believers who directed me to the truth, so I started to attend the evangelical church.

The truth set me free and God put in my heart the desire to serve Him as a missionary. It wasn’t easy for me, but after 4 years God open the door to go, so I left my secular job to be a missionary in 1989.

For 4 years I served in Italy with an International Evangelistic Team and while I was there God told me to serve Him in China. I didn’t want accept, because in my mind since childhood there was Africa, but God gave so many confirmations that I had to obey.

I went to England to learn English and to do my Theological studies. But the door to China was shut, I went back home and become very involved with my home  evangelical church. Finally after many years of preparation and waiting for the Lord in 2003 I reached China. The Lord used me powerfully, He saved many people through my testimony and ministry.

By His grace a church was planted. I started to train the Locals to became leaders and soon they got also the vision to go and preach the Gospel in the villages, putting at risk their lives. God used them too, in 2 different villages they baptized those who believed and started trainings to them.

Just in the pick of my ministry, God told me that my time in China was going to have an end. One year later while I was preparing to leave China I met Samuel who is now my husband and the Lord showed us the plan He had for  us.

We got married last March and came to Cape Coast to serve and fulfill God’s calling for our lives.