My Testimony
My mother has a farm where we go as a family during holidays and help her.
Usually when we are not there we used to have one or two workers to help her
around the farm and of course a small boy to attend the cattle. Due to financial
difficulties that we were facing as a family we were not able to hire labour for
our mother and she had only a small boy to rely on. All l could do was pray for
her that he may get someone to help her since the boy was too small to do all
the chores but nothing materialized. Time was running out and she needed to
build a house before rainy seasons since the one she was living in had problems
and was leaking all over.
She managed to gather some materials on her own but still she had a challenge.
Though she paid the builders their wages they needed water to do the job. The
nearest river is about 5km from home and she needed about 3 to 4 drums of water
thus 210L ea drum. Though she had drums she didn't have money or even couch-cart
to fetch the water with. When l called her saying that l was praying that God
sent someone to help you and she laughed and said I'll pray that God gives me
more energy to fetch that water and insisted that she will fetch a drum per day
using 20L buckets to fill the drum.
It was a simple task if you have all the equipment but it was indeed huge task
to her since she was going to do this by herself imagining the route she was
going to use the one with cliffs here there and at her age and that she was
going to make 9 to 10 trips l felt that lump at my heart that l could not
explain but could not dispute about it as she was willing to do this. L tried to
talk to her so that she can look for labour from our neighbours and who l will
pay later but it was unfruitful. The river was almost dry and needed one to dug
though the sand about half a meter here and there to get water as signified by
one who wanted to help and was too costly to hire him. Well we told her to do
that on her own pace whilst we pray that God guide her.
She fetched about 60L of water and she was tired and sat home to rest for a
while it way past lunchtime. When suddenly there was a thick cloud over her
homestead. She ran around in total surprise not knowing what was happening.
Putting hens in their cage and there was no time for her to look for Gibson our
small helper to come home and it started raining heavily followed by
thunderstorms.
There is a small hole which was dug last season which is half a metre width by
half metre in length and half a metre in depth which was dug whilst they wanted
to harvest. When my mom saw rainwater collecting in that hole she was glad her
problem was over. Without waiting for the rains to subside she started
collecting water for the builders in her drums and all were full to the bream.
Just after filling the drums the rains stopped. Our neighbours were totally
surprised about the event and she too was shocked because it only rained in our
homestead only. Our fields were dry, our neighbours saw the cloud and smell the
fresh start of rains when it poured but it never rained in their fields too.
Everybody was amazed by what had happened. Every cloud vanished in the sky and
was as hot as before. Other villagers around out village came to see this
miracle with disbelief some saying this is witchcraft and so forth but we as a
family we give glory to God when God does what is beyond everyman's imagination
or assumption their line of thinking is only devil can do this.
That's my testimony and may God bless your ministry.
Esther Mbombi
mbombie@zimasco.co.zw