ELLEN NKONJERA TESTIMONY

My name is Ellen Nkonjera. I am sixteen years old, I was born and raised in Zimbabwe. I was brought up going to a church but I wasn't Born Again. I used to think that there was no point in life at all. I believed that Jesus was alive and that he died on the cross but I didn't know that he died for my sins.

I didn't even think that I was a sinner.

In June 2003 violence in Zimbabwe got so bad that I nearly lost my life, so my mum and I had to move to England. As I didn't go to church my behavior got worse, and I started hanging round with the wrong people that my mum didn't like. I was playing out till late, and I lost respect for everyone.

 I didn't even speak to my mum, I just shouted and screamed at her. She ended up going into hospital because of depression and heart failure, but I still dint care or have any sympathy for her. I knew that my mum was stressed because my dad had been killed just before we left Zimbabwe. She always told me to go to church but I always had an excuse not to go. 

One day I was walking down the street with my mum and someone gave us a flyer. It was during the Summer holidays, so I thought I would go just once. I thought it was alright so I went to a concert the next weekend. The preaching I heard there was really convicting, and I could feel God speaking to me. I responded to God that day and I got saved.

Since that day I have felt a change in me, before I felt drowned in sin, but now Jesus has washed it away. I stopped hanging around with the wrong people.

Four months later my mum came to church and got saved.

I know by the blood of Jesus I will never be the same again.