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TESTIMONY OF HIV/AIDS HEALING!
28th May 2010
We have recently received this amazing story from Dihlabeng Church in Clarens...
Jemina’s Testimony:
She got tested last year in June. She was tested by Dr Jeremy [who was attending Dihlabeng at the time].
Her result was HIV positive. Dr Jeremy send her to the clinic to confirm the results. She also tested positive at the clinic. Then they took her blood to the laboratory. And her cd4 was 750 [consistent with an otherwise healthy person carrying the HIV virus].
How do you feel after hearing that you are HIV +?I had a shock, and I was also afraid because I think that I am going to die! But I try not to show people that I just heard this terrible news.
I could not sleep at night. I had lots of questions in my mind with no answers. I told Topsy [Topsy leads People of Hope, our HIV/AIDs ministry] about my status and she encouraged me a lot. But when I am alone this thing came to my mind and torment me. I struggled to accept this for a month and I could not sleep well for a month.
After a month, I said to myself that there is no need for me to be anxious about this thing of HIV. And I said to myself I need to tell God about this because there is nothing that I can do. Every night when I had a sleepless nights, I used to pray to God and telling Him about my sickness.
After I spend lots of time telling God all this, I felt his peace coming into my heart. I felt Him removing all the stress, shame etc that I had for such a long time. It was even difficult for me to tell my family that I am HIV positive.
After I received this peace, I decided to come fourth every Sunday to be prayed for. I did this for the whole 8 months. I was saying to God, “please heal me, I give my health to you because you know everything about me and now I present everything to you God”. I felt his peace all over my heart, mind and body and I started to feel bold in me that I am healed. I told the other lady in our church my status, and she encouraged me to share this to my children!! But I find it very difficult.
This year in February, I felt faith raising up in me. And I felt in my heart that I am healed.
Sunday the 18th April 2010, we had HIV/Aids Sunday in our church, and then I told myself that I am going to test again.
I told Topsy, and she agreed with me. Firstly I was tested by Dave Farr [a nurse from the UK volunteering in SA/Lesotho] and I tested negative. I asked Dr Liam Selfridge [member of the church, who is a consultant at the regional hospital] to test me again with another test just to confirm. And I tested negative. I felt like jumping, shouting, I didn’t know what to do. I was so happy I couldn’t contain myself. I felt like telling everybody that Jesus healed me!!!!
I told Dr Liam that I am taking the medication from the clinic [Bactrim]. The Dr asked me to stop taking that medication because I am healed.
He sends me back to the clinic with the referral letter, to ask the clinic to do another test. Then on Monday I went to the clinic.
At the clinicThey first didn’t want to do the test to me. The sister in charge was very rude, she didn’t want even to read the letter from the Doctor. We had these arguments for 15min before they agrees to do the test. They said to me that the test that the doctor wants me to do is very expensive and I don’t have money for that!! But they end up doing it.
They asked me to come after a week to fetch my result. Before the Lay Counselor told me my result, she first asked me what I we doing/using at our church [meaning witchcraft]. I said to them we pray nothing else. She didn’t believe me, she thought that maybe there is something that we are using. I told her that our weapon is the prayer only. I asked her what are my results, I told her that I believe God healed me. She told me that the results came back negative.
For all this time, I was asking God to do a miracle for me. I don’t read or write, but I keep on saying to God: “I heard my leaders saying that you do miracles, you heal every diseases, please Lord heal me, I know that you have power to heal every sickness.”
And God came to heal me and I am so grateful to Him.
My encouragement to others...I will like to say to everybody, who is facing difficulties in their lives, God is able to do everything. Please trust Him always and He will give the desire of your hearts.
THIS WEEK
THURSDAY
Morning Prayer
The Source 6:30 AM
FRIDAY
Morning Prayer
The Source 6:30 AM
Youth Group
Community Church, 5 Ways 7:00 PM
SATURDAY
Prayer Meeting
The Source 8:30 AM
Freedom In Christ
SUNDAY
Sunday Service
Buxton Community School 10:30 AM
Youth & Children's Workers
Andy & Heather's 4:30 PM
MONDAY
Freedom In Christ
The Source 7:00 PM
TUESDAY
Morning Prayer
The Source 6:30 AM
WEDNESDAY
Youth Cell
Andy & Heather's 6:30 PM