For my birthday this year I would like to do things differently and appreciate all the people who have played a role, either great or small, in shaping the young woman that I am. Firstly, I thank the Almighty God, my father, my friend, my provider, my protector, my love, my all for my life and for continually teaching me how to be more like Him. I have made lots of mistakes, taken detours and slowed down on my journey but He remained faithful and each time lovingly waited for me to turn around and realize that He had always been there. I thank Him for caring me when I was too weak to carry on. I thank Him for being my comfort and oh Lord, my strength. I am who I am and where I am in faith that Gods love is sufficient and I thank Him for His word that have been a constant reminder that I am never alone. Thank you for the convictions and the brokenness. I am proud to be Your daughter Simakadze wemazulu nemhlaba nakokonke lokwadalwa nguwe. Now Father, I thank you for DrBetty Dlamini who you brought into my life as a mother who taught me about you. I thank you for giving you the biggest heart and a humble soul. She became a mother to me and today I look back and I am in awe of what You have done in my life, work that started in the year 2000. I thank you for my brothers, Abraham and Abdul who were always there when I was a kid and took me to church with them. With them I felt protected and loved, I knew that I was their little sister for whom they were willing to fight armies for. Thank you for the countless lessons that I learnt from them. Thank You for my Mother(May Her Soul RIP) who even though she did not go to church with us, she woke us up on Sundays and made sure that we got ready in time for church. I remember how she would always ask about church was. She was a strong woman and I thank You Lord that you chose her to bring me to this world. I also thank you for my awesome aunt who like my mother made sure that we never missed church and school. She became my first guardian after mothers passing. I thank you for a love so pure from her and that she could love me as her own child. Father I thank you for my father through whom you taught me how a woman is meant to be treated as for me he represented the best love I have ever seen from a man. Though he is gone, know the kind of love that I want in my life.The 1 Corinthians 13 kind of love. Lord I thank you for my sister Mary Nothando Fisokuhle Bulunga, who taught me that in all situations I must pray. Even when I had been bullied at school, when I reported at home, her response would be let us pray. Thank you Lord that through her I learned the power of prayer and saw one person through which scripture comes alive. She lovingly taught us warfare prayer. The likes of Psalms 91 which even today carries me through wars. I thank you for her amazing heart and for teaching me to love even when it hurts. I thank her for loving me selflessly even when the world did not understand. I thank her for never giving up on me(and she just sent me a happy birthday text). I would like to thank the Bushu and Sishwashwa families who went out of their way to mentor my family and pray for us. I have Christian Thabo Munyinda Sishwashwa as a brother and Paul Bushu as a brother. I will forever treasure them. I thank the Imphilo Yami Insurance brokers team in Swaziland that financed my primary and secondary school education without ever meeting me but just believing in me and my potential. I thank Nothando Notty Ncongwane, Tallitta Adams, Clarrissa Thîçk-mâdämé Adams, MaBhekzo SN NxuMalo for being my friends in secondary school and teaching me to be a better friend. All of you are awesome and I love you dearly. Oh Joelma Kine you are a beautiful person and I appreciate the times we spent together at school. I thank you Lord for Mr. Mavela Shongwe who after seeing me on the Swazi Observer expressing my wish to attend U-Tech called my sister and told her to pack my bags and get me to the school.There I was introduced to people that helped me grow spiritually,emotionally and socially. My Metrons were cool and I met another mother Mrs Mashwama who believed in me so much that everyone knew that I was her baby girl. My journey with the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation began with my interview with Julian Hewitt who then was used by God to advice me in line with my destiny. When I had to make important decisions he reminded me that I am not alone and that I should never get discouraged. He constantly reminded me that my struggles were going to be temporal if I just focused on my destiny. In the two years at Waterford Kamhlaba I learned that I was loved and appreciated beyond what I imagined. I thank God for Mr Storer who supported me while I was at the school and reminded me that anything was possible if I work hard enough for it. Mr Storer was the one person who understood my wish to study in South Africa instead of the United States of America. My journey Waterford Kamhlaba would not have been the same without the amazing family that I had, and friends. Nkosingiphile Shongwe, my lovely sister who continues to be an inspiration. Nosimilo Prudence Khumalo, my sister, my friend, my prayer partner, my roomie. The tears we cried and laughter we shared, the tight hugs and reassuring smiles. I am thankful for rescuing me and for loving me so dearly. You are amazing Prudy, I will love you always.To the girl who laughs with me, cries with me,laughs at me,prays for and with me,my confidant,my partner in crime Lungile Mtembu, I love you my friend. Only the Lord is faithful enough to have brought us through. She always said powerful things hey like: Gods love will not take you where His grace will not sustain you :) Vanessa Chilunda sithandwa sami, I thank God for all the ups and downs we had. For pushing me when I neeeded it and pulling me where I needed it. Nothizile Jullian my love, you are beautiful, inside and out and I praise God for giving me a sister and friend like you. Oh and my brothers; William Hatungimana, Sylvester Mhlanga, Landiso Madonsela, Lelo Matsebula, Thabiso Dlamini , Tatenda Mashanda the list is endless. You are all very special and thank you for being there when I needed you, for sharing the word of God with me, helping me with school work where I struggled and offering your advice and words of encouragement. I am grateful for my Allan Gray Orbis Foundation family. Everyone of you is amazing and I am still learning from you, both talent and CFs. The Rhodes Candidate Fellows have been awesome. I have special relationships with each one of you, big brother Selo, Sihle Magubane who has become my brother, Nkateko Governor Manganye and Zikisa Mamkeli Maqubela my two awesome brothers and Voice of Glory fam, Sthabile Abby Mbonambi, you girl are amazing and I love you, Lucille Nthabiseng Moleko with your ever so needed hugs, Refiloe M Kekana my sister and friend who taught me what it really means to be a Proverbs 31 woman. I thank God for my Beit House family, our amazing and loving mother Engela Coetzer Tyson who cares for each of us specially.Thank you to these awesome ladies: Londiwe Thwala, Charlotte Mapfumo, Eunice Motingoe, Isabella Bengu Hermina Malao, Noluvuyo Vuvu Molose, Bonheur Sabz Mzimkulu Kave who make my meal times the best time of the day.My Courtenay-Latimer hall family at large is irreplaceable. Thank you to all of you for teaching me life lessons either directly or indirectly. Marinda Boogie-Love Buhlebakhe Mhlongo you always have a way of making my heart smile and I praise the Lord for you my sister. Thank you for sharing your life with me. Linda Mkwanazi, Kholosa kay Nonkenge, Nobantu Radebe, Bukeka Mboyi, ladies thank you for loving me unconditionally and through you and with you I have grown stronger and my journey to discovering the Father Heart of God would not have been the same. Lethukuthula Kumalo my friend thank you for being so kind, caring, loving and accepting me for who I am,oh and understanding my weird sense of humor. You have always been there through the struggles of geology and I admire your perseverance. You an amazing gift of faith and I thank God for allowing me to learn from you. Tiaan Gerwel, thank you for reminding me that I am nothing without God. Tumelo Thudinyane, I thank God that I can call you a friend and for the lessons that you have taught me and encouragement. Bonheur Sabz Mzimkulu Kave thank you for everything. For being there to listen and to pray with me. Thank you for being a voice of reason when I need one. I love you dearly. Sibusiso Nkambule I thank God that I met you in my life, you taught me invaluable lessons. I am always moved by your mountain moving faith and through you I have witnessed the love of God. You are a testimony and a blessing to everyone who knows you. Thank you Lord for everyones life. I pray that you continue blessing them as they bless others.
Posted on: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 23:59:30 +0000
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