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MATTHEW 18:1-3

AT THAT TIME THE DISCIPLES CAME TO JESUS SAYING 

" WHO IS THE GREATEST IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN ?" AND CALLING TO HIM A CHILD, HE PUT HIM IN THE MIDST OF THEM AND SAID " TRULY I SAY TO YOU, UNLESS YOU TURN AND BECOME LIKE CHILDREN, YOU WILL NEVER ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN."

The Holy Spirit loves to use Children because they are so innocent; they are like sponges, soaking everything in without any hindrance, fully believing and trusting whatever they hear and see.

The LORD has called us to be as one of these walking by Faith. 

We have seen the Holy Spirit use our Children Nyambura & Wambui in different ways at a tender age.

Whenever we went to Church (we were then living in Diani Beach South Coast , Kenya) the Children would carry a pen and notebook to write notes as they saw us do even before they could write.

So at a very early age, The Holy Spirit was working through them revealing their Calling.

Nyambura our 1st born Daughter between 4-5 years old, displayed her Calling as an Evangelist as she stood on top of the table, her skipping rope in her hand

(her microphone like she saw the Pastors do) and preached to her Maid. Her name was Hasira; I wondered how such a name came about  which means anger in Swahili.

She was infact a Muslim and the Holy Spirit did a good work through Nyambura, speaking loud and clear without mincing her words she said " Hasira do you know Jesus ? You have to have Jesus in your heart so you don't go into the fire of hell ! " 

About a month after we arrived in the United States a man of God Prophecied  over my Husband Bishop Francis M. Gathungu; we were in the overflow room  watching him on the screen but he came around to where we were sitting; then he spoke of Bishop's Daughter & said FIRE (The Word)  would come from her mouth. 

When I Pray I Pray for Evangelist Nyambura because the devil is working double time to try and put out that fire. PLEASE Church Pray.

Wambui our 2nd born Daughter at the age of 8 yrs. old would come up and teach us something from the Word before her Daddy Bishop Francis Gathungu gave the Sunday Sermon. 

By now she was writing notes in her Bible as displayed on the photo.

At that age I tried teaching her to play tunes on the piano, which I could play by ear with only one finger at the time.

She took it up and was soon playing very well with both hands, the Lord took her from Glory to Glory; so she played the piano and I sang and her Daddy played the guitar. Our Praise & Worship Team was complete by the leading of the Holy Spirit. 

In 2003 a year after we arrived in the US before we started the Ministry, I had a Dream which I didn't fully understand but I decided to tell my Daughter Nyambura (who was just 7 yrs. old) about it.

I dreamt I was walking in a park where it was most evident a crowd of people  had gathered and left, as there were pieces of paper all over the grass.

Then I saw a HUGE tree which looked like a huge flower and the petals began to open one by one, until the flower was in full bloom; like a huge magnificent LOTUS FLOWER. 

(As I am writing this Testimony I started to wonder about the LOTUS flower. I found out it is a symbol of PURITY because it rises from the mud without stains. Then the Holy Spirit said in my spirit: just like we were taken from the dust and have been purified by the BLOOD OF JESUS. 

The Lotus is also a symbol of REBIRTH & STRENGTH. It is things like this that the Holy Spirit does that just blows me away so to speak because He had never revealed this to me until now. I can't even express how I feel : EXHILIRATED ! could be the closest word. Words are not enough).

So the huge LOTUS FLOWER was standing Majestically in the middle of the Park, looking Beautiful in Full BLOOM. 

Before arriving in US the Lord had given us that Vision about doing outdoor Crusades like we do in Africa; so I knew what the Park and the gathering of people meant but wasn't sure about the LOTUS FLOWER with it's opening petals. I was just telling my Daughter what I dreamt but she took me by surprise when she started interpreting it.

She said it was about Daddy's Ministry. The petals were opening one by one as Daddy is preparing the Ministry; when all the petals have opened in full BLOOM the Ministry will be ready to begin.

That was so true as we hadn't started our Ministry yet but were serving in JCC here in US which we had been  attending in Mombasa Kenya. 

We were very excited as the Lord continued to confirm the Vision.

The devil was furious. 

The following day we went to the Park to celebrate our Daughter Wambui's Birthday.

Her Dad the Bishop had carried some bikes along so when  riding , as he was going over the curb the handle came off and he landed on the ground. We were a little distance away so didn't quite see what happened but a crowd started to gather so our Friend Tony Makundi told us what happened.  We went over there and I felt as if my legs would give way when I saw my Husband. One of his bottom eyelids had been injured and was hanging down bleeding. The eye ball was however intact. Tony drove us to  the hospital so he could get treatment at the Philip's Eye Institute. 

The Doctor said my Husband's tear duct also known as the CANALICULUS which carries the tears to the tear well had been cut. They operated put a rubber tear duct and stitched the eye lid. They covered the eye with a patch; we went back home until it healed. After healing they took off the patch.  After complete healing; he was washing his face one morning and the rubber tear duct came out onto his hand. He took it and threw it into the garbage. We laughed about it; apparently the Lord didn't think he needed a piece of rubber in his face and inserted His own. What an AMAZING God we serve, full of humor too !

So in the fullness of time we went Preaching in the Parks. That Testimony will be for another time.

So after some time; I cant remember how long I was telling a Friend of ours Apostle Grace about how Nyambura interpreted my dream. She said she had a dream which she would like to tell Nyambura about it.

I don't remember every word she said but the concept

is that she dreamt of a ship with PRECIOUS CARGO on it.

Nyambura's response was that the Precious Cargo were the Souls that were going to be saved in her Ministry. 

A couple of days ago I was led by the Holy Spirit to meditate on the meaning of ARK. I was curious about this. There is :

* NOAH'S ARK

* THE ARK OF THE COVENANT

And to my surprise I found out that the *Basket that carried Baby Moses on the waters of the Nile is also known as an ARK in Hebrew.

An ARK therefore is a Vessel carrying something PRECIOUS. 

The Holy Spirit is so so AMAZING !

The Dream that the Apostle had & its interpretation is indeed a Powerful Revelation, which also came to me recently. 

Our Daughters have now grown up with a mind of their own. I believe these Gifts are still there to be recaptured again. When I Pray for Wambui, I address her as a Teacher of the Word , Praise & Worship Leader & EvangelistNyambura , Interpreter of Dreams.

Church Please Pray for our Daughters.

I continue to stand on this Promise :

Proverbs 22:6

New King James Version

6 Train up a child in the way he should go,

And when he is old he will not depart from it.

MAY THE ALMIGHTY GOD BE HIGHLY PRAISED, FOR HE ALONE IS WORTHY. 

AMEN.

4th. February 2023

I Praise the Almighty God for His Faithfulness, as I celebrate my Spiritual Birthday today 4th. February when I got Born Again in the Spirit in 1996 ( a day after my Father's 1st. Anniversary  since he passed away on 3rd. February last year.  We Praise God for his Life; he was Precious to us, but God loves him even more. )  The Lord heard my cry, and turned my whole life around. The Lord has indeed sustained me through His Grace and Mighty Power, taking me from Glory to Glory. 

I have never looked back, and I still remember that day like it was yesterday. 

I felt in my spirit I was being taken up higher & higher; while the devil was trying to pull me down but couldn't catch up with me. I ascended higher & higher until I rested just under my Heavenly Father 's Presence. 

Then I knew I was safe; the devil could never catch me again.

I cried for many days in repentance until I could cry no more. I felt all had been washed away, I indeed was no more the same, I knew I was forgiven & renewed in the Spirit. 

The Lord used my Husband  BISHOP FRANCIS MUIRURI GATHUNGU to nourish me in the Spirit & even as I went about doing house chores; the Holy Spirit Ministered to me.

I read the Holy Bible from cover to cover : the struggle between The Children of Israel & God Jehovah; one moment they were walking in Obedience in the Presence of God; the next minute they had forgotten the Lord their God and even worshipped idols as they went their own way; even after witnessing Great Powerful Miracles of God. This brought tears to my eyes. Nonetheless  God's arms were always open ready to take them back with an everlasting Love.

Indeed nothing can seperate us from the Love of God, only SIN comes between us & our Beloved Heavenly Father,  for which there are consequences, such as  punishment because no sin shall enter Heaven.

After that the Holy Spirit led me to other books I had been given by people, but because I wasn't in the Lord,  I put them away unopened.

The Spirit led me to read one by one.

I didn't know there were such Gems in my possession. So Precious. 

The Lord brought me up in His Word, from basic things in my life up.

I was fascinated by my Husband's wallet which always had money. A 20 shilling note could stay in his wallet for days.

My past life experience was like I had a hole in my purse, money was always going out. The Lord brought us up from the bottom going up.

My Husband was operating a taxi, we didn't have much but he always came home with a meal. The Lord renewed my mind as to the value of things & of course the Blessing in Tithing.

In our 26 years of Marriage my Husband and I have always given 10 percent of our income to the Lord. So the Lord took us from Glory to Glory: My Husband later acquired a boat MARLIN BAY with which he took tourists out to th reef in Mombasa.

In our 26 years of Marriage we had never gone to any Hospital apart from when the children were born; also when Nyambura was a toddler she started having boils on her body in Mombasa. We went from Hospital to Hospital,  many tests were done but there was no change. After we had nowhere else to go that is when we Prayed again. We Prayed, the boils disappeared never to return. Here The LORD was saying depend on Me ONLY.

Then about 2003 my Husband had a bycycle accident; an attack from the devil which landed him in Hospital after a dream I had. I will write about that in my next Testimony. 

Then there was last year when my Husband went to Hospital and later passed away on my Mum's Birthday 11th. July and was laid to rest on my Sister's Birthday 22nd July.

My Husband would have celebrated his Birthday on 12th of this month February. I know he is in a better place  PRAISING GOD, (which he LOVED so much to do with his guitar) in the Presence of the Lord. 

MAY THE LORD BE GLORIFIED. 

AMEN.

Psalm 34:1

I will Bless the Lord at all times, His Praise shall continually be in my mouth.

ACTS 1 : 8  BUT YOU SHALL RECEIVE POWER WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS COME UPON YOU; AND YOU SHALL BE WITNESSES TO ME  IN JERUSALEM,  AND IN ALL JUDEA & SAMARIA, AND TO THE END OF THE EARTH. 

When I was in my first year in boarding at Limuru Girls High School, Tigoni Kenya (East Africa); which was still under the British Commonwealth & Continental Church (the history of the school goes way back to 1922 during British Colonial Rule in Kenya); an American Family came to Preach in the Chapel at the school, that captured my attention (the Pastor, Wife & Children) with a message of Salvation I had never heard before.

I was 13years old at the time.

When they had the Altar Call; I went and gave my Life to Christ. 

After that I felt different but the Family left & went back to the States and there was no one to Nurture me in my Salvation. 

We soon left to Ethiopia the following year as my Father went into Diplomatic Service.

I went through my teenage years having backslidden with no more interest in the Church and only went at my Parents' request but the experience I had that long ago was not the same.

I went to College for 1 year in UK then the U.S. where I graduated with B.F.A Degree in Textile Design.

After graduation I  went back to Kenya and never thought I would return to the U.S.

I had a Social Security Card with which I could work ( in those days there was no stamp on the card to prohibit you from working) The Lord took good care of my SS Card because I never thought I would ever need it again but the Lord knew my Destiny better. HALLELUJAH  !

Upon my return to Kenya; I worked with my Mother in our Family Business for 1-2 years. I then went to work at Rivatex in Eldoret as a Textile Designer. After that I went to Mombasa to work at Tototo Home Industries as a Shop Manager & Fashion Designer.

I then started my own business with the help of my Parents in Diani Beach, South Coast of Mombasa.

All this time I moved from place to place the Lord kept my S.S Card within my belongings.The business was doing well until the Tourist Industry began to collapse due to Political instability.

Meanwhile I had a growing problem in my life, that I had little control of from my early twenties onwards.

I was drinking too much wine & going to discos. I finally admitted to myself that this was not the Life I wanted to live & I was not getting any younger either.

One day I cried out to God and challenged Him saying, if He made Adam & Eve surely my Adam is out there somewhere. I told the Lord if He brought him to me I could settle down. I was crying to a God I didn't even know for sure exsisted, but there I was a sinner doing something very Biblical: consulting God over my Marriage & Family. I was specific I told the Lord; it didn't matter what worldly possessions he had ; all I wanted was a man with A HEART OF GOLD and that please let him be taller than me.

After that Prayer of which I was crying tears not sure whether God heard me or not I'm not sure how long it took before I met my Husband. Infact that episode had gone out of my mind like it never happened.

It was one evening when I was visiting my Friend the owner of Kigothos Hotel where I frequented that I met my Husband.

I did not remember my cry to God but what caught my attention was the Words of Wisdom that came from this man, that I had never heard before. I had taken some wine that night but the words came to my ears crystal clear & I sobered up.

So one thing led to another and I remembered my Cry. The Lord not only brought my Huband but my Pastor too.

I was Healed INSTANTLY from alcohol addiction and have never taken even a drop since; I have never looked back or been tempted for the Lord Heals COMPLETELY. I gave my Life to Christ and will remain forever Faithful to Him for He answered my Prayer and turned my Life around. 

My Marriage my Miracle from God encountered alot of opposition from my Parents. Nonetheless we married at the DC's office in Mombasa and were Blessed with 2 Daughters Nyambura and Wambui. 

My Parents later saw the Hand of God in my Life and accepted my Husband. 

My Husband and I discussed coming to the U.S & it became a reality when once I was reading the Newspaper and there was a very small article the Lord brought to my attention: that if you had ever been to America you could get a Visa. lt was then we started looking for my S.S card & we found it. From then on our thoughts were constantly on America. It is at that time that the Lord started bringing thoughts about Nursing in my mind. I felt a warm feeling everytime I thought about it.

When Nyambura our older Daughter was in Kindergarten she would come home with new words they had learned that day like rat, cat, mat but one day she came home really excited about a new word they learned which was unlike the rest: NURSE beside which she had drawn a Nurse in full Kenya uniform, in a dress, belt, hat and all.

Then she said " Mama why don't you become a Nurse ? "

I was astonished I had never mentioned that desire I had to Nyambura. 

I knew then we would get to America even though we had little money & no Family support. 

My Prayer was that we would all come to America as Family. My Husband didn't even have his Birth Certificate nor his Passport. God positioned His people everywhere we went; we got all our Documents without bribing anybody.

I was allowed to put the Children on my Passport. 

At the Embassy 9/11 had just happened. After lining up for just over 12 hours by Faith we all got our Visas; while many had been turned away. Our Friend Sherry Karanja who hosted us in US sent us the Airline tickets. The Lord opened up the Red Sea and we were on our way.

On arrival in US I applied for my Nursing Job.

The Lord showed me how the people there had had their own houses and cars but now while living in a single room there were no distractions and their ears were  open to hear about Him.

So even though we weren't allowed to discuss Spiritual things leave alone Pray with the Residents; I did so while putting them to bed. As I did so the Lord lifted the tiredness off my shoulders and made sure no one entered the room. I Prayed the Salvation Prayer with them.  Sometimes I would arrive on the floor I normally work then I'm sent to another floor where someone was dying and I"d Pray with the person there.

Nursing is a calling which the Lord used me in that way. The Lord has sent me different places making the work lighter as we also have Ebenezer Ministries which my Husband was Pastoring before he passed on to Higher Glory on 11th July 2022.

My SS Card from my College days was very useful even now only that it is still in my Maiden Name, so all my official Documents are in my Maiden name until I will be able to change it to my real Name : Mumbi Muiruri. 

I had a dream quite some years back where a young boy was running from bullets. He ran into my arms & I commanded the bullets to stop and he was safe. Then the Lord said to me " you are my Prophetess." Since then I received by Faith & made sure I called myself what the Lord called me to make the devil TREMBLE. 

The LORD has also said He will bestow upon us a New Name.

REV. 2:17 & 3:12

He who overcomes I will give him ...a new Name written on a stone which no one knows, but he who receives it....I will write on him the Name of my God and the Name of the City of my God, the New Jerusalem which comes down out of Heaven from my God & my New Name.

MAY THE LORD BE GLORIFIED  !