1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,320 Every time I tell this story, I am filled with tears. 2 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:11,320 Even right now, I'm filled with tears because I never thought I would see this day. 3 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:18,200 In the mighty name of Jesus Christ! 4 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:21,840 That unclean spirit - you have no right to stay in her body. 5 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:24,320 I say, get out right now! 6 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:29,640 Be released in Jesus’ name! 7 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:35,320 Be released, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ! 8 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:43,640 Oh Holy Spirit, touch her right now - touch her spirit, soul and body. 9 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:49,320 Liberate her soul! Liberate her spirit! Liberate her body! 10 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:53,520 That pain of the past - be released right now! 11 00:00:53,520 --> 00:01:01,280 Be set free right now! Be set free in Jesus’ mighty name! 12 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:06,160 Thank You, Jesus. Our sister, you are free to the glory of God. 13 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:10,840 Rejoice. Rejoice in your freedom! 14 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:12,800 Thank You, Lord. 15 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:18,640 My name is Anita from Botswana. 16 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:25,560 I graduated in 2017 and before I graduated, there is a process in our country where 17 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:32,040 we need to undergo an internship in order to graduate. 18 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:39,000 So I studied Journalism and Media, and I was opportune to do 19 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:43,840 my internship with a newspaper called Sunday Standard. 20 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:51,040 After three months of my internship, I was given employment 21 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:56,480 without undergoing the process of applying or going through interviews. 22 00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:00,880 I really enjoyed my job and I still enjoy my job. 23 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:07,880 As time went on, the whole world suffered from COVID, which changed a lot of things. 24 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:13,000 Because of that, there was a shift in the atmosphere in how we were working, 25 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:16,840 as well as with payments and many other things. 26 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:22,720 I started developing depression and I lost interest in the job that I was working in 27 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:25,040 and the industry in which I was in. 28 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:28,920 And then I decided to start applying for jobs 29 00:02:28,920 --> 00:02:33,640 so that I could go into other fields of communication. 30 00:02:33,640 --> 00:02:39,840 Unfortunately, from 2021 till this year, 31 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:44,880 I was applying and I never received any letters - 32 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:50,360 either a regret letter or just to acknowledge that they have seen my application. 33 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:54,520 I would apply and never get any feedback. Nothing. 34 00:02:54,520 --> 00:03:02,480 There was a year, which was 2022, when I applied for over 200 jobs 35 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:07,000 and not even one of them responded back. 36 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:13,680 I would send emails every week. I would be applying for jobs every week. 37 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:19,000 And I would never receive any email telling me that I had been shortlisted 38 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,680 or I should come for an interview or whatsoever. 39 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:25,360 It was really depressing and I didn't know what was wrong. 40 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:28,240 I didn't lose hope and I didn't lose faith. 41 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:31,280 I continued to apply. I continued praying, 42 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:34,160 I just believed that one day, there would be change. 43 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:36,360 I was also suffering from nightmares. 44 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:42,360 In these nightmares, I would see myself in dreams having sexual intercourse. 45 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:45,000 It could be with people I didn’t know. 46 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:54,360 Sometimes, it would be with demons or creatures I couldn’t recognise. 47 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:58,120 I didn't tell anyone, not even my mother or family, 48 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:02,240 because I was afraid of what they would think or say. 49 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:06,600 So If I refused, I would wake up sometimes with bruises. 50 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:12,960 Sometimes I would be in a position where I saw these entities 51 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:16,320 having sexual intercourse and I was not taking part in it. 52 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:23,840 And whenever I saw such a thing, I would not see anything good coming my way. 53 00:04:23,840 --> 00:04:30,680 In the beginning of this year in January, my mother introduced me to God's Heart TV 54 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:35,320 and she told me about the Interactive Prayer with Brother Chris. 55 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:41,320 I sent a prayer request for Interactive Prayer. I didn’t think much of it, honestly. 56 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:49,000 For me, it was just like any other prayer or church service I’d been involved in. 57 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:57,720 On January 30, I sent out an application to be part of a youth leadership training program. 58 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:02,120 And after that, three days later, I received an email to be part 59 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:06,800 of the Interactive Prayer Service with Brother Chris, which I joined. 60 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:09,440 Physically, nothing special happened. 61 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:13,800 I didn't shake. I didn't vomit. I didn't... nothing. 62 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:21,080 It was just a normal prayer that I joined and I didn't take anything into consideration. 63 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:25,320 Little did I know that God was working behind the scenes for me. 64 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:30,040 Every time I tell this story, I am filled with tears. 65 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:36,280 Even right now, I'm filled with tears because I never thought I would see this day. 66 00:05:36,280 --> 00:05:41,680 On February 21, a week after the Interactive Prayer Service, 67 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:45,880 I received my first call to come for an interview. 68 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:50,560 Apparently, that interview session lasted for three days. 69 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:52,240 I came on the last day. 70 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:57,160 As much as there was a lot of people, there was no fear within me. 71 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:02,280 For me, I felt like the fact that I made it to this interview after so long, 72 00:06:02,280 --> 00:06:08,040 after three years of applying and not receiving anything - it was enough for me. 73 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:11,800 It shows that God has truly turned my case around. 74 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:19,360 I walked into the interview room and the panel were so shocked that I was smiling. 75 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:23,200 They didn't know why I was smiling because everyone who walked in 76 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:28,360 was having serious faces, and I was the only one who smiled. 77 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:32,480 And they were asking, ‘Why are you smiling? Why are you so happy?’ 78 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:35,200 I couldn't even tell them why I was happy. 79 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:41,240 I just sat down, carried on with the interview and I went back home. 80 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:47,600 And the shocking thing is, unlike other interviews, mine lasted for about ten minutes. 81 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:50,440 Others were less than five minutes. 82 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:55,000 So when I heard others saying the interview was short, 83 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,680 I said to myself, ‘Did I say something wrong? 84 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:00,840 Did they have to correct a lot of things?’ 85 00:07:00,840 --> 00:07:07,560 But little did I know I was accepted for the program, 86 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:11,240 to be part of the Youth Leadership Training Program. 87 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:17,600 It's a nine month leadership training program offered by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Botswana. 88 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:24,280 And they gave me this opportunity to be part of 20 youths of Botswana 89 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:27,600 to participate in this nine month program. 90 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:31,000 I forgot to mention that while all this was happening, 91 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,400 because it was happening week after week, 92 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:39,720 I was also opportune to be part of a special Interactive Prayer with Brother Chris. 93 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:43,240 I joined in that prayer session. 94 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:48,960 I have never experienced those dreams again till today. 95 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:53,680 I sleep peacefully. I don’t wake up with scars or anything. 96 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:58,760 Even on the day when I received the email that I had been accepted, 97 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:06,800 instead of having those bad dreams, I was awarded a white envelope in my dream. 98 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:11,440 And after I received that white envelope, the following day I received an email 99 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:15,720 saying that I had been accepted in the training session. 100 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:20,560 In terms of my career, I've been a journalist for the past seven years. 101 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:25,040 And in the seven years, I had never received any recognition. 102 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:28,440 I was just like any other journalist. 103 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:32,840 But lo and behold, on March 19, 104 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:39,080 I received an email that I was nominated for the first time in my life to receive an award. 105 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:47,640 I prayed about it, and on March 23, I was awarded the ‘Vunani Annual 106 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:51,840 Botswana Woman’s Sports Award’ as Journalist Of The Year, Print. 107 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:57,240 And here is the award - my first ever award! 108 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:04,280 It is over all Botswana but this one is the sports category because I'm a sports journalist. 109 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:11,840 In 2020, I joined a nonprofit organisation called Young African Leaders Forum. 110 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:16,000 This is a nonprofit, youth led organisation, 111 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:22,800 which empowers the youth of Africa within the continent as well as the diaspora. 112 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:27,560 We advocate for the needs of others and we encourage the youth 113 00:09:27,560 --> 00:09:31,720 to just participate in the country, in society. 114 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:38,280 I was doing this work for free. I was just volunteering for this job. 115 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:40,320 I didn't think anything of it. 116 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:43,640 And in this process, I was using my resources. 117 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:52,360 On April 18, I was appointed the Regional Coordinator for the Southern Region of Africa 118 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:58,720 for a two year period, to lead summits in this region 119 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:03,440 The youth of the Southern African Region is my responsibility. 120 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:11,400 And to add on it, I am preparing a summit that will be hosted in Zambia in November 121 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:17,200 for the first time in Southern Africa, and it can only be by the glory of God. 122 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:19,360 This one comes with payment. 123 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:21,120 For this appointment, I will be paid. 124 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:24,840 I will also be paid for being an ambassador for my country. 125 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:27,120 It’s actually two payments at once. 126 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:31,280 So what's your advice to our people who have joined us today from all over the world 127 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:34,280 about what Jesus Christ can do in their lives? 128 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:41,240 First and foremost, when I took part in the first Interactive Prayer, I did one thing - 129 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:44,560 one thing that changed my entire life. 130 00:10:44,560 --> 00:10:48,360 I surrendered to God and I opened my heart. 131 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:52,160 Those were the keys to unlocking my blessings. 132 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:56,960 Had I not done that, I don't know if I would be here to testify. 133 00:10:56,960 --> 00:11:01,360 So I would encourage everyone to search deep down in their hearts 134 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:03,520 and to surrender everything to God. 135 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:08,480 I want you to know that disappointment doesn't mean God has forgotten you. 136 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:10,800 Everything has its own time. 137 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:16,600 God managed to shower me with blessings in a period of three months, 138 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:21,440 For many people, it would take a longer time to achieve whatever I achieved. 139 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:27,880 So I would encourage you to keep on going, to keep on praying and to keep on believing. 140 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:32,680 Don’t hold back or doubt God in anything. 141 00:11:32,680 --> 00:11:37,480 God is capable of changing your story in a blink of an eye. 142 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:42,920 It doesn't take Him a long time to change your story. 143 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:48,680 If we can just reposition ourselves, we will get everything that we need from God.