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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every time I tell this story, I am filled with tears.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.32,0:00:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even right now, I'm filled with tears because I never thought I would see this day.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.76,0:00:18.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the mighty name of Jesus Christ!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.20,0:00:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That unclean spirit - you have no right to stay in her body.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.84,0:00:24.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say, get out right now!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.32,0:00:29.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be released in Jesus’ name!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.64,0:00:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be released, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.32,0:00:43.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh Holy Spirit, touch her right now - touch her spirit, soul and body.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.64,0:00:49.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Liberate her soul! Liberate her spirit! Liberate her body!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.32,0:00:53.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That pain of the past - be released right now!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.52,0:01:01.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be set free right now! Be set free in Jesus’ mighty name!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.28,0:01:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank You, Jesus. Our sister, you are free to the glory of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.16,0:01:10.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rejoice. Rejoice in your freedom!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.84,0:01:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank You, Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.76,0:01:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Anita from Botswana.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.64,0:01:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I graduated in 2017 and before I graduated, there is a process in our country where
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.56,0:01:32.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to undergo an internship in order to graduate.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.04,0:01:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I studied Journalism and Media, and I was opportune to do
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.00,0:01:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my internship with a newspaper called Sunday Standard.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.84,0:01:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After three months of my internship, I was given employment
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.04,0:01:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without undergoing the process of applying or going through interviews.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.48,0:02:00.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really enjoyed my job and I still enjoy my job.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.88,0:02:07.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As time went on, the whole world suffered from COVID, which changed a lot of things.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.88,0:02:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of that, there was a shift in the atmosphere in how we were working,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.00,0:02:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as with payments and many other things.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.84,0:02:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started developing depression and I lost interest in the job that I was working in
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.72,0:02:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the industry in which I was in.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.04,0:02:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I decided to start applying for jobs
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.92,0:02:33.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that I could go into other fields of communication.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.64,0:02:39.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, from 2021 till this year,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.84,0:02:44.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was applying and I never received any letters -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.88,0:02:50.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,either a regret letter or just to acknowledge that they have seen my application.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.36,0:02:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would apply and never get any feedback. Nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.52,0:03:02.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a year, which was 2022, when I applied for over 200 jobs
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.48,0:03:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not even one of them responded back.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.00,0:03:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would send emails every week. I would be applying for jobs every week.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.68,0:03:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would never receive any email telling me that I had been shortlisted
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.00,0:03:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or I should come for an interview or whatsoever.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.68,0:03:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was really depressing and I didn't know what was wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.36,0:03:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't lose hope and I didn't lose faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.24,0:03:31.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I continued to apply. I continued praying,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.28,0:03:34.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just believed that one day, there would be change.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.16,0:03:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was also suffering from nightmares.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.36,0:03:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In these nightmares, I would see myself in dreams having sexual intercourse.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.36,0:03:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could be with people I didn’t know.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.00,0:03:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes, it would be with demons or creatures I couldn’t recognise.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.36,0:03:58.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't tell anyone, not even my mother or family,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.12,0:04:02.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I was afraid of what they would think or say.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.24,0:04:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So If I refused, I would wake up sometimes with bruises.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.60,0:04:12.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes I would be in a position where I saw these entities
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.96,0:04:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having sexual intercourse and I was not taking part in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.32,0:04:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And whenever I saw such a thing, I would not see anything good coming my way.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.84,0:04:30.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the beginning of this year in January, my mother introduced me to God's Heart TV
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.68,0:04:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she told me about the Interactive Prayer with Brother Chris.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.32,0:04:41.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sent a prayer request for Interactive Prayer. I didn’t think much of it, honestly.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.32,0:04:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, it was just like any other prayer or church service I’d been involved in.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.00,0:04:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On January 30, I sent out an application to be part of a youth leadership training program.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.72,0:05:02.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after that, three days later, I received an email to be part
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.12,0:05:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Interactive Prayer Service with Brother Chris, which I joined.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.80,0:05:09.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Physically, nothing special happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.44,0:05:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't shake. I didn't vomit. I didn't... nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.80,0:05:21.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was just a normal prayer that I joined and I didn't take anything into consideration.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.08,0:05:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Little did I know that God was working behind the scenes for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.32,0:05:30.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every time I tell this story, I am filled with tears.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.04,0:05:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even right now, I'm filled with tears because I never thought I would see this day.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.28,0:05:41.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On February 21, a week after the Interactive Prayer Service,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.68,0:05:45.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I received my first call to come for an interview.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.88,0:05:50.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Apparently, that interview session lasted for three days.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.56,0:05:52.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came on the last day.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.24,0:05:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As much as there was a lot of people, there was no fear within me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.16,0:06:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, I felt like the fact that I made it to this interview after so long,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.28,0:06:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after three years of applying and not receiving anything - it was enough for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.04,0:06:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It shows that God has truly turned my case around.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.80,0:06:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I walked into the interview room and the panel were so shocked that I was smiling.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.36,0:06:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They didn't know why I was smiling because everyone who walked in
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.20,0:06:28.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was having serious faces, and I was the only one who smiled.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.36,0:06:32.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they were asking, ‘Why are you smiling? Why are you so happy?’
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.48,0:06:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't even tell them why I was happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.20,0:06:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just sat down, carried on with the interview and I went back home.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.24,0:06:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the shocking thing is, unlike other interviews, mine lasted for about ten minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.60,0:06:50.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Others were less than five minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.44,0:06:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when I heard others saying the interview was short,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.00,0:06:57.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said to myself, ‘Did I say something wrong?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.68,0:07:00.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did they have to correct a lot of things?’
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.84,0:07:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But little did I know I was accepted for the program,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.56,0:07:11.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be part of the Youth Leadership Training Program.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.24,0:07:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a nine month leadership training program offered by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Botswana.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.60,0:07:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they gave me this opportunity to be part of 20 youths of Botswana
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.28,0:07:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to participate in this nine month program.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.60,0:07:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I forgot to mention that while all this was happening,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.00,0:07:33.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it was happening week after week,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.40,0:07:39.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was also opportune to be part of a special Interactive Prayer with Brother Chris.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.72,0:07:43.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I joined in that prayer session.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.24,0:07:48.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have never experienced those dreams again till today.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.96,0:07:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sleep peacefully. I don’t wake up with scars or anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.68,0:07:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even on the day when I received the email that I had been accepted,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.76,0:08:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of having those bad dreams, I was awarded a white envelope in my dream.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.80,0:08:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after I received that white envelope, the following day I received an email
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.44,0:08:15.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying that I had been accepted in the training session.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.72,0:08:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In terms of my career, I've been a journalist for the past seven years.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.56,0:08:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the seven years, I had never received any recognition.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.04,0:08:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was just like any other journalist.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.44,0:08:32.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But lo and behold, on March 19,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.84,0:08:39.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I received an email that I was nominated for the first time in my life to receive an award.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.08,0:08:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I prayed about it, and on March 23, I was awarded the ‘Vunani Annual
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.64,0:08:51.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Botswana Woman’s Sports Award’ as Journalist Of The Year, Print.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.84,0:08:57.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here is the award - my first ever award!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.24,0:09:04.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is over all Botswana but this one is the sports category because I'm a sports journalist.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.28,0:09:11.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2020, I joined a nonprofit organisation called Young African Leaders Forum.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.84,0:09:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a nonprofit, youth led organisation,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.00,0:09:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which empowers the youth of Africa within the continent as well as the diaspora.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.80,0:09:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We advocate for the needs of others and we encourage the youth
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.56,0:09:31.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to just participate in the country, in society.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.72,0:09:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was doing this work for free. I was just volunteering for this job.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.28,0:09:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't think anything of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.32,0:09:43.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in this process, I was using my resources.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.64,0:09:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On April 18, I was appointed the Regional Coordinator for the Southern Region of Africa
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.36,0:09:58.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a two year period, to lead summits in this region
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.72,0:10:03.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The youth of the Southern African Region is my responsibility.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.44,0:10:11.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to add on it, I am preparing a summit that will be hosted in Zambia in November
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.40,0:10:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the first time in Southern Africa, and it can only be by the glory of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.20,0:10:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This one comes with payment.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.36,0:10:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For this appointment, I will be paid.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.12,0:10:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will also be paid for being an ambassador for my country.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.84,0:10:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s actually two payments at once.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.12,0:10:31.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what's your advice to our people who have joined us today from all over the world
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.28,0:10:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about what Jesus Christ can do in their lives?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.28,0:10:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First and foremost, when I took part in the first Interactive Prayer, I did one thing -
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.24,0:10:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one thing that changed my entire life.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.56,0:10:48.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I surrendered to God and I opened my heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.36,0:10:52.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those were the keys to unlocking my blessings.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.16,0:10:56.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Had I not done that, I don't know if I would be here to testify.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.96,0:11:01.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I would encourage everyone to search deep down in their hearts
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.36,0:11:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to surrender everything to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.52,0:11:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to know that disappointment doesn't mean God has forgotten you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.48,0:11:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything has its own time.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.80,0:11:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God managed to shower me with blessings in a period of three months,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.60,0:11:21.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For many people, it would take a longer time to achieve whatever I achieved.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.44,0:11:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I would encourage you to keep on going, to keep on praying and to keep on believing.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.88,0:11:32.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don’t hold back or doubt God in anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.68,0:11:37.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God is capable of changing your story in a blink of an eye.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.48,0:11:42.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't take Him a long time to change your story.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.92,0:11:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we can just reposition ourselves, we will get everything that we need from God.