WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:22.440 O que é a sua camada? 00:00:22.440 --> 00:00:22.559 ! 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:59.980 O que é a sua camada? 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:29.980 O que é a sua camada? 00:01:29.980 --> 00:01:59.960 O que é a sua camada? 00:01:59.959 --> 00:02:29.939 O que é a sua camada? 00:02:29.939 --> 00:02:31.939 O que é a sua camada? 00:02:31.939 --> 00:02:33.939 O que é a sua camada? 00:02:33.939 --> 00:02:35.939 O que é a sua camada? 00:02:35.939 --> 00:03:05.939 00:03:05.939 --> 00:03:07.939 O que é a sua camada? 00:03:07.939 --> 00:03:09.939 O que é a sua camada? 00:03:09.939 --> 00:03:11.939 O que é a sua camada? 00:03:11.939 --> 00:03:13.939 O que é a sua camada? 00:03:13.939 --> 00:03:15.939 O que é a sua camada? 00:03:15.939 --> 00:03:17.939 O que é a sua camada? 00:03:17.939 --> 00:03:19.939 O que é a sua camada? 00:03:19.939 --> 00:03:21.939 O que é a camada? 00:03:21.939 --> 00:03:23.939 O que é a camada? 00:03:23.939 --> 00:03:25.939 O que é a camada? 00:03:25.939 --> 00:03:27.939 O que é a camada? 00:03:27.939 --> 00:03:29.939 O que é a camada? 00:03:29.939 --> 00:03:29.939 00:03:29.939 --> 00:03:31.939 O que é a camada? 00:03:31.939 --> 00:03:33.939 O que é? 00:03:33.939 --> 00:03:35.520 This child has to get baptized first. 00:03:36.460 --> 00:03:37.759 And that's when they took me to church. 00:03:38.539 --> 00:03:39.500 And the pastor asked my mom, 00:03:40.039 --> 00:03:41.259 So what are you going to name this child? 00:03:41.599 --> 00:03:42.400 And my mom says, 00:03:43.259 --> 00:03:45.419 For God to keep me alive to see this day, 00:03:46.280 --> 00:03:47.740 I'm going to name this child Marvelous. 00:03:52.379 --> 00:03:55.659 Just want to prosper a little bit to this. 00:04:02.060 --> 00:04:03.539 My name is Marvelous O'Connor. 00:04:04.800 --> 00:04:06.400 And I was born in Central Africa. 00:04:07.520 --> 00:04:09.180 I have two brothers and one sister. 00:04:09.939 --> 00:04:11.500 And I am the youngest among my siblings. 00:04:12.659 --> 00:04:15.460 So growing up as a child was really up for my family. 00:04:15.840 --> 00:04:17.019 Because my family was poor. 00:04:17.699 --> 00:04:19.740 And my family couldn't provide for us to go to school. 00:04:20.519 --> 00:04:22.480 We could barely afford in buying food to eat. 00:04:23.079 --> 00:04:25.980 And this was a struggle every single day of our life. 00:04:27.060 --> 00:04:31.220 My brothers went looking for jobs to support the family. 00:04:31.220 --> 00:04:33.900 But it was difficult to make ends meet. 00:04:33.899 --> 00:04:36.919 I grew up in a Christian family. 00:04:36.920 --> 00:04:39.600 And we used to live in the northern part of the country. 00:04:40.160 --> 00:04:42.319 Where Christians are persecuted by their faith. 00:04:42.920 --> 00:04:44.960 And eventually run for our life to escape death. 00:04:44.959 --> 00:04:48.359 And we were kind of curious. 00:04:48.360 --> 00:04:51.160 I was excited that my dad finally had a job. 00:04:51.740 --> 00:04:52.879 That we were going to start school. 00:04:53.639 --> 00:04:54.540 Everything was good. 00:04:55.100 --> 00:04:55.879 Wake up in the morning. 00:04:56.680 --> 00:04:57.040 You know. 00:04:57.680 --> 00:04:58.560 Get ready for school. 00:04:58.939 --> 00:04:59.720 Everyone was going to school. 00:04:59.780 --> 00:05:00.920 My dad was going to his workplace. 00:05:00.920 --> 00:05:02.120 My mom was staying. 00:05:02.259 --> 00:05:03.000 Sister, old mom. 00:05:03.500 --> 00:05:04.740 Take care of the kids and stuff. 00:05:06.400 --> 00:05:07.759 Suddenly everything changed. 00:05:09.520 --> 00:05:11.120 We discovered people started running for their life. 00:05:11.439 --> 00:05:12.379 And we were kind of curious. 00:05:12.520 --> 00:05:13.220 What was going on? 00:05:13.840 --> 00:05:14.640 When you look around. 00:05:14.759 --> 00:05:15.340 You see churches. 00:05:16.360 --> 00:05:16.759 Schools. 00:05:18.259 --> 00:05:19.200 Are burned down. 00:05:21.460 --> 00:05:22.520 My dad was so scared. 00:05:22.660 --> 00:05:23.860 That he didn't know what to do. 00:05:23.860 --> 00:05:28.860 It became so worse. 00:05:29.060 --> 00:05:29.740 That people were. 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:31.819 People were losing their life. 00:05:32.960 --> 00:05:33.900 So my dad stepped up. 00:05:33.980 --> 00:05:34.319 And said. 00:05:34.660 --> 00:05:36.500 Well I'm going to take my family back to the south. 00:05:36.639 --> 00:05:37.040 For safety. 00:05:37.759 --> 00:05:38.720 So we took the van. 00:05:40.560 --> 00:05:42.060 And on our way back to the south. 00:05:42.520 --> 00:05:44.100 We saw a large group of people. 00:05:44.580 --> 00:05:45.580 Running towards us. 00:05:46.160 --> 00:05:47.240 And if we hear the gunshot. 00:05:47.319 --> 00:05:48.000 In the closed range. 00:05:48.840 --> 00:05:50.560 My dad had no option. 00:05:50.759 --> 00:05:51.660 So we all came down. 00:05:52.080 --> 00:05:53.300 And then I was six years old. 00:05:53.860 --> 00:05:55.500 And then I could remember then. 00:05:55.600 --> 00:05:56.639 I was wearing no shoes then. 00:05:58.699 --> 00:05:59.699 My dad came down. 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:00.819 Took my mom. 00:06:00.900 --> 00:06:01.259 My siblings. 00:06:01.840 --> 00:06:03.379 They all went to the left side. 00:06:04.300 --> 00:06:05.840 So I was on the right side. 00:06:05.960 --> 00:06:07.080 Trying to get myself together. 00:06:07.319 --> 00:06:07.920 To join them. 00:06:08.879 --> 00:06:10.040 And you could hear the gunshots. 00:06:10.379 --> 00:06:11.100 So close. 00:06:11.280 --> 00:06:12.520 And my dad thought they had me with them. 00:06:12.560 --> 00:06:13.160 But they never did. 00:06:13.740 --> 00:06:15.120 They all ran separate. 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:16.319 And I was left all alone. 00:06:17.100 --> 00:06:17.860 If you ask me. 00:06:18.300 --> 00:06:18.699 Marvelous. 00:06:18.939 --> 00:06:19.520 Do you know what. 00:06:19.819 --> 00:06:20.500 What are you going to do? 00:06:20.500 --> 00:06:21.439 I probably say no. 00:06:22.220 --> 00:06:23.319 But I believe that God. 00:06:23.319 --> 00:06:24.259 Was just guiding me. 00:06:24.319 --> 00:06:25.040 Through the right path. 00:06:25.980 --> 00:06:27.439 And I saw this clear path. 00:06:27.519 --> 00:06:28.240 And I just kept going. 00:06:28.639 --> 00:06:29.560 I didn't know I was going. 00:06:30.899 --> 00:06:31.879 I just kept going. 00:06:32.699 --> 00:06:34.680 And God finally sent a good Samaritan. 00:06:34.939 --> 00:06:36.000 That came along my way. 00:06:36.699 --> 00:06:37.339 And what he did. 00:06:37.420 --> 00:06:38.100 He held my hands. 00:06:38.180 --> 00:06:38.540 I said. 00:06:39.180 --> 00:06:40.219 Kid where are you going to? 00:06:40.579 --> 00:06:41.399 I didn't say a word. 00:06:41.899 --> 00:06:42.959 He asked me the second time. 00:06:43.100 --> 00:06:44.060 Kid where are you going to? 00:06:44.279 --> 00:06:45.100 I didn't say a word. 00:06:45.560 --> 00:06:47.079 He asked me the third time. 00:06:48.120 --> 00:06:49.139 Kid where are you going to? 00:06:49.139 --> 00:06:49.899 I didn't say a word. 00:06:49.899 --> 00:06:51.019 So what he did. 00:06:51.359 --> 00:06:52.859 He took me straight to the orphanage room. 00:06:53.259 --> 00:06:55.099 And the orphanage room was protected by soldiers. 00:06:55.759 --> 00:06:56.620 And there he says. 00:06:58.079 --> 00:06:59.219 Kid I don't know your name. 00:06:59.819 --> 00:07:01.039 But I am going to leave you here. 00:07:01.099 --> 00:07:01.839 Because I also. 00:07:01.919 --> 00:07:02.939 I'm also running for my life. 00:07:04.419 --> 00:07:06.319 And that's when everything became so real. 00:07:07.459 --> 00:07:07.959 And I look. 00:07:08.079 --> 00:07:08.299 I said. 00:07:08.439 --> 00:07:08.639 Wait. 00:07:08.639 --> 00:07:08.939 Wait. 00:07:09.239 --> 00:07:10.439 My family is not here with me. 00:07:10.979 --> 00:07:12.060 I hope they are alive. 00:07:12.060 --> 00:07:14.399 Because everything I've seen. 00:07:14.699 --> 00:07:15.639 Just walking by. 00:07:16.300 --> 00:07:16.720 Was so. 00:07:16.980 --> 00:07:17.199 Was. 00:07:17.860 --> 00:07:18.899 Was a trauma. 00:07:19.079 --> 00:07:19.459 But you know. 00:07:20.220 --> 00:07:21.180 I was so blessed. 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:21.860 That God. 00:07:21.980 --> 00:07:23.139 God sent a group. 00:07:23.560 --> 00:07:23.819 Men. 00:07:24.340 --> 00:07:25.500 That came to rescue me. 00:07:26.220 --> 00:07:27.740 So when I came to the orphanage room. 00:07:28.939 --> 00:07:30.100 I started making new friends. 00:07:30.199 --> 00:07:31.079 Because all I could do. 00:07:31.180 --> 00:07:32.139 Is to make new friends. 00:07:32.259 --> 00:07:32.660 And see. 00:07:33.139 --> 00:07:34.060 Where life takes me. 00:07:37.240 --> 00:07:38.180 And God did it. 00:07:38.319 --> 00:07:39.160 The conflict got ended. 00:07:40.199 --> 00:07:41.959 And they decided to take all the children. 00:07:42.060 --> 00:07:43.860 Staying at the orphanage room. 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:44.899 Back to the south. 00:07:45.740 --> 00:07:47.399 To see if they can recognize their family. 00:07:48.579 --> 00:07:49.540 And glory be to God. 00:07:49.620 --> 00:07:50.439 I got to the south. 00:07:51.399 --> 00:07:52.560 I looked far ahead. 00:07:52.699 --> 00:07:53.639 That's when I saw my mom. 00:07:54.319 --> 00:07:54.920 From afar. 00:07:55.519 --> 00:07:56.680 And she ran towards me. 00:07:57.100 --> 00:07:57.980 And when she was running. 00:07:58.439 --> 00:07:59.639 She wasn't looking as much. 00:08:00.439 --> 00:08:01.899 She ran as fast as she can. 00:08:02.000 --> 00:08:03.019 And she gave me this call. 00:08:03.860 --> 00:08:04.180 I said. 00:08:04.220 --> 00:08:04.379 Mom. 00:08:04.439 --> 00:08:05.379 I thought I had lost you. 00:08:05.579 --> 00:08:06.060 And she said. 00:08:06.420 --> 00:08:06.800 Son. 00:08:06.879 --> 00:08:07.860 I thought I had lost you also. 00:08:09.060 --> 00:08:10.279 I looked to my left side. 00:08:10.279 --> 00:08:11.100 I saw my brothers. 00:08:11.360 --> 00:08:11.920 My sister. 00:08:12.060 --> 00:08:12.939 And my dad. 00:08:13.639 --> 00:08:14.259 And I said. 00:08:14.319 --> 00:08:14.920 God is good. 00:08:16.339 --> 00:08:18.259 My family became all united again. 00:08:19.100 --> 00:08:20.980 And that's when things became proper for my family. 00:08:21.160 --> 00:08:21.759 Even more. 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:24.600 That my dad lost his holy job. 00:08:24.800 --> 00:08:26.600 That he's using to take care of his family. 00:08:28.420 --> 00:08:29.220 There's some days. 00:08:30.500 --> 00:08:31.600 That my mom is going to make. 00:08:32.600 --> 00:08:33.639 She's going to make some food. 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:36.259 But what we do is. 00:08:36.259 --> 00:08:38.500 We are going to serve it for night. 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:40.559 So that can sustain us. 00:08:41.899 --> 00:08:42.240 But. 00:08:42.559 --> 00:08:44.019 Who would I be to say. 00:08:44.240 --> 00:08:44.699 Hey mom. 00:08:45.759 --> 00:08:46.559 What's going on? 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:47.240 I'm hungry. 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:49.139 I never question my mom. 00:08:49.220 --> 00:08:50.080 Because I know the struggle. 00:08:53.500 --> 00:08:54.519 Before we go to bed. 00:08:54.840 --> 00:08:56.080 My mom is going to come into the room. 00:08:56.080 --> 00:08:58.280 And she's going to say a quick prayer. 00:08:58.840 --> 00:08:59.580 But my siblings. 00:08:59.740 --> 00:09:02.280 We all stay in one little room. 00:09:03.240 --> 00:09:04.500 She's going to say a quick prayer. 00:09:05.660 --> 00:09:07.420 And there's this song that she normally sings. 00:09:07.560 --> 00:09:08.020 Each day. 00:09:08.400 --> 00:09:09.060 And she prays. 00:09:09.059 --> 00:09:12.619 God will make a way. 00:09:13.239 --> 00:09:14.599 But there seems to be no way. 00:09:15.239 --> 00:09:16.119 He walks his way. 00:09:16.359 --> 00:09:17.199 We cannot see. 00:09:17.959 --> 00:09:19.279 He will make a way for us. 00:09:19.739 --> 00:09:21.079 And he will be my guide. 00:09:21.659 --> 00:09:22.919 To be close to him inside. 00:09:23.919 --> 00:09:25.359 And she will walk quietly. 00:09:25.839 --> 00:09:26.439 Out of the room. 00:09:28.719 --> 00:09:30.000 And all I could think of. 00:09:30.079 --> 00:09:31.000 Is just looking at the ceiling. 00:09:31.959 --> 00:09:32.779 Looking at the ceiling. 00:09:32.939 --> 00:09:34.259 And when things are going to be better. 00:09:36.679 --> 00:09:37.919 And one faithful day. 00:09:37.919 --> 00:09:38.879 My family. 00:09:38.959 --> 00:09:39.819 After everything. 00:09:40.899 --> 00:09:42.399 My family decided to go to church. 00:09:44.919 --> 00:09:46.199 And that's when we go to the church. 00:09:46.620 --> 00:09:47.659 And that's when they. 00:09:48.319 --> 00:09:50.419 They announced that there are special gifts. 00:09:50.699 --> 00:09:51.659 For all the children. 00:09:52.899 --> 00:09:54.000 But we were asked to wait. 00:09:54.839 --> 00:09:56.639 And when they say special gifts. 00:09:56.879 --> 00:09:56.959 Ha. 00:10:00.579 --> 00:10:01.339 You know me. 00:10:01.419 --> 00:10:02.179 I was so excited. 00:10:02.419 --> 00:10:02.599 You know. 00:10:03.019 --> 00:10:03.959 I was really happy. 00:10:04.159 --> 00:10:04.360 You know. 00:10:04.699 --> 00:10:05.059 But. 00:10:05.620 --> 00:10:06.639 They asked us to wait. 00:10:06.639 --> 00:10:07.899 And after the service got ended. 00:10:08.639 --> 00:10:09.839 They invited all the children. 00:10:10.259 --> 00:10:11.419 To come to the front of the altar. 00:10:11.819 --> 00:10:12.679 And sit on the ground. 00:10:13.059 --> 00:10:14.120 And ask all their parents. 00:10:14.319 --> 00:10:15.240 To stand behind their children. 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:17.179 And that's when I realized that. 00:10:17.319 --> 00:10:19.259 Not just giving children the gifts. 00:10:20.019 --> 00:10:21.219 They always share the gospel. 00:10:21.679 --> 00:10:22.559 And if you ask me there. 00:10:22.639 --> 00:10:23.179 As a child. 00:10:23.279 --> 00:10:23.819 Do I know. 00:10:24.360 --> 00:10:25.299 A little bit more about. 00:10:25.719 --> 00:10:26.339 Who God is. 00:10:26.419 --> 00:10:27.000 Who Jesus is. 00:10:27.039 --> 00:10:27.799 I probably say no. 00:10:27.799 --> 00:10:30.219 But during that time. 00:10:30.279 --> 00:10:31.339 He's trying to show me something. 00:10:31.459 --> 00:10:32.359 But I guess I don't. 00:10:33.259 --> 00:10:34.639 I'm not really receiving it. 00:10:36.559 --> 00:10:37.419 And that's when he showed. 00:10:37.659 --> 00:10:38.719 The pastor shared the gospel. 00:10:39.719 --> 00:10:40.479 And he says. 00:10:40.480 --> 00:10:42.960 God always hears our cries. 00:10:44.019 --> 00:10:46.039 Just as he hears the cries of the useless suffering. 00:10:46.840 --> 00:10:48.259 He also hears the cries of his children. 00:10:48.879 --> 00:10:49.920 Whenever they call his name. 00:10:52.019 --> 00:10:53.200 For God so loved the world. 00:10:53.740 --> 00:10:55.379 That he gave his only begotten son. 00:10:56.019 --> 00:10:57.539 That whichever delivered him in. 00:10:58.200 --> 00:10:59.060 Shall not perish. 00:10:59.580 --> 00:11:01.139 But have an eternal life. 00:11:01.139 --> 00:11:03.139 But if you ask me. 00:11:03.419 --> 00:11:03.899 Marvelous. 00:11:04.279 --> 00:11:04.960 Were you listening. 00:11:05.240 --> 00:11:06.039 I probably say no. 00:11:06.240 --> 00:11:07.139 All I keep thinking about. 00:11:07.299 --> 00:11:08.360 Was just that gift. 00:11:11.679 --> 00:11:12.120 Finally. 00:11:12.659 --> 00:11:13.340 Just started calling. 00:11:14.799 --> 00:11:16.480 Kids to come get the gift. 00:11:17.199 --> 00:11:18.779 And that's when they unwrap everything. 00:11:18.980 --> 00:11:19.879 All I could see was just. 00:11:20.019 --> 00:11:20.399 The red. 00:11:20.559 --> 00:11:21.220 The green. 00:11:21.600 --> 00:11:22.179 And I was like. 00:11:23.019 --> 00:11:23.699 What's in there? 00:11:24.419 --> 00:11:25.259 What's in there? 00:11:27.980 --> 00:11:28.379 But. 00:11:28.620 --> 00:11:30.100 Everything I pray to God for. 00:11:30.100 --> 00:11:32.100 Was for God to show me a sign. 00:11:33.519 --> 00:11:34.220 Every day. 00:11:34.800 --> 00:11:35.700 I wake up in the morning. 00:11:36.040 --> 00:11:36.899 I look through the window. 00:11:37.120 --> 00:11:38.399 I will be seeing my friends. 00:11:38.500 --> 00:11:39.019 Going to school. 00:11:39.399 --> 00:11:40.019 And I was like. 00:11:40.120 --> 00:11:41.080 When is it going to be me? 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:42.300 Like when? 00:11:43.120 --> 00:11:45.019 And what my dad normally do is. 00:11:45.480 --> 00:11:45.899 Each day. 00:11:45.980 --> 00:11:46.340 Each morning. 00:11:46.420 --> 00:11:47.480 After everything will come. 00:11:48.460 --> 00:11:49.139 He's going to come. 00:11:49.300 --> 00:11:50.460 He's going to put something like. 00:11:50.960 --> 00:11:51.899 Like a chalkboard. 00:11:52.620 --> 00:11:53.360 And he's going to. 00:11:53.779 --> 00:11:54.600 Teach us like. 00:11:54.899 --> 00:11:55.600 Like words. 00:11:55.740 --> 00:11:56.580 Of like language. 00:11:56.580 --> 00:11:57.660 And all that kind of stuff. 00:11:57.740 --> 00:11:58.820 So we can still acknowledge. 00:11:58.940 --> 00:11:59.379 A little bit. 00:11:59.379 --> 00:12:00.439 Even if you don't go to school. 00:12:02.220 --> 00:12:03.519 But I was just praying to God. 00:12:03.600 --> 00:12:04.759 For God to show me a sign. 00:12:04.840 --> 00:12:05.379 On anything. 00:12:07.460 --> 00:12:08.240 And when I opened. 00:12:08.439 --> 00:12:09.360 When I got my gift. 00:12:09.720 --> 00:12:10.659 Went back to my seat. 00:12:12.259 --> 00:12:13.200 It was closed. 00:12:13.659 --> 00:12:13.860 It was. 00:12:14.039 --> 00:12:14.600 What this is. 00:12:14.840 --> 00:12:15.779 This is a different box. 00:12:16.299 --> 00:12:16.960 The other one I got. 00:12:17.080 --> 00:12:17.439 Was the little. 00:12:17.580 --> 00:12:18.320 Was the one she. 00:12:18.679 --> 00:12:19.460 She was presenting. 00:12:20.439 --> 00:12:21.519 But I was with my box. 00:12:21.580 --> 00:12:22.580 My mom was standing right there. 00:12:23.360 --> 00:12:24.059 You know as a child. 00:12:24.299 --> 00:12:25.039 If they give you a gift. 00:12:25.159 --> 00:12:25.779 You're so curious. 00:12:25.840 --> 00:12:26.740 You want to see what's inside. 00:12:26.740 --> 00:12:28.379 I was trying to unwrap my box. 00:12:28.580 --> 00:12:29.100 Right then. 00:12:29.180 --> 00:12:29.680 At that spot. 00:12:30.100 --> 00:12:30.980 My mom gave me this loop. 00:12:31.159 --> 00:12:32.039 I opened that box. 00:12:36.259 --> 00:12:36.620 So. 00:12:36.879 --> 00:12:37.419 I said yes. 00:12:39.200 --> 00:12:39.659 You know. 00:12:39.720 --> 00:12:40.620 After everything got ended. 00:12:41.100 --> 00:12:41.820 My mom's taking for. 00:12:41.960 --> 00:12:42.960 She's taking too long. 00:12:43.039 --> 00:12:43.580 I said mom. 00:12:43.680 --> 00:12:44.759 We have to go. 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:46.740 You know. 00:12:46.879 --> 00:12:47.680 I got work to do. 00:12:47.679 --> 00:12:50.739 So we got home. 00:12:50.859 --> 00:12:51.639 And the first thing I did. 00:12:51.739 --> 00:12:53.719 Was to open my precious gift. 00:12:54.459 --> 00:12:55.279 And you wouldn't believe. 00:12:55.379 --> 00:12:56.399 Everything I prayed for. 00:12:57.079 --> 00:12:57.479 Was. 00:12:57.879 --> 00:12:58.759 In that gift. 00:12:58.859 --> 00:12:59.459 In that box. 00:12:59.979 --> 00:13:00.759 Was school supplies. 00:13:02.379 --> 00:13:02.819 Toys. 00:13:03.659 --> 00:13:04.019 And. 00:13:04.239 --> 00:13:04.739 You know what. 00:13:04.799 --> 00:13:05.859 One thing I'm so curious about. 00:13:06.079 --> 00:13:06.239 Is. 00:13:08.719 --> 00:13:09.979 People think that it's just. 00:13:10.379 --> 00:13:11.079 School supplies. 00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:12.079 But it wasn't. 00:13:12.240 --> 00:13:13.359 It was just not school supplies. 00:13:13.939 --> 00:13:15.039 This really gave me hope. 00:13:15.039 --> 00:13:15.899 And that's when I started. 00:13:16.939 --> 00:13:17.599 Questioning myself. 00:13:17.779 --> 00:13:18.019 I said. 00:13:18.719 --> 00:13:19.120 That means. 00:13:19.299 --> 00:13:19.860 Maybe God. 00:13:19.919 --> 00:13:20.480 Maybe this God. 00:13:20.539 --> 00:13:21.000 Is talking about. 00:13:21.120 --> 00:13:21.299 Maybe. 00:13:21.579 --> 00:13:22.019 He's really. 00:13:22.139 --> 00:13:23.120 Really answering prayers. 00:13:24.959 --> 00:13:25.860 But not just. 00:13:27.379 --> 00:13:28.480 The school supplies. 00:13:29.240 --> 00:13:30.159 What stood out to me. 00:13:30.740 --> 00:13:31.819 In my box. 00:13:32.159 --> 00:13:32.480 Was. 00:13:33.459 --> 00:13:34.759 A prayer not for one of the family. 00:13:35.639 --> 00:13:36.419 It wasn't that long. 00:13:36.719 --> 00:13:37.579 Just something small. 00:13:37.879 --> 00:13:38.199 Saying. 00:13:38.599 --> 00:13:39.459 God loves you. 00:13:39.459 --> 00:13:40.879 No matter what you go through in life. 00:13:41.419 --> 00:13:42.120 And this tells me. 00:13:42.219 --> 00:13:43.179 That no matter where you are. 00:13:43.679 --> 00:13:44.659 No matter where you go. 00:13:45.599 --> 00:13:47.120 God is always there. 00:13:50.059 --> 00:13:51.299 So when you pack shoebox. 00:13:51.439 --> 00:13:52.759 I know she said that before. 00:13:54.379 --> 00:13:55.360 Put something like a. 00:13:55.439 --> 00:13:55.980 Like a note. 00:13:56.079 --> 00:13:56.779 Like a prayer note. 00:13:56.980 --> 00:13:58.319 That means so much to that kid. 00:13:58.759 --> 00:13:59.419 That means that. 00:14:00.079 --> 00:14:01.319 There's people all around the world. 00:14:01.459 --> 00:14:02.139 Praying for me. 00:14:03.299 --> 00:14:03.799 And also. 00:14:03.899 --> 00:14:05.279 You can also push a family picture. 00:14:05.439 --> 00:14:06.339 So that I can see that. 00:14:06.459 --> 00:14:07.959 This is the family that pack my shoebox. 00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:10.719 And I'm just praying one day. 00:14:10.839 --> 00:14:12.099 That God is going to bring the person. 00:14:12.199 --> 00:14:12.779 Who pack my shoebox. 00:14:12.779 --> 00:14:13.860 So I can just say thank you. 00:14:13.860 --> 00:14:18.820 So on a faithful day. 00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:21.180 My mom was sitting in the living room. 00:14:22.060 --> 00:14:23.460 And I decided to go ask her a question. 00:14:23.700 --> 00:14:24.320 And I said mom. 00:14:25.180 --> 00:14:26.879 If God could send me this question box. 00:14:27.620 --> 00:14:29.659 That means God could surely provide for us to go to school. 00:14:30.460 --> 00:14:31.300 And she said yes. 00:14:31.680 --> 00:14:32.840 If only we have faith. 00:14:33.840 --> 00:14:34.600 And trust in it. 00:14:34.740 --> 00:14:35.840 Because prayer is the key. 00:14:35.840 --> 00:14:38.379 And that's why I said mom. 00:14:38.639 --> 00:14:39.139 Can you. 00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:40.960 Can you teach me. 00:14:41.060 --> 00:14:42.080 Can you show me. 00:14:42.580 --> 00:14:43.160 The way. 00:14:43.300 --> 00:14:44.040 A little bit more. 00:14:44.460 --> 00:14:44.940 She said. 00:14:45.300 --> 00:14:46.160 Why don't you come with me. 00:14:46.300 --> 00:14:47.300 When I go to church. 00:14:47.500 --> 00:14:47.940 When I go to. 00:14:48.740 --> 00:14:49.100 Some. 00:14:49.540 --> 00:14:50.019 Some like. 00:14:51.480 --> 00:14:52.160 Some event. 00:14:52.300 --> 00:14:52.800 Come with me. 00:14:53.600 --> 00:14:54.500 And I said yes man. 00:14:55.180 --> 00:14:55.920 So each day. 00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:56.680 She goes to church. 00:14:57.080 --> 00:14:57.740 I'll be with her. 00:14:57.800 --> 00:14:58.620 Every single day. 00:14:58.620 --> 00:15:01.960 And I'll spend my day learning. 00:15:03.460 --> 00:15:03.820 Praying. 00:15:04.340 --> 00:15:05.200 When church is over. 00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:07.019 She's going to come to the front of the altar. 00:15:07.179 --> 00:15:07.840 And she's going to pray. 00:15:07.940 --> 00:15:08.860 I'll just go near with her. 00:15:10.019 --> 00:15:11.580 And when we got outside. 00:15:12.440 --> 00:15:13.679 That's when I stepped outside. 00:15:14.279 --> 00:15:15.080 And I looked up. 00:15:15.580 --> 00:15:16.580 I looked up to the sky. 00:15:16.700 --> 00:15:17.159 And I said. 00:15:18.399 --> 00:15:19.340 I said God. 00:15:20.259 --> 00:15:21.220 If this is your wish. 00:15:22.980 --> 00:15:23.879 I'm going to make. 00:15:25.019 --> 00:15:26.060 My family proud. 00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:26.980 And I'm going to. 00:15:27.519 --> 00:15:28.259 Do your wish. 00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:30.940 And that's when I made up my mind. 00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:31.679 I was. 00:15:32.539 --> 00:15:33.039 During that time. 00:15:33.159 --> 00:15:33.500 I was. 00:15:34.179 --> 00:15:34.679 Going to. 00:15:35.139 --> 00:15:35.560 I think. 00:15:35.740 --> 00:15:36.100 I believe. 00:15:36.879 --> 00:15:37.659 And that's when. 00:15:37.899 --> 00:15:38.759 I decided to join. 00:15:39.320 --> 00:15:40.659 I decided to join. 00:15:40.659 --> 00:15:41.100 An academy. 00:15:42.019 --> 00:15:42.720 And that academy. 00:15:42.980 --> 00:15:43.480 They represent. 00:15:44.139 --> 00:15:44.620 Basketball. 00:15:44.899 --> 00:15:45.220 Track. 00:15:45.539 --> 00:15:46.539 And all that kind of sport. 00:15:48.600 --> 00:15:49.080 So. 00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:50.460 Let me backtrack. 00:15:50.840 --> 00:15:51.159 Again. 00:15:51.940 --> 00:15:52.980 So everything I've shared. 00:15:53.120 --> 00:15:53.620 From the beginning. 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:54.799 Of my life. 00:15:55.039 --> 00:15:55.240 Was. 00:15:55.600 --> 00:15:56.440 Step by step. 00:15:56.759 --> 00:15:57.560 Everything counts. 00:15:57.559 --> 00:15:58.919 Growing up as a child. 00:15:59.319 --> 00:15:59.839 So now. 00:15:59.959 --> 00:16:00.739 I'm going to take you back. 00:16:01.039 --> 00:16:01.519 Take you guys. 00:16:01.659 --> 00:16:02.119 On how. 00:16:02.479 --> 00:16:03.819 God has given me the opportunity. 00:16:04.819 --> 00:16:06.000 To come to the United States. 00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:07.579 So this is going to be another story again. 00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:08.199 On how. 00:16:08.379 --> 00:16:09.019 My journey started. 00:16:09.159 --> 00:16:10.079 To come to the United States. 00:16:10.599 --> 00:16:11.259 So I joined. 00:16:11.339 --> 00:16:12.139 This precious academy. 00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:13.679 And each day. 00:16:14.839 --> 00:16:16.000 From my house. 00:16:16.759 --> 00:16:17.659 To the place. 00:16:17.899 --> 00:16:18.319 It's about. 00:16:18.939 --> 00:16:19.459 I've pulled it. 00:16:19.519 --> 00:16:20.299 About seven miles. 00:16:20.419 --> 00:16:20.699 Probably. 00:16:21.379 --> 00:16:22.619 But in order for me to get there. 00:16:22.619 --> 00:16:23.819 I have to leave the house. 00:16:24.339 --> 00:16:24.659 Very. 00:16:24.659 --> 00:16:25.259 Very early. 00:16:25.860 --> 00:16:27.240 Because my dad has given us that knowledge. 00:16:27.360 --> 00:16:28.019 To wake up early. 00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:28.740 No matter what. 00:16:28.839 --> 00:16:29.419 Four o'clock. 00:16:29.579 --> 00:16:29.980 You're up. 00:16:30.319 --> 00:16:30.860 You're a bit early. 00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:31.539 Wake up at four. 00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:32.339 So you can start your day. 00:16:33.100 --> 00:16:34.059 Even if I don't like it. 00:16:34.120 --> 00:16:34.899 But I have to do it. 00:16:37.120 --> 00:16:37.959 So each day. 00:16:38.079 --> 00:16:38.959 I wake up in the morning. 00:16:39.740 --> 00:16:40.559 I do my chores. 00:16:41.059 --> 00:16:42.899 If you ask me what my chores is. 00:16:43.019 --> 00:16:43.240 Is. 00:16:43.759 --> 00:16:44.480 I wash plate. 00:16:45.659 --> 00:16:46.439 It means like. 00:16:47.039 --> 00:16:47.240 I. 00:16:47.419 --> 00:16:48.399 You put two buckets. 00:16:48.399 --> 00:16:49.879 And you wash the dishes. 00:16:50.379 --> 00:16:51.240 Not to run with you. 00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:53.000 You wash the dishes. 00:16:53.399 --> 00:16:54.539 You go first water in the stream. 00:16:55.620 --> 00:16:56.279 Come back. 00:16:56.980 --> 00:16:57.679 Swoop the house. 00:16:58.240 --> 00:16:58.860 And what I do. 00:16:59.199 --> 00:16:59.959 Take a quick shower. 00:17:00.439 --> 00:17:01.139 Get my boot bag. 00:17:01.519 --> 00:17:02.059 And what I do. 00:17:02.199 --> 00:17:02.459 Next. 00:17:03.079 --> 00:17:03.559 I run. 00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:05.160 I run. 00:17:05.700 --> 00:17:06.599 And you're not for me to get there. 00:17:06.660 --> 00:17:07.980 Because there's no transportation. 00:17:08.299 --> 00:17:08.940 I have to run. 00:17:09.339 --> 00:17:10.200 So each day with my boot bag. 00:17:10.299 --> 00:17:10.799 I keep running. 00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:11.700 I keep running. 00:17:11.819 --> 00:17:12.319 I keep running. 00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:12.379 I keep running. 00:17:12.380 --> 00:17:15.740 And getting close to where I'm going. 00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:18.000 I'll be tired. 00:17:18.160 --> 00:17:18.340 I'll be like. 00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:19.180 Ah. 00:17:20.540 --> 00:17:21.080 I say God. 00:17:21.140 --> 00:17:21.800 Give me the strength. 00:17:22.260 --> 00:17:23.260 When I get to the stadium. 00:17:23.860 --> 00:17:24.440 Because we say. 00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:26.160 You don't need to warm up anymore. 00:17:26.260 --> 00:17:26.580 You're good. 00:17:29.420 --> 00:17:30.620 So I did that for. 00:17:31.520 --> 00:17:32.580 For quite some time. 00:17:32.640 --> 00:17:33.080 I do that. 00:17:33.140 --> 00:17:33.580 I did that. 00:17:33.700 --> 00:17:34.520 I was so dedicated. 00:17:34.800 --> 00:17:35.260 Because I said. 00:17:35.520 --> 00:17:36.820 I'm going to make my family proud. 00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:37.740 You know. 00:17:38.040 --> 00:17:39.340 Because they've done so much for me. 00:17:42.380 --> 00:17:43.240 So that's when. 00:17:45.580 --> 00:17:46.560 God did it again. 00:17:48.680 --> 00:17:49.940 I was about. 00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:51.200 14. 00:17:51.660 --> 00:17:52.620 14 years old. 00:17:53.720 --> 00:17:54.360 20 to 15. 00:17:55.200 --> 00:17:56.140 When I got selected. 00:17:57.060 --> 00:17:58.300 To represent my country. 00:17:59.060 --> 00:17:59.460 Nigeria. 00:17:59.840 --> 00:18:00.640 For the Junior Olympics. 00:18:01.680 --> 00:18:02.880 If you ask me how I did it. 00:18:03.220 --> 00:18:04.620 It was more of dedication. 00:18:05.260 --> 00:18:05.520 So. 00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:06.960 I was picked. 00:18:07.560 --> 00:18:08.640 To represent my country. 00:18:09.180 --> 00:18:10.440 So that's when I had the opportunity. 00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:11.240 As a team. 00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:12.880 We went to London. 00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:14.240 And from London. 00:18:14.579 --> 00:18:15.960 We went to Germany. 00:18:16.220 --> 00:18:16.900 And from Germany. 00:18:17.640 --> 00:18:18.480 They took this team. 00:18:18.980 --> 00:18:19.599 To Dubai. 00:18:20.079 --> 00:18:20.779 And after that. 00:18:21.460 --> 00:18:22.519 We came back to Nigeria. 00:18:23.220 --> 00:18:23.579 So. 00:18:23.819 --> 00:18:24.819 If you ask me where I'm from. 00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:26.039 My country is Nigeria. 00:18:26.220 --> 00:18:27.640 But I don't really disclose it. 00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:29.779 Because it's more secure. 00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:30.099 Like. 00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:31.740 So I'm from Nigeria. 00:18:32.220 --> 00:18:33.279 So I came back to Nigeria. 00:18:34.099 --> 00:18:35.000 And that's when I asked God. 00:18:35.160 --> 00:18:35.420 I said. 00:18:36.120 --> 00:18:36.680 What next? 00:18:37.299 --> 00:18:38.000 Is that everything? 00:18:38.579 --> 00:18:39.079 But no. 00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:41.199 There was a school in Texas. 00:18:42.559 --> 00:18:44.299 That reached out to my coach. 00:18:45.379 --> 00:18:46.439 The private Christian school. 00:18:47.099 --> 00:18:48.419 The only private Christian school. 00:18:49.220 --> 00:18:50.159 That can give. 00:18:50.799 --> 00:18:51.279 Scholarship. 00:18:52.139 --> 00:18:53.159 Not public school now. 00:18:53.799 --> 00:18:54.720 Public school don't do that yet. 00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:55.419 In America. 00:18:56.159 --> 00:18:56.960 Private school. 00:18:57.559 --> 00:18:58.099 Christian school. 00:18:58.599 --> 00:18:59.299 They can give. 00:18:59.639 --> 00:19:00.119 Scholarship. 00:19:00.339 --> 00:19:01.659 And that scholarship is required. 00:19:02.139 --> 00:19:02.579 It's called. 00:19:03.299 --> 00:19:03.819 I-20. 00:19:04.299 --> 00:19:04.720 Student. 00:19:04.939 --> 00:19:05.319 Everyone. 00:19:05.639 --> 00:19:05.939 To visit. 00:19:06.639 --> 00:19:07.139 I-20. 00:19:07.140 --> 00:19:09.040 So they reached out to my coach. 00:19:09.300 --> 00:19:10.680 And that's when the coach was like. 00:19:10.759 --> 00:19:11.420 I want it. 00:19:11.940 --> 00:19:13.220 So I did all my paperwork. 00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:14.880 And that's when God. 00:19:15.320 --> 00:19:16.460 God blessed me again. 00:19:17.140 --> 00:19:17.800 I got the opportunity. 00:19:18.680 --> 00:19:19.300 I got my visa. 00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:21.880 And I was going to get my visa to come to the United States. 00:19:22.520 --> 00:19:23.440 So before that. 00:19:24.340 --> 00:19:25.800 That's when I sat my family down. 00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:26.840 And I told them. 00:19:26.940 --> 00:19:27.080 I said. 00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:27.400 Mom. 00:19:28.440 --> 00:19:28.740 You know. 00:19:28.800 --> 00:19:30.000 You were the one that did this for me. 00:19:30.540 --> 00:19:33.280 Your prayer has kept me in this point. 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:36.079 She said. 00:19:36.160 --> 00:19:36.740 And she told me. 00:19:37.200 --> 00:19:37.920 Remember this. 00:19:38.559 --> 00:19:39.720 Your prayer don't stop now. 00:19:40.079 --> 00:19:41.000 Just because you have. 00:19:41.460 --> 00:19:41.960 A scholarship. 00:19:42.539 --> 00:19:44.000 You've got to continue that process. 00:19:44.819 --> 00:19:45.460 It's a journey. 00:19:46.099 --> 00:19:47.079 But you can't stop. 00:19:47.180 --> 00:19:47.819 Can you do it? 00:19:49.399 --> 00:19:49.920 I said. 00:19:49.960 --> 00:19:50.639 It's hard now. 00:19:50.700 --> 00:19:50.819 Well. 00:19:50.899 --> 00:19:51.740 I'm going to try. 00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:53.139 So. 00:19:53.399 --> 00:19:54.259 God did it again. 00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:55.839 I came to the United States. 00:19:55.839 --> 00:20:01.779 And it's one of the beautiful places I've ever been. 00:20:02.740 --> 00:20:03.659 Came down from the airport. 00:20:04.399 --> 00:20:05.339 I was confused. 00:20:06.359 --> 00:20:07.079 Didn't know where to go. 00:20:07.220 --> 00:20:08.079 Didn't know where to go. 00:20:08.439 --> 00:20:08.919 I was like. 00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:09.899 This is beautiful. 00:20:13.240 --> 00:20:14.359 And during that time. 00:20:14.359 --> 00:20:16.039 I was living with a foster family. 00:20:17.579 --> 00:20:18.500 And that family. 00:20:18.639 --> 00:20:19.359 That's when I knew that. 00:20:19.399 --> 00:20:19.939 That family. 00:20:20.319 --> 00:20:23.119 They were so dedicated in Samaritan force. 00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:24.919 And each day. 00:20:25.119 --> 00:20:26.299 They go process shoeboxes. 00:20:26.379 --> 00:20:27.239 They pack shoeboxes. 00:20:27.319 --> 00:20:28.239 This church is so. 00:20:28.639 --> 00:20:29.399 Equipped to that. 00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:32.079 And that's when the church. 00:20:32.699 --> 00:20:33.459 Finally decided. 00:20:33.699 --> 00:20:35.679 To come to the Charlotte Processing Center. 00:20:36.239 --> 00:20:37.099 To pack shoeboxes. 00:20:37.159 --> 00:20:37.679 And I said. 00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:38.339 From Texas. 00:20:39.239 --> 00:20:40.159 To drive all the way. 00:20:40.839 --> 00:20:41.500 They said yes. 00:20:41.639 --> 00:20:42.839 That's how dedicated we are. 00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:45.319 And that's when I finally got. 00:20:45.459 --> 00:20:45.899 Charlotte. 00:20:45.979 --> 00:20:46.579 North Carolina. 00:20:47.519 --> 00:20:49.159 And when I first got there. 00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:51.819 Something wasn't right. 00:20:51.939 --> 00:20:53.079 And I kept asking myself. 00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:54.439 What is going on. 00:20:54.599 --> 00:20:55.719 Maybe God was just trying to. 00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:56.899 Show me something again. 00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.679 When I got inside. 00:20:59.379 --> 00:21:00.299 All I could see was just. 00:21:01.379 --> 00:21:01.739 People. 00:21:03.239 --> 00:21:03.639 Churches. 00:21:03.959 --> 00:21:04.519 Like just. 00:21:05.219 --> 00:21:05.579 Smiling. 00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.619 Packed shoeboxes. 00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:07.879 They were so excited. 00:21:08.399 --> 00:21:09.019 And I was like. 00:21:09.399 --> 00:21:11.000 I've never been this excited in my own life. 00:21:11.139 --> 00:21:11.879 But this is good. 00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:12.239 You know. 00:21:15.459 --> 00:21:16.439 But that's when. 00:21:17.879 --> 00:21:18.539 The lady. 00:21:18.959 --> 00:21:19.379 Told me. 00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:20.839 The mom told me. 00:21:20.919 --> 00:21:21.339 She said. 00:21:21.339 --> 00:21:22.139 I thought you said. 00:21:22.139 --> 00:21:23.119 You received one of these gifts. 00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:24.379 And I said. 00:21:24.619 --> 00:21:24.879 Yes. 00:21:25.259 --> 00:21:25.480 But. 00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:26.459 I'm not sure. 00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:27.159 This is the world. 00:21:27.699 --> 00:21:28.279 So she said. 00:21:28.639 --> 00:21:29.559 Why don't you call your mom. 00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:30.220 And ask her. 00:21:31.159 --> 00:21:32.039 And that's when. 00:21:32.399 --> 00:21:33.599 I called my mom back home. 00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:34.939 And she told me. 00:21:34.939 --> 00:21:35.119 I said. 00:21:35.159 --> 00:21:35.359 Mom. 00:21:35.619 --> 00:21:36.740 When I was growing up as a child. 00:21:36.859 --> 00:21:37.519 What kind of gift. 00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:38.119 Did I receive. 00:21:38.119 --> 00:21:40.219 And my mom just said. 00:21:40.399 --> 00:21:41.559 The exact same gift. 00:21:41.639 --> 00:21:42.079 I received. 00:21:42.239 --> 00:21:42.599 And I said. 00:21:42.659 --> 00:21:42.899 Mom. 00:21:43.179 --> 00:21:43.859 I think I'm here. 00:21:44.679 --> 00:21:45.759 And she was so excited. 00:21:46.459 --> 00:21:47.339 But I never knew. 00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:47.699 That. 00:21:48.539 --> 00:21:49.599 Everything I was saying. 00:21:50.159 --> 00:21:51.459 They were listening to what I was saying. 00:21:51.639 --> 00:21:51.959 At the. 00:21:52.359 --> 00:21:52.699 At the. 00:21:52.699 --> 00:21:53.339 At Charlotte. 00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:54.739 So she came to me. 00:21:54.739 --> 00:21:55.139 And she said. 00:21:55.239 --> 00:21:55.399 Mom. 00:21:55.399 --> 00:21:56.339 It would be such a blessing. 00:21:56.500 --> 00:21:56.639 That. 00:21:57.339 --> 00:21:58.399 When someone receives a gift. 00:21:58.579 --> 00:22:00.159 We want that council to be a speaker. 00:22:00.299 --> 00:22:00.739 Can you. 00:22:00.740 --> 00:22:02.420 And then. 00:22:02.660 --> 00:22:03.819 I was getting ready for college. 00:22:04.640 --> 00:22:05.700 I was getting ready for college. 00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:06.940 I wasn't trying to do anything. 00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:07.759 And I said. 00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.519 She asked me that. 00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:11.099 Can you be a speaker for Samaritan's program. 00:22:11.180 --> 00:22:11.759 And I said. 00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:12.519 No. 00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:15.920 I said. 00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:16.980 I'm getting ready for college. 00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:17.440 You know. 00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:19.720 The only way for me to stay in America. 00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:21.279 Is for me to keep up with my scholarship. 00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:21.819 You know. 00:22:22.539 --> 00:22:23.140 So then. 00:22:23.620 --> 00:22:25.660 I got recruited for track and field. 00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:27.120 I went to NC State. 00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:28.519 I don't know if you must know NC State. 00:22:28.960 --> 00:22:29.940 I went to NC State. 00:22:30.740 --> 00:22:31.960 And this was for one semester. 00:22:32.079 --> 00:22:32.819 Before I transferred. 00:22:33.140 --> 00:22:34.880 To a smaller division school college. 00:22:35.220 --> 00:22:36.079 It's a college school. 00:22:36.220 --> 00:22:36.400 Called. 00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.339 Bermond Abbey. 00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:38.579 So. 00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:39.700 I was getting ready for college. 00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:41.839 Then she gave me a card. 00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:42.180 She said. 00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:43.019 Don't worry about it. 00:22:43.079 --> 00:22:43.259 Just. 00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:43.779 You know. 00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.759 Whenever you're ready. 00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:45.920 Just let us know. 00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:46.680 Here's my card. 00:22:46.859 --> 00:22:47.180 And I said. 00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:47.420 Okay. 00:22:48.900 --> 00:22:49.259 But. 00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:49.920 You know. 00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:51.700 When God is calling for something. 00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:53.480 You can never run away from it. 00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:54.539 So. 00:22:54.539 --> 00:22:55.120 That's when. 00:22:55.420 --> 00:22:56.900 God just keeps showing me this sign. 00:22:57.059 --> 00:22:57.480 Each day. 00:22:57.559 --> 00:22:58.039 I go to bed. 00:22:58.120 --> 00:22:59.180 Just keeps showing me this sign. 00:22:59.940 --> 00:23:00.500 That's when I said. 00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:00.680 God. 00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:02.099 I don't know what this is. 00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:02.460 But. 00:23:02.880 --> 00:23:03.599 He said yes for me. 00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.980 So I reached out to her. 00:23:05.660 --> 00:23:07.160 And that's when I started my training. 00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:08.299 That was in 2018. 00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.680 I started my training. 00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:10.400 To be a speaker. 00:23:11.140 --> 00:23:11.420 Even. 00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:11.920 Even. 00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:13.839 It was really. 00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:14.420 Really hard. 00:23:15.059 --> 00:23:15.380 But. 00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:16.660 You know. 00:23:17.660 --> 00:23:18.339 But I did it. 00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:19.400 So I said. 00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:21.079 I want this to be an impact. 00:23:21.079 --> 00:23:22.599 I want other children. 00:23:22.599 --> 00:23:23.359 To know that. 00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:23.720 God. 00:23:24.119 --> 00:23:24.599 Loved them. 00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:26.679 So that's when I said yes to that. 00:23:28.359 --> 00:23:28.759 So. 00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:30.339 My story ends here. 00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:31.279 But. 00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:32.879 I just want to show you guys. 00:23:32.879 --> 00:23:34.859 On how God has impacted my life. 00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:36.480 Growing up. 00:23:36.899 --> 00:23:37.660 So that's why I said. 00:23:38.119 --> 00:23:38.399 Everything. 00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:40.279 Step by step. 00:23:40.619 --> 00:23:41.359 Everything counts. 00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:42.359 If you trust God. 00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:43.440 So. 00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:44.299 My. 00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:45.859 I'm going to leave you guys with this. 00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:46.440 To say. 00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:47.599 Thank you. 00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.339 I'm a big thank. 00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:49.339 I thank you for a lot. 00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:50.039 You know. 00:23:50.099 --> 00:23:51.000 Because it means so much. 00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:52.500 So I want to say thank you. 00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:53.659 And thank you. 00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:55.119 Because everything we're doing. 00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:56.659 We're not doing it for ourselves. 00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:58.859 We're doing it for the glory of God. 00:23:59.639 --> 00:24:00.919 So we don't take any credit. 00:24:01.619 --> 00:24:02.940 So I want to say thank you so much. 00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:04.079 And I'm glad to be here. 00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:05.319 The drive wasn't that bad. 00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.839 I live in off-town Charlotte. 00:24:07.639 --> 00:24:08.539 It was a good drive. 00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:09.180 Two hours drive. 00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:10.180 So I want to say. 00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:11.659 I'm blessed to be here today. 00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:12.720 So take thanks and bless. 00:24:14.299 --> 00:24:16.299 Bye.