My name is Pastor Lotieh Akondowe
I was born in 1979 in Dodoma the capital city of Tanzania.
At age 9 my father was transferred to Mbeya to work, he married
numerous women as is the custom here and unfortunately started
to drink heavily. The pressures of numerous wives and children
caused him to run away and my mother was left to fend for
herself.
Life became
so difficult for us we sometimes went into the milling machine
and gleaned left over flour to enable us to survive. Years
later my father became sick, he returned home and eventually
died in 1995.
During that time we were tortured by our own father. I was
attending Sunday school at the Assemblies of God but when
he heard that I was going to the church he stopped me from
going. However the calling of God on my life was so strong
I could not stop going to church, so went secretly whenever
he was out.
From an early age I have been preaching in
the open air and people were coming to Christ. My ministry
of winning people to Christ continued up to the time when
I joined the Secondary school.
I formed my own group known as
YOUTH FOR CHRIST we were dealing with winning our fellow students
to Christ at the same time the school appoint me as a chair
person to lead the Christian school organization
After completing my secondary school I went to the bible college
in Lilongwe Malawi where I studied the Diploma in Bible and
Theology.
It has been my vision ever since to see my fellow
Africans knowing the true way of Christ, this will teach them to
stop trusting the witch doctors, offering their children to spirits
commonly known as Mizimu and many more.
It is my desire one day to see the ministry winning
Tanzania for Christ and not only that but also winning Africa to
Christ - this is possible 'Thy Kingdom come'.
Meet my lovely wife Stella,
she was born in Malawi in 1984,unfortunately before she was
born her father left and Stella has never seen him. With lack
of parental support her life was retched until the day she
accepted Christ to be her Savior.
Read her full testimony and see how you can
help turn her dream into a reality
