Soooo 👀 To be very honest, I never thought I would share this. It never even crossed my mind to do it. But as I sit here writing in pitch darkness, I am reminded to be grateful for all the light in my life today and maybe sharing this will give hope to someone out there going through a tough time.

Around this time last year, I got saved. 🥳Two months after climbing out of one of the deepest darkest holes I’d been in. Besides falling from a top grade student to barely passing, besides being in tremendous debt, besides partying day and night to mask whatever I was going through there was a part of me that was completely empty and I never thought I’d be able to rebuild again

And of course, not many people could tell, because I was the LITUATION! The life to every party. In fact I was so good at hiding it, I even fooled myself that I had it under control. I did not! 😕

What saved me?

1. God – Just like the classic Bible story of Jonah in the Bible, the man God had entrusted with a great destiny, I had strayed and decided to take my own path. God sent the storm and the whale 🐳 that swallowed me whole and turned my entire life around. God is an anchor unlike no other. He holds onto you and doesn’t let go, whereas everything else may seem to go up in flames, He feels you with an unexplainable peace. He shields you from the fire and He moulds you into something greater than you even imagined possible. 🙏🏾

2. Support system – My mothers (mummy and aunties), my dad and my sisters. Family will ALWAYS be there for you! They KNOW you. And when you lose yourself, it is important to have people around you that know who you really are! Knowingly or unknowingly, the love and support they give you is truly rebuilding! 🥰

3. A Stranger – To this day, I don’t know what sort of miracle led me to meet this one person. Who found me out of the blue, gained my trust, learnt about me and has been there everyday since! The Good Samaritan of my life who went above and beyond. In spite of not knowing much and in my greatest weakness, you loved me anyway. So I will you forever Jan Mukiibi ♥️

4. The bad – For every success has a burden. And just like you need sadness to know happiness, I am thankful for everything and everyone that pulled me down to the pit I was in. Without the ashes, we might have never known Phil the Phoenix 🙌🏾

I am claustrophobic so I do not like to think in the “light at the end of the tunnel” mentality. But while you still walk this Earth, there’s God in every situation. And He has got your back through it all and beyond. He transformed my life, even better than before I was damaged and He can do that for you all, if you let Him! God bless you all 😊