“I did not know where to start until I was directed to the Christian Leaders Institute’s online ministry school through a Google search. I instantly knew I was where I needed to be to teach me the skills to minister to others. My goal is to reach women worldwide through the internet and on a local level. However, I cannot afford the cost of a traditional Bible school making CLI’s online ministry school essential to fulfill to my calling.” – Shannon Salas, student of CLI
Housewife Seeks For An Online Ministry School And Finds CLI
My name is Shannon Salas. I am 34 years old and live in the great state of Texas just outside the Dallas-Fort Worth area. I am a wife and mother of three beautiful children who are growing in Christ each day. I home school all three children through Texas’ virtual online school and supplement their school with teachings of the Bible. As a family, we love to travel, take care of pets, fine tune our cooking skills, and woodworking.
I came to the Lord in 1994. At the time I was fourteen years old and my family had lost everything we had. My parents took the last remaining money in their pocket and traveled to Wisconsin to find us a new home. My sisters stayed with my aunt and uncle while I stayed with my grandparents so that we could finish off the school year. I had never given God much thought and, prior to having to move, my mother became involved in new age practices and magic spells.
One night after drifting asleep, I had a dream that I was standing naked in a dark void with a light shining on me. Standing before me was a large wooden podium and behind the podium was a man of great size, but I could not see his face. In the dream, I was scared because I did not know what was happening. I then heard a booming voice that said “Follow me!”. I awoke immediately after in a cold sweat and with a racing heart. The next day I found the old family Bible in my grandmothers closet and started reading. I read the entire thing from start to finish.
A short while after I had this dream, my parents called to inform us they had found a church in a small town who would allow us to rent their parsonage until they found a new pastor. After moving, I began going to church and accepted Jesus into my heart. I had never felt so alive and full of hope. I joined a youth group and made some really good friends.
When I was seventeen, I met a boy whose mother helped me join a commitment class through the Church of Christ. I completed the class, made my confession of faith and was baptized. What was supposed to be one of the most uplifting days of my life was quickly shattered by my mothers naysaying. My baptism started an endless number of spiritual attacks that left me doubting my own God.
The boy whose family brought me to my baptism, became abusive. I went to college, where I became attached to drugs, alcohol, sex, and cutting myself as a means to ease the pain. I remember one night while I was being verbally cut down by my boyfriend, I looked up to the full moon begging God to make it stop, and when it didn’t, I turned my back on Him. Life became easy again, because Satan had won the battle. It is obvious to me now what God had wanted from me – to turn my burdens over to Him and to have complete faith that He will handle those burdens accordingly.
Soon after I began practicing witchcraft. I met my first husband, who is an atheist, and we held a pagan marriage ceremony. I continued my pagan practices until one autumn my four-year-old daughter asked to attend church. My daughter had only been to one church sermon with my aunt, but she was hooked, and she would not cease asking me to go until I gave in. I found a local Methodist church and took the children the next Sunday. My son asked to sit at the front directly in front of the pastor, and I honored his wishes using every bit of willpower I could to make it to the front pew. It was there that I cried, sobbing at times, for the enormous number of sins I had committed against God. It took me four services to cease my crying. I eventually became a member of the church and my children were baptized.
Just over a year ago I was injured on the job which resulted in a long battle with the workers compensation system to repair the damage done to my knee. I was separated from employment during this time and my husband thought it best that I do not attempt to return to this employer. My whole life had been turned upside down and I was quickly thrown into the role of housewife. It was a difficult journey because I was not only injured, but I had to learn to manage the home, something I am not used to doing at this level. I originally started a blog to write about the struggle of being a housewife, but through small blessings that seem to just fall into my lap I feel God has called me to do so much more. He wishes me to minister to women in a way that will bring Christ into their homes and to their children.
Currently my family is between churches, but I have recently started attending Crossroads Baptist Church in Lancaster, TX where they have accepted me with open arms. It is here that I am sure I will find a mentor to help me through my ministry studies. Until then, I have the support of my husband, all three children, and my mother-in-law, who is an active member of the church and a great example of how to lead a Christian lifestyle as God intended for us. My prayers are that I fulfill God’s calling through knowledge, a stronger walk with Jesus, and the truth of God’s Word.
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“I thank God for Christian Leaders Institute. The ministerial guidance I have received so far is unlike anything I have been able to find in over ten years of full time ministry. I trust by the good providence of the Lord and the able leadership of the CLI staff, I will be able to reach my God-given destiny.”
Ministerial Training And Guidance Received In East Africa
JOHN MWANGI NDUATI KENYA/EAST AFRICA
I met the Lord Jesus in 1980 when I was in the first year of my secondary school. In my country, we have a culture of initiating boys to manhood when they complete class 8, as they transition to secondary school. This rite of passage to manhood often makes the young adults big headed, I wasn’t an exception. Fortunately for me however, the Lord Jesus Christ saved me from the obvious results of my rebellion. I may be alive today, because I made that decision.
I joined the school Christian Union (CU), a student body that endeavors to motivate the gospel experience. I immediately developed such a close fellowship with the Lord Jesus, that for the next three years of secondary school, all my lunch breaks were done either in the church or in the park doing open air preaching. This practice enabled me to develop Christian leadership qualities early on in my life.
When I finished my O levels, my brother-in-law, who was at the University of New Delhi (India), heard of my performance (I was the best in my school) and worked out an admission for me to the University of Central India. So by the great providence of the Lord, I did my undergraduate course work there. During this time I became a member of the Pilgrim Christian Fellowship, an association of the AIC India (African Christian Association). In the first year I served as secretary and helped organize conferences, open air meetings and out-reaches within the city. In a short time we became known as the ‘Yeshu Walas’ (JESUS’ PEOPLE) in the city of Jabalpur (MP State).
God enabled me to finish my studies and in 1988, the government of Kenya gave me a job as an accountant in the office of the president. During my tenure in the government, the Lord rebuked me sharply for copying the ways of the world and for compromising my integrity. Everything turned around for me though the night of June 30,1993; I decided I couldn’t hide again and I made a vow to trust God for my life and Christian integrity. Thereafter, all of heaven opened up and God started speaking to me.
The first clear voice of God in my heart was, “Go and begin the Christ Co-workers Church in Meru” (my town). I didn’t belong to this church but I obeyed and did exactly that. I am glad I did because henceforth, my life took a leap in the supernatural. My ministry thrived and more instructions followed. The most exciting of these was the idea to visit Israel by road using the Great North Road that passes through Africa. Through this initiative, I was miraculously able to form the ‘Voice of the Prophets Ministry’. This was an initiative to propagate and sensitize my country men for the need to seek God for revival. We believe that Isaiah 18:1 and Zephaniah 3:10 are promises for revival in Kenya.
I followed the Lord again to Dubai. By the grace of God, I founded a church and pastured it for three and half years, now I am on the slopes of the tallest mountain in Africa, the Kilimanjaro. Here I believe I shall see Africa saved.
I thank God for Christian Leaders Institute. The ministerial guidance I have received so far is unlike anything I have been able to find in over ten years of full time ministry. I trust by the good providence of the Lord and the able leadership of the CLI staff, I will be able to reach my God-given destiny.
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“Deep down I knew that this was not my path. I have always loved to help those that need it the most. From teaching to preaching to those that are in need. Those that are lost. I feel that I am being led to take Hospice Ministry training. A few weeks ago I broke down crying in prayer begging God to help me find a way to get out of my awful job and find a way to minister. A few day later I was fired and I found Christian Leaders Institute. I certainly can’t afford school right now, I’m not even sure how we are going to live, but I know I can pursue God’s will and He will provide.” – Kristin Lozano, student of CLI
Hospice Ministry Training- Growing In Faith
My name is Kristin Lozano and I reside in The United States with my husband Aaron and 3 young children. Christianity has always been a part of my life, the church that I was raised in, I was married in and all of my children were baptized in. I can’t say I never stepped away from my faith, I hit my teen years, went away to school, took a career in the service industry, it all sucked out my time and faith.
I still struggle with my career choice, working in service means working weekends, holidays and no set hours making it difficult to ensure a weekly Sunday morning trip to church. I had completely lost my connection with God. I knew I wanted it, but I lost it. Then I got pregnant with my last child, my son, I already had two children, girls but we really wanted the boy. Six weeks into my pregnancy my umbilical cord became separated and we could have possibly lost him. I was put on bed rest. For the first time in six years, I was not working. I only left the house to go to church on Sundays. After he was born I stayed home for a year. I continued attending church. I was nominated to become a Deacon and was ordained as a Deacon. I loved going and visiting those who couldn’t attend sharing and sharing the word. I would bring the kids. It was good for them and it always made the shut in happy.
Then I had to go back to work, financially we could not sustain ourselves. I continued to Deacon and remain active in the church because I went back to work in a reduced capacity, but that was not able to last long. After two years I am back where I started. I had to find another church that offered services on alternative days so that my children and I can attend when possible.
My husband and children are supporting my studies. Through the teachings, we are growing in our faith. We are learning more and more that church is not just about “Sunday’s” but our daily walk with God. My children and I are praying and reading from the kids bible at night and having discussions before bed now. For the short time I have been in CLI’s hospice ministry training, I feel like I have grown a great deal in my walk and it feels great.
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