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Contributors

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Dr. Gina E Johnson

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Attorney Jahan Berns

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Nicole Emany

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Minister Tina Thorton

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Sandra Hamilton

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Rev. Michelle Mancha

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Marie-Clarisse Bonzia

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Dr. Gina E Johnson

For Such a Time as This I went on a one-week personal retreat

During this encounter, I blamed God for the

at the Home of Peace, an urban retreat

consequences of my making poor decisions

facility, to complete a Leadership

in which He could have intervened.

Like

Formation class assignment. During

marrying out of desperation so I would not be

that retreat, I found the significance of

lonely – even though I heard Him clear as day

unplugging and committing time to hear

say, “don’t do it,” the day of my wedding. Or

from God for more than just an hour or

continue to take pain killers when I no longer

two. Here I was in my fifties, asking God

needed them for physical pain, but instead

what to do with my life? Closer to my

to sedate myself from emotional anguish

way going out of this world than coming

and become addicted.

I went through a

in, I finally consulted Him about His

whole gamut of things He had the power to

intentions for my life. I was pretty much

prevent. I was desperate and determined

asking, “now what, Lord?” The encounter

at the same time. Like an Old Testament

was not a pretty scene. I brought

prophet, I literally rent (tore) my clothes and

everything to the table to confront

stretched out prostrate on the living room

Him about His lack of ownership and

floor. I woke up in the same place I laid

stewardship. It was my time to question

down my frustrations, disappointments, and

God about the devastating periods I

burdens but comforted by the Holy Spirit’s

felt ruined my life and destroyed any

reminder “we know [with great confidence]

possibilities of reaching my destiny.

that God [who is deeply concerned about

Although I did not believe it in my heart,

us] causes all things to work together [as

I called him out as a deadbeat dad

planned] for good for those who love God,

and an absentee father while I was the

to those who are called according to His plan

one doing all the disappointing. Yet,

and purpose.” (Rom 8:28 AMP) I awaken to a

from that face-to-face, Charity for Life

call to create an organization that will prevent

Ministries (CFLM) was conceived and

others from living their lives as haphazardly

born.

as I did.

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Charity for Life Ministries’ vision is of individuals intentionally living a life of purpose aligned with God’s unique call on their life. Our mission is to provide courses, coaching, and conferences that guide people through rational and practical processes leading them in becoming their best selves utilizing the CFLM foundational 5C’s of Change and Development™

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Consciousness: An Awareness of Call Commitment: A Determination for Going All In Contemplation: A Vision Mindset Construction: A Mission Call to Action Conversion: Of the Mind, Spirit, Soul, Will, and Desires™

I believe people have the God-given right and obligation to live abundantly blessed and purpose-driven lives, and I want to help them do that sooner than later. Visit our website and email us to learn more about my heart.

Peace and Blessings, Dr. Gina E Johnson, CEO & Founder Charity for Life Ministries

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Charity for Life Ministries

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Attorney Jahan Berns

Grateful for the Opportunities America has to Offer

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Sitting on a carpet of lush green grass, at my home in Alabama, I read and slowly repeated

James

Truslow

Adams’ words: “The American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRyZW0eWPKo

sheltering-jews-a-true-friend/

like a tasty morsel. I pondered, “What if children in Uganda had the equivalent of an

been

CUFI- The Watchman Show with Erick Stakelbeck

for everyone, with opportunity

eyes and savored those words

had

https://watch.aipac.org/watch/NDMDWM4jjSd3Vr6LEyKeq6

Times of Israel

or achievement.” I closed my

childhood

AIPAC Conference 2020

better and richer and fuller for each according to ability

Mr & Mrs. Robert Berns

To learn more about Attorney Berns story check out these links:

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/from-islam-to-christianity-to-

CBN- 700 Club show https://www1.cbn.com/set-free-darkness-nightmares

Israel Insight https://israelinsightmagazine.com/2019/07/01/uganda-nativereflects-on-israel-bringing-lifesaving-safe-water-tech-toremote-villages/

American dream? What if my

filled

with the rich optimism of abundant

possibilities

and

opportunities; the unfettered hope of reaching for the highest star as long as I was willing to apply myself?” My mind wondered back to my childhood in Uganda- East Africa. I was born in Uganda, in 1979, the year that Uganda’s infamous dictator Idi Amin was deposed. Scenes of war and rivers of blood freely flowing in the streets dominate my earliest memories. When I was

The Berns Family about 6 years old, my father, a beloved military man was assassinated.

As they lowered his bullet ridden body in the ground, it seemed that all hope of ever having a successful future was buried with him. You see, in the early 80s, in a third world country severely impoverished and torn apart by civil war, the likelihood of a girl orphan succeeding seemed like a mirage.

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The years following my father’s death, were extremely difficult and traumatic. Fortunately for me, my mother was a wise and keenly determined woman. She worked day and night to put me through school. Blessed with extraordinary courage and steel in her blood, my mother taught me that no matter how many times one fell or failed, giving up wasn’t an option. Her faith shone brightest in the darkest of times. There were days when she didn’t have money for public transportation; and we would have to wake up in the wee hours of the night and begin our trek; walking many miles in pitch darkness so as to get to school in time for the first class of the day. Many a night saw us sleep hungry because the money that would have bought food was spent on school supplies. Mama drummed it into my head that in a country as economically destitute as ours,

ATTY Jahan Berns and TV Host, Eric Stacklebeck of “The Watchman”

getting a good education was my only ticket out of poverty.

Through hard work, grit and sheer determination, I excelled academically, and received a government sponsorship/scholarship to law school. After graduation, I moved to England, and eventually migrated to the U.S. Once I got to the U.S., I realized that despite my impressive academic qualifications, there was little to no recognition or understanding of my educational background. While that was initially discouraging, I decided to make the best of it.

ATTY Berns with Alabama contingency of Supporters for Israel with Alabama State Governor Kay Ivey

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I consequently enrolled in law school; and passed the bar. I have been practicing law in the state of Alabama for seven years now. While I know that the USA is not utopia, I am grateful for all the wonderful opportunities it has afforded me and countless others. My prayer is for Americans to always cherish America; and know what a great country God has entrusted to us, so that we all continue to preserve the great opportunities for the future generations.

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Nicole Emany Eden Crea’

I was born into a family of ten children: five boys and five girls. Today, I am the only girl remaining among four boys. I can say that the Lord had a plan for me that I wasn’t aware of,

and it’s to His glory. When I was a young girl, I would say that I wanted to be a nun. I think it was the social interaction and community involvement that interested me. I grew up with the idea of serving others without expecting anything in return from them.

At the age of 18 I attended the university to study medicine, but I didn’t know that in Belgium you had to be very good in math rather than geometry and space geometrics. The following year I prepared and pursued nursing for three years and completed my vocational major and passed. At the end of this training, I didn’t see myself working in a large university hospital because their moral values didn’t align with mine. I decided to work in a nursing home for the elderly.

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Eden Crea is NGO in Brussels Belgium promoting African art, design and cooking. We work in collaboration with talented men and women to assist in generating

My four sisters all passed away at the age of 32. Neither sister birthed any children. God allowed me to have twin boys that I dedicated to Him while I was two months pregnant. Today, my sons serve the Lord as licensed ministers, talented musicians and artists.

God is faithful and good because He answered my request even though I had not at that time given my life to Christ. I returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in Africa at the age of thirty. At this time Belgium did not want to regularize or notarize my documents after almost 20 years of employment and stay in the nation.

While in Kinshasa I engaged in employment working as a commercial director of a plywood and furniture manufacturing company and later as school principal for seven years.

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When President Mobutu fell from political office in Congo, I took my children to

Brazzaville where the social and political climate was quieter. I had the opportunity to go and represent a charitable foundation in Gabon. I went there without my children.

So, it was in Libreville that I was born again and had a revelation that the Lord asked me to be like Joseph. Until recently I didn’t know exactly what God meant in reference to me. Joseph had a multi-faceted life being second in command in Egypt under Pharaoh.

Joseph had great favor with God and with Pharaoh. He operated also as a Minister of Finance, being an overseer of the Egyptian economy. A great leader who strategically fed the nation and took care of his family in the times of great famine in a foreign land.

Today, I’m 60 plus years young, I finally know the Lord’s purpose for me and it’s

in the marketplace. Therefore, I am returning to Africa for this work in my life. God has anointed me highly in skills of catering in which I’ve provided services to various organizations and high-level officials in Belgium. Cooking is an art and I love preparing and designing the presentation of foods I’ve prepared. The artistic flair given me by God has opened the doors for event decoration and photography. I have always held a passion for agriculture and eco-tourism. I would like through an NGO to pass on what the Lord has allowed me to acquire as a skill to others, especially to the poverty-stricken areas of DRC and surrounding areas.

This is how my business Eden Crea was established as a non-governmental organization which promotes African culture, healthy organic cuisine in Africa and abroad that promotes a healthy gastro system. My latest product is “Lènu” the gastronomic part of Eden Crea. This section is more reserved for gastronomy: artisanal manufacture of fruit juices and nectar, sweets and cookies towards initiation into modern African cuisine.

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My aim and objective are to promote entrepreneurship with men and women who have the same vision for the development of Africa. “Lènu” is the gastronomic part of Eden Crea. This section is more reserved for gastronomy, the artisanal manufacture of fruit juices, nectar, sweets and cookies that are healthy, tasty and nutritious.These products are my initiation into modern African cuisine for modern Africa. Eden Crea is geared towards offering training, development, employment and promotion of African entrepreneurs, artists and craftsman.

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Based from Passion

Minister Tina Thorton

“I Am A Witness�

Tina Thornton, a lifelong native of Birmingham, Alabama, serving the indigent population for women, men and at-risk youth has been engaged in community outreach since 1997. She began this journey following her own cycle of abuse after her second marriage/ relationship ended of twenty-one years. Through her quest to comprehend her position or lack thereof of her own abusive posture – Tina enrolled into an Anger Management class to better understand the mindset of her abusive husband. Soon afterwards she began attending a Domestic Violence support group to receive further insight on the repetitive cycle of domestic violence demonstrated in her family. She was looking to help her husband and found help for herself.

Her participation in this group led to her facilitating, Violence Intervention Workshops for the Judicial System.

S.O.L.E.

(Survivors

Overcoming

Life

Experiences) Services, formerly Gem Kreations was birthed through observation of the lack of systematic support readily accessible during her season of restoration and healing warranted to navigate beyond her own abuse. Tina noted the lack of support identifying the rooted matter that positions most victims to participate in cycle relationships fueled by abuse. Tina was determined to encounter inner healing that would truly break the cycle of abuse she had experienced and witnessed in the lives of others.

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S.O.L.E. Recovery, LLC, “Survivor focused, and experience driven� was purposed to enrich and transform lives altered by generational cycles of unhealthy abusive behaviors on a journey of advocacy; empowerment, and education. Tina was focused educating women to understand the vast difference between a love that obeys and a love that enslaves! Enslaved love is subjective and conditional. Agape love does not look for reciprocity! Allow love to lead by an authentic demonstration. Empowering others to grow to love themselves more than they’ve experienced in their pain!

As its Founder, Tina believes that nothing in life better equips you to help others more than lived experiences beyond shame and guilt of those horrific experiences! Life sets you up with experiences that afford challenges, breakthroughs and solutions that afford deliverance and healing in the lives of others.

It was those experiences of abandonment and rejections that defined me beyond my understanding as it relates to low self- esteem and self-sabotage in many areas of my life.

Tina found herself abandoning relationships purposed to navigate her beyond the next level of freedom because of trust issues. The greatest reward was laboring to better understand and overcome rooted issues that robbed her of her first identity. This robbery aligned her to collide into the identity of the Father who transforms, pain & disappointment to become a Kingdom solution! It was a journey that shifted the trajectory of her existence, revelation, wisdom and the lives of the children that witness more than they should.

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Today, she has progressively matured to appreciate the benefit of the sometimes-cycled processes until vision is no longer obscured by blind spots created through childhood adversity!

Everything purposed to steal her identity, name and will to live collided into the predestined purpose of God! Freedom was afforded by the Creator of life, Himself! She learned that it truly is a full circle back to our beginnings (childlike) that will enrich our new beginnings & seamless level of Freedom!

Tina continues to foster new relationships throughout Metro Birmingham to Educate, Empower & Engage others with effective tools to heighten Value, Vision and Victory. In combating the overwhelming barriers linked to domestic violence; education, unemployment, homelessness and life skills coaching. SOLE Recovery, LLC has focused on prevention and early intervention for many. SOLE Recovery, LLC provides: individualized and group (His Real Gem) transitional care, life skills training, employment readiness programs and job placement assistance; while assisting clients with pre-employment activities, such as resume development/review, interview role techniques, and identifying suitable job leads that match their skills and career interests.

Ten years divorced beyond her abusive marriage, Tina, states, “I am a Witness! He who the Son sets FREE is Free Indeed! “ She is a single mother of 3 adult sons, Sebastian (Ayla), Christian and Jordan and one amazing granddaughter, Rose.

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Sandra Hamilton

Seed Time & Harvest In Healthy Buckets

Sandra Hamilton resides in urban Montgomery, Alabama with her husband George Hamilton. They both

are entrepreneurs in their respective fields. George re-upholsters furniture and has great demand for it because of his attention to detail and professional skillset. Sandra, is a budding entrepreneur in her field. Truly, this is a play on words in her behalf because she literally has a field that buds with every vegetable you can imagine.

Three years ago Sandra was in her customary mode of praying unto God while walking in her yard. She

began seeing buckets and a beautiful farm with beautiful healthy vegetables and herbs. She continued seeking God regarding what she saw in this open vision and she heard God speak “bucket” to her spirit.The word bucket seemed odd to her and she continued in prayer to understand clearly. She then heard “Healthy Buckets” the business He was giving her to do.This was quickened in her spirit and she embarked upon a wonderful business she affectionately adores.

Sandra began her sowing season by becoming a blessing to others in need. She fed people in her

neighborhood who were in dire need of food. She provided and continues to provide clothing to women and children in shelters and God encompassed her about with favor as His Word says in Psalms 5:12 - For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

Just as God used Elijah to give the widow woman His plan to start her oil business by borrowing buckets,

He gave also to Sandra.

2 Kings 4:3 - Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels;

borrow not a few.

Sandra was getting buckets from various means all because of favor to start her business Healthy Buckets. She remembered what God’s Word said that He was her provider and she watched God provide her needs each day for her business. A florist gave her buckets and large new flower pots. A restaurant provided buckets in gallon measure to Sandra. God was with her in provision for her business in every manner. He sent a young man with a truckload of straw who sold it to her husband for $35. This straw was needed in her gardening and compost process.

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Sandra was blessed by receiving loads of fruits and vegetables

from restaurants in order for her to make her own healthy compost. The favor didn’t stop there. God sent a female client of her husband to her.

She happened to be a master gardener and she blessed Sandra with an abundance of garden tools. Everything she needed God had provided!

He sent men and women to give into her bosom.

Luke 6:38-39 - Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

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What a great and marvelous God.

Sandra produces the most beautiful organic and healthy foods. Her peppers generate sales from her customized pepper sauce with revenue from numerous people and restaurants. Her famous tender collard greens are a must to local restaurants. She has began making healthy natural juices ad tonics that are great for healthy bodies.

Sandra

provides

training

to

those

interested in learning how to develop their own organic gardens, as well as obtaining vendors for her products.

Sandra also has a great workshop for

seniors that’s astounding and beneficial to well being. To contact Sandra Hamilton and her Healthy Buckets to train and/or speak to community groups and organizations contact: BF Gibson & Associates, LLC - (205) 407.8632 of (205) 447-8349

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Organic vegetables grown in healthy buckets

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Rev. Michelle Manacha

Psalms 37:4-5 (TPT)

Follow Your Dream

Make God the utmost delight and pleasure of your life, and he will provide for you what you desire the most.

Give God the right to direct your life, and as you trust him along the way you’ll find he pulled it off perfectly!

Delight - h6026. ‫‘ גַנָע‬ânag; a primitive root; to be soft or pliable, i.e. ̱ (figuratively) effeminate or luxurious: — delicate(-ness), (have) delight (self), sport self.

AV (10) - delight 7, delicate 1, delicateness 1, sport 1; to be soft, be delicate, be dainty (Pual) to be delicate (Hithpael) to be of dainty habit, be pampered to be happy about, take exquisite delight to make merry over, make sport of 30

When I was a little girl, I spent much of my playtime pretending to be a teacher and a mother. I also enjoyed writing. In the third grade, I wrote my first long story. It was about a teddy bear. God was directing my path even then, showing me the way that I should go.

My mother saved her favorite writings of mine. I remember the specific assignment where we had to write an essay about what we would do if we had three wishes. I think she liked that one in particular because I had the insight, even as a first or second grader, to ask for more wishes. I loved writing as a little girl and through the decades, writing has been my friend, a creative outlet, and a safe place.

Writing is something that I have almost complete control over it requires absolutely nothing from anyone else except for them to allow me time by myself to do it. I write because I want to hear the story that I’m telling. If others decide to read what I write and they enjoy it, that’s great. But that is not why I write.

In high school, I started a romance story in a notebook. I would write a chapter let it circulate amongst my friends, and write the next chapter when it was returned to me. It was so much fun creating a story and watching others read it and wonder what was going to happen next.

I was also known as someone who could be trusted to give good advice. My friends would often come to me with their issues and ask my opinion about what they should do. I enjoyed this part of my life as well, and for a while thought maybe I should be a counselor or something. Ultimately, I followed the path God laid out before me and pursued a corporate career in education, fulfilling the teacher component of my dream as a little girl.

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When I graduated from graduate school, I was

I established His Glory Publishing in the early

in my early 20s, and single. I wasn’t interested in

2000’s and laid the foundation for the consulting

getting married at that point, but knew I wanted

arm of the business as well. Neither lasted

to eventually. I met a young man who totally

very long as I allowed another assignment,

captured my attention. He barely knew I existed

motherhood, to take a front seat. After my last

and I was sure the right thing to do was to keep

child was born, I did successfully published my

my distance and not throw myself at him. I again,

first book in 2009, but completely stalled after

turned to writing and started my first book of

that.

non-fiction. It was a guide to help single women

God is faithful.

stay happily single until they were married. When

Throughout everything that was happening in my

I started feeling distracted, I would write. When I

life, God remained faithful and would remind me,

was thinking about the young man for too long, I

or nudge me and encourage me to write. In 2019,

would pray.

I attended Joseph’s Business School. This was just

Before I knew it, my attention was where it

the structure I needed to refocus and re-launch.

should be (focused on the things and plans of

I finished the program in 2020 and have been in

God) and my actual husband found me (the

the process of re-constructing what will now be

other young man was a great guy, but not God’s

MRM Consulting with a publishing branch.

choice for me).

While this is not a traditional business “success”

When I attended Bible school God revealed to

story, it is a reminder to gently and consistently

me not only was I to write, but I was to help other

follow after the dreams that God has placed in

people fulfill their call here on the earth. I am

your heart. If you delight yourself in Him, trust

called to encourage people in their assignments

Him in all your ways, He will work with you to

and do whatever I can to help them complete

make the dreams He put in your heart a reality.

their assignments. And God, like only He can, turned my assignment into a business.

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Marie-Clarisse Bonzia

Bon Appétit

In June, 2016 Forbes- Afrique covered Marie-

During high school, she began to dream

Clarisse Bonzia, who wants to promote

of a legal career. But her parents believed

quality chikwangue on Parisian plates. In

their children should aspire to something

the Congo (Democratic Republic of Congo

better than becoming a lawyer. Although,

(DRC) and Central African region, chikwangue

being a lawyer is a prestigious profession

is often called kwanga or chikwangue, but

they wanted her to become a chartered

also known by many names in the various

accountant.

languages across the region. It’s not actually

Against

her

will,

Marie-Clarisse

Bonzia

a bread but a thick paste of soaked, rinsed

therefore joined the Lycée technique du 1er

and pounded cassava that is steamed-cooked

mai located in the Congolese political and

inside leaves.

administrative capital where she obtained

Marie-Clarisse Bonzia desires to escalate the

her Baccalaureate G2 equivalent to the

excellence and authenticity of her business

current Bac STMG (science and technology

in marketing of chikwangues. She had been

of management and management) with the

brought up with respect for the promotion of

option to management and finance. She was

fresh, healthy and good quality ingredients in

a Holder in 1995 of the graduate diploma

food preparation and consumption.

in management, finance and accounting

Marie-Clarisse Bonzia, is an assertive

at the Hautes Etudes Commerciales du

professional that reinforces the mindset

Congo where she obtained a commercial

that there is no age limitations to becoming

position five months later at Saint-Jean

an entrepreneur. She launched the Chic-

Communication, a company specializing in

Kwanga project - Chic to associate the idea

the manufacture of advertising panels where

of refinement with “Kwánga”, which means

she worked.

chikwangue in Lingala. It’s an accompaniment to meats and sauces, and is particularly appreciated in Central Africa.

Marie Clarisse is a mother of two daughters and lives a lifestyle of faith before them.

Coming from a family of six children, she was born to a father who was a farmer and a mother who was a shopkeeper in Brazzaville, across the river from Kinchasa, the Capitol of DRC where she spent her childhood and her adolescence.

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She maintained her passion regarding entrepreneurship and planned to create an agri-food company that would supply all the markets in Brazzaville with vegetables deemed too rare and too expensive. During the start-up engagement of her business it was interrupted as Congo became embroiled in a serious civil war. Forced to flee her country she flees to Soisy-sous-Montmorency in Ile-de-France, in December 1998.

For her, it was the start of a fresh and new beginning. Unfortunately, she went on to do odd jobs that paid well below the union minimum wage. She held jobs as a sales team member in a several supermarkets, order picker etc. Now becoming disillusioned and weary with this cycle she decided to stop the employment of multiple jobs and return to school. She enrolls at the CFAS Institute to perfect her knowledge in accounting applicable to French regulatory requirements which allowed her to occupy from

Apetizers prepared by Marie-Clarisse Bonzia Cuisne

2002 various administrative positions in the associative world. Here, she learned to work in a team and familiarized herself with other aspects of management.

As a victim of an economic layoff in 2013, she devoted herself fully to her passion, culinary arts. A follower of world cuisine and a lover of good food, she returns to the memories of the richness and flavors of her culinary heritage. She is particularly fond of chikwangue, a delicacy consumed in particular in Congo-Brazzaville, DR Congo, Central African Republic and Cameroon ... but regrets that want she gets from the local grocer in her neighborhood or in “exotic� food stores cannot compare to her heritage nor are they designed to meet optimal health and conservation conditions.

She makes the same observation when she occasionally frequents events where the cuisine is buffet style or providing dinner cocktails during which chikwangues are offered.

Caters to contingency of political hierarchy

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This is where the idea to design and market chikwangues for the plethora of African food lovers in the European market. However, competition is fierce, especially considering a dynamic parallel market, which is extremely difficult to estimate. In order to stand out from the multitude of players already operating in this trade, including those present in the informal sector, her approach must be on the quality approach of the chikwangues.

This product is meticulously controlled during all phases of the process in European market. And production. In accordance with the food hygiene recommended by the standards in force, which makes it possible to offer customers a high standard of quality in a packaging guaranteeing a longer shelf life she strategically plans her approach into the marketplace.

Marie-Clarisse Bonzia then decided to incubate her Chic-Kwanga - Chic project at Résonances Nord-Sud, an incubation and support structure for

The adrenaline rush that consumed her after

entrepreneurs anchored in the dual territory of Île-

obtaining her two trophies (the “creation

de-France and Africa. This approach would benefit

category” label) within Résonances Nord-Sud in

her in order to obtain advice and expertise. Success

2015 and the “She for Africa” prize of the ABC

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Innovation competition in 2016 made her want

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At the end of the incubation period of her project, she intends to take up a major challenge, namely to approach the French certification in order to obtain a rewarding mention for her products.

Such a label affixed to chikwangues would give consumers the guarantee of a taste quality superior to that of a “lambda” product.

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So Much Rubble B Y: C AT H E R I N E W I L L I A M S

But there is so much rubble and my strength has given out Where my faith should be strengthened, instead is fear and doubt The promises I made to You over and over again I can not consistently keep, for I am ladened down with sin “Take no thought of your life, what you shall eat or drink Seek first His Kingdom” and at sin, no longer wink Lord I want to do Your will and please You in every way I want to live a holy life and mean the words I say But it seems as if I continually lose control How can victory come to me if I never feel whole?

This void in my life I try so hard to fill

My child I paid the price, and you I have redeemed!

My eye is on the sparrow, I see each one that falls And you are worth so much more, I hear you when you call I am the Lord Jehovah, the LORD that Healeth Thee In Me and only Me can you find lasting victory!

The void you try to fill, will never be satisfied For I alone can fill you, provide what’s missing deep inside Your sins I have forgiven and provided a way for you to escape You must seek Me first and foremost, no longer hesitate For this is your year of victory, wait My child you’ll see The failure you experience, will draw you closer now to Me!

Leaves me feeling empty, yet I hear You say, “Be still!”

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I heard a story about a sad and depressed clown He made others laugh, but he himself felt down I understood how he felt when his makeup was removed I wondered if the tears he cried left tracks or shallow grooves I wondered how his heart felt when he received the applause of men Only to return home feeling, “This battle I cannot win?”

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Did his family know what he was going through Did he long for someone to tell his secrets to?

Then I hear You Abba, speak so sweetly to me

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