F E AT U R E
WHERE DID YOU GROW UP? I grew up in the
George Mwanza across my path. He is the
beautiful, mountain kingdom of Lesotho. My
director of the discipleship program known as
genealogy goes as far back to the time my
LXP (The Leadership Experience) in Jeffreys Bay,
country was founded! So I was born, raised and
SA. In 2010 I miraculously joined the program
educated ‘til the age of 24 in Lesotho. Both my
and finished it in December. That same year, I
parents came from the village, so our first home
got married to my South African fiancé whom I
was in the same village that my maternal and
met in 2009 in Lesotho, and after our wedding
paternal grandparents come from, but when I
we moved to North West, South Africa. Both my
was six years old we moved to our second home
husband and I felt led to serve in ministry on
in the small town of Maputsoe which had a
a full-time basis so in 2012 we came down to
better infrastructure. My beloved country is tiny
Jeffreys Bay to join LXP as staff.
and literally surrounded by South Africa! The town we stayed in was so close to one of the South African borders that we did most of our shopping just across the border. I had a fairly good
“I was desperately trusting God for a breakthrough in understanding His plan, purpose, and destiny for my life”
upbringing but definitely had my share of troubles as a teenager - poor choices, peer
TELL US A BIT ABOUT YOUR FAMILY. I am married
pressure, and identity issues all made my
to my lovely, God-fearing and adventurous
teenage years more dramatic.
husband Ontlhabanetse Mamabolo; we have been married for almost four years and six
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HOW DID YOU END UP IN JEFFREYS BAY? In 2009, I
months. We work at Victory Church as staff
was desperately trusting God for a breakthrough
members under Pastors Louis and Edna, and
in understanding His plan, purpose, and destiny
we run programs at the Centre of Excellence
for my life; God answered my prayer by putting
in Humansdorp. Our passion is for community