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 MAD was an idea that God laid on my heart many years ago. I remember being in a rehab far away in Mozambique working in the fields in the hot sun. I told a few of my friends that one day I wanted to have a ministry and I would call it Eden (back to the beginning)
I left that rehab and relapsed many more times, and somehow the dream was suppressed.
Many years later I was reminded of that vision. I had attended a meeting at a church and there was a speaker blessed with the gift of prophecy. He told us his life story and how he discovered God. He told us that after he was saved he would specifically try and find prophetic ministries. He desperately desired to hear from his creator and this was the only way he thought he would hear Gods voice. He told us how he would sit in the front rows and try and grab the pastor's attention. He would try to look extra happy or extremely sad to somehow get noticed. It never happened and so the one evening the lady sitting next to him was given a "word" A great prophetic word of encouragement and motivation. A beautiful message of hope and promise. On his way home he said to God, "the bible was written for specific audiences a long time ago yet it is your word and it is still relevant to me today. So that prophetic word that was spoken over that lady tonight, that beautiful message. I claim it right now"
He then told us that from that evening his life had never been the same. He shared the awesome struggles and blessings that he had encountered with his new walk with God.
As I was leaving this service, this pastor's wife called me over. And then she said it. The same words that had been spoken over my life twice before at different venues and at different times. " you will be a battering ram for Christ and you will have a place of refuge for the broken hearted"
I was stunned, and silenced. On the bus trip home , I also had a conversation with God. I said "in faith I am willing to do this and in faith I can only trust you" " I am scared and I don’t know how this will happen but I leave it all in your hands"
The next day MAD was born. The next day I received a phone call from my mother saying that she had miraculously spoken to an old friend that she had not seen in many years. He told her that he had also struggled with addiction for many years of his life. Eventually he had dedicated his life to God. Throughout the years he had pastored many churches and that in the more recent years he was overseeing a ministry that had many churches on an international level. He wrote me a letter and said that he would cover all the costs for me to study my pastoral studies. One of my oldest friends who I had been writing to only recently just said out of the blue "if you ever need a website, I can help you". And so It went on like that and still carries on today. Millions of opportunities, of past people and places, all being brought together to make this wonderful picture come to life.
In the last six months, I have had the awesome privilege to speak to over 12000 children and to help 100's of families and I don’t even want to think where God will take this into the future.
Gods promises are for everyone and so CLAIM IT !
Through my many years of battling with addiction, I was passed from person to person and from place to place. I realized that there were so many different organizations trying to help, but there was never one place that offered a complete solution to the problem.
MAD is just that. We are a ministry dedicated to the prevention and the complete solution to drugs and addiction. I am committed to this cause and my promise is that MAD will try its level best to help anyone that needs it.
When God saved me, he had someone else in mind. And so I feel honoured to reflect that revelation.
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