The Fountain Magazine Issue 01, August 2013

Testimony
It was during the first term
break of 2013 that I decided
that enough was enough. For a
while now, I had undergone a long
period of soul searching, seeking,
looking for something… Something
new, fresh, different.
A Sheep
Once Lost
by Keith Tong’i,
Form 2M
Alliance High School
“Why go to church so monotonous,
dull, while outside there’s a
world with unlimited pleasures?” I
thought. I mulled over this question
for quite long, very long indeed
I thought I would go insane.
Life was always easy until I chose to apply
to foreign universities. The grueling process
often left me despaired. I could not see where
I was going. I was down in a valley in the dead
of the night. Then, I
i n
simple
faith and
trust
by
Claudia
Gisemba
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I had begun attending the SDA
services once, twice, thrice a week.
But barely a month later, the services
had become a no-go zone
for me as I was fully immersed
in it all: the computer laboratory,
entertainment, reading worldly
magazines, mails, et cetera. But
all that while, deep down I knew I
had left the church: I had left God!
For three months now, I have
been a stranded sheep, lost from
the fold of Christ, Many at times,
my fellow schoolmates from the
SDA society have urged me to attend
church.
“Yes, of course, I’ll be there today,
why not?” I’ve been answering
them with that line, which has
become my tag-line.
Then a few days ago I begun
thinking, “What value does eloping
church add to me? How does
chose to take a journey.
I went on my knees
and conversed with
my Lord; telling Him all
my troubles. He heard
my cry and renewed
my strength and hope.
He said, “Child, fix your
eyes on Me.” I expediently
followed His
instructions and made
Him my Guiding Light.
Ever since, my cup overflows.
I was successfully admitted to Cornell
University in the United States and now I
know that when things seem hard, there God
has no end in view but to perfect His people.
Christ, who passed on in pain and
anguish upon the Calvary tree
feel about it?”
The shepherd has found his lost
sheep. In the SDA society, I receive
an inner piece, joy, a sense
of fulfillment, an inner feeling of
accomplishment. This is where I
belong; this is where I am meant
to be. Yes, this is home!
Coming home, coming home,
Never more to roam,
Open wide thine arms of love,
Lord I’m coming home.
My dears, many of us are undergoing
this similar problem. We all
experience our downtimes. My
advice is: don’t lose faith so soon.
A man never realizes how close
he is to achieving something until
he quits.
Let’s enjoy the experience in the
fold of God.
It was Saturday, the 31st of March, 2007,
at 10.30 pm when my mum got a call from
the hospital informing her that my dad had
passed on. Moving on has been hard for all
of us. I could not see
our family’s future
without dad. For a
long time I wished he
was around, regretting
having spent that day
in church instead of
visiting him in hospital.
However, I am grateful
to God because we
have neither lacked
nor begged. He has
been faithful enough
to answer us every time
according
to his will
by
Phanice
Ododa
we have believed and prayed. As I hope to
join the University, I thank God for the twelve
wonderful years I shared with my dad and
I am very grateful for my heavenly Father’s
unfailing and eternal love for me.
Praise Him...
THAMINI DINI
by Sharon Kirwa,
Form 1Y, Alliance Girls High School
Najitwika barazani, ukweli kuzungumza
Umuhimu dini aushini, imani nd’o takoleza
Anasa na mali duniyani, Onyangu fadhali
puuza
Shikashika imani, nd’o mwelekeo mwema.
Usiwe mwasi wa dini, mawaidha yote tangaza
Kamwe syatie kapuni, barazani kujilaza
Kwa chechetu tafitini, hekima yote kujaza
Shikashika imani, nd’o mwelekeo mwema.
Wazi sahibu mazoni, elimu yote kujuza
Simamo kweli imani, na matendo kufanyiza
Kiyazingatiya akilini, mema yote takajaza
Shikashika imani, nd’o mwelekeo mwema.
Kaditama kituoni, nasaha nimewajaza
Yanitosha tumaini, mengi nimewajuza
Na mengine jijuzeni, maarifa kujijaza
Shikashika imani, nd’o mwelekeo mwema.
HE IS LOVE
by Susan Kerubo,
Form 4, Pangani Girls High School
One of the Godhead Three
Sent down to us for free
After the son died on the tree
For God had heard our plea
It seems for us he had affinity
And all the love from the trinity
That we might have peace and unity
Not forgetting integrity and dignity
IN VERSE
HE LEADETH ME
by Jeff Nyauka,
Form 3, Alliance High School
That hymn keeps running through my mind
I like what it says, but it just isn’t so, Lord
You would lead me, if I’d let you
And we would go far that way.
But I keep tugging loose, like an impatient
child
Running ahead, sure that I know the way,
Perhaps half afraid You wouldn’t let me if I
waited,
Always running ahead: into brick walls.
That hymn ought to have another stanza,
Lord
“He followeth me”
When I go tearing off on my own, You follow
me
Patiently, lovingly, like a parent
Are you shaking your head, Lord?
Wondering when I will ever learn
How not to run into brick walls?
You lead me, when I am willing, Lord
But the wondrous part is you follow me,
You find me, dust me off,
Comfort me, lift me up,
And take my hand.
To all audiences I write
Warning of spiritual principalities we fight
But He, guiding us, our light:
We need not dread the night
Devouring is the devils will
But He wants us to stand still
For we are a city set on a hill
And the battle we’ll win
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