REAL STORIES FROM REAL PEOPLE

A testimony by Okafor, Samuel Nonso Through job loss, family tragedy, financial hardship, and medical uncertainty, Samuel continues to trust that God is still writing his story. Before the world shut down in 2020, life felt steady. I had a job, I was enrolled in a master’s program, and the future seemed full of possibility. Then COVID arrived, and almost overnight, everything changed. I lost my job, my mother suffered a stroke, and life became filled with uncertainty. It was

Ever since I was about fourteen, I felt the ocean calling me. The peace I experienced standing by the shore was unlike anything else. It was not the comfort of home or even the joy of music. It was deeper. When I was near the water, everything else in my world faded away, and I felt a stillness that I could not explain. What I did not realize then was that the peace I felt was not just from the ocean. It was from God Himself. Through the waves, the tides, and the endless hori