PilgrimBCSM Pentagon Campaign Newsletters June 2013 | Page 6

Pilgrim members give their testimonies about their Lifestyle Stewardship journeys during the first year
and share why they support the Pentagon despite the challenges and difficulties they have faced.

SISTER ELEANOR CURRY
Let me tell you about a woman. A woman who has faith. When the Pentagon
Vision started, many of us didn't know where we were going to get the money
from, but God knew that. With Him being in charge of everything, He knew
that if we obeyed, He would be able to get us on the right track for Him. As
we wrestle with “What do we do now?”, this particular woman reviewed all of
the evidence and reordered her priorities. One of them was to stop buying
shoes. I have enough shoes for at least 3 years, so I will not buy more shoes.
With this woman making those kinds of shifts, her whole life changed. The
amazing thing about life is that things get in the way and we will have choices
to make. This woman made commitments to God to definitely serve for the Pentagon. As a result of that, she
didn't know where the money was coming from, but she had the faith. Immediately after choosing to pledge,
her husband got very ill and had to be put in the hospital and she herself had trouble with her back, which made
her unable to move around for 48 hours. What do you think happened? In early January 2013, she got a check
in the mail. She had so many bills to pay and her husband was sick—she asked herself “What am I going to do?”
But then she remembered - seek ye first the Kingdom of God then He will take care of everything you need. On
[Pledge] Sunday, she could not come and bring it herself, so the Committee Leaders came and showed her how
[to do] the pledge. That's my testimony - I am that woman. The greatest thing I'm learning is to listen to God.
God knows what we want and what we need. We must continue to keep our eyes on God's Vision and never
say no to Him.

BROTHER NJONJO BAHAM
When I look back over my walk with the Lord, there was a time when I was
upset and hurt with what I thought He hadn't given me in the time I was
expecting it. I closed my heart to the Lord because I was in pain and, at that
time, the Lord sent a blessing to me and my wife. He sent me my first son and
that opened my heart and showed me more love than I thought was possible.
It helped me grow to be a better husband, a better father, a better man and a
better soldier for the Lord. In that time, my heart started to open back up. I
began to be more patient with the Lord and with what He was trying to show
me and where He was trying t o bring me. In that patience, He molded me in to
the father I needed to be when Joshua came. I'm still a work in progress. I'm
far from where He wants me to be but I see the road He's leading me on. I'm doing my best to listen and not
put myself in front of what the Lord has set before me. I never thought the day would come when I would
have not one but two sons. I thank the Lord for everything He has given me - the pain that He gave me, the
love that He's given me and the life that He's blessed me with. I just pray that the rest of you will let the Lord
lead you the way the Lord is leading me.

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