True Love Waits around the World—Part 2

You heard yesterday about how God orchestrated a meeting with a top government official for the True Love Waits Philippines team. Today, you’ll hear more about how God is at work in Africa.

In Africa:
Schumile is a young Christian woman who lives in King Williams Town, South Africa. When Schumile heard the True Love Waits message in a presentation at her church, Good News Christian Church, she realized this was the message God had given her and intended for all of the youth of her country. She became a TLW presenter so that she could share that message with the youth of her community. In one month, Schumile presented TLW 11 times in schools and churches because the passion she has for this message burns so deeply in her heart. She is currently not only presenting TLW, but has become a trainer in the Eastern Cape and is sharing the TLW message over the radio at TruFM, where she is a DJ.

Vernon was trained in March 2009 to present the TLW message. Vernon was the firstborn in his family, but both of his parents passed away when he was young. As the head of the family, Vernon dropped out of school at 16 to work so his younger brothers and sisters could be educated. When attending a family funeral in the village where one of his brothers lives, Vernon was anxious to put his TLW training to use and was allowed to teach in his brother's classroom. The whole village was affected by the message of TLW and insisted that he leave his manual with them so they could continue presenting. But he’d been told not to give his presenter's manual away to untrained people, so he convinced them to just copy it. Well, the village made two copies, and before Vernon left, he was finally talked out of the manual.

Sharon Pumpelly, the director of TLW in Africa, said: “I remember Vernon as a quiet young man with even a bit of a lisp. He seemed a bit shy, maybe even timid. It is just so exciting to see how God puts His treasure in jars of clay so that He can be glorified. God worked and is working mightily through a shy but determined young man named Vernon.”

Happily, Vernon is going back to school now, being supported by the same siblings he enabled to be educated and with whom he shared God's plan for sexuality.

In Malawi, Sharon reports that she went to meet with a man whom someone recommended to translate True Love Waits materials into Chichewa. When we began talking, she found out that when he heard the TLW message, he became so passionate about it that he found the funding himself, translated and printed the materials, and trained youth leaders in each province of Malawi!

God is clearly at work around the world through True Love Waits. As Valentine’s Day nears and love is on your mind, don’t let your idea of love get sidetracked. Following God’s plan for abstinence until marriage will make a huge difference in your life now and your marriage later.