Her Upbringing – Excerpts from the book
“My mother was born on
the 25th of December 1950 in Zimbabwe; Mama left us on the 3rd
of April 2009 to be with the lord. As a child, Mama Saliphina had a difficult
childhood due to the fact that her mother left when she was a little girl and
was later raised by her grandmother. Her mother, Elitina Ntombeni was a South
African, born from a Zulu father and Tswana mother from Botswana.”
The Death of her Mother
“One day in October, when
coming down the steps from our house, she saw a bird flying towards her and she
got curious and decided kept staring, it flew into her head, then she fell down
with the baby in her hands, this happened around 9am in the morning. She was
later found by a passerby, late noon who heard the baby crying and decided to
take a look, only to discover that the baby was crawling around mother. He
called her name, “Salipina! Salipina! Wake up!” Repeatedly but she did not
respond, she was not breathing except lying there helpless. The man ran to call
for help and soon the place was filled with elders just looking at each other
in astonishment asking questions suspecting that witchcraft was the cause of
the tragedy…”
When relatives organised
a scotch to take Rachell’s mother to the nearest hospital she was already cold
and the doctors could do nothing as they officially pronounced her dead and put
her in the mortuary.
The Resurrection
“When the leader of the
Salvation Army Church finished preaching at the cemetery, it was time to lower
the coffin into the grave. As they lowered the coffin down, she woke up and
realized that she was in the coffin and started knocking. At first when people
heard the noise, they had no clue that the noise was coming from the coffin, so
they carried on with what they were doing, but when the men lowering the coffin
realized that it was coming from the grave, they quickly dropped the coffin in
the panic and that drew everybody’s attention…”
“If you’re working hard
trying by all means to make your dreams come true but everything just seems to
be in vain, do not be angry, just stop and think for a second. Are you doing
what the Lord requires you to do or maybe you are doing what you feel is the
best for you? The only way to know is by asking God and believe me he will answer;
maybe what you don’t want to be might be what God wants you to be.”
The book has a lot to
offer as it tells very touching and inspiring stories that sound real and to
some extent supernatural. Be sure to pre order your copy in time. Let me
continue reading my copy…
Her book is tilted, “Queen
of Ashbel,” By Rachell Gabriel
The book will be
available in stores soon| to order contact Mbix Productions| T: +27 78 709
9877| C: +27 83 872 6783 | E: mbix@webmail.co.za
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