Vendor Writing: Loum O.

Story of Life Changer

BY LOUM O., CONTRIBUTOR VENDOR

Who can’t believe that through God, United States is a life changer for everyone in this world?

I myself Loum O. felt unbelievable that the United States can change my life.

Being in a war-torn country South Sudan, I thought I would enjoy my life in that country. I thought it could offer me opportunities to live a good life, but at 8 years old the war tore my life away along with my family.

My village was damaged along with neighboring villages and many people died — fathers, mothers, children, grandfathers and grandmothers.

But for me and my family, God had not set up time to leave this earth, so because of big atrocities of the war, we escaped to Uganda through bushes with no food, or clean water, surviving on wild fruits until we escaped to Uganda and took refuge living in a camp for eight years until the United Nations provided a food program and clothes.

Due to congestion, we moved to Kenya living in a deserted camp where many refugees died due to overpopulation. Diseases of all kinds poured among escapees.

I lived there in the camp under a U.N. program for three years. Now, through a strong nation — the United States, sent by God, I am living in the United States in Nashville trying to get a better life in the country where God has poured upon me many opportunities. It is my great life changer and I've expereinced unbelievable things that I never expected in my life.

Opportunities such as enrolling in a university after I completed my high school. I enrolled in Tennessee State University for four years and graduated with a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics.

However, I found that choosing the field of teaching was difficult because being a little person, I knew I would not be able to reach up the board.

So I was frustrated for years without using my degree. However, due to God’s greatness and being in the United States another door opened up for me selling newspapers along the streets with The Contributor newspaper company where you own and run you own business gaining at least a little income for living.

At first, I faced many challenges by my own close step-brothers and other close relatives who made negative statements about me, but I left them behind with their negativity and keep on pressing on the business with my little income.

The business brought for me wonderful customers with all kind offers.They have being a life changer for me.

I am so happy for this business as a life changer in which I not only earn money, but I also meet wonderful people that advise me to keep on pressing.

Indeed, I am so happy to God, my Lord, for sending me a faithful man named Jesse Holman and his wife Heather. They reveal for me the kingdom of God and now I am joined in prayer with them and going to a church believing that coming from a war-torn country to the United States, to university where I learn how to write, read to do self business, to the church and lastly to read the Bible and understand what is in it and apply to the world in order to open the door to everlasting life in heaven.