To Save One Life (Part 2)

Still crying he returned to his room feeling like something was coming out of his body…

From that day forward Antoine no longer had an appetite for drugs and alcohol. His spiritual appetite grew for God and he saw how God was using his story to help others. Despite this, still in the back of his mind was the loss of his mother and how she would never see how much his life had turned around. He wasn’t sure what to do with the hurts, guilt and sadness that lingered over his mother and the anger he still had towards his father. He felt he couldn’t be angry with God.

His older sister had attended a Discipleship Training School (DTS) with YWAM and encouraged him to do one. Wanting to do things his way, he went to University and got a diploma. Life for Antoine remained unclear and that’s when he decided to do the five-month school (three month lecture phase and two month outreach). This was the beginning of 2011. For the first time he was introduced to teachings on the Nature and Character of God. It was time to face his brokenness and only the Father heart of God could heal his pain. He realized it wasn’t about covering the issues of his heart, but bringing them into the light for the heavenly Father to heal. Antoine received healing in his heart and he knows there will be deeper levels God wants to take him to. 

He is grateful for the doors that God has opened for him to attend a secondary school with YWAM in the UK called the School of Community Development and now the School of Biblical Studies in his home city and nation. I asked him why he wanted to do such a school and he said, “I don’t have or know enough of God. I want to know Him more. I’m thirsty and hungry. I want to be transformed more, changed more. I want more.”

Antoine has truly seen how God saved his life from physical death and spiritual death. He knows that as he continues to pursue God’s heart and ways that God can use him to help save the lives of others. After meeting and listening to Antoine’s story that quote in the Genocide memorial took on a whole new meaning. Yes, it’s true, “Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire.”