Daveyton youngster in need of funds

Daveyton resident Kamohelo Molepo is looking for funds to go do missionary work in Hawaii, where he will help build an orphanage and work with indigenous community.

Molepo will be going to Hawaii in November.

His love for missionary work started when he came across a global movement of Christians called Youth With A Mission (YWAM) in 2016.

With them, Molepo said, he began to be born again.

The 28-year-old said he is willing to do any piece of jobs or lend a helping hand.

In 2016, he moved to Cape Town with the hope he would get an opportunity of starting his own clothing label.

However, Molepo soon found himself addicted to alcohol. He was homeless in the streets of Cape Town.

The missionary community extended a hand of friendship and helped him get back on his feet in order to reach out and help others.

Molepo said he went to Cape Town to start a new life.

“I only had R100 and I didn’t know anyone in Cape Town, I had to find a job and a place to stay,” said Molepo.

“With the money I had, I brought car accessories which I sold at the train station.”

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Through the challenges he was facing, he felt like God had abandoned him.

Molepo said at some point, he had no time for God as he was worried about where his next meal would come from.

“As I slept on the street, I felt like I wasn’t religious anymore,” he said.

“After a few months of living on the streets, I was sitting at a train station and met two men who were preaching the word of God and bringing hope to those who have broken souls.”

He said he then spoke to the two men and that’s how he got to enrol at the YWAM missionary school.

After three months of learning and doing fundraising such as hosting events at churches, selling biscuits and washing cars, he then went with the YWAM members to Jordan and Israel to work with Syrian refugees.

“We helped refugees by painting their homes and getting them clothing, he said.

“After that trip, I became passionate about mission work and learnt about the struggles of people around the world.”

In April, he moved back home with his mother Dorah Molepo, with the desire to bring change in the community.

“Everyone can see how I have changed. I motivate my peers because no one has motivated them before,” said Molepo.

“Young people need to be positive and believe in their dreams as there are people who are willing to help others.”

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