Augustine

Augustine is a 40 years old male, married, with five children. He is working in the mines sector. Before attending our healing group, he told us that it was very hard for him to live in harmony with his family. “I was abusing my family without knowing. My wife couldn’t know how much I was earning, and even any time she wanted to ask about it, it leads us into quarrels and fights. Administrative authorities attempted many times to reconcile us but it was in vain”, he said. Their children's rights were also violated by poor schooling, lack of school materials and even occasionally lack of food as. Augustine chose to take all the money to the bar and come back drunk. His wife was not happy, always angry at him as he would come back home drunk. Quarrelling and/or fighting. When the healing program started, the Community Healing Assistants approached and invited them to attend 16 weeks healing sessions. His wife refused to join the group healing practices while Augustine did with passion. “…Breathing exercises were helpful because every day I practiced them, I could feel calmer

than before”, he said. After week five of the healing practices, Augustine took time to share his story with the group and his concern that his family had lost confidence in him. The group members shared some insights with him to help him re-assert himself as a father of his children and a husband of his wife so that he could regain trust from his family.

A few days after Augustine received insights from the healing group, he apologized to his wife and children for all his wrongdoing that had hurt them many years. They forgave him and let him know that they had also started noticing positive change in his behaviors. “I am now a happy Husband and Father; my family is happy too. Thanks to the organization that brought the healing groups, I am resurrected”! said Augustine.