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Mrs. Lufuno

Matsepane

service training. By the grace of the (now husband). At the time, abortion to consequently ended up having a lot of
Lord, I was successful, and I started my me was like a prevention and I thought it debts trying to take care of his family.
in-service training in 2007. I was was the right thing to do since it was also
registered as a permanent employee the legalized in South Africa. I am He also had a problem of alcohol
same year. During my in-service embarrassed to let the world know that I consumption and wasted most of his
training, I wrote my P1 and P2 and I sinned against God and that was what money buying alcohol. Every time I
graduated in 2008. In the same year I fell happened while I was still living in would try to speak to sort out his
pregnant again with my second born darkness before I knew God. I have now financial problems, he would tell me that
child. I gave birth in October 2008. I repented and I know that all my sins are I was forcing him to live a good life while
continued working for the same forgiven. his family was suffering. He also took
company as a line operator until 2009. I loans claiming that he was building his
then received a promotion to work in THE ALCOHOL mother a house whereas he used the
Quality department. loans to have fun with his girlfriends.
ABUSE AND THE Every time I tried to show him the way,
DOORWAYS THAT I FIGHTS BEGAN he would tell me to go and find a rich
man if I wanted a fancy life. At that time,
OPENED IN MY LIFE WITH MY he had a lot of girlfriends.

n the cult church that I grow up
a t t e n d i n g w i t h m y f a m i l y, BOYFRIEND His mother used to brew traditional
Ifornication was not an issue and at had a stable job even though the African beer. On weekends, he would
the same time they discouraged the use money was not much, so I rented a wake up, take a bath only to wear formal
clothes and sit with very old men
of contraceptives. When I moved in with Iplace near my work place. My
my boyfriend, we continued fornicating boyfriend was staying in Pretoria with drinking his mother’s traditional beer.
and I fell pregnant again whilst my first his mother since he was working in He would be the only young person
born was still young. I secretly aborted Pretoria. We continued seeing each seated amongst these old men. He
the pregnancy and started using other during weekends but we fought a would also buy the old men beers and
contraceptives. This caused me lot. We would sometimes break up then they loved him for that.
complications and would change get back together again. We would
between injection and pills. I would argue over our children. He would buy When I saw that he was not managing
either bleed non-stop or not see my clothes and groceries for his sisters’ his finances well, I offered to help him by
p e r i o d a t a l l . I s t o p p e d u s i n g children and neglects his own. He had a keeping his bank cards with me so that
contraceptives at the time when I was no lot of debts and most of the clothes that he does not misuse his money. I would
longer staying with my boyfriend he bought for his nephews and nieces withdraw and give him transport and
fulltime. Between 2004 and 2007 I were on credit. He felt obliged to take some pocket money. I also took my
secretly aborted 3 pregnancies, and I care of his siblings as his family was savings to help him pay off his accounts
would not even inform my boyfriend financially disadvantaged. He and we managed to pay off his debts.
When he saw that his debts were paid

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