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What do you think is the effect moving as I was seeing and I of God and I have to continually
of this on them and what can can say I would hear God at that submit everything in myself to
companies like Glass House particular level that I was and He Him, to continually hear what He
PR do to help? would surprise me. And it was not is saying and to know it’s not about
even about the money that some me, it’s about Him. Now I don’t do
I think it’s the quality of teachers
of the companies paid me, it was a thing unless He tells me to.
and maybe the quality of what they
about how He opened my mind I think Glass House has been the
are taught in school. What we can
do is continually go to them and to it or how He surprised me. I tool God has used to teach me
was shocked, “Oh my God, I just about Himself. I see a different
encourage them and teach them
started this company in the village, side of God all the time, the One
and mentor them.
we’re three years old, and we’re Who provides, the One Who
working with Facebook.” For real teaches all things... The first time
Seven years ago you
that was a big deal; that for me I was invited to do a PR training (I
embarked on a journey to
was a testimony. don’t even have a degree for PR, I
change the face of Public
had started but then I dropped out)
Relations in Afrika, and you
In what areas have you seen God trained me in what to do. The
seem to have struck some
God at work guiding you PR training was for very senior
very positive chords, working people from different companies
using His very own Executive
with interesting clients, and I remember afterwards they
Playbook to run Glass House
winning awards and gaining said, “This was amazing.” They
PR?
positive recognition in the gave 10/10 in their evaluations;
I think in every part, even when
media. What do you attribute I wasn’t conscious. Like when I and I’m like He’s the One Who
this to? started, I wasn’t conscious of what teaches us all things.
Of course I attribute this to God, the platform represented, but I I’ve learnt to walk with Him, I’ve
seen the places where I haven’t,
because when I started I didn’t saw Him. You know it’s like when
He’s shown me there are places
know whether I’d get interesting He says He’s the One ‘Who works
where He has given me dreams
clients, I didn’t know people win in us to do and to will’, I wasn’t
and I’ve controlled them. I’ve
awards and I didn’t know there conscious at all. He was behind
been in and out of place, but He’s
would be positive recognition in the scenes playing out things
continually teaching me how to
the media; I was just doing what and He’s still behind the scenes. I
be like Him and that this platform
was natural to me. I started off know there is much more that this
belongs to Him.
at the age of 23, my life started platform represents for Him and
really early, I had finished high sometimes He allows me to see
school at the age of 16 and by 19 just a little. I remember one day
I was working. It’s not normal for thinking, “Maybe if I saw the whole
one to start a company at the age picture I would just run away,”
of 23, but for me it was actually because sometimes it can be too
normal. I had left the company overwhelming. Actually, “...even if I didn’t exist,
when
that I was employed at and I had I look back I think that was so Glass House would
gone back to the village. All I had crazy, a 23 year old child starting a
exist because I’m just a
was KES 6,000/- (approximately company with KES 6000 knowing
USD 60). I remember that before that there are other ‘giants’ who steward who has been
leaving the previous company I have been in the industry for 20- trusted with that which
had these ideas especially about 25 years plus. But then there I was
is of God.
digital communication, because and I believed that I could and I
my background is in IT, and I wasn’t afraid of anyone; I still don’t
kept giving ideas but it seemed understand how that worked out, I
that no one was accepting them. can only say it is God. How do you tie it to who God
So the frustration of that made Now I’ve come to a place where says you are, and how do
me start out and I felt like I had He requires faithfulness from you deliberately live that out
something to offer to the world at me because of the things He’s in your business?
that particular moment, it’s only on said about Glass House and I now know who God says I am
that I discovered that my life has some of the processes of being and I have been very deliberate
never been normal. Being called tested about faithfulness (and it’s in regard to how I interact with this
Mary, which means ‘Rebellion’, it’s a continuous process) have not platform that God has given me.
like I rebelled against all systems been easy. I’ve gotten to a place At the beginning I remember God
and culture. I didn’t have the where I understand and I am now saying, and it was very clear in my
whole picture, I still don’t. I was conscious that this is a platform heart, that even if I didn’t exist,