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RICH and famous celebrities don’t all come from money. Some of the richest and famous celebrities in the World actually grew up poor. In fact, many came from nothing at all. The “rags-to-riches” trope may be a cliché, but it’s one that’s definitely grounded in reality for a 33-year-old Victoria-Falls based prophet Musawenkosi Vundla who calls himself Vundla Thwasa Lodumo.
Vundla is attracting massive crowds through his seemingly novel way of healing where he is using social media platforms such as WhatsApp and Facebook to heal, deliver and transform people’s lives. He is a celebrated prophet not only in the resort town of Victoria Falls but in the country and beyond its borders.
For Vundla, God seemed to have favoured his invisible way of healing as he also attracts clients from across the globe. His story is a fitting testament to the notion that divine intervention, hope, courage, and perseverance matters more than how much money an individual is born into.
Besides prophesying and healing people, the renowned prophet is also engaged in bountiful acts of giving to the vulnerable and less privileged families. Vundla is running a project of building houses for vulnerable families in his rural home Sizinda Village which is about 15 km from the resort town and paying school fees and buying uniforms and food for more than 20 pupils.
His extraordinary story came to the attention when he paid school fees for young musician Andrea “The Vocalist” Sibanda of Uhambo fame who attends Mkhosana Adventist Secondary School and built a house for Nhlanhla Sibanda among other beneficiaries. Sibanda caught Vundla’s sympathy when he was deserted by his wife after he suffered a rare skin disease which caused his skin to peel off.
In an interview with B-Metro Vundla shared his grand philanthropic story saying he was raised by a paternal aunt in Tsholotsho after his parents died when he was still young. “Growing up I always felt like I was living on the other side of the tracks. I did not go to school as I was sent to do domestic chores while my cousins went to school.
“I also didn’t have much, and I would wear the same clothes often and so I took care of the few clothes I did have. That later helped me to share the things I have in life, no matter how little I have. I am always keen to help the poor by giving them what I have because I know what it is tobe starving,” said Vundla.
He said from that unimaginable background he always wanted to make sure that no one should be left hungry and homeless. “When you grow up poor, you often imagine what it would be like if your family was rich. I was looking at more well-off families with envy.
“I grew up struggling so whenever I see someone struggling, I feel pain and that’s why I’m always helping the poor by building houses for them, paying school fees and buying uniforms and food for them.
“Nothing is more delightful to me than to share the little I have with the poor. It’s also part of ministering to them. When you are generous to others, others will be generous towards you,” said Vundla. He said as he grew up, he thought about all the negatives of his situation and is now using his newfound resources to help those in need.“When you are poor, you do a lot of asking. Asking for work, asking for food and clothes and in asking, you learn that the worst response anyone could give you is a ‘no’.” recounted Vundla.
He said he now wants nothing more than to give back and his living philosophy was: “The more you give, the more it comes back to you”. He adds: “I learned to be comfortable in uncomfortable situations. The more uncomfortable situations you experience, the more comfortable you will be next time you find yourself in one”. He further said he viewed his upbringing only through the lens of what he missed out instead of what he gained.
“Only now am I beginning to see how my experiences growing up disadvantaged has positively shaped who I am and what I’ve been able to accomplish in my life. “I believe what I am doing is a good gesture for everyone out there to follow, since there is always someone close by who will be in need of your help and we should step up to help,” he said.
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