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Astonishing: KR240,000 Tithe! …Winner of Zambian Lotto to Give Riches To God ‘She decides to give 10% of her Kr2.4m to God’
ELIZABETH Mubanga, 20, the lucky winner of the staggering K2.4 million Zambian Lotto, says she will give 10 percent [K240,000] of her riches to God.
“First of all, I will give 10 percent of it as tithe to the Lord,” she said. “I’m also going to go back to God’s Care community school and do something there.”
Like so many with a story of struggle, Elizabeth had wished her family’s troubles would just go away.
Her father, Mwape Mubanga, hustled to support his family on the streets of Katondo Edinburgh in Kitwe.
Life just seemed to take one bad turn after another for the Mubangas. Nothing changed and if anything dramatic happened, it was often negative. For a long while, the family seemed doomed to perpetual misery.
Elizabeth’s mother, Joyce Mubanga, tried to supplement her husband’s efforts in making ends meet for their nine children, but her “kantemba” business could never quite take off.
And so for years, the Mubangas continued to wish that something, anything, could happen in their favour and put an end to their struggles.
That something came when Elizabeth bought a Zambian Lotto ticket a week ago and scratched her way to becoming the richest winner in Zambian Lotto history.
Her winnings totalled a staggering K2, 473,000. The Mubangas had prayed relentlessly for rain and suddenly meteorically, it poured!
“I still can’t believe it!” Elizabeth said while shaking her head during an interview.
You may call it a visit from lady luck, but the Mubangas feel it is much more. For this family, God has finally answered their prayers by turning their fortunes around.
While Elizabeth scratched the ticket with the winning combination, she is not the only member of the Mubanga family that had tried to win some money this way. Her father had been scratching lottery tickets for at least three years prior to Elizabeth’s win.
Elizabeth now credits her father for introducing the whole family to the lotto. “He would buy lotto tickets and hand them to different members of the family for everyone to try and make some money,” she shared.
Seeing her father stand from dusk till dawn on the street of Katondo Edinburgh is an image that still manages to evoke tears in Elizabeth’s eyes. That image was enough for her to whisper prayers to God to come to her family’s rescue in any way whatsoever.
As the sixth-born from a family of nine children, Elizabeth began her education at God’s Care Community School in Kitwe’s Bulangililo Township.
Elizabeth’s parents could not afford to buy her a school uniform or stationery at the time she was to enrol in grade one at a government school in the year 2000.
She was therefore taken to God’s Care Community School, where school fees were only K10.
“Out of pity for my family’s situation, the headmaster at God’s Care Community School even enrolled me for free,” Elizabeth explained.
Elizabeth was at God’s Care Community School for the first six years of primary school before moving to Bulangilio Basic School in 2006, from where she wrote her grade seven exams.
In 2011, she completed her secondary education at Mindolo High School. By this time, her family was still hard on its luck.
Elizabeth’s older brother, Steve, a trader at Kitwe’s Chisokone market, had bought lottery tickets on a number of occasions but never won anything significant.
Another of her brothers, Philip, is a civil engineer and graduate of the Copperbelt University in Kitwe.
Before winning the lotto, Philip was the Mubanga family’s sole example of success in spite of struggle. Elizabeth says, however, the fact that he made it through university with all of the family’s previous financial hardships is a miracle on its own.
“I don’t even know how he made it through university,” Elizabeth said in retrospect. “It was the grace of God because it was hard just organising food for his upkeep.”
Following his graduation, Philip managed to find a job and helped get Elizabeth into university this year. She is presently a first-year Public Relations student at Copperstone University in Kitwe.
A particular event Elizabeth recollects, and which she says she could never forget due to its upsetting nature, is one that occurred in 1999.
At the time, Elizabeth was around six or seven years old. She started a fire by accident and then it raged and raged till some neighbours and the fire brigade came to the rescue.
Living in a two-room rented house without electricity, Elizabeth had carried a candle with her into the bedroom while most of her family was out, including her parents.
Her younger sister, Ruth, accompanied her into the bedroom. It was a simple mission handed to the two young girls. All they were supposed to do was pick up a kettle from the bedroom.
While in there, the girls got attracted to a freely hanging cord. In the process of getting close, Elizabeth lit the cord using the flame of the candle she was carrying.
The incident still invokes emotions in Elizabeth, who broke down while narrating her ordeal.
“I can’t even remember how we were rescued because we both fainted and had to be carried out of the house,” she said in between sobs.
Her family lost everything and had to begin from scratch. Two of her older sisters who were away in Mufulira at the time their house was engulfed in flames lost all of their clothes in the inferno.
The only item to survive the inferno was a wardrobe which was grabbed by the landlord of the house as a way of recovering what had been lost from the fire.
Elizabeth has carried the weight of this experience with her since it happened. She was too young to be blamed for it but she has suffered some guilt because of it.
Almost all is forgotten now that the Mubanga family has turned a new page, thanks to Elizabeth’s win.
When the winning numbers were first announced on national television, Elizabeth and her family had no idea about it because their home had no electricity after a Zesco power cut.
All they knew was that the winner was in Kitwe. They did not even know how much was won.
It was her father who first made the discovery about her win after comparing her numbers to those that were given to him by a friend.
He initially kept the news to himself but the following day, Elizabeth left for the Zambian Lotto office in Kitwe’s city centre in the company of her parents and sister, Aggie.
She was told about her win then and almost collapsed from sheer disbelief. It was clear that God had finally answered the Mubanga family’s prayers through Elizabeth’s win.
“I was very happy. I thanked God because His word is true and whatever He has said upon our lives shall come to pass,” Elizabeth narrated.
She has some immediate plans for the money and then the rest she says would be up to God’s direction.
An additional plan is to help her family complete the construction of a family house in Bulangililo Township which her father has been trying to extend into a three- bedroom house. Presently, it is a three-room house.
It has taken great strength for the Mubanga family to persevere against all the odds that life has thrown at them. But overnight, theirs has become a story for the record books and for once, all of their struggles seem to have been worth it.
Posted by
derick
July 14, 2013 at 7:21 am
Its so amazing,God’s time is the best and he works in ways that man will nevever understand.Congratulations to the Mubanga family and may God Almight guide u all the way.
Munyone1 of sala land
July 14, 2013 at 7:41 am
GREAT MOVE MY DEAR!
kakolwe
July 14, 2013 at 7:54 am
Amen! Iwe tumfweko, do they scratch the lotto tickets or are yo brains stuck in FTJ’s kwachamania? One up! For the Mubangas. Now, let me see a Pastor turn down that tithe ati ‘God hates gambling’
kapuli wa ng'ongo
July 14, 2013 at 8:11 am
Not sure what others would say about tithing money earned from speculative ventures like lottery and gambling though. Any thoughts dear bloggers?
DH
July 14, 2013 at 9:12 am
Lotto is gumbling. Something which God does not allow. This tith will not be accepted by God but will end up being misused by the Church Management. So be careful my sister.
bana chakuti
July 14, 2013 at 9:18 am
My only concern is she should have tithed quietly, no need to let us know as that is her religious duty,
mojo
July 14, 2013 at 9:22 am
Lets hope it wont land in the hands of a crocked pastor.Just identfy the needy areas especially in your family otherwise you may just leave to regret,engage a business consultant Kr2.4m can easily furnish without proper planning.
mojo
July 14, 2013 at 9:22 am
Lets hope it wont land in the hands of a crocked pastor.Just identfy the needy areas especially in your family otherwise you may just leave to regret,engage a business consultant Kr2.4m can easily furnish without proper planning.
mojo
July 14, 2013 at 9:22 am
Lets hope it wont land in the hands of a crocked pastor.Just identfy the needy areas especially in your family otherwise you may just leave to regret,engage a business consultant Kr2.4m can easily furnish without proper planning.
Bwafya
July 14, 2013 at 9:22 am
Gambling tithe, yakosa iyo. I would love to see the pastors face when she presents it.
semaj
July 14, 2013 at 9:31 am
God doesn’t do gumbling,devil is the one tht encourages gumbling.search the scriptures properly sister.
Pastor Tunda
July 14, 2013 at 9:50 am
I hope all members of my church emulates this sister.Next Sunday I dedicate prayers to her so that she joins my church.Chalikale!
Jesus "saves'' baloney
July 14, 2013 at 11:59 am
Typical brainwashed nigga.
Matako Ya Nkoko
July 14, 2013 at 12:11 pm
Wonder why people have brains they cant use. Doubt if the brain is even washed coz its never been there in the first place!
Nazi
July 14, 2013 at 12:12 pm
fyabupuba grow up girl.The God we save does not allow injuka .give that money to Satan
SATAN
July 14, 2013 at 12:14 pm
Do you think God is so Poor to be in need of your tithe??
**** you in Hell !!!!
Nazi
July 14, 2013 at 12:22 pm
fyabupuba grow up girl.The God we save does not allow injuka .give that money to Satan.give what belong to God to God and what belong to Satan to Satan please
margaritar
July 14, 2013 at 12:29 pm
Thats the best move to do.
bigbuttman
July 14, 2013 at 12:50 pm
Wow
illogically logic
July 14, 2013 at 12:59 pm
long story
child protector
July 14, 2013 at 1:46 pm
gambling money in church?GOD forbid.
Y i
July 14, 2013 at 2:30 pm
That mane wil go into pastors’hands God doe’s not allow such.
shakayobo
July 14, 2013 at 3:08 pm
This actin like a retard who is trying 2 impress by the tithe God won’t accept coz he doesn’t allow gamblin go ahead n make some womanising pastor rich
Why is God so greedy?
July 14, 2013 at 5:51 pm
Is it selfish and greedy to ask God if He could bless me by giving me lots of Earthly Pleasures such as fast cars, mansions, friendships with beautiful women as well as everyone else, nice clothes, good food to eat, trips to amusement parks, boating trips, ride 4 wheelers, motorcycles as well as traveling to new places? I would like for Heaven to be filled with both Earthly Pleasures and Heavenly Pleasures.
Rogku
July 14, 2013 at 5:56 pm
ZRA is also looking forward to have their share
Todays pastors and prophets
July 14, 2013 at 6:32 pm
The loot is my shepherd, I shall not work
It maketh me to lie in green pastures
It leadeth me beside the Riviera waters
It restoreth my bank balance,
It leadeth me in the paths of crookedness for my fame’s sake
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of debt I will fear no evil, for my movers and shakers are with me
My Rolexes and fundraising staff, they comfort me
Thou preparest a table before me at a ritzy restaurant in the presence of my executives
Thou anointest my head with hair gloss; my champagne cup runneth over
Surely goodies and Mercedes shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in my mansion with the tennis court forever.
Nazrael the Jezebel
July 14, 2013 at 6:46 pm
Lucky for the thief in the pulpit who preached to get rich!
Malachi
July 14, 2013 at 6:53 pm
A lady from the church I “used” to attend confessed to me that she once asked for help from the pastor. She needed to pay her rent note or face eviction, she got behind. She had an appointment to meet with the pastor but was sent to the assistant instead. She stated her request and asked for a one time assistance. The assistant pastor said, “Sister, this isn’t a bank.”
She didn’t get any help from them.
End of story.
Godess of Wealth
July 14, 2013 at 7:12 pm
Think about it. Are you so blinded by their deceit that you see these wicked preachers as being GOD? Giving to God? Where does your money really end up? Just look at their fine clothes and jewelry, cars, mansions and other treasures.
pornpro
July 14, 2013 at 7:34 pm
Did the same church help you and your family when you were in need of financial assistance?
Leecher Preachers
July 14, 2013 at 8:26 pm
Those howling wolves have gotten My ignorant people so stirred up with fear, guilt and greed over tithe that I see poor people rush up to (GREEDY CHURCHES) altars to sacrifice their last ngwees by laying it down on the richly carpeted steps leading up to the preacher’s podium.
CHILD OF GOD, GIVE ALL YOU'VE GOT
July 14, 2013 at 8:50 pm
Child of God, I need a lot. Child of God, give all you’ve got. Child of God, just sow a seed. But Child of God, make shore it’s green. Child of God, please send your best. It shore ain’t cheap to fuel my jet. Child of God, send satan a-runnin’ by puttin’ gold on all of my plumbin’ Child of God, I’ve got places to go. You’re stuck in a rut on your job, I know. Maybe you’re dinin’ on beans and nshima while I eat lobster at the Ritz. But you’ll git pie in the sky by and by if you’ll only make darn sure I get mine. Child of God, I need a new Mercerdes Benz, as well as billions of other perks. Child of God, how desperate I am, Child of God, I’ve got writers’ cramp. Child of God, write a generous check. So I can buy a nicer desk. Or better yet, share the needs on your heart and the numbers on your credit card. Child of God just give, do not think. Child of God, I’m runnin’ out of ink…
Tithe or you’ll fry in hell
July 14, 2013 at 9:04 pm
Pay the preacher tithes till the day you die
He deserves an abundant life
Tickets to Paradise are sky high
Come to our big sale
Tithe or you’ll fry in hell
If you dó not pay enough heaven will be rough
You’ll be my slave in that Land of Love
Just a person to scrub my garbage cans
My commode as well
Tithe or you’ll fry in hell
Dó not use poverty as an excuse
Work three jobs instead of just two
Do not rob God of the cash you’ve got
Pay your spiritual bills
Tithe or you’ll fry in hell
Wife number three needs a diamond ring
Her great beauty brings praise to our king
Sacrifice so she can look nice
Instead of over the hill
Tithe or you’ll fry in hell.
I need a fancy cruise to spread the good news
And some fancy wheels
Tithe or you’ll fry in hell.
Fasting saves a lot of money on food
Eat more beans so you’ll go toot toot
Gourmet cuisine is the life for me
Tithe or you’ll fry in hell.
Put Christ on your credit card
Wear your clothes till they fall apart
Pay for the words I preach at this church
There are no cheap thrills
Tithe or you’ll fry in hell.
If you love the Lord you’ll be a good sport
Pay god more or he’ll make you poor
Tithe on the gross or your áss’ll be toast
Sister, here’s the deal
Tithe or you’ll fry in hell.
xxx
July 15, 2013 at 7:36 am
God will surely bless you a hundred times
Roy Welensky
July 15, 2013 at 8:24 am
DH, you are right. That is NOT tithe at all. Christianity does not allow gambling. Even in the BIBLE, a sacrificial animal was not to have any blemish.
SEKOPONOKE
July 15, 2013 at 8:54 am
Musiyeni cabe mwana apase mulungu. Palibe bvuto!!
Slim Dee Production
July 15, 2013 at 8:55 am
The discission u hv made my friend is perfect,jst giv tht 10% 2 GOD wit all yo heart and make sure they pray for you and tht same money,if it has come wit a spell from the devil it will be casted out in JESUS name.
superman
July 15, 2013 at 10:44 am
marry me
kabova
July 15, 2013 at 11:30 am
Remember story in the bible of Joseph? His mother had problem giving birth and when she gave birth to joseph the boy went through a lot ….. fast forward to the book of Samuel….samuels mother also had the same problem but when she gave birth to Samuel she left him in the house of God. Tracing the biblical roots Samuel came from the lineage of Joseph, so Samuel would have gone through the same afflictions joseph went thru but the mother stopped that curse by leaving the boy in the house of God. The bible tells us that she ended up with more children after Samuel. Mubanga you have decided to do the right thing, yes its between you and God but you have let the bag out of the bag, just honour your promise. lotto is gambling but its already yours and no one should judge you. I request you read the book of esther as a family to stop all those situations in their tracks. Mark my word you will be 100 times better than you are going to be after you get your money and obey the word of God. God continue blessing you.
kolwe
July 15, 2013 at 11:34 am
Dear Mubanga, good move.
I advise that you identify a church project and, say building a church, and run with it together with the church committee.
it will be frustrating for you to give that money and leave it to them not knowing what they will do.
I have had experience where you give money, and the church gurus become suppliers, from nowhere they are selling materials.
But then, listen girl, I am proud of you.
One last thing, 2.150m kwacha is not a lot of money. at face value it does look like that, but it is not. money is liquid, once you spend, it doesn’t come back. so be wise.
Get a big plot, and build flats. my take is that they should be about 12 to 14. you wont go wrong on this one.
Mala
July 15, 2013 at 11:36 am
Ati masebela bati.
Once you see that money it will be difficult for you to remove that 10%.
You will regrate my friend. 2.4m is not a lot of money mind you!!!