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One night, the police came into our home.
They kicked open the doors,
and they broke the windows.
They told us that they were taking the house,
that it was no longer ours.
After that incident,
I became an angry person.
I was angry,
and I told myself that I would do anything
to find justice and freedom.
Apartheid caused divisions among people.
For example,
there was education meant for white people
and education meant for black people.
The education for black people
was of a very low standard.
When the government made a budget,
most of that money was going to white people.
Even in the classrooms,
the black students’ classrooms were overcrowded
compared to the white students’ classrooms.
While I was growing up,
I was determined to become a lawyer
so that I would be able
to fight apartheid legally.
After that cruel incident
and that harsh treatment,
my view changed immediately.
And I wanted an immediate solution
that would help us find peace,
find freedom, and find justice.
I went on to join a political organization.
I agreed to cross the border,
where I was being trained in the military.
The political organization
made me a military commander of soldiers
who were fighting for freedom.
My responsibility
as a commander
was to establish cells
where we could store our weapons for war
and to train others
who came to join that organization.
We were training them in guerrilla warfare
—showing them how to use guns
or different explosives
that we stored in those cells.
I was a very cruel person
who did not respect anyone,
who was not afraid of anything.
I was not happy
because I expected that
as one organization,
we would be united
because we had the same purpose.
In my experience, there was hatred;
there was prejudice;
there was quarreling.
My wife
was already one of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
We agreed that she should find someone
who would teach me about the Bible.
A sister came
and started telling me about the good news
of God’s Kingdom.
But things turned sour when she said
that this Kingdom of God
will crush all these other kingdoms,
including my political organization.
I was furious as I was talking to her,
but I saw that she was just smiling
—not shouting, not even retaliating.
I was surprised.
It touched my heart.
They invited me to the Kingdom Hall.
What really got my attention
was that everywhere I looked,
everyone in the hall was participating.
Little children were raising their hands
and giving their answers freely.
You could see they were well-prepared
and stayed on the topic.
Each and every one of them
found scriptures quickly.
I was a university student,
but I was unable to find the scriptures.
That made me think,
‘Hey, I want to be the same as them.’
I noticed that the kind of education
that they were receiving
in Jehovah’s organization
was of a high standard
compared to what we received
under apartheid,
which was of a very low standard.
From my experience,
it is clear that trusting in people
is ‘chasing the wind,’
but putting trust in Jehovah God
brings people happiness.
Since I was young,
I just wanted to find freedom,
find peace,
and become a happy person.
But I could not find it
until I came into the Kingdom Hall.
That is where I found real freedom,
I found real justice, I had real happiness,
and I was shown what real love is.
My life has changed tremendously.
I have a close relationship with Jehovah.
That relationship
caused me to become a loving person
—a person who is empathetic,
someone who strives hard to be humble,
someone who lives with people in peace.
I ‘clothed myself completely
with the new personality.’

Moses Maphoto: I Found Real Happiness