Very nice read

What an honour! Thank you so much ACABA and CLC for making this dream a reality 👏🏾👏🏾

As an author and River road self-published author (RIS)! All I can say is I saw God 🙏🏿 perform a miracle in my first seating at CLC Kenya. To be taken through the publishing process and to be given a choice to print on demand resurrected my dream of being an author in this world.

Then in a flash ACABA came knocking and now my baby and book I SET FOOT! Got to stand and be seen by Africa and indeed the rest of the World.

It’s been a humbling and super exciting journey to talk about African authors and the need the breed a reading culture among our children.

Let’s us all follow In the Lord’s command in Genesis 1:28 “fill the earth and subdue it”.

For me this is the command to go Set Foot 👣 in all the earth 🌎 and enjoy His creation.

Congratulations to all the author’s that got nominated, to the winners Hongera hongeratulations!

It’s our time to shine with our God given writing gifts let’s exploit them to the core for His glory alone.

Thank you.

CLC/ACABA is an excellent program and platform that has a unique divine mandate that aims at nurturing authors to bring out the best in what God has deposited in them and also appreciate the good work done.

I bless the Lord for them.

I write Hymns – 21st Century Hymns and I appreciate that this forum has exposed me to deeper insights on how to write quality songs. The existence of the Hymn book has also been known and I believe it will influence people for God.

I am encouraged to get more skills by enrolling with CLC to be trained on how to perfect my writing and come up with best products.

May the LORD God bless you.

My journey with ACABA was great…I was encouraged time and again to get back to write when I was feeling like giving up but the encouragement I kept getting from Mercy Muthoni, Pst David and others who challenged me to think deeper and pick myself up ( actually the Lord picked me up) kept me going… thanks to the whole team of writers who from time to time speak a Word from the Bible to affirm and confirm our calling as writers. I’m forever grateful for this blessed team. Special thanks too to Jackline Ingasian who has always been ready to share the next steps and guide whenever I needed guidance. May the Lord Jesus Christ replenish, refresh, rejuvenate and revamp all the staff and the writers and grant all the desires of our hearts. Amen 🙏

I have certainly learnt alot from ACABA interactions. Besides networking with fellow Kingdom influencers undertaking various Kingdom assignments, there has been valuable enrichment of my faith through devotions and the discussions facilitated by ACABA. Learning how to upskill in the common assignment in making disciples in every corner of the world through our gift of writing has be one of a kind. I am really greatful I am part of this family and network in this season.

It’s been awesome. 20 years from now I see ACABA having scaled great heights for God’s glory.

I was blessed and enjoyed the awards inspite of the technical challenges. I am looking forward to the judges’ feedback and working on the book awards for 2022

Bringing together authors has been such a blessing and beneficial to learn from experiences of each other. This is the way to go! Congratulations ACABA!!!

I am blessed to have found myself on ACABA by the grace of God- courtesy of the Childrens’ Devotional; My Time With God.
I have experienced untold love from the CLC group- The ACABA Conveners.
I have met fellow writers who are incredible people and learnt much through the Social Media groups we are in together.
I am particularly thankful for the lessons learnt in the area of writing that will go a long way into my writing journey.

Thank you so much for the opportunity.

Am happy to be here.. Really looking forward to tomorrow’s event..

My experience so far has been seamlessly amazing.

My experience in ACABA has been eye-opening. It’s exposed me to the realms of possibilities, networks and opportunities.

AFRICA: THE LIGHT CONTINENT

There is hope for Africa.
We shall not just read for exams. Neither shall we just read newspapers.
We shall read to know.
For without knowledge, we perish.

We have read from foreigners.
For a long time.
Time has come.
When we will read from our minds.
And why not?

Muthoni steer through!
ACABA team march on!
Authors keep writing!
The world is waiting;
To hear the truth from Africa.
For with God;
All things are possible.

Being nominated for the ACABA 2021 award, the 1st one of its kind, is a great honour.

When I was asked to register for it, early in the year, I was not sure what I was getting into. It was a busy season at the office I worked for, and everything, including registering for this award was getting in the way of my progress.

Fast forward and looking back to the point I joined the team of nominees, the gains have been immense. I thank the CLC team for the great support. I have seen growth! By virtue of being a nominee, I gained entry into 2 exclusive WhatsApp groups, with a third recently created to solely support my journey.

1. Spiritual growth – the constant sharing of God’s word, via scripture passages and devotion pieces has seen me grow in this area.

2. Mental growth – from the words of encouragement from likeminded members to the passionately shared authorship journeys, it has been great learning. I have in the process grown my list of African books to read.

3. Socially – I have managed to develop friendships I would otherwise not have made. I see opportunities for collaboration.

The support from CLC has been commendable. Calling to make follow up, and to encourage, and to support a completion of a process, and to… the team is amazing. I thank them for going over and above. God bless the team!

My experience with ACABA has been transformational. And this is why:

1. This growth space has shown me that working together in unity as authors has more impact than working as individuals. We have sharpened one another, shared our writing journeys and been blown away by the testimonies of the power of Christ to turn our lives around.

2. I have received mentorship through the ACABA team about raising awareness for the book, getting a wider audience and trusting the process of time to see sales coming through. To have patience and wait on the Lord to do His work in the project.

3. ACABA has given me an opportunity to make new friends in Nairobi especially and expand my network of fellow brethren in Christ.

Surely, it has been one of my highlights this year. Blotting out the effects of the Covid 19 pandemic that have caused so much pain and suffering.

My experience with the ACABA has been fun, hectic and a learning journey. I have learnt that a book sale is not an end in itself. I know that a book has life it will outlive me. I see this as an opportunity to celebrate Africa God’s way! Celebrating African talent, authors who we can quote instead of always quoting foreigner authors. ACABA is a platform that allows growth, restoration and healing. I am glad to share my testimony of my recovery journey of bipolar. I have got the privilege to grow beyond Uganda with a network of authors. I am growing my book program by supporting people struggling with their mental health to plan their Wellness Recovery Action Plans. The book has also given me authenticity with more doors of opportunity opening before me!

My experience in planning team has been amazing and with lots of lessons to learn and great people who have made me appreciate each of them in a special way and looking forward to many years of impacting more authors for the Glory of God. The leaders in each team have given themselves selflessly to the work which has made everything very easy and doable I couldn’t ask for a better team. I love this song and would love to share. To God Be The Glory Great things He has done…….

Very inspiring