Her life has been restored. After almost dying, losing cars and a home, actress, radio host, and businesswoman Sophie Ndaba looks back at how she has managed to get back on her feet through faith. Several times, she was declared dead by some of her fans, but she has been able to pick up the pieces.

CRYING FOR HELP

Speaking during an interview on the Perspective Podcast, Sophie says she prayed for restoration. "I remember sitting at my house, on my bedroom floor, someone had been renting it for two years, when I got there, I had nothing. My fridge was empty, and my bank account was clean. I had no cars, nothing. I said 'Yoh modimo, you've put me through ground zero.' I weighed 42 kg. I would stand in front of the mirror naked, look at my skeleton body and say to God, 'Let's go.' I would make self-affirmations." Sophie says she repeated this and at times would forget them because she would often lose her train of thought. "I was a skeleton, people had already written my obituary," she adds. "It was me against the world with God. I cleaved onto him." She says reciting her favourite Bible verse helped restore her life.

LOSING IT ALL

Looking back and struggling to hold back her tears, the mom and divorcee says she prayed for restoration. "I am crying tears of joy because I am in disbelief. After all the wrong I did, I was able to be restored." Sophie says she was uncomfortable and being a voluptuous woman losing so much weight, she was uncomfortable. "Every morning for a year, I was alone with my God in my house. No children," she says. "I had many cars. I remember the last car I had was taken. When journalists were writing and ranting, I thought, 'What a career.' I was immune to trending on social media. I am still immune," she says.

PREACH!



Sophie's ex-husband, who her son and rapper Lwandle "Ocean L" Ndaba claimed had abused his mom, has also sought God and is now a pastor. Businessman Max Lichaba told ZiMoja this year that he was following his calling to be a pastor. He shared how ministering runs in his family and he will be doing his ministry at Nations Of Hope Ministries in the East Rand, Johannesburg. "I'm the third generation in my family of pastors. My grandfather and my mother were pastors," he says. "I have known since the age of 12 years that I had the calling to be a pastor, but I was ordained at the age of 22 years. However, I have been avoiding my calling to start the ministry for a while. But now it is time and I have handed over the alcohol business while preparing for my ministering journey."