MiTestimony – Melissa Delport

MiTestimony

By the end of that year, we were attending HOFMI services and wanted to be part of the congregation. Sunelle, was invited by Pastor John to join a program called MiXchange and the rest of my family started doing the Bible School online. I was still at varsity but because of the revelation light that came, my own plans started slipping away. I had a choice to make. Would I live in self-oneness or live in oneness with God?

During my fourth year at university, I was also invited to join the MiXchange in 2022. Praise the Lord! I am so grateful to be part of a ministry that teaches Faith; a ministry with a legacy of spiritual giants. God called me to Witbank, out of my self-centered and worldly lifestyle and extremely demanding circumstances. Now my whole life is about pursuing God and seeking first His kingdom and righteousness. Praise Jesus!

MiTestimony

My name is Melissa Delport. I am 23 years old. I have been a born-again believer for as long as I can remember. I grew up in a household that lived according to Word of Faith principles. My parents taught me how to live by faith, but unfortunately we were not planted.

When I went to university at the age of 18, I still loved God and went to church, but my priorities shifted quite drastically. All I wanted was to fit in and be succesful as a musician. I drifted away from the purposes God had for my life – I made my own plans. At the beginning of my third year at varsity, my eldest sister, Sunelle, discovered Heritage of Faith Bible Institute (HFBI). I believe this was a divine connection to Heritage of Faith Ministries International (HOFMI).

MiXercise

From the first day Phillip came to speak to us in the auditorium in February, I felt very nervous about conditioning since I had never been good at shorts or running. In fact, I avoided sports when I was in school because I felt embarrassed to run in front of other people. In this meeting with Phillip, I thought: “Do they really expect all of us to become professional athletes?” That’s what it sounded like to me that day.

However, I knew that I had to change my attitude before we started conditioning. Soon after, we were informed about the Ultra triathlon, the Slipstream event and Race to the Sun. I wanted to participate as much as I could without being unrealistic. I decided to run the Slipstream event (5km) and swim the 600m leg of the triathlon in a relay team with my sisters. At that time, it seemed like huge goals to me.

When we started running, I really didn’t work as hard as I had to in the past. I enjoyed the holy conversations and improved almost daily. Even though I felt tired directly after a run, I wasn’t put off by it. I wanted to keep running. I could definitely feel a boost in my energy thoughout the day because I had sown energy in the mornings. When I look back on it now, I realise that I couldn’t have done any of it without the house anointing. The collective aspect of the conditioning really works miracles. I went from not being able to run around the block to running 9km the weekend before the Slipstream race. Praise the Lord!

The swimming part was a bit easier for me. I had never swum competitively before, but I am fairly comfortable in water. I used to surf and swim in the deep ocean. My technique is obviously questionable, but I knew I would be able to swim the distance with consistent training. We started swimming in the reserve pool at 6am before running at 7am. I had to crucify my flesh almost every single time I had to step out into the cold morning air.

However, every time I got into the water and just started swimming, it wasn’t that bad. I also swam in the reserve dam twice before the triathlon event and both times were quite daunting, yet successful.

MiXercise

Shortly after the Ultra Race Weekend I started cycling on a regular basis. I used to cycle to a pond near our house as a child with my dad, but hadn’t cycled at all since then. One Saturday I decided to cycle as far as I could and only did about 5km. From there it gradually starting picking up. My biggest breakthrough with cycling came on the Dullstroom trip, after which everything changed for me. I am now an avid cyclist! Glory to God!