It is often the case that many people turn to God at a time of despair, and I am no exception.
I first found Christian Science in my home country of Ethiopia, during an effort to improve my English. I was reading old issues of magazines such as Time and Newsweek. To help in this effort, one day my younger brother brought me from a neighbor a copy of the Christian Science Sentinel. At the time, I had no idea what Christian Science was all about. And given the fact that I was not interested in spirituality, I did not try to learn much about it. But I read several issues of the Sentinel anyway. And the kind of ordeal that I went through, along with what I read in those issues of the Sentinel, started to make me yearn for God.
Several years ago my mother became quite sick. She was totally debilitated by disease within four months. From the symptoms she displayed, I suspected that she might be HIV positive. I tried to be in denial, but we were living in a tiny room, so there was no way for me to avoid her agony. It was not easy for me to persuade her to be tested, but when she was, my suspicion was confirmed.
