South African-born Thembi Myeni will never forget the intense grief and heartbreak she felt the day the father of her son denied paternity and left her to raise the boy alone.
Myeni told The Christian Post that there was no easy way to prepare for a life of single motherhood and no easy remedy to the abandonment her son felt. Thembi said she saw him harboring unforgiveness and showing sadness from the pain of not having a father in his life.
In the years to come, Thembi and her son Solmani began to study the Bible together. In 2008, they both gave their lives to Jesus Christ. Through the transforming power of the Lord, both their hearts began a healing process, and they began to live holy and redeemed lives.
Over a decade later, as believers in the faith, the mother-son duo said God ignited a fiery desire and compassion in their hearts for others. Their eyes opened to see a dire need for other single mothers and fatherless children to learn about the life-altering power of Jesus Christ.
With the help of others, they founded a ministry called Single Moms Raising Sons. The ministry seeks to pass on the healing touch of the Gospel to others suffering through single motherhood and fatherlessness.
Now a global ministry, Single Moms Raising Sons is offering Bible studies in South Africa and parts of the United States, Canada, Zimbabwe and Ukraine.