I can give testimonies after wonderful testimonies as to how the Lord called me to this remarkable ministry. I hope this brief timeline will encourage you to trust Him more and not be discouraged in your endeavours, however hazy, lengthy and rocky it may seem to be.

Whom the Lord calls, he equips. Michelle Rondof.

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1990s

The Damascus road encounter

1994, The Lord called me whilst reading a historical book on black people in the former British colonies at one of London libraries. What he showed me would turn my life upside down. Two years after I wrote a play titled “the Hallmark of our history and Glory to God” for saving our forefathers from slavery of whose cries He heard and promised to deliver them.

 

1998, I got baptised in April. The evening of my baptism, prompted by the Holy Spirit I checked the date of the end of slavery in the British Isles which resulted in producing the first Commemoration of the End of Slavery in the history of the British Union Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists the 1st of August 1998.

 

In 1999, I was asked to organise a Black History Month programme at Holloway SDA church.

 

The 1990s marked also the beginning of extensive and intensive, persistent and intentional research and understanding about Black history, the world I live in and its Creator.

 

​2000s
​​​​​​​​​​​Blessing the Church

2005 – 2008, Black History Month programmes and gala in my church that were occasions for inviting local personalities.

2009, Taking a new direction with my friends’ support.​

 

2010s

​​​​​​​​​​​Enlarge my borders

2010, a.) I organised a Thanksgiving Sunday in March; b.) Throwing the basis for the creation of a not-for-profit organisation.

 

2011, Upon an invitation, I exhibited at “Fête de la Jeunesse Adventiste” (Adventist Youth Exhibition) in France, for three years in a row till 2013. Visitors showed their appreciation at the venture’s first tentative steps.

 

2012, Legal registration of The African Descent International Diaspora.

 

Between 2011 and 2015, I compiled a series of topics – opening with “The Origin of the Nations” – which midstream uncovered a significant message fit for the benefit of the African Diaspora. At completion, I titled the series “The Biblical History of Black People and their Destiny” I introduced, with an amount of success, in England and France where a DVD has been produced.

 

2015, The organisation welcomed its first volunteer, Caroline Cummins, a graduate in Events Management. What's more, it received its first accolade in the review published online by Bizdb: “This Company reached a significant degree of success right after it originated on the market 3 years ago".

 

Already half way through to 2020, The word is exposure, exposure, and more exposure here and abroad (online, on air, on paper, on screen, in halls, churches, places of education, detention centres, shops...) whilst seeking to make the organisation relevant to the people it purposes to serve. Notwithstanding the exigent time we live in and its corollary pressure imposed on people, the organisation will complete its team of visionary, skilled, professional and like-minded individuals in addition to seeking ways to fund its development.

 

2016, Opening of an office in France.

 

2017, The organisation hopes to celebrate its 5th year anniversary and anticipates the Lord’s blessings on the various initiatives.