Searchlight Logo
special_image

    • News
      • Front Page
      • News
      • Breaking News
      • Press Release
      • Features
      • Special Features
      • From the Courts
      • Sports
      • Regional / World
    • Opinions
      • Editorial
      • Our Readers’ Opinions
      • Bassy – Love Vine
      • Dr. Fraser- Point of View
      • R. Rose – Eye of the Needle
      • On Target
      • Dr Jozelle Miller
      • The World Around Us
      • Random Thoughts
    • Advice
      • Kitchen Corner
      • What’s on Fleek this week
      • Health Wise
      • Physician’s Weekly
      • Business Buzz
      • Hey Rosie!
      • Prime the pump
    • ePaper
    • Obituaries
      • In Memoriam / Acknowledgement
      • Tribute
    • Contact Us
      • Advertise With Us
      • Letters To The Editor
      • General Contact Information
      • Contact our Webmaster
    • About Us
      • Privacy Policy
      • Interactive Media Ltd
      • St. Vincent & the Grenadines
    • Subscribe
    • News
      • Front Page
      • News
      • Breaking News
      • Press Release
      • Features
      • Special Features
      • From the Courts
      • Sports
      • Regional / World
    • Opinions
      • Editorial
      • Our Readers’ Opinions
      • Bassy – Love Vine
      • Dr. Fraser- Point of View
      • R. Rose – Eye of the Needle
      • On Target
      • Dr Jozelle Miller
      • The World Around Us
      • Random Thoughts
    • Advice
      • Kitchen Corner
      • What’s on Fleek this week
      • Health Wise
      • Physician’s Weekly
      • Business Buzz
      • Hey Rosie!
      • Prime the pump
    • ePaper
    • Obituaries
      • In Memoriam / Acknowledgement
      • Tribute
    • Contact Us
      • Advertise With Us
      • Letters To The Editor
      • General Contact Information
      • Contact our Webmaster
    • About Us
      • Privacy Policy
      • Interactive Media Ltd
      • St. Vincent & the Grenadines
    • Subscribe
Lee-Wilkins: We have to reclaim our families!
News
May 20, 2005

Lee-Wilkins: We have to reclaim our families!

Story by Sheron Garraway

“Our families are plagued by spiritual poverty and if our families are not well, our society would suffer.” With these words Vincentian Anne Marie Lee-Wilkins addressed women here last Saturday, May 7. The group got together to spiritually motivate themselves at a National Women’s Gathering held at the Methodist Church Hall in Kingstown.

The women sang worship songs, read scriptures from the Bible, and listened to Lee-Wilkins give advice.

“Drugs, prostitution, HIV/AIDS and incest are some of the problems affecting our families and they in turn affect our society. We have to reclaim our families and in doing so we reclaim our society.” {{more}}

Lee-Wilkins, who is also a Nurse Manager at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in the USA, urged women to awaken their consciousness by living a life rooted in Christ. She described Mary the mother of Jesus as “the pioneer of spiritual empowerment” whose obedience to God helped saved the world from sin and damnation. The women were urged to listen to the voice of God to affect change and to put love into action.

“We have to take spirituality beyond the church, we have to speak out against social injustices.” Lee Wilkins said.

But it was the true-life story as related by Stanice Anderson herself, which touched the gathering. The speaker and author of the autobiographical “I Say A Prayer For Me: One Woman’s Life of Faith and Triumph, “recounted her life story of rape, low-self esteem, prostitution and drugs while living in the US.

“I came from a wholesome family and I never believed that I would have strayed that far. When I was eight years old, I was constantly teased at school because of my thick lips, but today women are injecting things into their lips to make them fuller.

“I was teased because of my dark skin and “nappy” hair. I would have to endure the dreaded hot iron comb to bring my hair straighter, but thank God for dreadlocks. I have been liberated from that state of mind where your hair has to be processed straight to be beautiful.”

Anderson testified about how she was raped at age 14, and of how she became hooked on heroin and almost died after overdosing herself. She also told how she sold her body to get money to buy drugs. Anderson spoke of how she was finally freed from her dangerous lifestyle after she received Jesus Christ.

She summed up her story with, “the saying that God helps those who help themselves is not totally true, because I was not looking to help myself, I was killing myself.

“God however had a plan for my life and through my pain, I can now help others out of their crisis by telling them that I have been there and came through. You too can make it. It’s never too late, God loves you!”

Stanice Anderson plans to make her book “I Say A Prayer For Me: One Woman’s Life of Faith and Triumph” into a play and also plans to write more books.

  • FacebookComments
  • ALSO IN THE NEWS
    12 left homeless in mid-day fire at Richland Park
    Front Page
    12 left homeless in mid-day fire at Richland Park
    Webmaster 
    September 5, 2025
    A fire that destroyed a multi-family complex in Richland Park over the weekend has left at least 12 people homeless, including a 23-year-old mother of...
    PM responds to US military strike on small boat off Venezuela
    Front Page
    PM responds to US military strike on small boat off Venezuela
    Webmaster 
    September 5, 2025
    Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves has responded to reports by the United States administration that its military had carried out the bombing of a boa...
    Building material disappear from the Mary Hutchinson Primary School
    Front Page
    Building material disappear from the Mary Hutchinson Primary School
    Webmaster 
    September 5, 2025
    Police investigators on Union Island are said to be looking into the “disappearance” of building materials that were sent to the Southern Grenadine Is...
    What’s new at Fitz Hughes Government School?
    Front Page
    What’s new at Fitz Hughes Government School?
    Webmaster 
    September 5, 2025
    by Grace Francis After sharing a small space for over a year, children and teachers at the Fitz Hughes Early Childhood Centre went into brand new prem...
    MRI-6 donates over $70,000 for school meals for vulnerable students
    Front Page
    MRI-6 donates over $70,000 for school meals for vulnerable students
    Webmaster 
    September 5, 2025
    Several secondary schools and special needs institutions across St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) have received $5,000 donations towards meals for s...
    Minister of Information Technology  emphasises the importance of Cybersecurity
    News
    Minister of Information Technology emphasises the importance of Cybersecurity
    Webmaster 
    September 5, 2025
    Robust cybersecurity must be at the heart of the digital transformation that is currently taking place in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) says Min...
    News
    Minister of Information Technology  emphasises the importance of Cybersecurity
    News
    Minister of Information Technology emphasises the importance of Cybersecurity
    Webmaster 
    September 5, 2025
    Robust cybersecurity must be at the heart of the digital transformation that is currently taking place in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) says Min...
    Entities team up to boost disaster communication capacity
    News
    Entities team up to boost disaster communication capacity
    Webmaster 
    September 5, 2025
    The Climate Change Resilience Network (CCRN) in collaboration with the Youlou Radio Movement (YRM) recently embarked on a disaster preparedness initia...
    Ministry of Health to get more dialysis machines
    News
    Ministry of Health to get more dialysis machines
    Webmaster 
    September 5, 2025
    The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment, is to obtain three more Heamodialysis machines as part of the revolution in the healthcare secto...
    PM Gonsalves heads delegation to Ethiopia
    News
    PM Gonsalves heads delegation to Ethiopia
    Webmaster 
    September 5, 2025
    Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, is leading a delegation to the East African country of Ethiopia; the delegation left the state on Wednesday, Septe...
    New Port to be opened on October 24- PM Gonsalves
    News
    New Port to be opened on October 24- PM Gonsalves
    Webmaster 
    September 5, 2025
    The modern port in Kingstown is expected to be handed over to the government just before this country celebrates its 46th anniversary of political ind...

    E-EDITION
    ePaper
    google_play
    app_store
    Subscribe Now
    • Interactive Media Ltd. • P.O. Box 152 • Kingstown • St. Vincent and the Grenadines • Phone: 784-456-1558 © Copyright Interactive Media Ltd.. All rights reserved.
    We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.Ok