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God Hears Her Podcast

God of Hope (Clementine Sikiri)

God Hears Her Podcast

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Bible, Christianity, Womensbiblestudy, Womensministry, Female, Religion & Spirituality, Women, Society & Culture

4.9 • 707 Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Guest Bio: Clementine Sikiri was resettled in the United States with her family after spending years in Kiziba refugee camp in Rwanda, fleeing deadly conflict in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Just as her life was beginning to flourish, Clementine was in a tragic car accident that left her with severe injuries. Through faith, resilience, and the support of her community, she made a miraculous recovery and went on to earn a master’s degree in clinical social work. Today, she serves as a mental health clinician in a public middle school, advocates passionately for refugees, and finds joy in her close-knit community. 

 

Show Summary: What was a moment in your life where you felt extreme hopelessness? How did God restore your hope? Clementine Sikiri has experienced many hopeless moments in her life where she had to depend on God to make the impossible, possible. Join hosts Elisa Morgan and Vivian Mabuni as they learn how Clementine’s hope was restored as a refugee coming to the United States and then as a severe car accident survivor. You don’t want to miss this beautiful and encouraging God Hears Her conversation! 

 

Notes and Quotes:  

“The first years of my life, war was all I knew. So, I thought the whole world was that way.” —Clementine Sikiri 

 

“One of the biggest misconceptions is that refugees choose to be refugees. It’s life or death. We don’t choose that.” —Clementine Sikiri 

 

“In a way, [the accident] confirmed my purpose. I am supposed to be here and God wants me here.” —Clementine Sikiri 

 

“The more I grew up to understand the Lord, the more I grew up to understand that He loved me from the beginning.” —Clementine Sikiri 

 

“People saw His goodness in my life and that’s all I want.” —Clementine Sikiri 

 

“The more I learn about myself, the more I learn about Him, and the more I learn about Him, the more I learn about myself.” —Clementine Sikiri 

 

Verses:  

Matthew 25:40-45 

Romans 8:28 

 

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You're listening to God Hears Her, a podcast for women where we explore the stunning truth that God hears you.

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Join our community of encouraging one another and learning to lean on God through scripture, story, and conversation at godhearsher.org.

0:21.5

God hears her.

0:23.0

Seek and she will find.

0:26.4

Alisa, I love the opportunity whenever we have the chance to have guests on God

0:31.5

hears her, ones that can help us to recognize that life is bigger than our little worlds, that there's a big world

0:40.2

out there and a big God. And I love the fact that we can focus in today on our guest,

0:47.7

Clementine Securi. She is originally from Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and during the war fled to a refugee camp in Rwanda,

1:00.8

and then immigrated to the United States, was resettled in Michigan 22 years ago.

1:07.6

She's a graduate of Grand Valley University.

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She is such an incredible person,

1:16.1

but we get to hear her story today, the challenges she's walked through, not only growing up

1:22.6

and being resettled in the United States, and also a horrendous car accident that she survived and her recovery process.

1:31.1

We're just so grateful to have the chance to be able to talk with you and have you share your

1:36.1

story, Clementine. So thank you for being here. We're just going to dive right in. We would

1:40.1

love to start off and just hear about your faith journey. How did you become a Christian?

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What is your story? Yeah, I, first of all, thank you for having me. I am honored to be here,

1:51.6

and that was a great introduction, so thank you. Well, it starts, I guess, when I was born,

1:58.7

1994. I was born in a war zone in the country that was torn. So the first

2:07.6

years of my life, war is all I knew before I understood the world. So I thought the whole world

2:14.5

was that way because I didn't understand.

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And my family were fleeing and they fled to Rwanda.

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