Vernie Victoria Appiah
Inspired by God, “Candlelight Reflections with Christ” is Vernie Victoria Appiah’s debut book.
In efforts to share her own journey with God and encourage others to draw closer to Him, she details throughout the book the divine messages that she has received from God over many years.
Describing herself as an “obedient person to God who just loves to love and loves people,” she came back to her native T&T on a mission upon receiving a calling from God to share his word more widely in our country.
Originally born and raised in T&T, she has been based in London for a number of decades, after leaving T&T to pursue nursing in the UK in 1966. Appiah got married in the UK and had four children, all of whom are now adults.
Appiah credits her now deceased husband for the encouragement and inspiration to write her book and also for his dedication in reading and editing the book on her behalf.
Appiah was also motivated by a friend in her church to write, and she worked closely with her to understand various writing techniques as she began to put pen to paper.
The book was published in 2020 on Amazon, during the COVID lockdown period and she remembers the rush of excitement and emotion they all shared, finally seeing her words officially on paper.
“Writing is a gift from God,” Appiah says and credits the Holy Spirit with giving her the divine inspiration and connection to get her words onto paper.
She has come to Trinidad on a mission trip inspired by God to relieve the depraved state of our nation through prayer.
She remembers the words given to her through her divine reflections: “Trinidad and Tobago has too much blood and is crying out. The churches are engaging in minor things and not major things. The riches of the land of T&T have been raped for man’s glory.”
She arrived in T&T in June and has spent the time journeying through the country, meeting with church and community leaders and visiting various churches to share the message of prayer.
Deeply passionate about her country, she went to her church and laid her hand on the flag of T&T, “and I didn’t cry, but I bawled.”
She described this passion for the nation as almost a burden because she has continued to give up prayers unceasingly to bring healing to the land. Heartbroken by the lack of godliness in the country and even in some religious communities, she hopes that Trinbagonians will also begin to put faith at the centre of their lives. Her advice to church and community leaders in T&T is to “pray, let God show you the way and give you revelation on how to go about helping and healing the nation.”
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