{"id":90673,"date":"2023-08-10T16:44:13","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T16:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/10\/i-wanted-to-be-a-caterer-but-my-mother-was-broke-and-couldnt-enrol-me\/"},"modified":"2023-08-10T16:44:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T16:44:13","slug":"i-wanted-to-be-a-caterer-but-my-mother-was-broke-and-couldnt-enrol-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/10\/i-wanted-to-be-a-caterer-but-my-mother-was-broke-and-couldnt-enrol-me\/","title":{"rendered":"I Wanted To Be A Caterer But My Mother Was Broke And Couldn&#8217;t Enrol Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_30\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h2><strong>Empress Gifty, a gospel performer from Ghana, has described her career path. She admitted that despite wanting to learn about catering, she ended up becoming a musician.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>She claimed there wasn\u2019t enough money to send her to the technical school so she could pursue her dream of becoming a caterer.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-901\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span class=\"ezoic-ad ezoic-at-0 box-3 box-3901 adtester-container adtester-container-901\" data-ez-name=\"ghbase_com-box-3\"><span id=\"div-gpt-ad-ghbase_com-box-3-0\" ezaw=\"728\" ezah=\"90\" style=\"position:relative;z-index:0;display:inline-block;padding:0;min-height:90px;min-width:728px\" class=\"ezoic-ad\"\/><\/span><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-114\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>She claimed that because her mother was poor, she was forced to work as a maid for her mother\u2019s friend.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-909\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span class=\"ezoic-ad ezoic-at-0 medrectangle-3 medrectangle-3909 adtester-container adtester-container-909\" data-ez-name=\"ghbase_com-medrectangle-3\"><span id=\"div-gpt-ad-ghbase_com-medrectangle-3-0\" ezaw=\"580\" ezah=\"400\" style=\"position:relative;z-index:0;display:inline-block;padding:0;min-height:400px;min-width:580px\" class=\"ezoic-ad\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO:I Thought Ewe Men Were Not Romantic Until I Met My Husband &amp;#8211; Empress Gifty Confess<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-910\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span class=\"ezoic-ad ezoic-at-0 medrectangle-4 medrectangle-4910 adtester-container adtester-container-910\" data-ez-name=\"ghbase_com-medrectangle-4\"><span id=\"div-gpt-ad-ghbase_com-medrectangle-4-0\" ezaw=\"728\" ezah=\"90\" style=\"position:relative;z-index:0;display:inline-block;padding:0;width:100%;max-width:1200px;margin-left:auto!important;margin-right:auto!important;min-height:90px;min-width:728px\" class=\"ezoic-ad\"\/><\/span><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-122\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to be a caterer but my mum said she didn\u2019t have money so I\u2019d have to work for her friend who will pay then the money will be used for my schooling,\u201d she disclosed.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-911\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span class=\"ezoic-ad ezoic-at-0 box-4 box-4911 adtester-container adtester-container-911\" data-ez-name=\"ghbase_com-box-4\"><span id=\"div-gpt-ad-ghbase_com-box-4-0\" ezaw=\"580\" ezah=\"400\" style=\"position:relative;z-index:0;display:inline-block;padding:0;width:100%;max-width:1200px;margin-left:auto!important;margin-right:auto!important;min-height:400px;min-width:580px\" class=\"ezoic-ad\"\/><\/span><span class=\"ezoic-autoinsert-video ezoic-under_second_paragraph\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Narrating her story with Giovanni Caleb and AJ Sarpong on the 3FM Drive, Empress Gifty said \u201cWhen I started this, whenever I asked for permission to leave for church activities, they didn\u2019t understand. When you are going, they always question you. Looking at the zeal and passion I have for the things of God, I didn\u2019t want anything to distract me so I told my mum that the woman doesn\u2019t understand my calling. I told her that I want to stop the work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy mum said that it was okay if I stopped but I would have to enter fashion designing. You have to learn something. So I had to shift my cause. God was so good to me and my mum was really supportive. This is what God is doing through the voice and gifting he gave me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-912\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span class=\"ezoic-ad ezoic-at-0 banner-1 banner-1912 adtester-container adtester-container-912\" data-ez-name=\"ghbase_com-banner-1\"><span id=\"div-gpt-ad-ghbase_com-banner-1-0\" ezaw=\"336\" ezah=\"280\" style=\"position:relative;z-index:0;display:inline-block;padding:0;width:100%;max-width:1200px;margin-left:auto!important;margin-right:auto!important;min-height:280px;min-width:336px\" class=\"ezoic-ad\"\/><\/span><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-123\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>She stated that her new song, \u2018Awiey3 Pa\u2019 is a story about her life and encourages listeners to not give up no matter how hard things get but should trust in God.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Empress Gifty, a gospel performer from Ghana, has described her career path. 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