The Creator
Episode 4
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It was a Sunday again, Moses and Joshua went to get some refreshments.
“Papa, let us hurry”
“No rush, it is currently testimony time and the time allocated is usually long, let’s stall so we can reach when they are done or almost done with testimony”, Moses said.
“Papa, I will tell Pastor”, Joshua joked.
Immediately, after the testimony session ended, Moses and Joshua entered the Church.
But unknown to Moses, that particular day in school when he preached to some ladies after been setup by Kingsley and his friends, Four of the ladies he preached came out to testify, apparently Joke and Salewa were murdered but the perpetrators were found.
If he was in the church during the testimony session, he could have recognize them and that would have been a boost to his faith, alas!.
Pastor Samuel mounted the pulpit.
“The Lord want us to go to a remote village to preach the gospel”
“Glory”
“Hallelujah”
The congregation shouted.
“For this assignment, God specifically chose the youths and I am going to be calling the names of those chosen”
“Bro Moses, Bro Joshua, Bro Kingsley, Sis Favour, Bro Ugo, Sis Ruth, and Bro Olubo”, Pastor Samuel called the selected youths.
After the service ended, Moses rushed to the Pastor Office which has no door and found him praying.
The reason the Pastor Office had no door was because the predecessor of Pastor Samuel, counseled a lady whom started undressing in front him and for that particular reason, he removed the door to avoid stories that touches the heart.
Moses found Pastor Samuel praying.
“Good afternoon Pastor”, he wanted to interrupt but when he saw the hand signal from Pastor Samuel he waited.
“Good afternoon Moses”
“I cannot do it sir”, Moses went straight to the point.
“Moses, you can do it, I believe in you”, Pastor Samuel smiled.
“How sir, I cannot leave school sir,”, Moses found a perfect excuse, the primary reason he came to Ondo was because of his academics.
“Do not worry, God knows how he will do it, before today ends, he will give you a sign”, Pastor Samuel reassured.
Moses then headed home with Joshua, Ruth and Favour, they lived in the same area.
“Papa, we would be going to Dotumu village soon”, Ruth said clearly excited for she always wanted to go to villages to preach the gospel, It was her Passion.
“I don’t know, why you are this joyful, what are we going to do there?”, Moses asked.
“To share Jesus”, Ruth replied.
“Papa, don’t be scared, I know why you don’t want to go there”, Joshua teased.
Moses, due to the stories he has heard, and movies he has watched, developed this phobia of going to the village, he didn’t want to be turned to a yam or a watermelon.
“You people are making me feel carnal, what about school?”, Moses asked.
“Have you not heard?”
Joshua replied without another question.
“Heard about?”, Moses was left wondering.
“Asuu has embarked on an indefinite strike”, Favour answered.
“Strike?, How come?!”
“The FG couldn’t meet up with their demands, so they announced today, they are going on strike”, Ruth added.
“Do not worry, God knows how he will do it, before today ends, he will give you a sign”, Moses remembered Pastor Samuel words.
“I guess this is the sign”, Moses thought
“This is where we say our goodbyes”
They all separated at a junction and headed to their various hostels.
The coming weeks was bound to be interesting.
To be continued.
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