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Episode 11
©️ Shedrach Baba“I am looking for a man”
The youth saw a middle-aged woman who appeared to be In distress.
“Who are you looking for?”, They asked.
“I don’t know, the woman replied.
“You don’t know?, Shey woman yi wa Ok?(is this woman alright), The youth thought.
“I just know his voice”, the woman added.
“Is there any problem?”, Moses approached them for he was previously in the toilet.
“This is the man”
The woman suddenly ran to Moses and grabbed his leg.
“Please help me, help me!”
“My daughter has been vomiting blood, I remembered you preaching and saying, “ God can heal the sick and there is nothing too hard for God to do”, were you telling the truth?”, the woman asked.
“Yes ma, the righteousness of God cannot lie, I know Jesus can heal the sick!”, Moses said confidently.
“Please beg him to heal my daughter, she is in so much pain”, the woman was now sobbing.
“Alright madam, please don’t cry”
“Shall we?”
The youth then followed the woman to her house.
On getting to the hut where the woman lived, the woman rushed in.
“Omo mi o!”(my child!), the woman shouted.
The youth rushed in and saw the girl laying in a pool of blood.
It was clear as day, the girl was dead.
“My daughter is dead, can your God bring back the dead to life?”, the woman sobbed holding on to the last thread of hope.
”There is only one way to find out,
“Give me your daughter!”
The woman passed the child of about 13 years old to Moses.
“Abba, Father, to you alone belong all the praise, thank you, for you are about to be gloried”
“Ezekiel in Ezekiel 37, commanded the wind to breathe upon the slain, I in the same manner in the name of Jesus command the wind to bring life into this girl”
“Child come forth!”, Moses commanded.
Immediately, much to the astonishment of everyone present, the girl sneezed and slowly opened her eyes.
From the light of that revelation in the book of Ezekiel Chapter 37, Moses brought a girl once dead back to life proving, God is the same yesterday, today and forever, Hallelujah!.
“The girl came back to life, she came back to life”, Moses muttered under his breath and fainted, the whole situation was to much for him to bear.
“Papa Moses”
“MOG”,
They carried Moses back to the house and met another woman.
“I heard your words this morning, so I brought my blind daughter for healing, The woman beseeched.
“What do we do?”
“I know”
Ruth bent and carried sand spitting on it.
“This is how Jesus did it in John 9:6”, She remembered an account of Jesus healing a blind person in the bible and she decided to do it.
She rubbed the mud on the boy’s eyes, she then used water to wash way the mud.
“Can you see?”, Ruth asked.
“No, ma”, he replied.
“What is Ruth doing?, is it because Moses paid that woman to pretend her daughter is dead, and Ruth thinks she can cure a blind person!, wishful thinking, Kingsley scoffed in his mind.
Ruth was now fidgeting, then she said,
“In the name of Jesus, Boy receive your sight, and you demon of blindness get out!, She commanded.
The boy held his head and screamed, he then fell on the floor, rolling, much to the dismay of Ruth.
“What have I done?”
“I have killed this boy!”, She thought.
The boy stopped rolling and after a while, he stood up.
“I can see!
“You can see”, the mother of the boy asked and the boy replied.
“Yes, I can see!, I can finally see you, my mother”
“How is this even possible?!”
“Am I dreaming?, somebody please wake me up!”
“So the bible is real?”
Ugo, Kingsley and Olubo exchanged glances not believing their eyes while Ruth, Favour and Joshua gave glory to God.
Kingsley and his friends previously thought the miracle Moses performed was staged but seeing Ruth also doing the same, clearly shattered their thought.
They now knew and believed miracles, truly did exist.
To be continued.
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The Creator
Episode 10
©️ Shedrach BabaThe youths were about stepping outside the house before Moses walked in.
“Papa Moses”, Ruth tightly hugged him and released him after hearing Kingsley cough.
“Where were you?”
“We have been worried”
“I apologize for not telling you guys, I went for morning cry,”
He then told them of his encounter with the dogs and how they were consumed by Fire.
“This is super story”, Kingsley blurted out clearly not believing Moses
“Africa magic”, Ugo also didn’t believe.
“I am saying the truth, Moses retorted.
“Papa cannot lie, besides righteousness of God cannot lie, Ruth supported.
Kingsley and friends couldn’t believe Moses story because somewhere in their mind, they have learnt to not believe in miracles, based on the things they read online.
“Remember the dream Joshua had?!”, Favour reminded.
“Joshua had a dream?”, Moses asked and Ruth told Moses about the dream Joshua had.
“Hmmm, concerning the dream, God has already given us victory already, I feel God want us to include morning cry into our plans, Moses said.
“I agree, I also had a dream about it too”, Joshua chipped in.
“Bro, I think you need to change your name to Joseph”, Kingsley scoffed.
“Are you sure you are not drinking palm wine?!”
“Yeah, I heard palm wine causes hallucinations”, Olubo added.
“What is actually wrong with you guys, are you actually Christians?”, Ruth expressed her disappointments.
“By their fruit you shall know them, it is obvious”, Favour said.
“What is that suppose to mean?, I am not your mate!, mind the way you talk to me!”, Kingsley warned.
“Calm down guys, I know it might be had to believe but it really happened, it is settled, In the mouth of two or more witness, so you guys will join in the morning cry”, Moses Declared.
~~~
Four months passed with the Asuu still on strike.
The youths continued in the evangelism, still they was still no visible progress.
Moses, Joshua, Ruth and Favour were feeling discouraged.
“Why is God still not showing up?”, Moses was lost in thought until Joshua tapped his shoulder.
“Papa Moses, why are you lost in thought, remember we walk by faith and not by sight, things might not be looking like it but soon…
“ Remember Abraham who staggered not at the promises of God by unbelieve, who against hope believed in hope”, Joshua encouraged.
“Remember you shared a revelation on how big and great God is, imagine how big is ears are, his ears are to big not to hear our prayers, we should just keep on praying and pressing”, Joshua added.
“Hmmm, that is true, thank you my brother, this is just what I needed”, Moses was grateful on having Joshua by his side.
Joshua, Ruth and Favour were a major support to Moses, especially Joshua who encouraged Moses from time to time, he was the combination of Aaron and Hur.
“Can we pray together?”
“Sure”
~~~
“What is this, I cannot sleep, this words keep playing in my head, “The wicked shall be cut off from Dotumu village”
Earlier in the morning, by 5:30am, She heard Ruth who preached and for a reason Ruth words was stuck in her head
“The wicked shall have no rest, the wicked shall be cut off, repent!, For Dotumu has become the Kingdom of Jesus”.
“What do this mean?, I cannot eat my food,” She said referring to the villagers.
The youths thought God wasn’t working but he has started his works behind the scenes, the death rate in Dotumu village has drastically reduced, the witches could barely meet, and light was gradually overshadowing darkness.
To be continued.
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Episode 9The youths started evangelism and they noticed the villagers were eager to hear about Jesus, but they were also afraid to be seen with them, considering what happened in the crusade.
The youths were thinking of ways to solve the somewhat difficult problem.
The youth started a vigil but Ugo and his friends were complacent about it.
Moses was having this nudge to start early morning evangelism popularly called, ‘Morning Cry’.
After the vigil, the youth slept but Moses picked up his bible for he couldn’t sleep, he opened the book of Ezekiel 37,
“Thus saith the Lord God; come from the four wind, O breathe and breathe upon the slain”
“Ezekiel commanded the wind to breathe upon them and the dry bones lived”, Moses pondered.
“So that means, the winds contain the breathe of God, it means what we call wind is part of the breath of God.
Oxygen doesn’t give live, Yes, the angels, demons live without oxygen but what do they breathe?”, Moses thought.
“In Acts 17:28a says, “in him we live, we move and have our being”, Moses held the bible walking around the room.
“Even Demons live, move and have their being in God, if God recalls his breath, nothing will live,
Hmmm, I am made in the image of God, why I am scared of witches, demons?.” Moses thought.
The reason he hasn’t gone for morning cry all this while was because of fear, he doesn’t want to be attacked, he has watched too many movies which made him a captive of fear.
Seeing the light in the bible, he decided to use the light,
“God is with me, Moses was excited as he went for evangelism, thanking God for the revelation.
~~~
It was 6:15am in the morning and Joshua jolted from sleep sweating profusely, it was obvious he had a nightmare.
“Papa Moses, where is Moses?.
Joshua heard a knock
“Come in”
Ruth and Favour entered the room.
“Good morning, Bro Josh, where is Papa Moses?”,
“I don’t know, I am also looking for him”, Joshua replied
“Maybe is in the other room”, Favour suggested.
They checked around but Moses was no where to be found.
“Are you sure, he hasn’t been used for rituals?”, Kingsley voiced our after hearing Joshua recounted his dream of seeing Moses getting devoured by six dogs.
“God forbid, Kingsley you need to wash your mouth with hyssop, Ruth glared at him.
“You need to learn how to talk”, Favour was visibly displeased by his statement.
“Just saying”, Kingsley shrugged.
“This serious, I mean he cannot just disappear into thin air unless..”, Ugo stopped talking.
“Unless what?!”,
“He might have been initiated into witchcraft”, Olubo completed the statement.
“You guys are just unbelievable!”,
Favour, Joshua and Ruth were annoyed by Ugo and co words.
“I told you guys, he has died”, Ugo shook his head.
“I will miss him, he was a good friend, this world is a wicked one”, Olubo sighed.
“Papa, Moses, gone too soon, course of death, torn to shreds by black dogs”, Kingsley said.
Favour, Ruth and Joshua glared at the three clowns
On his way to the morning cry, Moses saw three dogs approaching and fear gripped him, he wanted to turn back but he could hear the growling of Dogs behind him.
He was surrounded six black dogs with charm round their necks.
“I have have been given power to tread upon serpents, scorpions even dogs and all the power of the enemy, nothing shall by any means hurt me”, Moses uttered visibly shaken.
To be continued.
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Episode 8
©️ Shedrach BabaIt was noised across the village what happened during the crusade.
“They claim their God is the most powerful, yet Abike who just joined the witches, turned the crusade around, what if Fijabi or Ogundiran appeared, what would have happened”, some of the villagers scoffed.
The crusade which Pastor Segun hosted turned out to be a total disaster, he clearly wasn’t expecting to be handicapped.
He thought he was still in the university, where he could engage in all kinds of immorality but still preach and go unscathed, but he learnt the hard way, university was obviously different from the village, he was eventually going to be dealt with it in the university but he unknowingly fast tracked the whole process.
He forgotten the bible verse which says,
“Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD”
Fijabi and Ogundiran were the most dreaded individuals in the entire Dotumu village, their cruelty been known to both young and old, Fijabi once turned an entire family to tubers of yam just because they appeared five minutes early to a meeting he called for, yes, because they arrived to early.
He felt It was an insult to arrive early when he wasn’t present and it was an even greater offence when you arrive late.
“God, what is happening?, we have prayed and fasted still no response from you,
Why don’t you want to answer?, am I even sure God is hearing me?,”, Moses was feeling discouraged.
After the incident, Pastor Segun was sent back, and the youths were asked to remain which left them puzzled, a Pastor was made handicapped, what could they even do?, They are about to find out.
Moses and the youth started praying and fasting for two months and it seemed as if God doesn’t want to answer their prayers.
“No, I won’t give up now, Moses picked up his bible and began to read.
“Thus saith the LORD, the heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool”,
“Wow, so the whole heaven is God throne, what is a throne?”, Moses started pondering, he saw a chair, and sat on a chair.
“This means, our God is sitting”, Moses saw stool and brought it close, placing both of his legs.
“No, a footstool”, He removed his left leg.
“God is extraordinarily big and large, if the second foot his not on the stool, then where is it?. Moses asked a rhetorical question.
In Kingsley, Olubo and Ugo room
“When will Asuu call of the strike, I am getting frustrated, I cannot wait to leave the village”, Ugo complained.
“I just hope FG and Asuu reach a common ground”, Kingsley sighed.
“I thought this was going to be a breeze but it is turning into something else, the mosquitoes here are demonic”, Olubo also complained.
He had treated malaria about two times last month.
“We would survive, I just need Omo eleje tutu”, Kingsley sighed again.
“Better control your prophetic mantle, do you want to end up like Pastor Segun?”, Olubo advised.
“Speaking of Pastor Segun, see how he was disgraced, and I was thinking he was a man of fire”, Ugo shook his head.
“We all know Beelzebub cannot cast out demons, what were you expecting?, A man that is shoulder deep in immorality”, Olubo hissed.
“Keep your voice down, do you want the others to hear”, Ugo whispered.
Pastor Segun escapades were known only to them, because he sometimes carried them along
“Olubo, we all know he isn’t clean but I was expecting a miracle”, Kingsley also whispered
“Forget, Pastor Segun, God cannot be deceived”
~~~
“What is happening, why am I seeing light almost descending on Dotumu Village, who is this person?,
“No, I can see a group of people, they want to deliver Dotumu village,
They dare?!”, Fijabi consulted with the figurehead in his shrine.
“I will kill them all, Ogundiran said some incantations and turned into six black dogs with talisman round about their necks.
To be continued.
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Episode 7
©️ Shedrach BabaThe next day Moses travelled,
“Moses!”
Pastor Samuel was visibly surprised to see him.
“Why are you here?, aren’t you supposed to be in Dotumu Village?, is anything wrong?, he questioned.
“My mother died, of course, something is wrong, Moses thought but he answered the question.
“Pastor Segun came to the village and relayed the news of my mother death”
“Your Mom, dead, how?”, Pastor Samuel was surprised.
Moses was also stunned.
“You also don’t know, Pastor Segun….”, Moses reiterated Pastor Segun words.
“Pastor Segun!, what a man”, Pastor Samuel sighed.
“It wasn’t your mother that died, it was the mother of someone else bearing your name, you can call your mom to confirm”
Moses was relieved, after hearing his mother voice.
~~~
Moses returned to Dotumu village a week later bringing along a letter for Pastor Segun.
“What’s this rubbish?!”, Pastor Segun asked with a raised voice throwing the letter into a waste bin.
“Can you tell me why I am been suspended indefinitely?”, He further inquired.
“I don’t have an idea”, Moses was also stunned.
“You have been suspended?”, Favour asked hiding her excitement.
Pastor Segun has been pestering her into a relationship with him not minding, it was not proper
“Yes, all because of this idiot!” Pastor Segun slammed the bible he was holding on the floor.
“Calm down sir, Ruth said also hiding her excitement.
Not only Favour, he also threatened Ruth to be in a relationship with him.
“Don’t tell me to calm down, Moses, I will show you,I was a Man of God long before you were born!
Since I am leaving in two days time, we will hold a crusade”.
“Crusade?!”
All the youth were shocked.
“isn’t that too sudden sir?”, Moses couldn’t help but asked.
“I agree”, Joshua chipped in.
Bang!
“Both of you shut up!”, Pastor Segun slammed his hands on the table.
The youth kept quiet, especially Moses not wanting to further escalate things.
In the Parlour,
“So you mean your mother is still alive, I am really glad”, Joshua said after Moses narrated the whole thing to them.
“Yes, I am also glad”, Ruth added.
“Yes, that aside, concerning the upcoming crusade, what are your thoughts?”, Favour was thinking about the crusade.
“About that, I feel it is just too sudden, the crusade is tomorrow and we don’t have ample time to prepare, I just don’t think it is right, Moses said.
“Moses, why are you like this?, always against Pastor Segun”, Ugo who hasn’t said anything since said.
“Ugo, you are taking things out of proportion, he just saying we don’t have enough time, Ruth supported Moses view.
“Ruth, Ugo is right, Moses is clearly against Pastor Segun”, Olubo supported Ugo.
“Guys, please let not start, it is 6pm, let us just go and tell people about the crusade tomorrow, is that fine, Papa?, Favour asked bringing calm to the tense atmosphere.
“it is fine, Pastor Segun is a man of God, he must have his reason”, Moses replied.
The youth then set out for evangelism.
“Guys, lets go out for a drink”, Pastor Segun left the house with Kingsley and his friends.
There got to a hut and were seated round a table filled with alcoholic drinks.
~~~
The crusade was finally here, with about fifteen people present.
Pastor Segun mounted the makeshift podium and began his sermon, “Because you don’t have a background doesn’t mean your back should be on the ground”.
“Ride on, Pastor”
“Rhema”
“Deep”
Kingsley and co shouted.
All of a sudden, A woman appeared out of thin air clothed in white and red holding a bird in her hand.
She used the bird to smack Pastor Segun cheek.
Chaos erupted.
“Abike ni”(it is Abike)
The villagers in attendance fled for their dear lives, including Moses who was the first to flee.
“Pastor Segun, Pastor Segun, the youth except Moses tried calling him.
But he couldn’t hear a single sound, he also tried talking, to his horror, his lips were moving but no sounds was coming out.
It was now certain, Pastor Segun has become deaf and dumb.
To be continued.
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Episode 6
©️ Shedrach BabaA week later, Pastor Segun arrived in Dotumu village.
“Good afternoon, Pastor Segun, what a pleasant surprise, Moses was visible happy in seeing Pastor Segun and of course, the Foodstuffs he brought.
“Good afternoon Moses, can you please help me take this to the house?”
“Sure”
Moses carried the yams while the others also joined him.
“I was sent to the village by the Church and Moses, you must be a man”, Pastor Segun sighed.
Moses had a bad premonition.
“Your mother died two days ago”, Pastor Segun dropped the bombshell.
“What did you just say?!”, Moses couldn’t believe his ears.
“You have to be a man, She died of cancer, Pastor Segun sighed.
“Cancer, how?, my mother!”,
The floodgates were now open as Moses bursted into tears but one thing was puzzling to him, he was just finding out his mother had cancer, She never for once told him.
Was She trying not to bother Moses?, he couldn’t ever find the answer to the question, since she is now dead.
“God is in control”, Joshua sobbed.
“Stop crying, you are behaving like a baby, crying because of what”, Kingsley tried to console him.
Ruth and Favour glared at him.
“His mother just died have some sympathy”, Favour said clearly not pleased by his statement.
She noticed the nonchalant attitude of Ugo and co.
“Was their heart made of stone?”, Favour thought.
~~~
In the room assigned to Ugo, Kingsley and Olubo they were having a discussion.
“Moses Mother died just like that, it is well o”, Olubo could feel his pain.
“I know it serves him right, I mean…
“Can you for once hear yourself talk?”, Olubo interrupted Kingsley.
“His mother died!, what do you mean serve him right?, this is going to far, we are supposed to be Christians for Christ sake!”, Olubo said his mind.
“Why are you blowing a fuse?, Kingsley is correct, it serves him right, Ever since he was made the President, he became Proud, now, his wings has been clipped, Ugo chipped in.
“I cannot believe you guys, I need to take a walk to clear my head, Olubo left the room.
“What is wrong with Olubo today?”
“Beats me, maybe he has grown a conscience,” Kingsley laughed.
Ugo joined in the laughter.
Olubo could feel Moses pain because his mother also died of cancer when he was young, even though his father spent all is life saving on her.
His father not only lost his wife, but also his wealth, he didn’t take the loss that well and he was also duped.
Olubo and his Father managed to pass that phase due to the grace of God, his father even recovered all that he had lost.
Olubo began to change when he entered the university, he craved for freedom, and university gave that for he was now away from his Father prying eyes.
But he grew worse when he began to hang out with Kingsley and Ugo, he was surprised to see christians who drink, christians who were not boring according to him but he didn’t know he was gradually sinking.
To be continued.
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Like a man of God once said, “If you have four foolish friends, you will soon be the fifth foo, if you are not already”. Remember, evil communications corrupt good manners.The Creator
Episode 5
©️ Shedrach BabaThe following week,
Moses and the Youth Executives set out for Dotumu village.
On getting to the village, they felt the change in atmosphere,
“I feel suffocated”, Moses loosened his tie.
“This place is absolutely terrifying!”, Favour added.
“I think we should go back, let me call Pastor ”, Moses brought his phone and tried reaching the Pastor.
“Our on earth was this coward made our leader!”,
“He clearly has no experience!”
“This life no balance”(This life isn’t fair)
Kingsley, Olubo and Ugo thought simultaneously.
“Moses, Please calm down, I believe God will see us through”, Ruth reassured Moses.
“Thank you”
They walked to the house assigned to the them and when they were unpacking, they discovered their money grew wings and flew away.
“Iru wahala le leyi bayi”(what sort of problem is this!), Moses grumbled internally.
“Just great our money is missing, how are going to survive?”, Kingsley complained.
“Do you mean to tell me the two hundred thousand naira given to us by the Church just disappeared into air?!”, Joshua asked clearly frustrated.
“Our else do you explain it, we agreed on keeping the money inside this bag and now…
Ruth opened the bag and all they could see inside the bag was paper.
“Are you sure the Church didn’t make a mistake?,”
“Yes, maybe they gave us the bag meant for drama department, you never can tell, mistakes do happen”, Olubo added because back in church the drama department used paper cut in the shape of money for their ministration, so he had a point.
“We all clearly saw the money Ugo, we all guarded the bag”, Favour was absolutely sure the money disappeared in the village.
“Guys, I have just Four thousand naira in my account, at least that will suffice for now,” Moses showed his account balance.
Days past, the youths were trying to manage the Foodstuffs so it can last longer, and they could envision days of Marathon fasting ahead.
Also, the villagers were the most unfriendly set of people they’ve ever encountered, they avoided the youths like plagues except in the market place where they got stuffs from.
“why did we agree to coming to this place”, Olubo complained to his friends.
“I should have gone home”, Ugo sighed.
What the trio thought was going to be a walk in the park, turned out to be an herculean task.
“Now food is barely enough, I cannot bear this any more”, Just on cue, Kingsley stomach grumbled.
“Let call Pastor”, Ugo suggested.
“Which Pastor?, the Pastor that sent us here!”, Olubo sneered.
“Not that old man, I am talking about Pastor Segun”, Ugo replied.
“You are right, due to the underlying issue between them, Pastor Segun will want to again oppose his decision”
“Hmm, Smart”, Olubo gave a thumbs up.
“When should we call him”, Kingsley asked.
“Now”, Olubo dialed his number.
Pastor Segun is a Pastor under Pastor Samuel, who was very submissive but it all changed when he started listening to gossips by some people in the Church which poisoned his heart and he changed entirely.
So Pastor Segun started developing his own faction, which of course, Olubo, Ugo and Kingsley were part of.
~~~
“I don’t know what has gotten to Kingsley, Ugo and Olubo, they have somehow changed”, Favour said as they were on their way to the stream to fetch water.
“I also noticed, they don’t want to help out at all” Ruth complained.
“Maybe it is the change in atmosphere, how was the evangelism yesterday?”, Moses changed the topic.
“Glory to Jesus, but Papa, this people heart are strong, they don’t want to even hear us out”, Joshua replied.
“I also noticed they are no Christians only idol worshippers”, Ruth shared her observation.
“Papa, why didn’t you follow us?”, Favour asked.
Everyone except Moses went for evangelism.
“I was, I was….
“I understand, but tomorrow we are going again, make sure to follow us”, Ruth said knowing fully well why Moses didn’t follow them.
They fetched the water and left the stream.
A week later, Pastor Segun arrived in Dotumu village.
“Good afternoon, Pastor Segun, what a pleasant surprise, Moses was visible happy in seeing Pastor Segun and of course, the Foodstuffs he brought.
“Good afternoon Moses, can you please help me take this to the house?”
“Sure”
Moses carried the yams while the others also joined him.
“I was sent to the village by the Church and Moses, you must be a man”, Pastor Segun sighed.
Moses had a bad premonition.
To be continued.
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Episode 4
©️ Shedrach BabaIt 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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