STORY BY DEBORAH PAUL
PASTOR FEMI
EPISODE 39
Subtitle: she healed me
PASTOR FEMI’S POV
days turn into weeks, and weeks into month…. our convention was just two weeks before it comes to an end.
I recovered from the betrayal Lilian came me, it was those moments I was nursing my broken heart that God told me Lilian isn’t the woman for me…. I was surprised though because he has been silent all this while about my relationship with her and while he sudden spoke.
I asked who is the woman for me, but he said I already know her….. God can not he mocked I would have said maybe God has decided to play a little prank with me.
Kendra and I got so close that whenever the convention ended I would hurry home like I was coming to meet my wife…. that feeling made me to remember my dead wife
this days our house was always filled with people, people who have heard of the good things kendra does with her gift, they are always coming for either healing, or one miracle to the other.
I have come to like her very much seeing her she welcomes everyone that came to her for help… she would pray for them, cook for them and make them feel comfortable…. de-ep down in my heart I know kendra would be greatly miss when she leaves.
Michael on the other hand has stopped bordering Kendra, then he would come to the house to see her, invite her out for dinner but Kendra would always make out excuse why she can’t go out with him.
One day I heard her talking to him on the phone, I didn’t hear what Michael said to her but her response really made me very happy.
“Common Michael, why are you sounding like I hate you with every blood in my body? I have been busy and you know it… doing God’s work is very exhausting but I enjoy doing it now… the Lord has opened my eyes and I am now aware of who I am… I want to make out time to know God even more….. I feel you are a distraction to me….and I would appreciate it if you can give me a little bit of space”
I smiled to myself, I remembered the day she finally accepted Jesus…. it was just few days after Lilian had broken my heart, I was so sick, very sick, I couldn’t sleep, my body was always burning up, and I was vomiting…. she insisted I go to the hospital but I refuse, so she went to the hospital and brou-ght the doctor home, after all the treatment my body grown worse and was at the point of death… was God testing my faith? had I commit a sin that God couldn’t forgive me? but I kept my faith strong…. kendra became frustrated, she went to the convention and invited some of the high rank pastors to come pray for me…. they came and prayed but nothing happened.
So I was asked to go back to Abuja for proper medical care…. the day we we’re supposed to leave, some pastor were there, Mrs James and Ayomide were there too…. they had taken me to the care and had given me a driver that would drive us back to Abuja because I couldn’t drive.
It suddenly started to rain, everyone started to look for where to hide but kendra stood in the rain and didn’t move in her words she said
“this is wrong, how can a man who came here with his both legs to serve God, is now being led by someone else because he can’t move his body and non of you here can save him…. I’m not going to let this happen”
she came to me at the car and opened the door, she held my cheeks with her both hands, her eyes filled with tears.
“I’m so sorry femi”
it was the first time I ever heard her mentioned my name, it was always pastor….. I smiled at her even though it took out a lot of strength from me.
When I asked her why she felt sorry, it wasn’t her fault that I’m sick and can’t move my body… she said
“if I can bring a dead woman to life, if I can bring my already dead sister to life…. I know I could have saved you a long time ago….. I have just come to realize that God has not been pushing you, he has been pushing me for not using my gifts.. that’s why no doctor could heal you, and this men of God too couldn’t do anything”
she held my hand and helped me out of the car, I couldn’t stand but she held me strongly…. Ayomide ran over and joined her in holding me.
within minutes my whole body was already soaked in water and I was already freezing….. she told Ayomide to help her so she could seat me down on the floor…. Ayomide gave her this stare that says “what are you doing”? but kendra didn’t even looked at him, she started to struggle to help seat on the floor, so Ayomide as-sisted her.
“I admit you are God, and I admit you are powerful, I have come to realize your powers and what you can do… this man is innocent so why are you pushing him? punish me instead, I want to be the one being punished for not obeying you, for not agreeing to do your work…. but I have learnt my lesson and I promise that if you heal him, I’m going to do your work…. if I don’t, don’t give me another chance just kill everyone that means everything to me….. then you leave me to the torture and trauma that comes with it….. I make this promise un-der this rain…..please, plesse.”
she pleaded with God looking at the sky, not minding the rain pour falling on face.. suddenly she opened her hands and allowed water to pour into her hands, she brou-ght the hand closer to my mouth and said
“water had no enemy do drink from my hand, please”
I’m a man who hears from God all the time, I have seen his powers, I have seen his mercy, I have seen his wrath so I couldn’t disobey what the spirit was leading her to do.
I drank the water from her hand and I was immediately healed, I felt my body became lighter, I could feel my body moving and the burning I was feeling had suddenly disappeared…. I tried to stand up and she got up and helped me up…. I told her to let go of me so I could check myself very well….. to the glory of God I was standing on my own without the help of no one, I walked from her side back to my car and walked back to her without falling…. I went down on my knees to thank God for saving me.
It was the first time I ever saw kendra cried so ha-rd, for close to an hour she stayed in the rain crying and speaking in tongues…. my heart was not only filled with joy but gladness that the holy spirit has finally taken possession of his vessel.
Everyone looked so shocked, I wasn’t, why should I be when I have seen Kendra in and out and have seen what God is using her for….i have always known she has gifts but she doesn’t even know it herself.
Ever since that day people started coming to the house for prayers, and deliverance, she doesn’t go with me to the convention but she’s always at home helping people.
STORY BY DEBORAH PAUL
PASTOR FEMI
EPISODE 40
Subtitle: the confession
KENDRA POV
Things has been going smoothly for femi and i….. he has been so helpful with mg new found love, he was always teaching me the Bible and telling me new things about God… I can’t explain how I feel but I sure know this days I’m always happy.
Pastor femi got back from the convention, I was just sending the last person who had come for deliverance off when he stepped in.
PASTOR FEMI
good evening Ken
KENDRA
(I smiled at him)
good evening femi, you came home late today
PASTOR FEMI
yeah, we had a meeting to took all day…. you are just rounding up too?
KENDRA
yeah, a lot of people came over today, go freshen up while I cook us dinner.
PASTOR FEMI
yeah you are the just reminded me something….I will be right back…. wait here.
I nodded my head and waited for him, he went back to his came and came back with two leather bags…. he hand them over to me.
I collected the first one and opened it, it has this sweet aroma and I immediately knew it was something to eat.
I collected the second bag and opened it, it was too big pack of ice cream…..I smiled and took it to the kitchen.
PASTOR FEMI
I don’t think there would be any nee-d to prepare dinner….don’t you think?
KENDRA
let’s boil a little bite of white rice and eat it with this fish pepper you bought.
PASTOR FEMI
okay, go and take your bath….I will cook it then.
KENDRA
common, I will do it…… you go inside and freshen up
PASTOR FEMI
Ken, go inside…. I will cook it for you.
KENDRA
alright, if you insist….let me quickly freshen up I will join you.
PASTOR FEMI
you are just too stubborn Ken
KENDRA
that’s why you like me
(I joked and went into my room)
I heard his door slam too and I knew he was already in his room….i took off my gown and tied my towel, I came out and walked into my bathroom.
Immidiately I entered the shower they took light, I hate darkness….I started to scream out of fear…. pastor femi ran to my door knocking at the door heavily, he screamed in pain too….. i don’t know why he screamed.
PASTOR FEMI
are you okay ? why are you screaming?
KENDRA
Why are you screaming too?
PASTOR FEMI
you go first, why did you scream so loud?
KENDRA
everywhere is dark, I can’t see anything…I’m so scared.
PASTOR FEMI
really? you are scared of darkness?
KENDRA
shouldn’t I be? get me out of here
(I cried like a baby)
PASTOR FEMI
alright, don’t worry, I will get you light….
Everywhere was quiet and I immediately knew he had gone to get me the light…. I couldn’t wait in the bathroom, I searched for my towel and tied it around my wai-st.
I came outside to wait for him at the door, he came back to hand me his phone….. immidiately he stood in front of me the light came back…. that was when I saw him clearly, he wasn’t wearing a shirt, he was shirtless….. my breathe stopped for a moment…. I can’t see this body and not lost over it.
PASTOR FEMI
And they have decided to bring the light back.
KENDRA
don’t mind them…. sorry for scaring you…. why where you even screaming too?
PASTOR FEMI
oh it’s nothing….. I hit my leg on the dinning chair.
That was when my eyes left his che-st and looked at his feet…. he was bleeding but it wasn’t much, he must have hit his leg pretty ha-rd on the chair.
KENDRA
you are bleending
(I said with so much concern)
PASTOR FEMI
I am fine, go freshen up…. I will go put on something and go prepare dinner.
KENDRA
I can’t let you go lIke that…. come seat down
I said and pulled him to the dinning chair to seat,he didn’t argue he just seat down.
I knelt down in front of him and tou-ched the leg, made a decree and the wound was healed.
I got up from the ground with smile all over my face….I clapped my both hands together in excitment
KENDRA
and it’s heal, it looks perfect now..
He had this surprising look on his face, when would he stop looking surprise whenever I did a miracle?
I went into the shower to complete my bath, soon I finished and came outside….i wore a bum short, not too short though and a singlet…. them came to join him in the kitchen…. he had even boiled the rice, just waiting for it to dry up.
PASTOR FEMI
you are throu-gh
KENDRA
yeah, oh wow that was fast
I said seeing how fast he has gone with the cooking.
KENDRA
why not go have your bathe, while I watch over the food.
PASTOR FEMI
Good idea….. give me some minutes.
he went into his room to shower, I sat on the chair that is in the kitchen and started to chat with my friends…. after some time I went to bring down the rice…. I finish setting the table…. and sat down to wait for pastor.
Soon he joined me and we ate the meal talking about how our day went.
We finished eating and we both cleared the table and did the washing together before we went to the living room to see a movie.
KENDRA
why are you so built?
(I asked bluntly)
PASTOR FEMI
(He looked at his arm to his che-st)
what do you mean?
KENDRA
you know what I mean, all this muscular body you carry it’s too much for a pastor…..its tempting
(I said truthfully)
PASTOR FEMI
I was in the army.
I didn’t see that coming, I was so Shocked….in fact I didn’t believe him….how can someone as cool as him be an ex military?
KENDRA
(I laughed)
you are kidding right?
PASTOR FEMI
nope….I’m serious
KENDRA
wow, it’s ha-rd to believe that you were once an army person…. where did you serve?
PASTOR FEMI
United States of America
KENDRA
(I was even more shock)
it’s ha-rd to believe…..like seriously
PASTOR FEMI
and why is it ha-rd to believe ?
KENDRA
have you met you? you are the coolest person I have ever met, you are down to earth and too humble.
PASTOR FEMI
I get that a lot
KENDRA
I’m happy you know
PASTOR FEMI
Really? and why is that?
KENDRA
that you didn’t end up with someone like Lilian, she would have ruin you….how did a cool guy like you end up with someone like that?
He was quiet for a very long time before he spoke.
PASTOR FEMI
after the death of my wife and son, I couldn’t go on with life, in fact I literally stopped living…. but each night I would see myself standing in the mist of thousand of people preaching the word of God…. at first I didn’t accepted to do God’s work, because I didn’t believe he existed….if he did why did he let my poor wife and son get killed? he could have saved them…..but he didn’t rather he sat on his throne and watched them die.
His voice broke as he spoke, I felt bad for him…. I was always talking about how unfair God has been to me that I fail to realize everyone had their own fair share of life.
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