STORY BY DEBORAH PAUL
PASTOR FEMI
EPISODE 5
Subtitle: Try me and die
That night I spoke to chioma about it, as usual she laughed it off thinking I was drunk that was why I saw what I saw earlier in church.
CHIOMA
babe I have told you to cut down your take on alcohol, you are a woman for goodness sake.
KENDRA
are you for real? you mean I took alcohol before going to the church? common girl I went to that church with a clear head so I know what I saw.
CHIOMA
so you mean you saw her in her true form?
KENDRA
with my HD camera eyes babe…. she has fangs like a vampire, her head had twos one at the back and the other at the front….. her mouth was covered with blood, plenty of blood that it was dripping like an river.
CHIOMA
I have goosebumps all over my body Ken….. why didn’t you run to that pastor and tell him what you have seen?
KENDRA
are you serious? go to him and tell him what? “hey excuse me sir, that lady over there is a witch” ? Jesus Christ that would make me look insane don’t you think…. beside you know the reason why I was sent to abuja…. my boss kunle would kill me if I should mess things up here too in the same of miracles.
CHIOMA
this life no balance babe…. imagine witch in the house of God.
KENDRA
you know the amazing stuff? she was the one who read the Bible the most…. whenever pastor femi just called out a Bible verse she stands up and read it quickly like they both prepared the sermon.
CHIOM
What are you going to do now?
KENDRA
I’m going to mind my business… in fact I’m not ever going to that church again.
CHIOMA
but why? I thought your true love is there or…..
KENDRA
I changed my mind….. his just like every other guy I have seen and admire then later stopped admiring….. after seeing him today I discovered I don’t even like him.
CHIOMA
girl you get problem I swear and with this attitude I doubt if you will get married.
KENDRA
that sounds like a curse
CHIOMA
it’s not a curse…..its an obvious fact.
KENDRA
it’s okay…..go and meet your Francis while I go and marry my empty bed.
CHIOMA
are you angry?
KENDRA
maybe a little
(I said making a face)
CHIOMA
(She chuckled)
I’m sorry okay? you will definitely get a husband.
KENDRA
(I giggle)
goodnight girl…. I’m really tired, nee-d to eat then go to bed.
CHIOMA
goodnight.
We hung up and I went to the kitchen to prepare noodles for myself…. I entered my kitchen and turned on my cylinder.
I took out a small pot and put water then place it on the fire.
I turn to bring out noodles from the drawer, when I turned back my cylinder was turn off.
“what the hell? don’t tell me I ran out of gas all of a sudden”
I took my lighter and light the cylinder again and it came up, the flame was high so I doubt if I was out of gas.
I took the noodle and was about opening it… the cylinder went off again, before I could complain again my kitchen lights went off too leaving me in total darkness.
Suddenly I felt this weird feeling like someone was watching me…. it freak me out and I ran to the living room to pick my phone…. immediately I got to the living room all the lights went off too.
“what the hell is going on”?
I screamed at the top of my voice….. soon I started to hear noises, laughter from people I couldn’t see… fear gripped me and I knelt down covering my face to the ground.
After a while the laughter stopped and the lights came back on….. I signed and slapped myself thinking I was hallucinating…. after all the panic I already lost my appetite of eating so I went upstairs to take my bath and sleep.
I was still in the bathroom when I started to perceive the smell of gas all over my House.
My mind quickly went back to the cylinder in the kitchen….I didn’t turn it off the other time…. it went off on it own…
like a mad woman I pulled out my towel and wrapped it around my wai-st and dash out to the kitchen.
I got to the kitchen and couldn’t enter it, the smell had filled it…. and just a little mistake It will explode.
“God, God, what I’m I going to do now? any mistake from me and I’m dead”
I started to sweat seriously, I walked to were my cylinder is and turn it off….. opened the window so the smell could go out…. after doing that I ran from the kitchen to my gate to seat down and wait for either the smell to finish or for it to explode without killing me inside.
luckily for me the smell didn’t kill me or explode my house…. after staying outside in the mosquito for close to two hours I finally went inside to complete my bath.
I finished and jumped in bed to sleep….. I had ba-rely slept when I found myself in an unknown place filled with different kind of statuses, faces, and other terrifying stuffs.
I recognize just one person among all those people and that was sister Juliet.
JULIET
you dare to see my true form? who are you?
KENDRA
I didn’t mean for it to happen, please let me go and I promise not to tell anyone.
JULIET
you already told your friend and your friend has already told her boyfriend…. soon everyone would know.
KENDRA
but my friend is very far from here, I’m sure she’s not going to tell anyone that knows you.
I was saying but another lady shut me up
AMINA
shut up your mouth, you still have the mouth to talk about discovering one of us? you will die tonight before you exp-ose us even more.
JULIET
even pastor femi has been so blind to notice me all this years…. who are you? that you came and just found me out?
KENDRA
I don’t know who I am or what I am okay…. I don’t even know how I got to see you in that form…. but
JULIET
you are going to die tonight, you have seen me all and you will soon start to sing….i can’t let that happen.
the thought of dying scared me, I know I have been so picky when it came to men, but I equally want to get married and have children and until I have all that I’m not allowed or permitted to die.
I suddenly felt this de-ep anger inside of me, I got up from the ground I was made to seat and stare at them in the eyes.
KENDRA
I will not cross your way…. but if you by any means try to harm me again I will show you the stuff I’m made of.
They all looked at themselves surprised, they started to murmur among themselves if I had gone mad or know where I was standing.
QUEEN MOTHER
you are indeed a bold girl, join us and we will spare your life.
KENDRA
why should I join for-ces with a lesser power when my God is strong and mighty? that stunt you pulled earlier by trying to kill me throu-ghexplosion… don’t try it again, else your kingdom will burn to ashes.
QUEEN MOTHER
you dare to challenge me????
She got up from her throne and pointed her staff at me angrily,. a burning flame came out to hit me but surprisingly someone dressed in white stood in front of me and collected the hit but he wasn’t harm.
immediately the witches started to tremble.
STORY BY DEBORAH PAUL
PASTOR FEMI
EPISODE 6
Subtitle: I see what you see
I guess it was an angel that saved me, but why would God send shis angel to save someone like me? I’m not faithful, I ha-rdly go to church and I drink alot….so why would God help a dinner like me?
whatever that happened to the witches I had no idea, all I know is that I woke up on my bed the next morning having little memory of what happened to me the previous night.
Since it was Saturday and I had no where to go I decided to hit the gym and lose some weight….. after my morning work out I came back home to make breakfast and eat.
Honestly staying here in Abuja is very lonely for me….if it was in Lagos today usually use to be my fun day, I will go to the beach with chioma… but I don’t even have any friends here.
I called chioma and we talked for a very long time before I slept off…. I woke up later that day and just watched TV.
The rest of the day was uneventful..
Sunday morning I woke up and because I didn’t want to feel alone all throu-ghthe day again I decided to go to church and waste some of my time there.
I dressed beautifully well, wore my wore my CK perfume and was set to go.
I arrived at the church when the choirs were ministering….. the church was not filled up yet, but pastor femi was already there….
Soon the service kicked off, I turned my back and there she was sister Juliet and she was not alone… she was with two other blood Su-cking witches like her.
I immediately turned back my head remembering how they almost killed me last night but God saved me.
I immediately tried to remember what happened after but nothing came to my head.
Pastor femi got up from his chair to preach… he started with
PASTOR FEMI
there’s power mighty in the blood, there’s power mighty in the blood!!! there’s power mighty in the blood of Jesus Christ, there’s power mighty in the blood.
As he sing the choirs got up and sang along with him… before you know the whole crowd joined in singing the song.
Pastor femi was not only bless with a fine face, but was also bless with a beautiful voice.
I was enjoying his voice so much that I closed my eyes and didn’t even know when I started to cry.
He stopped singing and prayed for a while before we all took our seat for the sermon.
LIke most pastors I expected him go preach about prosperity but I was surprised when he said.
PASTOR FEMI
VULTURE IN THE CHURCH
His topic came as a shock to me, I wonder why he would pick such a topic…. I brou-ght out my jotter from my bag and my pen and started to jot down.
PASTOR FEMI
Even the devil feeds himself with the word of God…. if I ask you all if you are a Christian I’m sure everyone here would raise up their hands and shout
“yes Daddy we are a Christian” but what kind of a Christian are you? are you the Jesus like Christian or the ones who carry the name and do evil unearth it?
in the house of God we all try to stay in our best behavior, why because pastor is there, this person would see, that person would see…. but in your secret places some of you here are witches flying all about destroying people’s destines and Future…. some of you are worse than even the Satan himself yet we call ourselves Christian…. you are not a Christian if you still backbit, you are not a Christian if you are flying at night Su-cking blood and stealing destines, you are not a Christian if your heart is filled with bitterness towards your neighbor’s succuss, children…. you are not a Christian if you are maltreating that child un-der your care, if you are still ra-ping that innocent child un-der your protection…. you are a vulture… and the Lord is telling me this morning to tell you to repent before he will come down with his wrath.
l listened to his preaching word for word and I became even more confuse.
“could pastor femi be seeing what I’m seeing? is it possible that he knows that there are witches in this church?”
His preaching got a lot of people teary, after his preaching he made an alter call and alot of people came out to give their life to Christ.
Honestly I wasn’t supposed to laugh seeing how people rushed out to give their life to Christ but it was funny to me so I laughed it out.
Pastor femi and I had an eye contact so I looked away…..
After the prayers for people who just accepted Christ, it was thanking giving and offering….
announcement came after the Thanksgiving giving.
An elder came up to the pulpit and gave his announcement….. at the end of it he said.
ELDER
youth in the house I will like to see you all after the service.
I didn’t border because I had no intention of staying whatsoever…. after the benediction I arranged my phone, jotter and pen inside my bag….. said a few prayers and got up to leave.
JULIET
you are not staying?
I turned my back and it was sister Juliet, what does she want with me again? I took a proper look at her and noticed she was limping…..
KENDRA
what happened to your leg?
(I asked innocently)
honestly I couldn’t remember anything that happened from the previous night.
She stare at me angrily but quickly replace it with a fake smile.
JULIET
I see you girl and I know your mission in this church…. I will ruin you.
(she said smiling)
I had goosebumps all over my body, she tapped my shoulder and walked away…. her fellow witches followed her from behind, they had this even stare.
I ignored them and headed to the door but somebody came to stop me.
YOUTH LEADER
excuse me ma
KENDRA
Yeah, how may I help you?
YOUTH LEADER
pastor femi would like to have a word with you.
KENDRA
hope there’s no problem?
YOUTH LEADER
(He smiled)
of course not ma
I followed him to where pastor femi was seated…. while he excused us.
KENDRA
good afternoon pastor.
I greeted but he didn’t answer my greetings, he stare at me for a very long time and the next thing he said shocked me.
PASTOR FEMI
I see what you see too
KENDRA
what do you mean by “I see what you see to”?
PASTOR FEMI
the holy Spirit said you have been questioning him about me…. you wanted to know if I’m truly working for him…..
I was shocked, of course I have been doubting him and for him to confront me with it only means one things…. his really hearing from God but I’m not convinced.
KENDRA
well, is not like I was doubting you…. you will agree with what the Bible said about fake prophet and their fake prophecies.
PASTOR FEMI
I’m not going to seat and convince you that I’m a true man of God…. continue to come and God will show himself to you.
KENDRA
what else did God tell you?
don’t blame me, sicmd God already told him that I doubt him…. maybe God had equally told him I was crushing on him before.
PASTOR FEMI
(He smiled)
you were laughing earlier when I made the alter call.
I smiled again remembering why I was laughing
KENDRA
honestly you don’t want to know why I was laughing….. let’s just leave it at that.
PASTOR FEMI
you laughed because you believe all those people who ran out to ask for mercy would still go back to been the way they were….. you doubt that no man can really repent.
Okay this got me really scared now, apart from God speaking to this man does he also read mind? how come he knees exactly why I had that laugh?
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