The Turn

He: I had a terrible dream, please don't take this baby to your family house

She: Will my family kill my child?

She took the bay to her family house. Baby dies.

They mourn.

Two years later.

He: Please don’t take this baby to visit your mother

She: OK

She took the baby

Baby dies

He: I want a divorce

She runs to pastor, explains everything

Pastor calls husband

He: Sir, my wife is a witch, i cannot stay married to her

Pastor: What evidence do you have?

He: Disobedience is as a sin of witchcraft, that is my evidence. They killed my babies

He: I told her not to take the first child to visit her mother, she did and the baby didnt return home alive and then i told her to learn from that incident and not take the second baby, she disobeyed and the baby also didnt return alive

She: Pls sir, what he is insinuating is ridiculous. How can my own mother be a witch? How can he say the woman that nurtured me will be the one killing my children. I cannot accept that. What happened was a coincidence. Witchcraft is overrated in Africa. Are we not Christians?

Pastor: Sir, I think we ought to agree with your wife, witchcraft is not enough evidence here.

He walks out on Pastor and the wife, packs his load into a car and relocates

Wife begs and pleads for years, he didn't listen

Three years later, he remarried

She was heart broken but eventually found a man. She had a baby. They had naming ceremony, She waited 40 days. Took the baby to visit her mother. Baby dies

What!!!!!!!

She almost ran mad

What!!!!!!

She ran to pastor's house, told pastor it has happened again

Pastor was shocked!

Pastor broke the news to her new husband, he took it in good faith

Two years later, they had another baby. No naming ceremony, no fanfare.

 3 months later, her mother came visiting.

She hid the baby. Her mother kept asking her to bring the baby, she lied the baby was in daycare

Mother: Go and bring my grandson

She: Mama, you have to leave now

Mother: I say i want to see my grandson

She: No

They had a row. Her mother left in anger

She told her husband, he went to visit her mother the next day

Her mother wont be placated, bring that baby was her song

They went to pastor, told him the story.

Pastor was at sea.

Pastor: Why are you hiding the baby from your mother?

She: Pastor, I dont want my baby to die? This is the one that has lived the longest and it is because my mother has not seen him

I dont want to die childless

Pastor: I wont be able to follow you to beg mama, you see, there are certain people that one has to keep at a safe distance. I am sorry but you need to meet the elders in your family to talk to her

She: Pastor, what are you saying?

Pastor: I have been having terrible dreams...

That month, she, her husband and son left Lagos without telling anybody their destination

One day they were here, the next they were gone

They have come to believe there are superior powers at work

When you cannot win a war, flight is a good option

12 years later, now Pastors themselves, they returned

They had come to know Christ and not just about Christ

They found themselves far above principalities and powers

Her mother was still alive and she hugged and cooked for her grandsons

They spent a few days with her

On the day of their departure, Mama asked them if she can accept Jesus as her Lord and savior

They prayed with her

Mama became born again

Love triumphed

The End