(By Uzoamaka Doris Aniunoh) - I
went to church today. The Catholic Church of Assumption, Umuoji. For our family
thanksgiving, post funeral mass.
I came late, thankfully. All is
well. Never mind the many 'second collections' that happen. At the end of mass,
Father tells us about a project they are working on and how they need people to
contribute. He calls on one man like that, the one who has the convincing
voice. The man kneels down, Father blesses and hands him the microphone.
He prays and sings and tells us
how he was speaking to Jesus before he came to mass that day. About how
brethren of the church would give mightily. Amen.
He says that Jesus told him
that four people will give 50k each. He begs for these three people to obey
god. He sings and prays and sings some more. My father turns to me and says he
is tired of this wahala. So he gives 50k, in the hopes that we'd move on. Nope.
He continues to beg the
remaining three people. He tells them that they may not have the money at this
time, but that it would come. They just need to pledge. He tells them that by
giving this money, God would give them every single thing they ever asked of
him in this life.
