PART 21

“GHOST RUN!”

©?Opeyemi O. Akintunde

“ Adenike! Adenike! Wake up! I said go back to Captain!” I heard the Stranger’s voice…I opened my eyes but I couldn’t see him anymore…

“ Stand up and turn to the left!” I heard His voice say to me…

I wondered silently who the stranger was as I stood up and followed his direction…

Hebrews 1 came expressly to my heart… “Ministering Angels!”

“Oh!” It dawned on me quickly…

“Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?” Hebrews 1: 14

“ Turn right and keep walking straight ahead!” I obeyed quietly and then the voice clicked… it was the same voice that told me to Run!

Why did the voice tell me to run from Captain’s place in the first instance and now, he is asking me to return to him…

I was ruminating over this, for the next few minutes. I was so deep in my thoughts I didn’t know I was already at Captain’s camp.

“So quick!” I said to myself

“ She’s back!” The lady from whom I escaped shouted….”Thank you Jesus! Thank you Lord!” She said

I saw Captain give a sigh of relief….and gently he said…

“ I told you she will be back… God told me she would be back!”

“ Adenike! I am sorry, I am sorry for doing this to you! I thought this would prepare you adequately for your trip to Mororo. I didn’t know he wasn’t capable of protecting you while doing his job!” My father was saying…

“ His Job?” I was lost especially hearing Captain and the Lady calling God and Jesus!

“ My name is Tunde Sword, a one time missionary who lost his wife and three daughters to mission work to the Peleta people. After I lost my family, I went back to God and through that I found healing and wisdom. After 5 years of training under God, I went back to Peleta and won the town for God! After that victory, the Lord gave me this new assignment…Training the missionaries to be…!” Captain said and I looked from him to my father and back to him…

“ Are you trying to tell me, all you have been doing to me for the past few days has been me under training?” I asked hoping I was wrong…

“ Yes!”

“I know how strong willed you are and I knew if I told you to attend a missionary training in a bush, you wouldn’t agree!” My father said

“ That was why I told him you needed to pass the first stage of convincing me that you are sold out for the mission work!” Captain said…

“Other students do not go through this phase, because they come into the academy willingly and know what they are getting into, but your case was different!”

“ So did I pass the test?” I asked

“ Unfortunately No!, you bailed at the last minute. Grace told me you accepted her advice of deceiving us…”

“ But That was after 3 days…!” I said

“ It doesn’t matter how long you have stood for the Lord on the mission field, one minute of going back on your stand can end you in the grave… The mission field is not for the faint at heart… Our anchor scripture which is the first lecture you ought to receive here is Luke 9:62 where Jesus said, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for SERVICE in the kingdom of God. So I am sorry to say this Madam Adenike, for facing three days of mild persecution and backing out at the last minute, I will advise you forget this journey to Mororo, because you will face worse persecution…”

“ What persecution could be harder than losing my husband and my fiancé?”

“ Which could have been avoided if you went about things the right way! I lost my family because I was stupidly headstrong and unprepared like you!” Captain retorted…

“Mr Tunde, Please that is why I brought her here for you to prepare her for the mission field!” My father said, I could see the love and fear in his eyes. He didn’t want to lose me…

“She is not ready!” Captain who I just realized was Tunde sword said.

“ She is !” My father said

“ Is she?” Tunde sword replied looking straight at me…

“ I am!” I said finally

“ Are you? Are you ready to stay in this Bush for 6 months without seeing any member of your family? Are you ready to eat only once a day? Are you ready to pray for 7 hours everyday? Are you ready to….?”

To be continued…..

DEEP THOTS NOVELS
INSPIRED BY THE HOLY ONE
Written by Opeyemi O.Akintunde
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