PART 24
“GHOST RUN!”
©Opeyemi Ojerinde Akintunde
That night was the highly expository for me.
“Adenike, you really surprised me and I am really pleased. It is highly commendable that what usually takes people about one week to achieve, took you less than 24 hours to get a hang of it. I am really impressed and that’s why you have moved into your next level of this training within a short period of time!” Tunde Sword said when we settled back into the class.
“Like I asked you Adenike earlier, what is going to be your guise?” He asked as we sat on the carpet in the makeshift classroom under the tent.
“I really don’t know Sir, I guess I will have to ask the Holy Spirit about it!” I said casting a thank You glance at Remilekun who returned the knowing smile….
“Great! Then let me help you with a tip.” Tunde Sword said and immediately I paid rapt attention.
“Most missionaries of old went to the mission field under different guises. Some came under the guise of helping the villagers, some came as doctors, some as teachers. In this present age, Wise Missionaries go into foreign Nations presenting aids, grants, Free Medical treatment, and scholarships as their guises before preaching Christ to the people. They present the gospel of love and help to the people first and when the people get comfortable with them, then they present the man behind the hand of love they have shown them.” Tunde Sword said to me
“Adenike, tell me what would be the hand of love that you will stretch to the people of Mororo, there has to be something that will take you there that will make the people open their doors to you.” Mr. Tunde Sword said
“I really can’t say but like I said earlier, I will pray about it because I don’t think education will work; the Mororo people are quite educated, they are just backward in their thinking, and besides the cloud of wickedness in that land is not permitting the rain of blessing to drop on the land. I can’t also consider free medical treatment as I’m not a doctor or neither do I have a doctor who will be willing to go to Mororo village. Neither do I have money to give the Mororo people, so Mr. Tunde I am very blank but I guess I’ll just sleep over it…”I said as I didn’t know what next to do.
I stood up to return to my room, I had learnt the way of the training camp, the moment you can’t answer a question, you had to leave the class and think through…
Remi came to my tent at night, asking me to step out for some fresh air. “So, any luck? Remi asked me and I shook my head in the negative
“As your good friend, let me help you out” Remi Said and for the split of a second, something tucked at my heart…
“Aww that is so nice of you” I said and there was a brief moment of silence.
“Adenike, you need to pray the prayer of Enquiry asking God what the Mororo people really need, that way you’ll be able to present to them what they really need”
I kept ruminating over it for about three days, I kept asking the Holy Spirit as to What the Mororo people needed. Fast forward 5 days later, I walked up to Remi and I told him
“ Remi, I really don’t know what to do I’ve been trying to wrack my brain as to what Mororo people need and the only thing I know they really need is actually Jesus and here we are , we can’t take Jesus to them directly so I am really out of ideas ….. ?I said very confused.”
“Adenike, I really should not be giving you expos, there is something about you that reminds me of my younger sister” Remi said laughing and I gave him my puppy eye look I usually gave to my elder brothers whenever I wanted something from them…
“I know that look” Remi said laughing
“OK, just a hint, in getting to know what the people need, you will have to do a background research as to who these people are, their past, their history, and what makes them tick.” Remi said
“Remi, how do you expect me to do a research in this bush where there’s no Internet facility?” I asked
Remi smiled and said “I am not speaking about a physical research, before going into a mission field, Mr. Tunde Sword, says you have to do your Spiritual research.”
“Really?” I didn’t know Missionary work demands research…
“Remi, where is your mission field? And what Spiritual research did you carry out on the people? “I asked wanting to learn by example
“My mission field is in the far north, the Kulewa village. My Pastor received the mandate from God to establish a branch there for Him, and I volunteered for the work, but my Pastor who is a very thorough person said I couldn’t go there without adequate training and spirituality. When I got to this point of enquiry you are presently at, the Lord revealed to me what my guise could be…
To be continued
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INSPIRED BY THE HOLY ONE
Written by Opeyemi O.Akintunde +234-8151103646
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