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ANGELIC AND DEMONIAC VERSES

                            YIZO YIZO


ANGELIC AND DEMONIC VERSES
 
YIZO YIZO
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By Dicho Disashi Ilunga Prince

CAUTION :  SOME BIBLICAL VERSES CONTAINED IN THIS BOOK MAY BE MISLEADING.
INTRODUCTION
 
CONTENT 
PART ONE
CHAPTER ONE : SHALOM

PART TWO
CHAPTER ONE:  HEAVEN AND HELL.
CHAPTER TWO: THE PHILOSOPHER AND THE CHURCH.
CHAPTER TREE : POWER OF MONEY  
CHAPTER FOUR:  MEN AND THE CHURCH
CHAPTER  FIVE:    LIFE AFTER CHURCH
 
CHAPTER SIX: WIN THE MEN'S HEART
CHAPTER SEVEN: ANGEL AND DEMON.

CHAPTER EIGHT: RICH MAN / POOR MAN
 
CHAPTER NINE: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG
CHAPTER TEN: TRIBULATION
CHAPTER ELEVEN: REDEMPTION
CHAPTER TWELVE: BLESSING AND CURSES
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: THE WEDDING'S BELL
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: MIRACLE 
	
Notes, Mzee has to have a surname it must be Mzee Ngalula 
Names to be used as surnames, Villages, places...: Emelia, Jakarumba, Emboni, Fumbwa, Fatimata, Goma, Kiwele, Guyani, Holaso, Loyiso, Sidney, Kara, Jabulani, Humbi, Joel, Joanna, Jambo, Kembola, Kalala, Ledwaba, Luzolo, 

CHAPTER ONE: SHALOM
The church was situated ten miles away from the city of Tshale in bush build from mud bricks. When he arrived next to the church a church security stopped him from entering the church. While trying to see the small hall build of claw material and covered with Thatcher. He wanted to see what was inside. The church was build on a top of a hill. He wanted to know why the church was build on top of the hill? He kept advancing to that building walking in the short bush. He wondered why the bush were short near that hill and why they were no trees around?

The sect followed built the sect on top of the hill to see from far everybody coming include the police. So they could see everybody approaching to their sect. It was a private ceremonial sect and no one has to know what is happening inside unless if he has a special authorization.
They made sure to cut time to time the fast growing bush and the bush so it help them to identify everybody coming him. 
He was amazed to meet at the entrance of the sect a man standing with a stick. He could hear powerful drum and very nice hot melody. He could hear the feet of the jumping follower inside the church. Then he heard that man on the door greeting. "Shalom."
Pablo Kanfu responded. "Hello." 
He didn't get the password to enter the church. The password was Shalom. Then he saw around a small room. He noticed that the church has no windows but small hole. He was ready to enter the church.
The security hold him back and told him. "This not a church for everybody to enter. This is a sect and we have a lot of privacy in the church. Go in town and you will found hundreds of church for you to enter."

The curious man liked the words privacy. If something his hidden that mean it important and valued. Gold is expensive because it is rare. He said to himself that he got the secret of life. He look at the man on the door and told him. "Brother, I really want to join you."

He seems not taking care of the man holding his hand but decided to proceed despite the security. He didn't know that the tall, huge man on the door was a security. He was not scared of all his pack on his muscle. Then he heard. "Are you married?"

He hesitated for a while, then decided to answer rapidly following the rhythms of that question. Saying that his not married could jeopardize his chance of entering the sect he wanted to see. To sound mature he responded. "I am married but my wife went to visit her family 200 miles away from now, she may come back in two months."
"then bring your wife and you will enter the house of God and we may talk."

He wanted to enter even for 5 minutes to see what was going in that sect. The beat of the drum were so nice and powerful. He could feel the soil trembling. The joy of women and men inside. He stand for a while and the man at the door wanted the stranger to the sect to disappear as soon as possible. "When your wife will come back bring her and you will go to some kind of initiation before entering the holly house." 
Pablo then look at the door church he saw many shoes outside there and asked the security. He said that must be interesting people praying without shoes. They must have something special the curious man sad. 
The man kept looking at him running short of words to convince the stranger to leave the place. Then Pablo realize that the huge man was looking after the shoes. "Are you looking after those shoes?" 
"I look after everything: shoes and the followers. This is not a church for everybody to enter  but we have our own followers and rules inside."
He wondered really if it was a Mosque for Muslim leaving the shoes outside. But he heard song people calling and praising Jesus, Moses and even Sunzu the man he knew as junior pastor and told the watchman. "I used to pray with pastor Sunzu in another church before".


The man didn't want him to continue with the statement. "Pastor Sunzu was in school when he was in that church. He learnt the truth and now he his preaching the truth. The world still blind."

What a good statement for the curious man. he loved what he heard. In S.C.C he didn't find the true interpretation of the Bible. He hopped that he will find it here. "Tell me it is your church more identical to Muslim who pray without shoes?"
"We are Christian. We are the only church in the world who follow the commandment of the Bible. The only church who has the right revelation from God. Our prophet is Sunzu."

Then he heard the change of the beat inside. He said to himself that this must be heaven. The beat of the drums were just too special. No guitar or other instruments but more than 10 rhythmic drums. The changes of the beat was just too good for him. He never heard this discipline before:
He password of the immediate entry was the knowledge of the pastor. he come back to his former statement. "I know the church founder, we used to pray in the same church with him, I told you."
"He is not anymore a pastor, he is a prophet of God like Jeremiah, like Job and other well known Biblical prophet. Look at our Bible."
The man show him they Bible. It has a red colour and at the end of new testament was four new chapters written by Sunzu.
Then one of the church junior pastor saw him from the only one hole and come to the door and he noticed the stranger man movement for long time. The ceremonies were still performed and the security has to attend to special ceremonies too. "Go and get your Adam and Eve." 

Without any word the security entered immediately the church leaving Pablo. The new man at the entrance door didn't even greet him. Pablo was just a stranger. For him Pablo could be even an undercover cop trying to spy them.
Pablo Kanfu didn't know what Adam and Eve meant. He started chatting to the pastor who come to replace the security. He thought that they don't want him to stay alone at the door because he his suspected of wanting to steal many shoes outside. "Do you think that I will steal your shoes?"
The man at the door calmly responded. "No, we don't care about the shoes we care about the holly spirit inside the church. I am here to protect our privacy in the church or sect as uncircumcised blind people call it"
All those people who were not part of Shalom were called blind or uncircumcised. Pablo who even fail to greet them by they greeting and password Shalom was a blind too. "What is special with you? What is very special with you? All the church use the Bible why not you?"
The junior pastor knew that the watchman told him already of the condition to enter the holly sect. As a pastor he felt important to reinforce the words that the watchman could have not explained well to the stranger. "We use the Bible. It is the same Bible that we use but here we respect the words of God. There are four chapters that our prophet Sunzu has added for our better understanding." He just explained the Bible in those four chapters. "He didn't add news things in those chapters. Nothing is new he explained the Bible like apostle Paul explained in his letters. Those four chapters are only letters explaining God foundation of the true worship" 
Pablo wondered why special with this church were they don't want him to get in or even look inside. Now he realize that he his not wanted. He left his house with one objective to enter Shalom. He then insisted. "Why you don't want me to go in?"
"No way, are you married and you must be initiated?"
"Yes, I am married."

The man who was a the entrance door, never meet any man resisting this way. He come to conclusion that may be the young man who want to enter in the sect is immature and probably single. He wondered how a insisting man like Pablo can settle with a woman? Then He told him. "You look like your are not married." 
"I am married and have two children."
"Bring your wife and you will enter the church after an initiation." 
Then he saw in a small room that had window two man talking. That initiation's room had many window but the big room didn't have window. Then he asked:" Tell me why that small room over there had windows but not the big room."

Then he saw two people entering in the small room. They sat on two chairs. There were about 5 chair in that small room. The big one had no windows and the small one had no wall. It was just supported by big peace of trees. The junior pastor answered him "I told you, this is a private house. The small room over there were you see two men is the initiative room where we teach people the rules of the church before the enter the big room. There is only one window that only pastor have the right to look at." 


Excited, Pablo Kanfu wanted to join the people in that room, then straight qualify to enter the big church were a man believed to be one of the servant was now preaching and the followers were supporting: Amen each time he want to get a breath or a slight break or at the end of each sentences. He never had this kind of charismatic preaching. Pablo didn't want to miss this service. "Can I go for the initiation now?"
"Okay, come next week with your wife and we will talk. Don't bring children"
"Even the babies?"
The man was so serious not to bring children in the church. All those mystery, a security at the door, the church on top of the hill, nice drum music, zeal in preaching, be married, not to bring children, the name of the sect Shalom...attracted the curious man.
He had enough and decided to go back. While leaving the premises. Two men straight joined the man at the door. They were wondering what the man was doing at the door and he stayed there long. They were always very alert and were scared of the police and possible under cover. To drive Pablo attention away. A man screamed and reminded him. "No children only adult who are conscious of what there are doing."

He stopped for a while, then saw the man who was at the door first and was replaced coming out of the church and was even sweating. Then the others people re enter the church. 
Pablo didn't know the difference between church and sect. Everything for him was church. The two names mean the same thing. 
 
Before going to his house, he went straight to his friend Siyaya. He wanted to report what happen to that sect. He find Siyaya his best friend who was living with his family. He was used to Siyaya family and was like part of the family. Siyaya family knew him since his childhood. Siyaya's family house was big.
They used to sit outside under the trees. The only time they used to sit inside it was only when it was raining. It was very hot in Tshale and most of the people were sitting outside they house. 
Pablo started explaining what happened. "I went there, they told me to bring my wife. Should I hire a prostitute to represent me at the church."
Siyaya wasn't amazed that Pablo wanted to enter into the church. He heard some ritual of that church but wanted Pablo Kanfu to see and judge from himself. "Keep telling them that your wife is away then you will change the story later telling them that your wife passed away in the village." 
"I like the church, it sound very interesting."
But Siyaya wasn't interest in Sunzu's sect. He was determined to stay in his church S.C.C. It wasn't the kind of sect we was interested. "The church don't interest me but it is good for a curious man like you. I don't want to leave Christian but I prefer you praying even in a sect rather than living without Jesus." 
While they were chatting at Siyaya, place they saw the neighbour's wife entering his room with another man of the church. Siyaya and Pablo were outside the under the tree talking. 
Then after one hour of Pablo arrival , the neighbour of Siyaya arrived at his house. He saw another man shoes outside his house door, then didn't enter his house. He sit outside his house for about five minutes then he decide to join Pablo and Siyaya chatting next door. Siyaya was the first to introduce them. "This is Tembo, my neighbour. Tembo this is my best and my only best friend. If you see him, you see me. His name is Pablo Tatiti. We call him Pablo only, he doesn't like Tatiti surname because it sound childish. He want to join your church too."

Pablo who knew Siyaya for years didn't know Tembo because Tembo has just moved in the neighbouring two months ago. Tembo is the one who revealed some of the sects ritual to Siyaya. He was trying to win the heart of Siyaya in telling him to marry and join the church that Tembo called the best ever church to exist into this earth.
Tembo when heard Pablo intention asked him. "You welcome. Are you married?"
Pablo responded as his friend Siyaya advised him. "I am married but my wife is away for two months" 
" It is difficult but I will tell my church colleague that I know you" 
Pablo Kanfu was wondering, why marriage must be a must? He told Tembo. "They told me to go through initiation too."
"Don't worry, it only one or two hours of initiation then you will join the service."
Pablo was wondering why they keep asking him if he is married. Why they insist on marriage and bring his wife�

While talking, another man come out of Tembo's house. Then Tembo attention changed little bit. He wore the shoes that he left outside. Tembo when he saw the other man wearing the shoes he greeted him from about 20 meters. "Shalom!"
The other man said too, "Shalom"
 And Tembo went to talk for a while with him for about five minutes and enter his house after the other man left. 
Pablo couldn't understand what was going on and asked. "Siyaya, who is your neighbour?"
"The man who was here talking to us, Tembo."
Pablo Kanfu was really confused, watching a owner acting like a stranger of his own house. While thinking of the drama he saw a woman who he believed was Tembo's wife come out of the house. "Now why another man went in Tembo's house with Tembo's wife?"
"You will understand at your initiative process this coming Saturday." 
"Why they pray Saturday?" 
"You will get all the answers in the initiative process."
He tried to explained how it was impossible to get into church. He heard another strange term used there. For a while he felt little bit dizzy many things has to be explained ."When I was at Shalom church, there was another man who called the security at the door and replaced him for some minutes telling him to go and get some Adam and Eve?"
"All those questions will be answered Saturday." Siyaya told him. "I know you since you were fifteen years and I know that you are a very curious man. The only church who can suit your curiosity is Shalom. Me I am happy with S.C.C church." 
All those answered question made him more curious to know really what is going on in Shalom church were they have to pass to a certain initiations. 
It was a long wait week for Pablo to have all those answers, all those mystery. He prayed that Saturday come as quick as possible to get the answers. 

The second Saturday of the years 1991, The meeting start from 8 in the morning to 2 in the afternoon. Pablo was ready by 5 in the morning.  Before going to Shalom church he went to fetch first Siyaya neighbour Tembo to introduce him to the others followers. He went to wake him up at half past six. Tembo tolerated the inconvenience and accepted to help the curious man.
On the way to Shalom, Pablo was criticizing all the churches he attended  and how he was humiliated after failing to perform miracles. It left a huge scared into his heart. 
He was amazed that all the followers were greeting each other Shalom. The men had a lot of beards and they head were shaved. They didn't have uniforms like many independent churches. Some men had sticks with them. The woman had they head covered. 
This time, it was easy for him. They took him to the initiation room while the other people entered the big church with one window. 
The man who had to initiate him was in his early forty with some gray hair. He took him in the initiation room next to the church were the were only two chairs. The man who supposed to initiate him started taking his identity down. "What is your name."
" Pablo Kanfu".
"Age?"
" I am twenty four turning twenty five." 
"Name of your wife?"
"Sylvia"
"How old she he?"
"Twenty five too."

Exited, he was praying for the question to end soon. already in the church he could hear the fast and slow introducing beat of the drums. His said to himself they must be an heaven in that hall without windows.
Then an unexpected question, "Excellent. Are you circumcise or not."

He look at the man who was questioning him. For a while he thought the man was little bit crazy. He was wondering if really he heard well the question but the man was so serious as he repeated the question: " I said, are you circumcised?"
"That is my private life, it doesn't concern you."
The questioner insisted that it was important to answer to that question. "Before you even think of entering the church you have to answer to each and every question here. Look. If you are not circumcise it doesn't matter. Answer by yes or no."
The man who wanted to enter the church saw the arrival of Nsunzu the man turn into prophet. He was carried in a decorated chair by four huge men wearing red clothes. The women put their African clothes and the traditional decorated carpet. He was walking on top of the clothes and wore clothes and hat like a Pope. He attended years back the same church with Nsunzu who was one of junior pastor but now he look more different.  He couldn't imagine that the main was already like a African king. In that astonishment he answered, "I am circumcise."
"You don't have to lie. Any way we will see."
He wondered why the man said we will see. Strange but he saw another woman throwing water around and screaming loudly. "The prophet his here, the prophet has arrived."
Lost, strange into his eyes.  
The man who was initiating him said. "I think brother Tembo who introduced you to us have told you of some of our practices." They don't have any other gods except the God of the Bible. "Shalom mean hello, good bye and peace. It why you had us greeting each other Shalom. The church was formed by the prophet Sunzu. He used to be a pastor in Mzee independent church."
" I know him." Pablo unswered.
He tried to teach him about the spiritual sect philosophy. He told Pablo to be very quiet and listen without interrupting him
	
Now Nsunzu had build this church on God revelation. God spoke to him and give him the rules to praise God like true children of God. God created the universe and everything in six days and rested the seventh day. It why we are praying Saturday. Sunday was the seventh day that God rested. We don't have to do anything Sunday but rest like God did. We call Sunday Sabbath. Exodus 20:8, is telling us to remember and respect Sunday or Sabbath. This is not a church for everybody to enter without the permission of God. You have to agree to God's rules first. It different to other church were even criminal enter freely without any obligation. It why we call it sect because of the privacy. The creation of the universe and everything are in Genesis chapter1. We don't allow children to enter our church because they are not adult to know what they are doing. Our brother like catholic church baptize even babies who don't even know the significance of that ceremony. We don't wear shoes in our church, in Deuteronomy 25: 9, they told us to draw sandal off. In the ancient time the were wearing only sandal. Sandal means shoes today. It a sign of submission to God. God spoke to Moses in the flame of fire in Exodus 3:5, to draw his sandal of in his presence. When we are entering the presence of god we draw off our shoes. We are not allow to smoke like in Psalm 18:8, smoke went up at his nostril, and the fire itself from his mouth kept devouring; coal themselves blazed forth from him. Even scientifically smoke is not good for your body. Woman are not allowed to preach according 1Corinthian 14:34, let woman keep silent in the congregations. Man are not allow to have hair. After this session I will shave you. 1 Corinthian 11:14, said a man with long hair, it is a dishonor. Even Corinthian 11:4 says, every man that prays or prophesies having something on his head shames his head. Woman must cover their head according Corinthian 11:5, every woman that prays or prophesies with her head uncovered shame on her had, for it is one and the same as if she were a woman with a shaved her. The Bible tell to woman not to shave their hair. You must let your bear grow, is a sign of masculinity. You may take some few drink like the Bible is seeing in 1 Timothy 3:8, servants not given to a lot wine. Even eating, when you eat or drink too much it become a sin. Don't throw food because thousands of people need food. We pray according to God rules. We pray naked, God created us naked not with clothes were made by human. The animal were created naked and live naked and human were created naked and must pray naked. It is Adam and Eve sin that brought shame. When we are in presence of God we return to the first man and woman that God created. Look in Genesis 3:7, after their sin they eyes of Adam and Eve opened and their realized that they were naked. It why we want all the followers in Shalom to be married. In Job1:21, I come out of my mother's belly naked. All the man and human are part of one body, the body of Jesus. We are one and share the pleasure with anybody's wife in the church or after church. If you want to have sex or talking with your fellow 's wife. You leave your shoes outside his door. When he arrived if you still busy chatting he will wait for you outside. The same will be done to your wife too. We start our pray with the our church anthem were we sing and explain the rules of the church. Then we praise God, thank him, we adore him and pray for our various problems. Then we have preaching, we have four preacher plus the church founder and we have 86 members you and your wife are the 88 members of the church. After preaching we have offering we don't force people to offer. According to Chronicles 29:9, make a volunteer offering to God. We are not Mzee who force people to give money or donation. After the offering we go to the most important part of the church were we sleeping with the woman of your choice. We call it Adam and Eve session. The writer of the Bible were ashamed to mention that the fruit that Adam and Eve tested was sex. The pray session is secret it why the church don't have window. We have only one window were the pastors are checking if the police are coming. If the police comes we wear the clothes before they arrived. We keep our shoes outside the church and the clothes next to us. The clothes must be next you to be able to wear before any policemen saw us. The policemen are used by the devil to disturb our church service. If the city keep growing fast we will move again the church far from the city to practice the words of God. If you want you may get a stick or rod. This rod will be your power too, it will be blessed by the prophet Sunzu himself. It symbolize power, Moses was having a rod according Exodus 14:16, as for you, lift up your rod and stretch over the sea and it split it apart�After Adam and Eve session proceed to announcements, then the final pray session. The rod will come after, now I am shaving you so next week you will be eligible to enter the holly house.

Pablo after hearing the rules immediately accepted the rules and sign.  
This was shocking but the man wanted to enjoy the Adam ritual ceremony. He called it a free sex. The curious young energetic man wanted to enjoy. He wanted to know more about the rules not thinking of the consequences. He was shaved and the next Saturday he went into the church were he found everybody naked. They were no chairs. The were a lot of singing and prays. The were no choir in the church but everybody sang in the room. About 10 people were beating the big and attractive drum. He loved drum when he was younger. Later he even joined the drumming team.

In that hot seat, he was wondering how they were coping. The church top was only partially covered.
The people in that sect has to be naked. They were two entry door. The first one then a small corridor then the second door. 
The security a the door had a small ring. Once he hit that bell it mean danger. All the followers had to wear their clothes as quick as possible.
There was a basin( big pot) of water just after the second door leading to the main room. Everybody has to wash their feet there. 
The session start with their anthem were the Shalom rules were repeated. Then The 30 minutes songs. Followed by 30 minutes praises sessions. Then 2 hours of preaching where 2 different preachers talked. Then the Adam and Eve session of about 30 minutes. Every body has to sleep with another women. Followed by Moses sermon were they imitated the life and talked about Moses. 
Then 1 hours and 30 minutes of full praising song. The first time Pablo arrived at the church it was during the songs praise. Then 30 minutes of announce and other final prays then they close the pray meeting with the anthems again.
It was a 6 hours pray session every Saturday.  
The security  
After two months of attending the strange sect, they started looking for Pablo wife who was not married at the time. He hired first a prostitute to play his wife. he had no intention to get married. he loved the church but he wanted to complete his studies first. 
They wanted to taste his so called wife too. Then the prostitute raised the price after an intense discussion with that prostitute he decided to fire her from calling her. Then she decided to reveal Pablo's devil  plan. 

The members of the sect become very angry for the trick he played. He played them fool while their life and reputation depended on their sect. He look like he wasn't serious. They couldn't accept the fact that dishonored their rules. 

He was attacked twice by armed church followers who called him a serpent the one who lied to Adam and Eve. He escaped once and was wounded in the second attempt. He tried to report the matter to the police but the police heard twice those kind of complain. They went there twice find people wearing clothes not naked. 

Pablo was taken as a liar and the police thought that may be he own people money and they wanted to kill him. Those attacked occurred in the late night. Siyaya who shown him the sect advised him to run away and Pablo relocated to Lusaka for a while. But the world was small to the Shalom followers. He met one of the church members in a popular market there.

He knew that even in Lusaka he wasn't safe. For him to be safe was to cross the ocean. With the help of the pastors in the new congregation, he crossed the see in America.

What happen in Pablo's life. How did he end up in that environment? What was the story of his life and why he was so disappointed with the difference interpretation of the most popular book in the world, the Bible?
Who is right who is wrong. Let see how people interpret differently the Bible. 


PART TWO


Chapter One
Heaven and Hell
 
	A young man called Pablo Kanfu attended a church service for the first time at the invitation of his mother.  In the local independent church, he continuously pondered the mystery of God as he kept wondering, �God must be genius, as he can hear the prayers of thousands of worshipers at the same time.  He is a so big.  Everybody talks at the same time, so that means God does not sleep�I have to know more about God��

The church complex had a big yard, next to the church international sponsored school and clinic. About two kilometers away was the fire station and an unfinished stadium. The stadium was called Stadium Kadima but people always call it election's stadium. Because each time there was community election, the politicians vowed to finish building the stadium but once the election are over, the politician were not able to finish the building. At some stage there was hope when the voted mayor brought some track of sand and few bag of cement but it completed only a small part. The 5 thousand seat complex had the bunches enough to fit everybody and a big reserved space to extent it. 
	While thousands of Christians were busy praying in an unfinished church building, he looked at various people praying without ceasing, and he wondered again:  �Everybody complains in their prayers.  Let me hear what some of the people pray about.�
Pablo Kanfu was wondering what was special in this place that people are gathering in big number. The only place he saw many people after the sporting event in big attendance. He heard a lot about the church but was unable to attend because his father didn't want him to go to church.
	The young Pablo who had just turned fifteen, had never been in any church before.  His mother who invited him converted two years ago.  Pablo followed his mother to church, as his father was not a believer.  His father believed only in the African tradition.  Pablo's mother had the opportunity to invite her son during the absence of his father who went to his native village for a family matter.  As Pablo watched the people who were praying, he regretted what he had been missing.  �All my friends go to churches, and I am the only one who is not, he thought.  �I will go to church again, even if my father returns from the village."


  There are many more beautiful women there, than at school.  Pablo saw two bench before him a beautiful good looking girl. He was decided to  talk to the girl in red dress if he keep attending the church service. 
Then he turn around saw another young woman in a white dress there.  "I cannot make a good choice, as there are so many beautiful women in the church�that woman over there looks irresistible.  She has a nice body and sexy eyes.  This must be my next woman hunting ground!�

For Pablo Kanfu it become a place he may return and watch all the beautiful people. The difference with the soccer stadium is that here people were very clean, disciplined and very motivate. No one was smoking, no beer. A good place to interact with people. In the stadium he used to seat with other people who couldn't care for each other. Some were smoking, some were drunk and some fight when they favorite team loose. 
	His curiosity was still unsatisfied, as he started listening to what the neighbors were saying in their prayers.  At his left hand was a man who was making many gestures.  He had a lot to bear and looked very serious, as he prayed, �God, please give me the strength to catch many robbers.  God, I would like to be promoted and be an inspector.  I have been working in the police department for eight years.  My friend Gowan, has worked for only two years and has been promoted already.  �It is a shame to me and my family to be surpassed by a young man who was recruited after me.  I want to get lucky and catch many criminals."

People were complaining that the police officers are corrupt and ineffective.  He wanted to prove them wrong; he want to prove to his  neighbor that his is an hard workers.  He understood, God, that criminals are harassing the community, "I am asking you to please send more criminals, so I may catch more robbers and be promoted.  You said in John 14, verse 13-14, �Also, whatever it is that you ask in my name, I will do this in order that the father may be glorified in connection with the son.  If you ask anything in my name, I will do it.�  In the name of Jesus Christ, please God, give me the strength and luck to capture many criminals.  I want to be promoted too, and I have not caught a criminal for months now.  My superiors know that I failed the last opportunity I had to catch a criminal."
  He was an illegal immigrant who ran like a springbok when I approached him.  He tried to follow him but he ran faster than I could.  Everybody looked at him, how I failed to catch him.  He was very nervous and ashamed when he failed to catch him.  He forced myself to run fast, but he felt like his heart wanted to stop if he kept following him.  Two young children who were about four years old, laughed at him.  He didn't want this kind of incident to happen again.  If only the law could have allow them to shoot, he could have angrily shot that illegal immigrant.
Everybody were praying as Pablo Kanfu for a while look at all the people who closed their eyes. The policemen who were feared by all the citizen in Tshale. The city was home to about 100 policemen. But because of many villages around Tshale had no policemen those policemen had to look after the big city and those many villages without policemen. For sometime in his life Pablo Kanfu dreamed of becoming a policemen too. Policemen who were viewed as strong people, men of law. He never thought that a man who hold a gun sign of power could fear anybody but now he realized that the strongest men fear someone more powerful. 
	The young Pablo who was not praying was amazed as he thought, �We have all kinds of people in the church.  I never thought that the policemen pray too.  I thought that they were complete with their guns, but this man his asking God to give him strength and luck to catch criminals.  Let me listen to what he is saying again.�  The policeman was busy talking to God, ��Heal my mother who is sick at home.  I bless you for giving me a very caring mother��
Then slowly he started getting boring to hear what the policemen was praying. He decided to change his attention. At least he knew now that everybody was scared of a superior. 
	This man was becoming boring, a policeman and a father, who was supposed to be strong.  He was weeping like a baby for his mother's health.  Now he disappointed Pablo. He then decided to listen to the prayer of his neighbor on his right side.  At Pablo's right side was a nineteen-year-old boy, who was praying too, but in a low voice.  �God, please help me to steal that Mercedes that always parks at the bank in our area."  
They almost caught him last time he was trying to steal a Toyota at the principal�s office.  He promised to give he one-tenth of the money after selling the car to God.  He wanted to to finish rebuilding my mother's house.  There were no jobs in the country, so the only job he was making a living was in stealing cars.  "If my father was still alive, I wouldn't steal cars; but now I don't have any choice."  They went to bed angry last night, because he fails to bring money home.  He was tired of stealing the car radios, because they don't pay enough to meet all his family's needs.  "You said in 2 Thessalonians 3:10, �In fact, also when we were with you, we used to give you orders.  If any one does not work, neither let him eat.�  
He works with his mind and his physical capacity to get money out of the cars.  Please let me succeed in my efforts.  "You even said in Matthew 7:7, �Keep on asking and it will be given you.  Keep on seeking and you will find, keep on knocking and it will be opened to you.�  
He looked for a job before, but he never found one; but he believed God  gave him a special skill to rob cars.  He sought a prosperous way to support my family, and thought God  gave him a self-employed job. He concluded:  "Now I am knocking at your door; please open many opportunities in my career��
	Pablo was amazed at the different request of his neighbor at his right hand.  He thought, �That is why my neighbor at my right hand is not raising his voice.  The criminal also prays to the same God for blessings.  My neighbor on my left has already received the answer to his request to catch a criminal who is a car thief on my right.  Must I tell the policeman that his prayer has been answered?
	Pablo Kanfu looked at the policeman on his left side.  The man was unstoppable in his demanding request to God.  Pablo turned to his right side where the car thief was too serious to be interrupted.  Then he said to himself again, �The car thief has a very good project, building the house of his mother, and he doesn't have a father.  If I accuse him, I may cause his family many troubles.  He is a bread winner; any way it just a private matter.�
Pablo didn't know Christianity. His mother Daliwa who was converted to Christianity many years ago couldn't pray at hoe because of Pablo's father Mendu Kanfu was against the religion like many men in Tshale. Daliwa has to pray in secret. But time to time Pablo Kanfu could read the Bible as an historical book. History was his best subject at school and he was doing very well in history.
	Instead of praying too, Pablo kept looking at girls in the church and enjoyed listening to others pray.  Then the pastor clapped his hands, and all the followers stopped praying.  He introduced the evangelist from another community who came to preach.  �I have the honor to introduce an important man of God who has come to visit us from Mpulumile.  He has come here to share the word of God with us.  He has been preaching for twenty years.  He heals many sorts of diseases.  He has a special power given by God.  His name is Evangelist, Tombola.  Tombola was sent by God to come here and meet us.  Let�s put our hands together for Evangelist, Tombola.�
What a good athmosphere, people claps hands, cheer, sing and dance without being shame. He could watch from far his mother Daliwa dancing with joy in the church while at her house she was not joining the family's member dancing in the traditional ceremonies. 
The church predominated by women and young girl pleased Pablo Kanfu. He realized that he has missed a lot all those years.
	The church has decided to launch an operation called Revival's Operation inviting evangelists in order to attract more followers, as others churches were fast growing.  The competition was huge in the small community.  The followers clapped hands and women scream with clicks to welcome him.  Tombola, wearing a black suit and a white shirt, stood up and went to preach.  He was a tall man, very light in skin.  He slowly walked to the front.  With a deep voice, he said, �I have the honor to come here from Mpulumile to share what God has done for me in my life.  I have been working for God for almost twenty years now.  I have been witness to many things.  I am not only an evangelist, but I am also a motivator with all the circumstances I have met in life.  I traveled many countries and locations in Africa.  I have been in Zimbabwe, Botswana, Nigeria, Malawi, Tanzania, Burundi, and Angola.  I never took any food with me, and was always received by the men of God who gave me food and a place where to sleep.  Let�s open our Bibles and look at the book of Acts 21:8,� and he read, �The next day we set out and arrived in Ceasarea and we entered into the house of house of Philip the evangelizer, who was one of the seven men and we stayed with him.�  Paul the man who spread the gospel and who is viewed by the Catholic Church as the first Pope, was initially an evangelist who went to Philip's house.  Philip was an evangelizer too.  My purpose in reading this verse is to explain to you the role of the evangelist in the community.  I do not have any specific church; I travel from country to country, town to town, to spread the word of God.  Do you wonder why I travel only in Africa where the economic situation is disastrous rather than going to Europe or America?  The answer is simple, Africa needs a big revival more than Europe.  Many African evangelists go to Europe to live in comfort, where they are running away from the villagers in Africa where we live with mosquitoes and sleep in huts where there is no electricity.  I believe that we have a big challenge given by God to spread the word of God in Africa.  We are the soldiers of God.  We don't care for infrastructures or comfort; we obey the word of our savior.  If someone comes and tells you that he was sent to preach the words of God in America or Europe, he lies.  The Bible is from there.  The colonists were European.  How come they need again the word of God?  Africa is still virgin.  There are many places not yet explored by the word of God.  I even went into some villages where they never even heard the word of God and were relying on the traditional practices.  Let�s look again in the Bible, at the role of the evangelizers.  As I said before, we are soldiers obeying the command of our master, God.  We do not do any kind of business in many localities where we travel.  I can see many opportunities to make money while I travel, but I stick to the command of my Lord.  Let us open the Bible, to the book of 2 Timothy, 2:4, �No man serving like a soldier involves himself in the commercial business of life.�  Let�s stop there.  We are not allowed, as soldiers, to get involved in business.  The followers and leaders of the church have the obligation to assist us.  Let us look again at the book of Timothy 4:5, the next page of your Bible, �You, although, keep your senses in all things, suffer evil, do the work of an evangelizer, fully accomplish your ministry.�  Our commander who is God has given us the role to accomplish the ministry in full.  To do the job of spreading the word, we need money for transportation, and our daily needs.  That is why I told the pastor that after the evangelical speech today, I will request a special offering to assist me as a preacher.  This is not the time yet, as I am here for three weeks.  I have to start by a self-testimony to fortify you, and I will tell you how God called me to serve him.�
What a start for Pablo Kanfu. His first attendance of a church service. He was getting interested in the evangelist preaching as time was going. The all big hall was silence. Not unlike the soccer stadium where people hardly stay silence. One day while watching a soccer game, he return back home with hear ach. There was another supporter who come with an imported traditional instrument blowing it next to his hear and he told him that instrument was called "Ngoma Vuvuzela Bote". But here people were silence, the women made sure that they children were quiet and take out the crying babies.

He enjoyed the gospel song that some his mother Daliwa used to sing while doing the domestic work or cleaning the house or cooking. But here those songs were well coordinated with the big choir on the microphones and the new musical technology instrument. 
	Everybody was wondering what the unknown man will preach, as he was about to give his testimony, he was born in Mpulumile in Zambia next to Ndola in 1940.  His father and his mother were both farmers.  He attended school at Ndola were he got my matrix certificate in 1959.  In the small town Ndola, he was living with my uncle who was a Catholic, and even today, he still a Catholic.  It all started in 1959, when an American evangelist called �Ford� came to do a one-week crusade.  Many people in the town of Ndola attended the first day of the meeting in the stadium.  Everybody in Ndola was talking about this event.  He decided to join then on the second day.  The thing that attracted him the most was the music:  "I am telling you, men there were playing very good music with modern instruments, and gospel singers from Lusaka were present to add some flavor."  The American evangelist came with a loud speaker from America, and all the people in the small town could hear the sound of the music.  The crusade always started at around two o�clock in the afternoon and ended at around six o�clock in the evening.  The four hours of speech were very alive.  When he arrived, they danced to the sound of the music not even caring what the international evangelist was talking about.  Around three o�clock in the afternoon, he preached about praying in tongues and diverse gifts God gave us.  He spoke on, 1 Corinthians 12:8-10, for example, �To one there is given through the spirit, speech of wisdom, to another speech of wisdom, to another speech of knowledge according to the same spirit, to another the faith by the same spirit, to another the gift of healing by that same spirit, to yet another operations of powerful works, to another prophesying, to another discernment of inspired utterances, to another different tongue, and another interpretation of tongues.�  Remember that speaking in tongues is to speak the language of angels.  You may check later in 1 Corinthian 13:1, �He prayed for people to speak in the language of angels.�  
He recalled that after this predication, The American evangelist prayed and many people spoke in tongues that day including my neighbor Joe, whom he knew as a smoker and a gang member in our area.  I was shocked to see many people he thought would end up in hell, speaking the language of angels.  "I never slept that night, and I returned home complaining to God, �Why I am not speaking in tongues?�  

He was not working after graduating from school, so He had a lot of time to pray and read my Bible.  He couldn't ask my uncle to help me because he was a Catholic and never believed in tongues.  His best friend was an Anglican church follower and he was not interest in the language of angels.  He kept closing his bedroom door and praying to God to help him.  Then after two days, He saw a bird coming toward him.  He was wondering what was going on when he saw a bird advancing to him. Before he could scream for help, the bird came and entered his mouth.  While the bird was in his mouth, he tried to scream and his language turned to the angels� language.  he prayed without stopping for almost four hours.
	A total silence fell in the big hall where almost one-thousand, five-hundred Christians were listening to Tombola�s story.  This was a sign that everybody was interested in the predication.  He continued with his predication, �Then I heard a big voice, difficult to describe, telling me, �I will show you heaven today.�  I was taken to another place, and I saw my soul leaving my body.  I saw a light, new body coming out of this physical body.  The body was traveling toward heaven.  We traveled seven different parts before reaching heaven.  Then with the angel who was accompanying me, I arrived at the door of heaven.  It was a small door where all kinds of people were entering: big and small people.  It is really difficult to explain and describe what I saw.  Everything was white, while angels were singing very nice songs.  I have never heard even a single sound of that music on earth. Everything was whiter than snow.  I tried to look at God�s face, but I could not even look at him because he was shining brighter than the sun.  No one, not even angels ever look at God�s face; he shines so, that it makes it impossible to see him.  Imagine how we struggle to look at the ordinary sun, but God shines a thousand times more than the sun.  I was amazed also that all the angels had very small voices. Their voices were thinner than a one-month-old child�s voice.  I asked my angel companion why they have small voices?  He told me that it was because they never sin.  It is sin that makes our voices imperfect.
Pablo Kanfu was learning a new religion. He was exposed for many years only to the traditional religion by his father Mendu. He knew the traditional religion they pray ancestors and God. Pablo Kanfu has accompanied his father to may traditional ceremony. He has made many sacrifices, he used to slaughter already a goat at vthe young age. While many children of 8 years were scared even to kill a chicken. He knew all the mountain near Tshale used to praise the ancestors. 
	On the other side of heaven was a huge fire.  I asked the angel what it was.  He told me that it was hell.  I advanced to the hell entrance, and I heard a stormy, burning sound.  The fire in that town is difficult to explain; it is a thousand times more powerful than the sun.  The angel told me that I have to tell all the people in the world to do the right things, because they will end up in that fire if they don't change.  What makes hell a bad place is that you burn, but without dying.  It could have been better, at least, if people were dying, but they do not die.  You will cry for the rest of your life without rescue.  There are no fire fighters to ease the fire or extinguish the fire.  At the other side, in heaven, people were dancing and celebrating without end.  It is always a party, an endless feast in heaven.  I asked the angel who was accompanying me if there was food in heaven too.  He told me that food is not required in heaven, and there is no pain in that city.  It is a city of joy and happiness.  The angel told me that I have been given the task of telling the people of the earth that God loves them all and wants them to be in heaven.  He told me that heaven and hell are not short of space.  The ones who follow the God's Ten Commandments will inherit heaven.  The wish of God is to see everybody in heaven, not in hell; but those who ignore the commandments will end up in the endless fire in hell with their master, Satan.  During the time I was busy visiting heaven, I saw my body on earth stinking and rotting, and flies were singing and dancing on my body.  I told the angel that I am not returning to that body.  He told me that my time to come to heaven has not yet come.  I have to finish my work on earth to spread the gospel, especially in Africa where many people in many villages do not have the chance or opportunity to hear the good news.  I saw on earth a big and dark man with a strange tail.  I asked the angel who he was.  He told me that it was Satan the devil, who was making a barbecue on earth.  He even told me not to worry; his time is coming when he will be jailed for life in hell.  Satan knows that he will be imprisoned soon.  It is why he is trying to avenge his future fate on earth.  The time is approaching of his sentence, as we are living the in the last times of the end of the world.  The angel told me that we are in the last episode of life.  Satan is running out of time in his reign on earth.  He is making his last barbecue on the planet.  It is why we see all sorts of sin now; the anomalies are becoming legal on this earth.  He is corrupting the government and cultures to implement his policies on earth, provoking all sorts of conflicts and immorality.  The angel taught me many things.  He started by telling me the names of hell.  Hell has four names: Gehenna, Hades, Sheol and Tartanus.  Gehenna or Hinnom: In Matthew 10:28, ��and do not become fearful of those who kill the soul; but rather be in fear of him that can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.�  In Matthew 5:22, �However, I say to you that everyone who continues wrathful with his brother will be accountable to the court of justice; but whoever addresses his brother with unspeakable words of contempt will be accountable to the supreme court; You despicable fool!  You will be liable to the fiery Gehenna.�  In Mark 9: 43, �And if ever your hand makes you stumble, cut it off; it is finer for you to enter into life maimed than with two hands than to go off into Gehenna, into the fire that cannot be out.�  The Bible uses hell as Hades in Matthew 16:18, �Also, I say to you, you are Peter, and on this rock-mass I will build my congregation and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.�  In Luke 10: 15, ��and you Capernaum, will you perhaps be exalted to heaven?  Down to Hades you will come.�  In the book of Revelation 20:14, �And death Hades were hurled into the lake of fire.  This means the second death, the lake of fire.  Furthermore, whoever was not found written in the book of life was hurled into the lake of fire.�  Revelation 1: 18, ��and the living one and I become dead, but look!  I am living forever and ever, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.�  The Bible calls hell Sheol in Genesis 42: 38, �However, he said, my son will not go down with you men, because his brother is dead and he has been left by himself.  If a fatal accident should befall him on the way on which you would go, then you would certainly bring down my gray hairs with grief to Sheol.�  In Psalm 9:17, �Wicked people will turn back to Sheol, even all the nations forgetting God.�  In Psalm 55:15, �Desolation be upon them.  Let them go down into Sheol alive; For during their alien residence, bad things have been within them.�  Lastly let us look at the last word meaning hell, Tartarus in 2 Peter 2:4, �Certainly if God did not hold back from punishing the angels that sinned, but by throwing them into Tartarus, delivered them to pits of dense darkness to be reserved for judgment.�
Pablo relized that Christianithy was different to the traditional religion. In the traditional religion they kept they rules from the songs and oral stories bit Christianity had a book and everything was based on the Bible. 
He find it more simple with few ceremonies than the traditional religion. It was comparable to school where everything was written in the books. The teachers used the books to teach here they uses the Bible. He realized that the Bible was more than just a historical book. He heard the evangelist saying:  
	Are you choosing to end up in hell called Gehenna, Hades, Sheol or Tartarus?  The answer is inside your self.  Your actions will define your future life that you are building on this earth.  Let us look at the most important world after our death, heaven.  It is everybody�s wish to be in heaven, but at the price of doing what God requires from us.  In Psalm 50:6, ��and the heaven tells of his righteousness, for God himself is the judge.�  There will be only one man who will judge us.  There will not be any witness or any appeal in God's decision.  God will play our life like a movie, where he will see each, and every action that we have done on earth.  It is why there won't be any witness or appeal in that decision.  Once you are sentenced for hell, there won't be any return back to the court of justice.  God's supreme court is different from earth�s courts, where prisoners escape sometimes by mistake of wardens, or by escaping from custody.  There won't be anywhere to run.  There are no bushes to hide from that justice system.  Sometimes on earth, they sentence an innocent who does not know how to defend himself, and sometimes in our courts, they acquit criminals by lack of evidence.  In heaven, the judgment will be perfect with the movie that will be shown.  The heaven was created by God to compensate all faithful humans; in Isaiah 65:17,  �For here I am creating new heavens and a new earth; and the former things will not be called to mind, neither will come up into the heart.�  God is the mastermind of that land.  In Isaiah 66:1, it is said, �This is what God has said, the heavens are my throne, and the earth is my footstool.  Where, then, is the house that you people can build for me and where, then, is the place as a resting-place to me?�  Brother and sister, do you want to rest in heaven or suffer in hell?  Hell is not a resting place, but heaven is the place where to rest.  Earth is much better than hell, but heaven is much better than earth.  The final decision is yours; and in John 3:13, �Moreover, no man has ascended into heaven, but he descended from heaven, the son of man.  Jesus Christ the son of God has left all the glory of heaven and decided to come into this earth taking the human body for you and me to be saved.�  The Bible tells us in Revelation 19:11, ��and I saw the heaven opened, and look! A white horse.  And the one seated upon called Faithful and true, and he judges and carries on war in righteousness.�
Pablo Kanfu learn how it was important to stick to God's ten commandment. The ten commandment wasn't different to the traditional commandment. They were the same. They were all against stealing, jealousy, killing, lying... 
For a while he was comparing the two religions: Christianity and the traditional religion. He saw many similar things and some differences too. 
	We are living in a land where there is war.  We have to choose between doing the bad things or choose to be perfect.  What makes this war very challenging is that it is easier to do bad actions than doing the right action.  You have to be strong in sticking to the right decision to do the right things.  After the angel taught me those words, and many verses that I cannot tell you here because we are running out of time, he told me to regain my rotten body.  I refused to return to earth, begging him to live with him.  He insisted again saying that my time has not yet come.  He wanted to show me what is happening there, so I may tell many people on earth to turn to God by their actions.  I was taught that we were taking just minutes, but on earth, already four days had passed.  I was not feeling any pain in heaven, as the angels where dancing and partying for life.  There is no way you may play the hypocrite to God.  All the actions are on film, and every second and minute are registered in God camera.  The God camera is not a human camera that may get broken.

The all audience was very calm listening to only one man preaching. The story was very touching and very interesting at the same time. He realized why the preacher was very respected. He has been many places and knows many things. He kept hearing the preacher talking: 
	"I returned home after four days, I could enjoy this life because I saw heaven.  I had been planning to commit suicide, but I knew that if I tried to force my way to heaven, I would end up in hell instead.  All the people who commit suicide, terminating their life before their time, are going straight to hell.  I am sorry and disappointed that I have to stop here today.  I need at least five days to complete my predication. The next session will be a conversation with all of you, where I will have to answer your questions.  I know that you have a lot of questions to ask me.�
	The entire church was shocked with this predication and very amazed with what Tombola had seen in the world after death.  Tombola had been preaching already for three hours, and everybody was still interested as he continued before leaving.  �I am about to leave, as I said before the evangelizer lives by the donations of Christians.  I would like to request a special offering for the servant of God.  We are not allowed to have a business to live, but we are supported by the donations of Christians.  We have families to support and have to meet many needs.  A servant of God must be clean and rich to motivate people to trust in God.  You respect me maybe because I wear an imported suit.  You want us to reflect God's blessings.  Let us look at book of Proverbs 10:22, �the blessing of God that is what makes us rich and he adds no pain to it.�  The small sum of money that you give to the evangelizer will help him to leave; and the more you give, the more God will bless you in all your projects.  Everybody has projects, but not all of them succeed in their efforts.  The blessings and wealth are from God.  Let me support my statement with one more verse 2 Corinthians 6:10, �as sorrowing but ever rejoicing, as poor but making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.�  I would like to ask someone who is willing to give one-thousand dollars or more, to come here and make this offering for the work of God.�
After one minute of silence in the hall, a businessman who was well known in the city, stood up and went to make his offering.  When he reached Tombola's place the evangelist invited him and encouraged others to make a move, �Yes, this is really a true man of God who wants to support the work of God.  I can see that even this big church is still unfinished, and we need your support to finish the rebuilding of the church.  The church is growing very fast, and we need money and your support to finish this house of God.  This church has twelve pastors who need to live and work for God.  People of God, come and join this man of God who has decided to support the church.  Let�s look at the book of 1 Chronicle 29: 9, �and the people gave way to rejoicing over their making voluntary offerings, for it was with a complete heart that they made voluntary offerings to God; and even David the king himself, rejoiced with great joy.�  
Brother what is your name?�
�My name in Ramy.�
The evangelist nodded his head and continued, �Who wants to join Ramy in offering one thousand or more?  Ramy, how much do you wish to give to the servant of God?�
�I would like to give a check of ten-thousand dollars.�
A total silence fell upon the church.  Many people have never even had a chance to touch ten-thousand dollars in their life and were shocked to hear that amount, as Tombola commented, �This is true a man of God he wants to support the work of God with ten-thousand dollars.  Who is next?  Brother, wait here for a special prayer for you.�
	Then an unknown man stood up, and when he was walking toward the evangelist, Tombola saw him and said, �Yes, another man of God his coming to make his offering.  Who wants to join those two men of God?�  When the man arrived, Tombola asked him, �Brother, how much do you need to give?�
Pablo was watching and see how people offer money for God. In Zambia they uses Kwatcha, but Kwacha inflation was so high that people were relying more on dollar a much more stable money. The kind of sum he never dreamed of hearing. The Kwatcha too had his centime called Ngween but they it wasn't on the use many years ago. At some stage one dollar was about 1000 Kwacha. And slowly with the complicated exchange rate, they started estimating the money in American dollars, a popular and stable money. 

�I want to give a check of twenty-thousand dollars.�
A �wow� noise arose in the church, as an unknown man beat Ramy as the rich man in offering.  This part of the show became more of a money showcase.  Who is the richest in the community?  The evangelist  excitedly said, �Yes!  A man of God wants to make a twenty-thousand dollar offering.  Brother, wait here for a special blessing from the servants of God.  Who wants to add money to the work of God?
	Then RAMY, who was a proud man and never thought that someone would reach the amount that he gave to the church, changed his mind as he advanced, speaking to the evangelist. He was known as the number one Wamabenza or rich man or big boss in Tshale and one of the richest man in Zambia.
�Evangelist, I want to add some money.�
Tombola asked him and told to the Christians, �Ramy wants to add more money.  Brother, feel free to support the work of God.  How much do you want to give?�
�I want to give twenty-five thousand dollars.�
�That is correct, the man of God wants to give twenty- five thousand dollars.�
The evangelist the asked the man who was willing to give twenty-thousand dollars, this question, �I forgot to ask you name, what is your name man of God?�
�My name is Tshilo.�
�Who wants to join Ramy and Tshilo?  Don't be shy because once you are ashamed, God will be shy of you too on the day of judgment.  In Daniel 11:34 it written, �but when they are made to stumble they will certainly join themselves to them by means of smoothness.�  Who will join Ramy and Tshilo in making a good offer to the church and the work of God?�
	A church volunteer security guard, who was coming forward to assist some late arriving person to a seat was misjudged by the evangelist.
�Yes, another man of God is coming to get a special blessing.  In the book of Proverbs 10:22, �the blessing of God is what makes us rich and he adds no pain with it.�  Come brother, and you will get the blessing without pain.�
	Then he realized that it was an agent of order, not someone who was coming to make an offering; and then he said,
�I am sorry.  I was confused with the church security. Who wants to join the list of blessed people?  The church is big, and I believe that there still many people who can contribute to the work of God.� 
	Then a contractor engineer came to make his offering.  The happy evangelist added, �Yes, a man of God is coming who is next?  Brother, what is your name and how much are you offering?�
�My name is Talema,� the man who was in his early sixties said.  �I would like to give a check for two-thousand dollars.�
�Excellent, Talema is giving two-thousand dollars to the work of God.  Wait here for the special blessing.  In Luke 10:30, it is written, �Give to everyone asking you, and from the one taking your things away do not ask them back.�  The Bible is the most precisely book in the world where God is talking to us without any medium agent.  All his commandments are well described and well explained.  We are blessed to be children of God.  Who wants to join this group?�
A young man of about twenty-two years old stood up and went to give his check to Tombola.
Pablo was glad too that church was the place where everybody interact rich and poor. The only place they knew that there was no rich and poor was the after life. The African says that rich and poor all will die one day and all will retunr to soil. He love this place that had no classes: poor and rich, ugly and beautiful one, happy and sao people, good and bad people. In the stadium there was place for rich and place for poor one. 
�Yes, a young man is coming to make his contribution.  I haven't seen a woman.  I want a woman who will save the good reputation of the ladies in the church.  Look a young man his coming to make is contribution and get a special blessing from the lord's servant.  Young man, what is your name and how old are you?�
A young smartly dressed went to front. While people were watching him. Most of the rich in Tshale were in they fourties but this man look like he was in his early twenties. He was walking very slow while people were wondering who was it? Probably a rich man from another town. He was unknown to the public. He look like the kind of people, successful in other cities who returned to they originated land were they didn't grow up for a funeral or to get married and leave the city again. 
  
�I am twenty two years old and my name is Sole,� the young man responded.
�Yes, Sole, you will be blessed, the more you give, the more you will get in return.  You will gain more than you imagine.  Here you get an interest that you will never gain in any bank in the world." 
 Banks can give people ten percent interest when you invest in them, but God can give people more than one-thousand percent interest when you invest for the good work.  "How much do they want to contribute to invest."
�I have made my check for five-thousand dollars.�
People were wondering who was that Wamabenza. Wamabenza was the name given to rich people because most of the rich people were driving Mercedes Benz. So they took Benz and made up a nickname, Wababenza, "people driving Benza"
In Tshale were most of the people were very poor when it comes to cash but were much happy and had food were wondering when they will get that kind of money? How long it may take them to save this kind of money? The only people who were rich were the businessmen and the newly class of rich, the Ivories businessmen. While the world wanted to protect the animal, they made this dangerous business a way to make quick and plenty of money. 
Pablo have heard just few day on radio, the journalist trying to warn people to protect and stop killing the animal like Elephants and Lions. He heard the journalist advising people to protect the lions. It here it learn that lion too existed in Europe and Asia but by the 10th century they disappear in Europe and left in Asia only in one part of India in a small quantity. 
It was impossible for Pablo to forget all the historic things because he loved history and it was his favorite subjects. 
�Five-thousand dollars for the good work of God; thank you, young man.  You will be blessed more than you can imagine.�
	All the people in the church where wondering, �Who is the young man who has a lot of money? Where did he get this sort of money at his young age?� 
	The evangelist was busy motivating the Christians, and realized that no one else was coming to make a contribution.  Tombola continued with the auction style of demanding an offering.  This style had never been experienced before in the church.
�It is written in the book of 2 Chronicles 31:10, ��From the time they started to bring the contributions into the house of God, there has been an eating and getting satisfied and a surplus in abundance; for God himself has blessed his people and what has been left over is this great plenty.�  Let us all raise our voices and pray to God to give a special blessing to those four gentleman who decided to support the work of God with all their heart.  �All one-thousand and five Christians here will ask to God to bless Ramy, Tshilo, Talema and Sole.  Remember brother, keep supporting the work of God and you will be blessed in abundance more than you can imagine.  Let us pray for those men of God.�
	The entire church congregation blessed the four men who gave more than one thousand dollars for almost five minutes.  Few people knew Sole was an Ivory businessman.  He was very wealthy, but not famous.  Everybody knew Ramy, the only man to own a supermarket in the community, as well as the various businesses of the others.
	The evangelist continued with his offering requests, �Men of God, let us ask now, those who are willing to give five-hundred to one-thousand dollars to come here and make their offering.  2 Corinthian 13:9, �Through the proof that this ministry gives, they glorify God because you are submissive to the good news about Christ as you publicly declare you and your generous contribution to them and to all.�  Brothers and Sisters, do not be shy.  Come here and make your contribution.  The one who will be shy, God will be shy to in the day of judgment.�
	This time, twenty-two people went to make their offerings.  Many people were watching the rich people going to make their offering.  Then after their contributions, the evangelist continued, �I am asking that all the church members bless those people who came forward to make their contributions.  Let us pray together for those who have made their contributions.  According to Psalm 145:21, �The praise of God my mouth will speak, and let all flesh his holy name time indefinite, even forever.�  
	The whole church blessed those twenty-two people for about three minutes.  Then the evangelist stopped the blessing to continue his offering method, �Now let us bring the offering baskets forward, and call those who have more than fifty dollars to five-hundred dollars to put their offering to work for God.�  They brought the baskets, and more than one-hundred people went forward to make their offerings.  This time the evangelist did not ask their names.  He continued, �Let�s bless those who have given money, and thank God for blessing them so the church may be blessed too.  Psalm 107:8, �O let people give thanks to God for his loving kindness and for his wonderful works to the sons of men.�  Let us pray all.�
	They prayed for about two minutes and the evangelist stop the praying.  �Let us now bring the two big baskets forward.  Now I am asking all those who have less than fifty dollars to put their offerings in those baskets.  God is God of order, and I will ask the women to put their money in the left basket and men to put their money in the right basket.  God is God of order, and we must comply.  Let us read the book of Colossians 2:5, ��for though I am absent with you in the spirit, I am rejoicing and beholding your good order and the firmness of your faith toward Christ.�  Do not feel rejected by God because you may be poor.  Your time will come when you will be blessed.  God loves everybody.  Let�s read the book of James 2:5, �listen, my beloved, God chose the ones who are poor respecting the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those who love him, did he not?�
	This time many men and women went to make their offerings; and when they finished, the evangelist looked at the two baskets.  One was for the men and the other for the women, and he said, �It is amazing how the women have given a lot more money than did the men.  You men are the chief of your family.   You must prove how you are able to support the church.  You must prove your power in offering too, not just in your families and in church.  You are the first one created by God, and it is unfair to be beat by the women.  Let us verify this in the Bible, in Genesis 2:7, ��and God proceeded to form the man out of dust from the ground and to blow into his nostrils the breath of life and the man came to be a living soul.�  There must be a second round of offerings, and not only for the men.  The women must prove also how they are committed to supporting the church like Jael in the book of Judges 5:24, �Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite will be most blessed among women in the tent she will be most blessed.�
The baskets were brought once more for the second offering round where the men have to prove that they support the church and the women have to prove that they are more committed to the church.  This time after the offering, the evangelist did not look into the offering baskets, but said, �Let�s pray so God may bless us and bless those who are willing to give but their do not have money to support the work of God.  Let us pray.�
	This time, Pablo, who had changed his seat when he returned from making his offering, was still curious as a new believer, to listen to others� prayers, rather than praying himself.  He started listening again to his neighbor on his left.  A short man with a beard was praying, �Prrr, prrr, prrr...�  Pablo wondered, �This man is very boring.  How can he pray, prrr prrr prrr?  God cannot be made to listen to unexplained words.  This man his so boring, I will listen to the man on my right side.  Maybe he is praying in what they call �tongues.�  He approached secretly and very carefully to the man on his right side, who was wearing glasses, and started listening.  ��My God, I want you to bless me and my surgery practice.  I would like to make an offering like the rich men Ramy and Tshilo did.  My practice is not making enough money to support my family and the church." 
 The last time he made plenty of money was when the cholera epidemic hit his town.  He had thousands of patients who were sick and needed medical help.  He want to make money again, because at that time, he had not yet been converted to Christianity.  He was young and had just graduated from the medical university.  Now he has grown older and have a large family to support.  He haven't paid his car and house installments for two months.  People are still relying a lot on traditional medicine, rather than modern medicine;  "Please, bring more patients to my surgery practice.  I have three employees on the payroll, and I don't know how can I meet their salaries this month.  Make a miracle like the one you did in the cholera epidemic."  He felt that he was more mature and wiser now to manage all the resources God may give me.  "Bring more sick people to my practice, and give me more wisdom to manage money.  Do not give me too much money, because I may forget you once I am wealthy; and at the same time, do not bring poverty to my family because I may undermine your power.  Give me just enough money to make a normal living��
Pablo was happy this time to seat next to a medical doctors. He was happy rubbing shoulder with an intelligent man. Mendu, Pablo Kanfu father hated people wearing glasses. But him didn't have probelm with the doctors wearing glasses. Mendu was saying that people wearing glasses were crooks and liar. Many people too in Tshale hated those people wearing glasses. They used to refuse to give they daughter to marry people wearing glasses. Many people has come from different part of Zambia to marry in Tshale pretending to be successful and respected. But they were not, they got they daughter and most of those women returned home after having children and revealing the true identity of they husband. Unfortunatly most of those liars used to wear glasses. 
	The new church member, Pablo Kanfu, listened to his neighbor pray and said to himself, �This neighbor is a medical doctor.  There are all kinds of people in church.  Nice women, nice songs sung by the choir, policemen who want more criminals, criminals who want more luck not to be caught, and even a doctor who asks for people to get sick.  That is very good.  I will not miss any more church services, even if my father tries to prevent me from coming to church like he always does.  I would miss the nice music and women in the church.  Pablo was not disappointed that he responded to his mother�s invitation to attend the church service.
 
 
Chapter Two
THE PHILOSOPHER AND THE CHURCH.
 
	After church services, the news circulated in the town of the evangelist Tombola, who visited heaven and hell and commanded by God to tell all the people to change in order to inherit heaven, or face the punishment in hell.  This was the latest gossip in town.  
	Pablo�s neighbor was a teacher at the local high school.  The town�s people viewed this man as a genius.  He heard the news and called Pablo Kanfu to come and tell him more about what happened in church on the previous day.  The teacher was nicknamed �Prof� by all the people in the area.  Pablo found Prof Kubeka sitting with two of his friends under a tree eating mangoes. The city of Tshale was nicknamed the city of mangoes. They where mangoes trees all over. Each house had at least one mangoes trees. The teacher were not well paid even thought they were still very respected in the rural area. Few children in Zambia dreamed of being teachers. And it was a danger a lone in the land where they needed many school and few people wanted to teach. In the big cities like Lusaka, they even nicknamed the bed and cheap looking shoes as "teacher's shoes."
Prof Kubeka managed to build a two rooms house where he shared with his wife and two little children. Prof Kubeka who was called only Prof was viewed for many as a mad man because he used to read a lot and had a different philosophy to many. Prof Kubeka was once a political activist in Lusaka where he used to study. But because of the torture by a general who wanted promotion he abandoned politic after an unforgettable torture session where some of his follow political activist died. 
There were several books stacked up beside them.  �Pablo,� Prof inquires of the young man, �I heard that you went to church too?  Take a mango.�
Pablo Kanfu took a mango as he thanked the wise man of the community.
�Thank you Prof; yes, I went to church with my mother,� Pablo answered.
�You took the opportunity to go to church because your father is away,� Prof guessed.
Going to church without the authorization of Mendu, Pablo's father was a crime already. Pablo's father never attandend Christianity as he called it a western religion. For many men in Zambia, they hated Christianity not only as a western religion but some of the colonist who mistreat them in the colonial time where preacher too. Pablo's kanfu was scared that Prof Kubeka will accuse him to his father as a neighbour and also a teacher. 
�It was a very good experience, and I will return to church with or without the agreement of my father.  I did like that place,� confessed Pablo.
	Prof who was not a fan of the church was amazed at Pablo�s sudden change of mind.  �What do you know about church?�
�I don't know much, but I enjoyed the good music and the nice women in the church,� ventured Pablo.
Prof laughed for a moment and then gave his point of view, �You have just disappointed me, Pablo." For him church in Africa is a hobby to many people who do not have any suitable occupation.  The human mind creates its own occupation when it has nothing to keep it busy.  They realized that there are many more women in church, than men.  That is because there is no occupation for women in this continent.  They didn�t have many television stations, and they only have a few radio stations.  There is no sport in Zambia except soccer for men.  There are no jobs requiring the expertise of women.  They were living in a country where traditional values are upheld.  Woman's place is still in the kitchen, and that doesn�t seem to be enough, so they use their spare time to meet in churches and gossip about other people.  He told Pablo: "Your mother and her friends created a kind of occupation in attending church services.  You are too young to understand,� Prof said impatiently.
Pablo has find a new love and wasn't ready to let this chance go. In the late year, they have been a phenomenal growth of the church goers. Even thought in Tshale a city of hundred thousand people they were still few un Christian, the phenomical growth was coming to Tshale. 
�There were many people in church, not just women but some men too, some of whom were doctors, policemen, a car thief and many other people.� Pablo insisted.
Prof could not believe the young man�s determination to return to the church.  He went on, it is only in Africa that a church service can take more than five hours because there are not many ways for people to occupy their time, like jobs or hobbies.  Those men who went to church do not have any sports or other forms of entertainment to attend.  "How many times have you heard about a music concert taking place here in Tshale?�
�I don't remember, Pablo answered, I think last year a group from Lusaka, the capitol city, came here.�
Prof. Kubeka who wasn't attending the church service used to get the report of what is happening at all the church convention and all the newly formed churches in Tshale. People often comes to see him and asked him all the questions they has and even ask for advises too. Even some of them used to view him as a mad him, they enjoyed talking to him. Some where taking him seriously and other's not. 
�You are right,� Prof Kubeka remembered, �last year we witnessed that concert, and besides that, we have had very few entertainment options."
  In big towns, they have cinemas, many sports, and music.  People there have access to many more activities.  Television is still a luxury here; they always see Prof coming to watch some European soccer matches on your television set because he didn't have one.  Many people do not have televisions. 
He told Pablo that he was too young to understand but Pablo will when you grow up.  They were young like Pablo, and they did many things that he can�t imagine.  He was not born a teacher; he became teacher.  Prof have passed many stages of life in order to be respected today as a teacher.  he insisted: "Young man, concentrate now only on school and the rest will come.  Don't be associated with your mother.  You better listen to your father, but respect your mother too.  You have to be very careful in all that you do.�
	All of Prof�s arguments did not change the young man�s mind.  Pablo remained firm in his mind.
�There is no way back, Prof, I really enjoyed the church service, and I want to know more about God.�
�The ancestors are our gods here,� Prof retorted.  �We know God, but we pray to God by the intermediation of our ancestors.  You must know better because your father is a very traditional man.�
�I think Christianity is better than our traditional religion,� Pablo argued.
	Prof looked at his two friends who were silent all this time.  He laughed and told them, �We have lost another man.  The kid is so serious and committed to a western religion that he does not know.  One of his friends said to Prof, �You are his neighbor and have the right to show him the right direction.  The kid still plays with fire.  It is impossible to prevent him from touching fire.  The day he touches it and gets burned, he won't touch it again.  Then he will know the power of fire.�
In Prof Kubeka's mind, he never imagined that a young boy could one day be Christian because Mendu his father didn't even like to hear the name Christian. 
Ironically, Prof Kubeka was the only man in Tshale and one of few people in Zambia writing books. He was writing a book called; "The Bantu philosophy". A book of mix of the traditional African's philosophy and combine to the new fusion of the new culture and new philosophy after the colonist. Many part of the book talk too about the arrival of new religion's in Africa include Christianity and Islam. 
	The disappointed teacher continued, to tell his friends �His father never wanted him to go to church with his young brother, but their mother took the opportunity to invite him to church because their father went to his village.�
�It is difficult to stop the wind of Christianity."  It is fast growing, and all the new generations of children are going to church.  The young man has been born in a very bad generation where there is no escape from the Bible.  "The young man has been under pressure from his friends and mother too,� the friend explained.
�You are right."  
The young man was born in a generation when the western religion has taken control of the continent.  The influence is too strong for the him to resist, but he won't allow my children to go to those churches.  Why do people go to church initially for two hours, and end up spending five hours of predication and not complain?  This happens only in Africa.  In Europe, time is money.  If the church service takes too long, the Christians leave the church and the evangelist would be left preaching to the wall.  In Europe or America, the limit is two hours.  "People enjoy listening to illusion, rather than real things," Prof stated with authority.
Prof Kubeka's friends respected a lot Prof. And Prof Kubeka's place was a place where different gathered and discussed on every topic. Especially Saturday afternoon was a busy place. People could come and talk to him for many hours and some people could bring food and together, they share and chat. But women who were left behind, where not coming to this place. They only needed when they have to serve the men. In this small town, the human's right was slow to be acknowledged. The place of women were much in the kitchen and had no say to men. 
One day the minister of housing in Zambia was in Tshale to make a meeting in the biggest party and remembrance in Africa, "The independent day". Because the government spoke person was a women, all the ten thousand people in the stadium started by booed her. When she tried to have a break and drink water. The person who served him water was a man. It turn out to be an insult to men. A creature that supposed to serve the man was a served by men. The public started throwing stones. The police tried to disperse the crowd with tear gas. While many people rushed to the exit's door, some die and many were injured. The biggest party turned out to be a big disaster. Just an act of a man serving a women with a glass of water. Left many people injured and seventeen dead. This was one of the biggest scandal in Tshale. Even supporters of different teams do not die reaching that number when fighting. After that disaster, no one attend a meeting were a women is a spoke person in Tshale. 
Prof's friend continued, �Prof, I am not against the religion of Christianity, but I am not happy with the disrespect of time.  People went to church at ten o�clock in the morning and were supposed to leave the church at around noon, but they returned home around three in the afternoon.
Prof Kubeka respected everybody�s view, but the same time, he was getting more inspiration from those discussion for his books and for his researches. 
�The evangelist does not know how many problems the delay caused in this town."  Here, many men do not attend the church services.  They let their wives go to church expecting them to return at home before one o�clock in the afternoon.  But the day before, many women arrived at their home at four in the afternoon.  Here, men do not cook for the children, and they were starved, because their mothers went to listen to a pastor for many hours.  On top of that, some jealous men thought that their wives had cheated.  "I heard already many complaints from husbands of those women who attended the church service yesterday.�
Men were very slow to accept the Christianity and many were still stuck with tradition and wanted to protect they ancestor's religion. Tshale was still a semi rural and semi modern country. 
	Prof Kubeka was not the only one to complain, as his argument was supported his friends statements:
�I witnessed my two neighbors beating up their wives because they didn't return on time to cook for their children."  Their husbands even suspected that they had love affairs.  Many people cannot imagine the illiterate women here sitting in a strange place listening to five hours of Bible talk!
The arrival and the interpretation of the gospel based on the tradition caused already many pains. 
�That evangelist has caused a lot of trouble in this city and the problems will lead to divorces, unhappiness and separation in many families here.�
�Let�s ask the boy to tell us what exactly happened in church,� one friend suggested.  They wanted to have some kind of confirmation from Pablo who attended the service.
Meanwhile Pablo Kubeka was listening to Prof talking with his two friends. He had nothing to say but kept standing there against a mango trees. Luckely it was Sunday afternoon with very few people in attendance. Saturday, there was always more than fifteen people at this place. Because Prof. Kubeka had not enough chairs many people used to bring they own chairs. They used to leave that place sometime after 11 hours in the evening. They knew that Sunday was a resting day for them. 
As an African teenager Pablo Kanfu for the respect of elder, he didn't want to complain and was listening some of the talking that were bothering him.
Prof then asked Pablo, �Tell us what happened in church yesterday.�
Pablo began, �Many things happened yesterday��
�I am not interested in music,� Prof interrupted, �but the words of that man called �evangelist�
�He said that he went to heaven for four days and he met God, and saw hell too where they were in a huge fire, and he saw Satan with a long tail!�  Pablo was excited.
The men laughed as if it were a comedy show, �Did he met God or Jesus?�
�He said that he couldn't see the face of God because he shined more than the sun!�
�But then he saw at least the feet of God?� Prof asked, sarcastically.
�I don't know, he talked about the face of God,� Pablo explained.
They all laughed and Prof advanced his chair toward the other men and told his two friends, �This is pure lies.  I know the Bible.  The man has just lied to the entire community.  No one has ever seen God.�
Pablo very sure of what he heard said.  He responded, �It is true, the evangelist Tombola died for four days and went to heaven with an angel.�
Prof Kubeka wasn't new to the Bible. Time to time he used to read the Bible. Even thought he was not interested to Christianity he knew many Biblical stories. Even many people who were not Christian have heard time to time the Biblical stories. All the people in Tshale have heard about the Bible. It become the most popular book.

They laughed again and Prof told them, �It is easy to lie to people when they just wake up from their sleep, but not in the middle of the day."  That�s why he claim that he never trust any kind of testimony from people seeking attention and exaggerating everything they say.  A man cannot die for four days and resuscitate.  Even Jesus died for three days and did not resuscitate for four days.  This is scientifically impossible.  �How many thousands of people may be mislead by one man?�
Prof's friend added. �Many people believe in miracles, so they believe that this is possible.  Lazarus was raised from the dead by Jesus after four days in the tomb.�  
Prof took a pen and paper and started writing down some ideas flowing in his mind while they were talking. A some stage Kubeka's wife has to prevent him from writing. He was not shy to write, he used to write every idea coming to his heard for later development. He used to write all sorts of idea and any place. Until he end up writing even in middle of street. He was even hit twice by Bicycle while taking note of a things he has seen and were important to him. His mind was always alert. It was by his wife hard fought action that Kubeka stopped writing anyway ideas.



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