The Experience:Families11/12
Life had been rough for Mr. and Mrs. Cameron. Ken: Oh no! Not again, C arina: Why me? I have had five miscarriages since we got married. Why do you think, I should not be sad? I have believed in God all these years and I am yet to see results. I'm fed up.
This is killing me! Ken: And what is killing you? Ken and Carina Cameron had gotten married for seven and yet no child between them. Marine felt they should adopt a child but Ken hated the idea. Ken: Don't you ever tell me that again. I've told you to be patient. Pastor Jack had prayed severally and told us that God has answered our prayers and all we need to do is to be patient, it will be done in its own time.
Carine had wept uncontrollably after her husband rejected her wish. Tonight, was no different, as usual, she had been crying, when suddenly the light went off.
No network services. They were thrown into darkness and to make matters worse, the siren, the voice from the megaphone telling Krisland occupants to stay indoors because the whole Estate had been taken over by the infidels, the terrorists. Ken had laughed thinking it was a joke of the year.
He opened the door of his apartment to check what was happening, the voice spoke sending chills all over his body. He had trembled so badly, that he had to lean on the wall to stabilize a bit more. He rushed inside later and held his wife.
" Don't worry, babe, it will soon be over. Carine." Ken uttered bravely.
"This is so frightening, what do we do now? "
Carine declared trembling with fright.
" We do nothing, Carine. We will wait till it is over.
Carine muttered, "And you think this will be over? I admire your courage, Ken, you are such a bundle of strength to me. I love you, sweet, I do.
Through all these, you've been a tower of strength to me. Thank you, dude" She planted a soft kiss on his lips
He moaned and whispered, " we have an unfinished business inside". They quickly went to the bedroom for a quickie. Both fully spent, arms on each other, Carine slept off in his arms only to be woken by the dreadful voice blaring through the megaphone.
Ken was so thankful that she had slept like a baby. Some serious thoughts started to filter through his mind, and he could almost hear his mother's voice screaming,
" You will not marry that girl, you need to listen to your mom, that girl sure has a problem. I know her well enough to tell you she may not give you a child".
He had had to answer his mom several times. "Mom, stop! Please stop this! I've heard enough. Enough mom!" She has always been too negative and nags often about not being able to deliver for me. It seems as if her words are coming to pass. She always says, "Mother's instinct". Gosh, this is becoming a reality. " The siren jolted him back to reality. He signed deeply and felt like weeping. He wondered why a mother cannot just be positive. A mother should always pray and believe in the best for her children. He was becoming worried about the future. Yes, what if Carine can never give birth again? But the pastor assured me many times that it will soon be over.
He spoke out"Get there behind me, Satan! He was in charge again. He kept on reminding himself of God's Word, the unfailing word. Carine woke up and was trying to get some sleep. Her thought became bad. She had taken her pills of fertility to get pregnant, after five miscarriages.
She felt nemesis had caught up with her. She was supposed to be married to her childhood friend. He had been courting her since she was eleven years old when she was in secondary school. Young and tender, she had fallen head over heels in love.
He was sixteen then, and she became pregnant when she clocked thirteen. She had allowed him to have her, young innocent, she missed her period for three months without knowing until she felt so sick, and kept on vomiting. She, thinking it was fever or typhoid, had told her mom to treat the fever.
She saw how pale she was and decided to visit her family doctor. She placed her on a test and he told her mom it was pregnancy. Both she and her mom had argued bitterly with him and decided to go to another doctor.
They refused to believe until they visited the third one. That one decision to evacuate the child immediately. She was admitted to the hospital for a month before she could recover. Could that one time of abortion be responsible for her many miscarriages? Was God using it to punish her for destroying a living child?
Many of these thoughts had been filtering through her mind. God must forgive her sins and fulfill their desires. They both love children and wanted their desires to be granted. Sometimes, she does pity Ken, she felt it was her mistake that has caused the issue of no children. She hopes God will forgive and grant her desires.
Mr. Raphael was a businessman that goes out in the morning only to come back in the evening. He was a middle age man, that finds it difficult to talk. He knows how to take decisions promptly. He can be extremely difficult to understand. Mr. Raphael: what the hell is happening in Krisland Estate?
While the command and the siren were going on, he kept shouting:" Can somebody explain what is happening in this Estate? He moved out with his corked gun and shot into the air, three times. Different voices were laughing, warning him to go inside or get shot immediately.
He was willing to damn the consequences and continued shooting but the wife came out, almost dragging him in the process. Mrs. Raphael: I warned you to pack out of this place about two years ago. I told you we needed to be in the center of the town for easy access to school for the children and marketing for the family. You are stubborn. You refused to yield then. Look at what your adamant nature is leading us to now. "
He got this stubborn streak from his dad who was a military man, now retired. His mom had always complained about his dad. I remembered warning me to always stand my ground against him". He was just like his dad ". She had always told me, to which I would laugh and laugh. It has become true now. " Do you want to put us into trouble? Can you not pity me and the children? Do our lives mean nothing to you? "
"I am not afraid of them. They want to instill fear in us, this is the trick of the enemy. Fear cripples and makes it difficult to reason well. You may become confused and make wrong decisions. Boldness is needed to face your fear, conquer and dominate. Courage is not the absence of fear but the ability to move forward in. the midst of fear. Who knows whether the enemy may retreat at your advancement? It is always good to test the waters. Know the strength of your enemies and their weaknesses and strike."
Mrs. Raphael: I know you have started lecturing, continue, but I will not allow you to destroy me and the children. Only one life we have. He laughed and carried her inside.
Thank God for the children, sleeping
peacefully in the room. They had played all day from the morning. Both children had flu, so couldn't go to school. They had to take permission from the school authority for them to rest. They took their drugs but refused to sleep. They are now sleeping soundly irrespective of the noise of the siren.
This must have been God. Me Raphael had no choice but to be calm. Good to study these people very well before knowing what to do. The wife got down on her knees to cry to God on behalf of the Estate.
She remembered one time when there was an earthquake in the area she was living as a single, the whole place was trembling seriously, she got down on her knees to pray and the vibration stopped. She knew it was the finger of God.
Tonight, she believed her God will answer although she had not been going to Church regularly. The pastoral team had come severally but to no avail. The visitation department had tried but she was able to go twice. Now she needed this God. Let God demonstrate His mercies tonight. She kept on praying her prayers while her husband was mocking her. He felt she had not been faithful.
He said: "I will never give your prayer a second thought if I were the one you are calling". She ignored him and faced her business.
The whole Estate was quiet. Fear gripped the majority of the occupants. Who will deliver the people from the power of the terrorists? They can only wait and hope for a way to escape. Will the people escape?
Do we have real men that are willing to face them? Follow me to know how they all reacted. It was a night of experience, a new experience. Handling this situation requires supernatural intervention. " Make a wish, Mr. Raphael, what do you want?"