It was a euphoric moment that was greeted with prayer madness as the praise and worship team started by belting a praise song that sent the church into high spirits of worship ahead of the Prophet’s big task. The intense prayers and singing went on whilst the work of God was in progress. I only found myself at the right place and the right time (at the church) to witness the ‘power of God’ on display as the ‘devil’ was apparently in trouble for the afflictions of the young girl. I was visiting the church for the very first time and I was suddenly gripped by fear that the fire could stray onto us as we learnt the mysterious fires never lost a battle easily. The Good Samaritan, Tshepo Sethibe, of the Moeladilotlhoko News Boiler fame, had volunteered to lead the family members to the church as their last place of hope. He worried that they had tried everything else under the sun and nothing seemed to be working in ending the mysterious fires that haunted the young girl, Kaone Sebogodi of Ledumang location in Gaborone. It was Sethibe’s prayers that the family could find eternal peace after a tumultuous time of having to endure the destructive inferno.
For the past five years, Sebogodi’s life was characterised by pain and suffering as the mysterious inferno followed her and gutted everything around her. Just as Sethibe had aptly captured it, “everything that the poor girl touched was consumed by fire”. The fire did not only embarrass the young girl but instilled incessant fear in her, leaving her literally hopeless. Her clothes, dwelling house and anyone associated with her almost suffered the same fate. On behalf of the family that included Sebogodi’s father of Malawian origin, but residing in South Africa and some volunteer family members, Sethibe oozed confidence that after trying everything else, their hope lay with the God of Prophet Isaiah and that they wouldn't be disappointed. “We have had promises abandoned by those who had committed to assist our girl. They raised various reasons and most importantly that the fires might follow them up as well after assisting. Our hope lies with the church now,” Sethibe pleaded with the church. He was openly hopeful that after traversing the length and breadth of the country for help, their ‘breakthrough’ had finally come.
