Midwife

Praise God. It was in 2016, when I was doing my midwifery course, that I encountered Jesus in a way I can't explain. Since January, I had been suffering from ulcers up until I encountered Jesus on 15th October 2016.

It was around 7 p.m., and it was a Saturday. By then, I had a soap opera on Zee World that I would follow. But that evening, after supper, I didn't feel like watching it. My colleagues told me that the soap was starting soon and asked me to go with them, but I told them to go and get me a seat because I was coming. Instead, I just went into my room, where I sleep, and got into my bed.

As I put my head down, I had not even fallen asleep yet when I heard a male voice commanding me, "Jackie, wake up! Go and get saved now."

I woke up and sat on my bed. I was like, maybe I'm just dreaming. I put my head down again, and the same voice came: "Jackie, I said wake up! Go and get saved now."

I spoke back and said, "God, if it's You, then can't You wait for tomorrow, which is a Sunday? I will go to a born-again church and get saved." It's late, and it was around 8 p.m. on a Saturday. Where would I get a pastor to make me confess at that time?

I slept again, and the third voice came in a commanding, terrifying way, like thunder, telling me, "Jackie, go and get saved right now!"

I got scared. I jumped off the decker like a mad person, in my short, half-naked nightdress. I went rushing around the school compound, searching for one junior student called Erisa. He was a born-again Christian, and I wanted him to help me confess. But trust me, that night, Erisa got lost!

As I was wandering around and everybody was seeing me like a mad person, I then saw a group of born-again Christians in their office for some meeting. I went directly there, tapped Papa on the back, and told him I wanted to talk to him. He immediately gave me an ear.

The first thing I asked him was about Erisa, and he asked me what it was. I told him that a male voice had come to me three times, commanding me to get saved. The last one terrified me, and I wanted to get saved.

He said that was the voice of God, and immediately, I went into the congregation and confessed Christ that night.

You people, I felt a kind of peace flow from my head to my toes. I smiled, and I was happy the whole night.

So I slept, and the following day was a Sunday. I didn't go to church that day.

Then, on Monday, I was preparing for classes. I woke up and told God, "God, if it was You who really spoke to me, because I know Your voice now, You know I have terrible ulcers that require me to eat every two hours. Then heal me from those ulcers to prove that it was You."

The same voice responded to me that I should fast from that time, which was 7 a.m., up to 6 p.m.

You people, I obeyed the voice, and trust me, I, who would not stay for two hours without eating and swallowing ulcer medicine, fasted for the first time in my life from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m., and I didn't feel any pain. I continued up to 1 p.m., and I even went for lunch hour. During that time, I even learnt how to pray. Then, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., I broke my fast.

That was the day I got healed, till date.

I developed the kind of faith I can't explain, such that even when I lay my hands on the sick, they get well. In all situations, I have always reminded God about His voice that came to me, and immediately, God answers me.

A mother gave birth to a dead baby when I was on duty. I reminded God of His voice and how He healed me from ulcers, and immediately, the baby started breathing.

Glory be to God! He is a God of signs, wonders, and miracles indeed.