Sad testimony

Steven was doing the Work of
God for nearly two years. He
began as an assistant pastor in
Bogota, Colombia but was later
transferred to Maicao, which is
also in Columbia. From the time
he began doing the Work of God,
his mother would always call to
check up on him. She would ask
him to come back home because
she missed him terribly and she
was getting really sick. His aunt
would also call and say the same
thing. His heart began to turn
away from the things of God; he
constantly complained about how
the weather was too hot and the
water was too cold in Maicao, and
how he no longer had the
comforts he was accustomed to.
That is, he began to look at the
circumstances of that place and
worrying about his own life.
He mentioned how he no longer
prayed or fasted and was no
longer concerned with the souls
that God had trusted in his hands.
Consequently, he lost his
communion with God and decided
to abandon everything and return
to his parent ’s house.
When he got back home, he went
to church and explained his
situation to the pastor. He said
that he would like to continue
helping in the church, even if it
was only as a member or possibly
as an assistant. But that only
lasted a week; he soon stopped
attending church meetings
because he ran into some old
“ friends” from around his
neighborhood that he used to
hang out with before coming to
church.
From that day on, he never went
back to church. The pastor tried
to find out why but he would only
say that he didn ’t want to come
back and that he didn’t want to
talk about it anymore. The
assistants also insisted for him to
come back but he always said no.
He started going out to parties,
bars, staying out all night and not
listening to anyone, not even his
own mother. He would drink to
the point of losing consciousness.
This went on for about four
months, until Saturday night,
August 7, 2010. As he returned
home, he was approached by a
young man who asked him for his
name and then shot him three
times in the head.
He fell into a coma. The doctor’s
explained to his mother that he
had lost an eye and that he was in
a critical state of health. There
wasn ’t much that they could do
because he had blood in his brain
and if he survived, he would have
permanent brain damage.
Although he was alive because of
a life-support machine, he was
already brain-dead.
His mother says that he was
mistaken for someone else and if
she knew that this would have
happened, she ’d never have let
him leave the Work of God.
Even though he was in a
vegetative state, the hospital sent
him home. He died a week later,
on Friday, September 24, 2010.

Maiombola: The Death Pact

In several African countries,
during witchcraft rituals, a pact is
made where someone ’s life is
offered in exchanged for material
riches. In Angola, for example,
that pact is called Maiombola; in
Mozambique, it ’s called Kuthaca;
it’s known under a different name
in each African country.
Depending on what the person
desires, they ’ll have to offer the
life of a loved one. The person
that ’s being offered has to be a
close family member; preferably,
they should have the same
bloodline. Regardless of what
they ask for, it ’s necessary for a
brother to hand over his sister,
for children to hand over their
parents and for parents to sell
their children. Here in Africa, this
is extremely common.
A woman once told me that she
had been sold to the spirits by her
father when she was 12 years old
in exchange for riches. In this
case, the pact is done in the
following manner: when the girl
turns seven, her father must have
sex with her. The purpose of this
act is to capture the blood, which
usually comes out during the girls
first time having sexual
intercourse, on a white cloth and
offer it to the spirits. The blood
represents the life of the person
that ’s being exchanged for the
riches. However, from that
moment on, the child belongs to
the spirits. They consider her to
be their property and they ’re her
master, or husband.
They don’t allow her to get too
close to anyone, she becomes a
slave. If she doesn ’t seek God,
she’ll never get married. She’ll
likely have several relationships
with men, but she ’ll never have a
husband. She may have several
children, but she ’ll never live with
their father. Her spiritual life will
also be constantly tormented.
She ’ll be visited every night by a
spirit, which in Africa is known as
‘ the night husband', that comes to
have sexual intercourse with her.
Many women wake up in the
morning without underwear, tired
and scratched. There are several
cases where the man leaves
because he ’s woken up to the
woman whispering as if she were
having sexual relations with
someone.
Recently, the case of a desperate
father was brought to our
attention. He brought in his seven
year old daughter and explained
how the child ’s body was used by
a spirit while she slept. The father
often found his daughter
whispering and moving her body,
as though she was having sex.
This young girl had been sold by
her grandfather and will never be
able to realize her dream of
someday getting married; and if
she does, the marriage won ’t last
very long. Unfortunately, she had
been sold and the spirit
considered himself to be her
master because of the pact that
was made.
When a male is sold, he’ll never
be able to possess anything,
materially speaking. The more
poverty stricken he is, the more
the other person obtains financial
success. The person that sold him
can ’t help him, or anyone else for
that matter, because his misery
and suffering represents the
happiness and prosperity of the
one who made the pact.
And when he dies, the life of the
person that made the pact must
be given to the spirit in his place.
This person will then endure the
same pain as the one who died.
Only a pact with God can break a
pact with evil.
Bishop John Leite

The Ant Pact

We visited a place here in
Mozambique, where many pacts
are made to destroy lives. Among
all of the pacts we found, this one
really caught my attention. It ’s
the photograph of a young man;
his name and date of birth were
written below it, and an ant ran in
circles around his name.
We learned that this pact could
have been done, so that this
young man ’s life keeps going
around in circles and he never
amounts to anything. We also
found an article of clothing near
the photograph. In this case, we
were told that the pact could have
been done by a woman, so that
he would sleep around with many
women but, unfortunately, he ’d
never settle down with any of
them. And how many women are
sleeping around with various men
without being able to settle down
with them either? They ’ve fallen
victim to a pact with that female
spirit that doesn ’t allow its victims
to be beholden to any man.
This happens in many people’s
lives; they fight and struggle ...
but never amount to anything.
Just like the ant keeps turning but
never goes anywhere, the same
happens in the life of those
who ’ve fallen victim to this pact.
Bishop John Leite