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Comment by Linnea Boese on December 4, 2011 at 10:35pm

Sunday, December 4, a young woman, Bintou, came to church in Tiepogovogo with all her occult paraphernalia, to have them burned as a confession of her faith in Jesus. Called "fetishes" in local terms, these objects included a white cloth that she wore when doing divination, a pot for making magic potions, a ring and forged metal representations of the spirits which had made her a diviner. Her older sisters are both Jesus-followers already, one for over a decade, the other one a former diviner who came to Jesus just seven months ago. It was after her sister burned her divination tools that Bintou became oppressed by the spirits; they had chosen her now. Life only got worse. Tormented, she also wanted release. Her older brother and elderly mother are not yet ready to follow Jesus, although they both admit that all they have heard about him and his followers is true: he is the Truth and he brings freedom. So they urged her to give up her occult worship and turn to him, and accompanied her to church. Pastor Fuhoton taught on the futility of man-made objects to bring protection to anyone, but warned that it was the spirits operating behind each one of these tools who were the malign forces troubling her. As she affirmed her faith and desire to have them burned, he threw them into the fire, breaking the pot into fragments. The believers surrounded them and sang of Jesus power and the need to turn to him before it is too late. Everyone outside the church is expecting Bintou to die now. Please pray with us all for her protection and spiritual growth.