One day on Friday, the 16th of October 1981, I became a born again person. Before that I was just a church goer though I called myself a Christian. I used to attend a lot of Christians meetings in several places like those held atChurches, School Christian fellowships. Scripture Unions in different homes of fellow Christians yet, I was just a goat in a sheep skin who would be this today and that the following day depending on the circumstances .
But on that particular day something happened to me. I went to school in the morning and knocked off at around 09:00 hours since on that day, we had gone there just to be shown the sitting arrangements in readiness for the grade seven final examination which was to be held the following week, starting from Tuesday in particular. From school that morning, I walked home with one of my close friends of mine called Jsosphat,who also was my fellow Christian and most of the times we used to be together witnessing the word of God to others or attending fellowship meetings. That particular week there was a seminar going on in town and Josephat had been attending it from day one. The seminar was starting from 15:00 hours to 19: 00 hours everyday and was to last for seven days. Sunday was going to be the last day but unfortunately, I did not attend any single day ever since it started though I knew about it. Joseph shared good things about that seminar and he asked me if I could go with him that afternoon as the speaker on that very day was going to be a well known Pastor from Malawi. I agreed and I told asked to come and pick me from home and after we agreed the time he would come and pick me, we parted each to his home. I prepared myself 30 minutes before the time that we agreed to start off with Josephat.
I was in the house when I heard my father who was outside call me and said someone was looking for me. I knew it was josephat who had come. So, I took my small New Testament bible and put it in the right back pocket of my trousers. When I went out I discovered that the person who was looking for me was not actually Josephat but yet another friend of mine called George He had come to pick me so that I could go with him somewhere else. But I told him about my meeting and going with Josephat to church. He understood and then he asked me to see him off for he had something to tell me. I had to do that just to hear him what he had to say. while I was escorting him, I kept on looking back at my house in case Josephat appeared. I stopped walking when we reached at the corner of the road but George was still talking so we stood there do that I could also see Josephat when he approaches my house. George talked about his girl friend who had come from a boarding school where she was schooling outside Chililabombwe. That was the main reason that George came to pick me so that I could go with him to see her. His girl friend and I were in good terms and George befriended her through me. That's why he wanted me to be with him. See how the devil works, we stood there for a long time talking but no sign of Joesephat such that I lost hope of him coming. I told George that I would go to church by myself So, we started walking since I was already prepared and there was no need for me to go home.It was easy for us to walk together because where we were both heading was almost the same direction. We did not go very far when we met George's girl friend near the mine market. George's girl friend was called Alice She was with a friend and they were sent to buy something at the market. We greeted them and talked to them for some time. Alice asked us to wait for them while they go and buy what they had to but we decided to go with them to the market. They bought all what they had to buy and we walked them up to Alice's home. When we reached where they were staying George and I with the other girl remained at the road side while George's girlfriend went in to deliver what she was sent. We waited for her for about 30 minutes or so before she came out. We then proceeded to town to watch a movie at the cinema hall. A George decided to take us to town and watch a movie at the cinema hall. When going to town, we use the street on which the Church I was supposed to go to was. The Seminar was still on when we passed by but l did not thought of it, it was completely out of my mind. Not even George reminded me about it. Even when coming back from watching the movie we used the same street. I did not even think of Josephat by then. We parted with the girls after we reached their home but we promising to meet them the following day. On the way back with George, we started talking about the them and made plans for the following day when we meet at them. We talked at long a wrong time until it was dark. At about 19:00 hours, George and I had to part company at the main bus terminals which was near the main market. Before we parted we waited for the people to come out of the bus which just arrived from Chingola as it was already dark we thought we each could go with the people from the bus who will go our directions respectively. For sure there were some people who went George's direction and others went my way. A lot of people that came out of the bus went my direction and among them were three people, a man and two ladies who I was following right behind. At the market, many of them disappeared in the cloud. But those three that I was following were still right there. Two of them, a man and a lady turned to the other way when we reached the junction leaving one Lady who never said any word when those two turned off which showed that she did not know them though she was walking close to them. The lady was carrying a big suitcase on her head and a big carrier bag on her hand. The carrier bag seemed to be heavy because from time to time she stopped to change hands. She had stopped and put her bag down trying to change positions so that she could use the other hand to carry the bag when I went past her. I briefly glanced at her and oop! I couldn't believe my eyes. I thought I saw something glittering and extremely beautiful face on a young girl in her teenage. I passed her but my heart started beating fast What I saw made me Jump with fear. A tall and slim old woman with a walking stick. She had a bag at her back as if she was carrying a baby. She tried to heat me with that stick while telling me to throw the book away and and that I should start walking. But I tried to run.Then I came to my senses and realised I was running to a wring direction from home where I was staying. Instead, I was heading towardd a cemetery. The Cemetery was about five hundred metres away from a compound called Bulanda We had gone a few meters from that compound. Lucky enough I could see some boys playing under the spotlight. I shouted for help.
