Two young girls experience spiritual freedom.

Neema, a Twing Memorial School student, was possessed by demons. Her parents—taught to believe that the local juju (folk magic belief system) had the power to free anyone from spirits—took her to the witch doctor. While the man presented the skulls of animals, the entrails of some wild beast, and other odd potions to cast out the demons, nothing worked. He could not help her.

Meanwhile, Neema continued to suffer. For two years, she experienced demonic attacks and performed poorly in her studies. She often felt embarrassed, because the demons would cause her to fall on the road, in the classroom, or at school events.

The Twing Memorial School chaplain and I visited Neema at her home. As we prayed for her, the demons spoke. “We possess her, and she is our property, as well as all her clothes and school uniform,” they said. I asked her family to bring us these items, and we made a discovery! We found that many charms (local traditional gods) had been sewn into all her clothes (including her school uniform) by her grandparents for supposed medicine and protection. We gave her new clothes and burned her old ones. Then we prayed for her again, and as we prayed, the demons left.

Neema is now free from the demons. She is so grateful that Jesus healed her through our prayers, and now she is doing well in her studies and growing spiritually at Twing Memorial School.

Jesika is a seventh grader at the school who also understands freedom from darkness. She learned about the true God from her teachers and was baptized, but her parents remained unbelievers. Jesika asked her classmates to pray for her family as she witnessed to them.

One day, Jesika’s mother gave her milk and honey to pour on her grandmother’s grave. This practice was believed to enable her grandmother—who died a long time ago—to be able to drink, to be happy, and to bless Jesika. Her parents believed that this action would help and guard their daughter from evil. Jesika, while knowing the Bible truth about death, decided not to offend them. Appearing to follow their request, she took the milk and honey and disappeared into the bush. 

After five years of sharing the truths of the Bible with her parents, she had the joy of seeing them baptized. After their baptism, Jesika told her parents about the honey and the milk. “I did not pour it on the grave,” she confessed, “but I enjoyed it [myself].” Her parents were not offended, because they knew Jesus personally now.

As you can see from these stories, God is using Twing Memorial School to change students, their loved ones, and their communities. Thank you for supporting our work in Africa as we seek to provide education to underprivileged children and to lead them to experience the power of Christ’s love.  

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Location
Tanzania

Author
Musa Mitekaro is the pastor and director of Twing Memorial Primary and Secondary Schools.

How You Can Help
Pray for Neema and Jesika as they learn to be missionaries for Jesus! Pray for the Twing school to be a beacon of light in their area. 

Give to the work in Tanzania. Needs include classroom buildings, dormitories for boys and girls and a self-sustaining industry to support the needs of the school. Send your gifts marked “Twing Tanzania School” to:

Mission Projects International 
PO Box 237
Kirksville, MO 63501

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