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The priest refused to leave the house. He stayed for several days and nights, trying to convince Father not to join the Adventist Church.

As the family’s savings ran out, Mother desperately came up with a plan. She called Mabel and the other children to her.

“I’m sorry, Mother. I’m sorry, Father,” he said. “I do not want to perform this ritual. Don’t worry. I’m not going to go back to prison.”

For five months he thought about the bad decisions that he had made. He had chosen bad friends. He had gone to bad places.

John felt very sad. He loved his parents very much. He liked living at home with them and his seven brothers. What could he do?

John believed Father. John believed the priest. He thought that if he disobeyed them, he would be disobeying God.

“Why has my beloved Dad chosen to imprison me in the name of schooling?” she blurted out. “This is ridiculous!”

He said his life was hidden in the black stick and he would die if the stick was destroyed.

The boy who once didn’t like to go to school and didn’t know anything about God stood up in front of the church and preached about his love for God.

Big adults noticed that the little boy knew the Bible very, very well. So, when Juge was 2, they invited him to stand in front of a church to preach.

The boy’s words hit Claude like a bolt of lightning. He suddenly realized that he was indeed a very rough boy.

He felt terribly sad and discouraged. He prayed for 15 minutes. He was confused about why God had not answered him.

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