Anthony Iwuoma
Kiddies’ world is interesting. They have their own way of reasoning and doing things. Four-year-old Chikamso David, for instance, claimed he saw Mary, the mother of Jesus, in their church.
According to him, Mother Mary is homeless and he is sad about that and wants the church authorities to hurry up and build a house for her so that she would stop sleeping in the church when everybody has gone home.
Did you go to church today?
Yes, I go
No, yes, I went
Yes, I went
Good, did you pray for me?
Yes
What did you pray about?
I prayed that God should give you money. I saw Mother Mary…
Ah, you saw Mother Mary!?
Yes, she is in our church
What is she doing in your church?
She is there
Did she talk to you?
No
Did you talk to her?
They did not allow me
Who did not allow you?
My mummy and my auntie
Why?
I don’t know.
So, Mother Mary is in your church?
Yes, she is still there.
She is still there after everybody has gone home?
Yes, she has no house
Why?
Because they have not built her house.
Oh, poor Mother Mary! So, she is still in the church while everybody has gone home.
Yes, she is still there.
And she will be hungry now?
Yes, I think she will be hungry now.
Are you happy about that?
No, I am not happy.
Would you like to build the house for her?
I have no money.
You should tell your priest, the Father, to build house for her.
Father will not allow me to talk to him.
Why?
I don’t know.
Do you like your priest?
Yes o, ah, he is very powerful!
Why do you say he is very powerful?
Ah, ah, he is very powerful. He created God.
Your Father created God?
Yes, then he told angels to come and see God after the angels came they saw God and went back to heaven.
Did you see God?
Yes.
What did He tell you?
Nothing.
What did you tell Him?
Nothing.
How could you see God and not tell him something?
The Father would not let me.
This your powerful priest, he will not let you talk to Mother Mary, and now God. Why did he treat you like that?
I don’t know.
Are you happy they did not build Mother Mary’s house?
No, if they want to build it, let them hurry and build it. If not let them take her there.
Take her where?
She is inside the church.
Doing what?
Maybe praying; that is where she sleeps when we have all gone home. It is not good.
I still don’t understand why you saw God and did not talk to him… What would you have told him?
Maybe to give them money to build house for Mother Mary.
You said your name is David?
Yes.
Do you know David in the bible?
Yes.
Would you like to be like him?
Yes.
Why?
If I had catapult, I would kill so many devils like David killed Goliath.
Why, what have they done to you?
Because they do so many bad bad things.
