THE TWELVE-season 3,episode 11

                                                         

                                                              SIERRA LEONE

             On that Friday Maul and her crew noticed that majority of the people around that area were going somewhere. They stopped some of the children passing by to ask what was going on but the ones they asked didn’t understand their English. They decided to try the elderly and they got an answer from one of them, he told them they all were going to the mosque for Friday worship.

“I think we should go to the mosque,” Zed suggested and it was not all well accepted.

“What will we be doing in mosque?” Maul asked. “Are you going to join Islamism?”

“No Maul but can’t you see, majority of the children are going there both the Christians and none Christians.”

Their assistants allowed them make the decision.

“So,”

“So that’s where we can get the child, that’s where we can get access to them.”

“No,” Maul shook her head strongly. “This is too much,”

“We have to do the too much to be able to accomplish our goal for coming here within just six months.”

There was silence for a while.

“Common Maul,” Zed held her hand. “We have to do this. Let’s go,”

She looked at him and the others staring her and from their looks she knew they were with Zed.

“Okay fine, let’s go worship at the mosque,”

“We are not going to worship at the mosque; we are not even a part of what they are doing there. God knows that.”

“Sure he does, sure he does.”

“Let us go with this people so we don’t miss our way.” Zed said and against Maul’s better judgment she followed them.

                                                               KENYA

                   “If we fail here, what will be the consequence of our failure?” Michael asked Shelly in the room. They were both fixing their dresses perfectly into their bags.

“We could die if we don’t follow the steps God is showing us,” she replied.

“So death is one of the consequences?” Michael asked.

“Death is the only consequence if we fail here,”

“Excuse me,” Tyler came in. “The head doctor wants to see you both.”

“The head doctor,” There was some delight in Shelly.

“Yes,”

Michael smiled. “This is what we were waiting for. Tyler get the others, we are all going there.”

“He is at the refectory,” Tyler said. “We will meet you guys there.”

“Let’s go,” Shelly completely forgot the dresses, Michael kept the one he was holding and followed.  Few minutes on they walked into the refectory with their assistants following behind. The head doctor was surprised to see them; Hemi had spoken to him about her discussion with Shelly and their opting to help.

“Good day sir,” Michael greeted and so did his crew.

“Good day kids,” the doctor replied then he turned to Hemi. “Hemi how do you expect kids like this to raise kids like that out of depression?"

“Sir…..” Shelly said.

“Doctor Chris,” He swiftly interrupted her.

“Doctor Chris, we just need a chance to help.” Shelly went on. “There’s nothing difficult in helping people like them.”

“There’s nothing difficult,” He folded his arms and nodded. “I have given all I ever had to see that these children have a better life even if it is not all so luxurious like what you have enjoyed. I’ve worked hard, begged for assistance of which I’m always ignored and just by chance I get a few people who care to join me support this children either by supplying meds, food, good water and this shelter you see today. I left my country and everything I knew to come here and establish this and I’ve been doing it for ten years thanks to Hemi who partnered with me. We have given our all for these poor orphans and I won’t want some spoilt brads who got tired of their mommies and daddies over protective attitude running into my sweat to make a mockery of it.”

Michael looked deep into the doctor’s eyes.

“Do you have children?” he asked.

“Yes and why do you ask?"  he replied.

“Where are they?” Michael asked.

“Schooling abroad where I came from,”

“No matter how much love you have for these poor children here it can never take the place of your own children and that is why you can send your children to school and this ones you just manage to nurse them from the excess you have. Not that I’m judging you, you have done a great work in the lives of those kids just by providing security for them. I grew up on the streets….”

That was a shocking truth for those hearing it for their first time.

“From my very little age, I remember I was just about four when I became an orphan…… I slightly knew my mom and my dad I had no idea of who he was. Thank God for the great friends I met on the streets and together we grew up like brothers, fighting for our survival. When we got to a certain age, we decided to stop sleeping on the streets because we had had enough of the brutality and maltreatment we were getting from the police and other men. My story is too long and time will fail me to tell you how we squeezed our way through education but in all this just one thing kept us, we had a dream, we always believed that we are no different from those children abroad, we knew that God made us equal as them, he gave us a destiny to fulfill and it was all wasting because we are never given the opportunity to become. We are either used to make others rich and wealthy or used to clean the floors for some people to come walk pass through. We fought and our faith in the destiny God had made for us gave us hope, our faith in God gave us strength and then we found ourselves living the dream, our dream life. So doctor, we can never make a mockery of your sweat because more than you we understand what those children are going through. We can help not because we are capable but because we know where this road leads to and we know how to come out of it.”

Hemi and the doctor went cold and speechless.

“No amount of food and medicine can truly help those children in there,” Shelly said. “They need to know and feel they are better than their present situation, they need to know this God who loves them unconditional, who is their father and their protector, they need to know someone cares for them so much that he gave his life so that they will live a more better life, they need to know that their future is much brighter than the sun they see outside. They need to know Christ and his love that can make them free, free from their pain and the disease, and the sickness that has infiltrated their health. That is the help we want to render.”

“What is your mission here?” The doctor asked.

“She just defined it,” Tyler replied.

“How will you achieve all this?” Hemi asked.

“We ourselves don’t even know,” Michael said. “But we believe in the God who called us and sent us.”

“I still don’t believe in what you kids are up to,” the doctor said. “If you fail at this you will be dead.”

“Don’t worry sir; we already passed from dead to life just by coming here.” Joy said with a smile.

The doctor left with Hemi. Michael walked and hugged Shelly and they all knew she deserved that because she had clearly allowed the Holy Spirit define their mission in Kenya through her.