A certain Pai fellow has been sick and not gotten over it. When a sick person does not get well in a reasonable amount of time the unbelievers among the Pai begin to say it has to be witchcraft. In the majority of cases there is no witchcraft or spell of any kind, nevertheless the sick person will die of fear because they are told over and over that a spell has been worked on them and they will die. The only hope would be to find the person responsible and make them undo the spell cast on the sick person. If the sick person sees some individual in his sleep then that’s an indication of that person casting the spell. This person must be convinced to undo the spell cast on the sick person, the problem is that someone can’t undo a spell if they never cast one. There have been cases of suspected workers of witchcraft being killed because they were not able to undo the spell simply because they never cast the spell and the person was simply sick with some medical problem.

In this recent case the relatives of the sick man are saying that about a year ago he stole a goat from another family. It was at night and in his haste one of his shoes came off and he left it behind. The woman of the household found the shoe and there was some dirt in the shoe that had been on his foot. According to the relatives the woman then used the dirt to cast a spell on the fellow in revenge for stealing the goat (albeit a year later). Sound like science fiction? This is the hash reality of life for those who have been under Satan’s bondage for decades and they sincerely believe these things with all their heart.

So what to do about the situation? If nothing is done the sick man will die, most likely from fear and the woman who supposedly cast the spell could be killed for casting a spell she probably didn’t cast. More revenge will be taken and the vicious circle will continue with more cries of witchcraft etc.

The sick fellow has an older brother that has been a believer for several years now. He has tried to teach his brother the phase 1 teaching but he hasn’t been very interested. Using his cultural influence as the older brother he convinced his relatives to let his sick brother go to the hospital. Sadly enough after arriving at the hospital the fellow was diagnosed with a brain tumor and died after a few days in the hospital. His brother and the other believers here are asking God to use these events in the lives of the unbelievers so they can hear the Gospel and be saved. The older brother has shown the certificate and cause of death to his relatives to try and convince them his brother did not die from a spell and thereby avoid revenge and counter revenge.

Please pray for the Pai and other people groups around the world that continue under Satan’s bondage.