Dear Friends & Partners,

The screen was hung on the pole structure, and for the next few hours under the night sky, Jesus was lifted up. People from the neighborhood wandered in to see what was happening and stayed to follow the story. 

In Togo, a place where superstition and witchcraft create fear and submission, people learned about redemptive grace. They found truth in the story, spoken by Jesus Himself in a language they understood.

At the end, when the JESUS Film team offered a prayer of deliverance from the burdens of sin in their lives, 21 people chose to allow Jesus to become Lord of their lives. Among them was Fatima, a young woman who asked for prayer. 

For years, when Fatima went to work in the gardens, a blackbird would appear and cry out. Each time, she found herself overcome by oppression and would pass out. When she awoke, she felt as if a snake poured out of her mouth and slithered away. She had been cursed with an evil spirit and was desperately seeking freedom from this bondage.

We laid hands on Fatima and anointed her with oil as we prayed for her deliverance. The next day, she brought all her witchcraft items. The JESUS Film team helped Fatima burn these items as she testified that she no longer felt the oppression that had dominated her life.