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Then Came the Glory
Applications to regain the church building failed, but the work grew rapidly in our living room.
Freedom to worship ended again temporarily as I went to jail for three months after the second Minister's conference held in our compound in 1983 ministered to by
Brothers Ayele Lakew and Degu Kekedi.
Brother Tekle brought us big blessings with the
Word in a general conference held in our compound. Two months later the police arrested Brother Mengistu Meskale and me for preaching the gospel; we spent over three months in jail. In spite of these hindrances, himgry souls obeyed the
gospel.
The December 1986 General Conference enjoyed the
anointed ministry of Brother Tekle and Sister Erkenesh. We had to build temporary shelters for our Christmas celebration since our house could no longer hold all who came.
For the early 1987 Conference we had to construct a shelter big enough to accommodate seven hundred people as brethren came from many places. Unlimited blessings enriched our fellowship, and echoes of Holy Ghost singing flowed through the whole town. By this time the local church had outgrown our house, so we continued meetings in the shelter. At the December Conference the same year, the shelter had to be enlarged by half.
Those who seized our church had educational seminars in it for just two months. It remained closed several
years, used only for storage. Because they did not set a
guard or watchman thieves broke one of the doors and many windows. Later thieves took the shutters and the stored
goods disappeared. I went continuously to the regional office
applying for the return of our church, but they paid no attention to my pleas. We appealed to heaven; for three years
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