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that the bus they first tried to board had hit another bus head-on, killing all passengers.
They passed numerous police checkpoints where everyone stopped except their driver. He kept going, and no one tried to stop him. They tried to communicate with him, but he ignored them. Sharon Ikerd looked over his shoulder and saw a machine gun in his lap. In Addis, she looked up and said, "Oh, there's our hotel." The driver pulled to the curb immediately, and as soon as they got out of the car, he zoomed away without a word. They remember with joy their "gun-toting angel."
Just after Tekle came home from the UPCI World Conference in Jerusalem, his new daughter arrived on January 1, 1977. They named her Jerusalem in memory of his trip and with the deeper significance of faith that the dream of a headquarters church building in Addis would become reality—a Jerusalem for the church of Ethiopia.
After all other remedies failed, long-blind Dengore came to the Apostolic church for prayer. Seventy demons came out of her, and she received her sight. The leader of them told his name: "I am Dinbalo," which means in the Sidamo language, "One who keeps covered."
Another blind man regained his vision when twenty- nine evil spirits were evicted.
All of the following received healing for their minds: Noah Gonnes, who lost his reason for seven years; Nigatu Gobaro, for four years; Alemity Abebe, for six years; Nekia Gassim, for seven years; Conso Gobelle, for four years; Marta Solomon, for three years; and Befekadu Urano, for six years. Their families tried in vain to find help. Jesus did it! All of them gratefully serve the Lord.
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