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unseeing eyes and seemed not to hear anything spoken to him. Eight days of injections at the hospital availed nothing, and his parents brought him home.
His pastor returned from a journey on the twelfth day of his illness and came to pray for him. He called his name, "Dijamo! Dijamo!" then forced two fingers between his teeth to touch his tongue, saying, "Tongue, it is written that you must speak."
Dijamo regained consciousness and asked, "Who are you? Do not touch me if you have not been baptized in Jesus' name."
"I am your pastor—Elias. What happened to you?"
Dijamo confessed that he had grovm cold in the Lord. "It felt as if two dragons had coiled aroimdmyneck and were going to kill me, but an angel slew them and saved my life." All of the churches took Dijamo's story as a warning that backsliding is dangerous.
Teshome Gebeyehu from the town of Hagere-Mari^ in Sidamo Province heard of Tekle and his message. He cametoseehiminAwasain1972tobebaptizedinthe name of Jesus, and he received the Holy Ghost. After a few days he went home with a copy of Tekle's hookDivine
Power. Two years later he went to his home town, Chole, and by the book and his witness he led his three brothers and a nephew to the truth. He baptized them in Jesus' name and purposed to visit Tekle again to learn more.
He only knew that Tekle lived in Addis; he went to find him without knowing his address. He did not know the ways of the city either, and robbers took everything he had. That did not discourage him. Fasting, he walked up and down the streets for a week before he found his friend. Tekle expounded the Word to him until he felt bet-
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