Unfortunately for me though on December 16, 2001, my room was mysteriously engulfed in fire and I lost a lot of valuables including that money. The Lord was on my side for me not be burnt to death. How? Another brother who lives with us said that he (I have no memory of this) he came into my room and I was in a very deep sleep, this was strange because for months I have not been sleeping. He said that he was in an urgency to wake me and took me out of the house, this he did.

When we had reached his girlfriend’s house and were there for a while, the telephone rang with my father on the other end. I was called to the phone and was told by my father that my room burn down. They told me that I fainted.

Brethren all I did was just walk around in a daze. Several days after I actually went into the room, it was then that I realised that the money was gone along with other money that I was keeping for another young man. I went berserk and kept wondering Lord, what am going to do. No one knew I had such amount of money in my possession and I told no one. I cried night and day wondering what to do.

I called my brother and tried to tell him but he kept talking about other things and finished my credit. This I tried several times.

I started fasting and praying asking God to help my brother understand whenever I muster up all the courage to tell him.

Brethren I could not stay home to recuperate, so my cousin who lives in country took me in. While I was at this cousin, I started to attend work (I did not attend work for 7 months) that was in February 2002. During this time I was still wondering what to do. I even went to lending agencies to see if I could get a loan to repay my brother but I was not qualified for the amount I needed. In July 2002, while coming from work a family friend saw me and told me that my brother is in the island and that he is telling every one that he send JA$2.75 million to me to purchase house. I did not believe this person. Low and behold on a Sunday while at my cousin’s house he came with a carload of people demanding the house. He did not even ask me how I was doing. When I looked at him, I was a bit unsettled so I did not respond. He kept coming to my workplace wanting to know where his house is. I told him finally that there is not house. One weekend I went to my parents house, they told me that he told them that he send JA$2.5 million to me to purchase house. I told them it’s untrue. Brethren by then I realised that my brother kept lying so I refused to give any information. I stayed away from the house also.

Brethren, my brother started to taunt my parents when he went back to England, by this time I was putting aside JA$5,000.00 monthly to offset repayment, I also looked at this as been a loan. In November 2003, he came back with police early one morning with police. I told the police what happened and promised to repay. The police was satisfied, my brother wasn’t so he went for a different set of police, the situation was explained to them and they were satisfied but my brother wasn’t. By this time he was walking from house to house in the scheme telling everyone and how much I am working obeah on them. This was not affecting me.

Brethren my church pastor and elders called a meeting with my brother and myself along with a witness and I promised to repay him, by that time I had JA$50,000.00 which he collected as part payment to what I owed him. He told the meeting that he will be leaving his bank book with our father, this he did not, but instead left it with one of our outside brother.

I asked this brother for the account number and was refused. I had to call the bank myself to get the account number which I did.

Each month I lodged JA$5,000 into his account. Now brethren my brother came to Jamaica secretly three weeks ago and went to the Fraud Squad and made a report and is taunting them Fraud Squad to put me in prison. He told them that I only repaid him $10,000. Please pray for me urgently that God will break every chain directed towards me.

On Wednesday July 28, 2004, my mother, father and another brother went to the Fraud Squad Headquarters where my brother Rodcliffe made his report. When we went there were we were shown a statement from Western Union, which outlined the amount of time he send money to me in Jamaica. The statement contains money given to him by our Aunt to send to Jamaica to take care of her sick husband;money he send like₤100 and₤50 to share up for his friends and his family;money that he send to pay off his debts; money that he send to help our father purchase a car; money that he send to help pay for the insurance for the car. All these monies add up to₤14,000 which the police calculated at JA$100 per₤1. The police say in Jamaican dollars that would be JA$1.4 million. They booked me at the station on station bail of JA$100,000. I came out on Thursday July 29, 2004.

Brethren, I am now scheduled to appear in court on Thursday August 5, 2004 as a result of this.

I went to the court on Thursday, August 5, 2004 where the case was mentioned. It is now scheduled for trial on October 26 to 29, 2004. Brethren I do not have the money to pay a lawyer, but I have put this case into the hands of the Lord.

Brethren please continue pray that God will deal justly with this situation andthat He will continue to guide and protect me as he have been doing and that He will continue to help me to repay my brother the amount that I owe him.

Yours in Jesus' Name

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