A woman in eastern Uganda who put her faith in Christ on 7 August went into hiding after her husband beat her for leaving Islam.
Sophia Nakisaala, 35, turned to Christ after her daughter was healed when a street preacher she had heard in Bulopa village, Kamuli District, prayed for her.
Listening to the evangelist
Nakisaala was on her way to Kamuli General Hospital with her ill five-year-old daughter when she stopped to listen to the evangelist from an area church. She later met with the street preacher, who prayed for her daughter.
‘My child got healed instantly from high fever, which had caused several convulsions. The evangelist shared with me about Issa [Jesus], whom he said to be the healer and Saviour. I then decided to accept him as my Lord and Saviour and then returned back home,’ said Sophia.
At home she told her husband, Muhammad Lubaale, about the healing of the child. He was initially inquisitive, but she stopped short of telling him about her new faith after he slapped her. ‘As I mentioned to my husband that the preacher also prayed for me, his mood changed and he was not able to wait for me to finish the whole story,’ she said. ‘He got angry and slapped me. I kept quiet and did not respond to his interrogation about my new faith in Jesus.’ She was also hit with a stick.
Neighbours rescued her that night and she and her four children have been sent to a refuge by the local church.
