Source: Baptist Press, December 2, 2016
Local witch doctor Adelina assisted villagers with divination and spells in a grass-roofed hut beside her home. But still, Adelina allowed [missionaries Brian and Becky Harrell] to use her home to share Bible stories with a weekly group. After a year of seemingly fruitless prayer for Adelina, Brian and Becky were about to give up. Adelina would listen carefully to the stories yet continue practicing witchcraft.
“We just couldn’t [continue sharing the gospel] right there next to this witch doctor hut,” Brian said. “What was the message that we were sending to the local community?”
Then one day when the group was preparing to pray, Adelina suddenly rose and said: “I need you to help me to do something. I know that what I have been doing is wrong, and I want to get rid of my witchcraft.”
The following Sunday a group of believers gathered to sing songs, dismantle the hut, and pray. They burned the gourds and all the paraphernalia Adelina used in practicing witchcraft.
“It was incredible,” Brian said. “It was an extremely intense day for her. … This was something we had been hoping for and praying for.”
Since then, Adelina has given birth to her seventh child.
“She says that all of her neighbors told her that this child would not live because she is no longer doing witchcraft,” Becky said. “This baby … is still very healthy. Adelina is now eagerly sharing her testimony, boldly explaining to people what God has done in her life.”
» See also a story from Taiwan, One Less Idol Shelf (OMF International).