Prophet Owour touched me, and I am blind no more - Student

      Prophet David Owuor of the Repentance and Holiness Church prays for a man who became so moved he fainted during a thanks giving mass at Eldoret Sports Club.

When some residents of Eldoret decided to clean the roads with soap in preparation for a visit by a leading evangelist last April, cynics were taken aback. But to hundreds of believers, creating a clean path was the perfect way to welcome ‘Mighty Prophet’ Dr Edward Owuor.

Among the expectant crowd were two Moi University students, Janet  Chelimo and Sonia Oduor, who were diabetic and blind respectively.

“I lost my sight in 2004 when I suffered from Meningitis. But during the meeting, I started to see,” explains Sonia. The jovial student told us how her faith and belief in miracle took her to the crusade.

“I had only joined Repentance and Holiness Church for three weeks prior to the crusade, and my friends urged me to trust in the Lord,” reveals Sonia.

She prepared herself early and attended the meeting accompanied by her friends.

“I asked one of my friends to describe where we were seated. She told me we were close to the altar. Suddenly, I could see a bus nearby and everything seemed strange. I could see and spell writings on the bus,” she said.

For Janet, her story almost followed a similar script, and she says she is yet to believe what happened. Janet was diagnosed with Diabetes on June 26, 2010.

“For four years I had been injecting myself with insulin every morning and evening,” says Janet.

In school, she would go to the dispensary for insulin, and when none was available, she would travel to Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, 35km away.

“I had to pay Sh1,500 for a bottle of insulin, and being an orphan, it strained me,” she added.

Two weeks prior to April, 18 crusade, Janet attended a service at the Repentance and Holiness Church and explained her condition. She was advised to attend the prayer meeting and have faith in healing.

“When the Prophet of The Lord entered the field, I was pushed to the pulpit. During prayer, I lay down and heard the voice of the Lord saying, ‘Wake up, your faith has healed you’,” enthuses Janet.

Janet explains that she tried rising but was too weak, and would later be helped up with the ushers. She would then proceed to explain to the congregation about her fight against diabetes.

“Before the meeting, I had measured my blood sugar level and it was high - above 20. I measured it after the prayer and it was at 12.6. I did not inject insulin for the next week and the level dropped to 3.6,” says Janet.

Janet and Sonia claim people around them found it difficult to believe what had happened.

“I went to the Deputy Vice Chancellor’s office and after some verification process, he learnt that I joined the school as a special needs student,” says Sonia.

“When he asked me to describe how a certain lady in the room was dressed, it took a few moments for me to see her black skirt and white top. I can even see your blue sweater,” she joked referring to the writer.

True to her word, the University sent a letter to Prophet Dr Owuor acknowledging the healing of the two students. We tried to reach Professor Ogechi, but he was unavailable for comment.

Rhoda Mumia, a friend and an Education student at the same campus, verified that Sonia initially needed help to hang or remove clothes on the line but she currently does it without anyone’s help. Although Sonia still cannot write words since she was used to braille, Rhoda says she is now convinced that her friend got her sight back.

“She identified her clothes without picking someone else’s,” adds Rhoda.

For Janet, the school dispensary where she used to frequent could not believe she was healed.

“They took tests and were amazed at my story. Medical Officer Dr Wanga had the final word within the school. I don’t have any complications. I thank the Lord for my healing,” said Janet.

Before joining Moi University Sonia had attended Machakos Institute for the Blind and Thika High School for the Blind. She was admitted at Moi as a special needs student in 2012 after scoring a mean grade of C+ in KCSE.