NEXT DESTINATION

This book ‘Next Destination’ is a true but fiction story about a young man named Tita (Prince) from a country in Central African nation who came from a poor family. He passed through the huddles to complete his basic primary education, and graduated from Primary School with a Distinction in his FSLCE, and afterwards there was no money to sponsor him, so, he followed one of his relatives to the township to learn a trade. And one night when his former boss Mpyama (He shall inherit) was out of town, Tita, while in his new location defiled his former boss advice of always avoiding the nights until the hazy situation in their country finally boiled down. He went to the ‘other side of town’ where half dressed ladies came out to hang around in the night and watched them. And as he reached the ‘hot zone’ one of those ladies by name Jaga (Outsider) spotted him and rushed him and wrapped her right hand around his neck and pecked him a couple of times and took him to the corner, and shortly after that came other encounters… Tita later had an encounter with protestant preachers, and during one of the closed door preaching sessions, he had sexual contact with one of the female preachers called Sanga (Came from the Valley). And during the encounter he yielded to her request and subsequently followed her to the Assemblies Mission and joined them. He later became a born-again Christian shortly after joining the Assemblies Mission in town. After becoming a born-again, he became so devoted and relegated his family responsibilities as the only son to the background without caring to know the conditions of his parents and sisters, and he later he committed all his belongings to the church, and could barely afford for his needs. After years in the Assemblies Mission, Tita’s role was recognized by the Ordination Council of the Assemblies Mission (OCAM) and he was subsequently ordained a Deacon and was later selected by the OCAM for pastoral training overseas at the Assemblies Mission Seminary. And he was delighted that his dream of been part of the real heaven of progress had eventually come true. Tita in overseas was perplexed to be directed by his church officials etc to be deeply involved in all kinds of ‘male and female’ sexual behavior, consequently, he became downcast and regretted been part of the religious show. He complied with their request and their demands continued to get messier, Tita became numb of the Next Destination. He got educated as a pastor anyway, and prior to his graduation he was advised against engaging in any form of sexual immorality by his personal assistant by name Ronnette, but pastor Tita refused to pay heed to her advice and instead loved bags of CFA Franc (money), and later he became a ‘Support Pastor’ with the acceptance and absorption of sexual immorality as a condition of employment, and his stay was later terminated without notice. Tita was left with no other option than to return back home. Pastor Tita was posted as an Assistant Pastor in his Assemblies Mission branch in his country and was later promoted to the main pastor of the same branch, and one day while at home in his village, he violated their traditional law that resulted to him been exiled for nine (9) good years. He later returned to his village and became a maniac, a pure snag in everybody’s shoes, and he continues to live on with the messy stinks. “This world is much larger than you all could comprehend. This world is a pluralistic place and therefore people should be allowed to choose and not to force any religion on them because one day such cunning use of force could backfire” …“Pastor Tita could be seen and viewed as the messiah for our communities whereas he is a pure and absolute devil in innocuous skin. He could have promised heaven for the people but in truth he represents hell and damnation. More so, pastor Tita could be branded to be guilty of an offence he never committed based on pure greed, the desire for hindrances and obstructions of the communities developments which he contributes to” “I shall weep no more for your sake, for my womb’s wound had been healed in your absence for years. I shall weep not again for a son that never was. Please call me no more”.