Inside Story: Guinea ~ WAD
Pregnant for Two Years
By Andrew McChesney
Fanta Camara was excited when she noticed a bump on her belly. But as the bump grew bigger, she began to feel ill. She felt so terrible that she went to the hospital in Conakry, Guinea.
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A physician examined her belly. “You aren’t pregnant”, he said.
Fanta didn’t believe the physician. She asked a relative, who was a nurse, to take a look. “You are pregnant”, the relative said. “There is a baby in your belly”.
Fanta beamed with joy. But she still felt ill, and the relative wasn’t sure how to help. She went to another hospital. “You aren’t pregnant”, the physician said.
Fanta visited a third hospital. “You are pregnant”, the physician said. But he didn’t know how to help.
As the weeks passed, Fanta’s health worsened. She could barely walk.
Five months after Fanta noticed the bump on her belly, a stranger appeared in her bedroom. He had the feet and legs of a man but the chest and face of a leopard. Fanta was scared. “You will not have that child in your belly”, the stranger said, and, turning, seemed to walk out through the bedroom wall.
The next night, the stranger again appeared in the bedroom. “You will not have that child in your belly”, he said. Every night he visited Fanta.
A year passed. Two years. As the third year started, Fanta was still pregnant and miserable. Then she remembered Tranqulle Fassinadouno. She had ignored him because he was the only Christian in their neighborhood, but now she was desperate. After hearing her story, Tranqulle, a Global Mission pioneer, prayed and fasted for three days, asking God for wisdom.
Then he went to Fanta and, opening his Bible, read Ephesians 6:12, “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places” (NKJV).
He spoke to unseen spiritual hosts in the house. “All evil spirits who do not confess the name of Jesus Christ leave immediately in the name of Jesus Christ”, he said. Turning to Fanta, he said, “If you see that evil spirit again, just command it to leave in the name of Jesus”.
That night, Fanta was lying in bed when the evil spirit appeared. Before he could speak, she said, “Leave in the name of Jesus Christ”. The evil spirit immediately disappeared in a cloud of smoke, never to return.
Three days later, Fanta gave birth to a healthy baby girl. “I believe in Jesus now”, Fanta said.
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Praise ye the Lord; for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely...
Psalms 147:1-20
What a mighty God we serve. There is no God like our God. He is a man of war, a protector, a guide, a help in time of trouble. Let all who have breath praise the Lord, praise ye the Lord.
Evil are present in every corner of this world. It is naive to think only in some cultures evil is present. Evil is present and presents itself in every quarter of this world. But it is by the name of Jesus evil is defeated. Fanta, I join with you in praising the name of Jesus.
Thank you for sharing this amazing story with us! It seems to me that we here in the Western World do not have a 'close to life' relationship with spirits, principalities, powers, rulers of the darkness of this age, spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places manifesting themselves, but we are aware that the Spirit of God is more powerful than any power attempting to manifest itself in our lives!
I am happy to read that the name of Jesus still proves to be the most powerful deterrent to those forces who encroach on our spiritual safety - this strengthens my faith.
I am also very happy for Fanta that, after being willing to endure two years of agonizing questions, doubt and confusion trying to understand what she was experiencing, was rewarded with her baby carried all this time by God's miracle working power.
Yes, indeed - I praise God for showing us His unfathomable Love!
The story is wonderful. But I read a BBC article about a “Fanta Camara” charged for providing traditional medicine to sterile women in Guinea to make them appear pregnant. This supposed pregnancy often lasted for 12 to 18 months and these women were not pregnant but just bloated because of the concoction she gave them. I’m just wondering if this is the same woman featured here.
I have also read the news article. It is an unfortunate coincidence of name, location, and related events. I only hope that those who check the bona fides of this story did their homework before publishing it.
Someone needs to do better fact checking before they publish these stories. If a woman had indeed been pregnant for more than 2 years and successfully delivered a healthy baby, it would have been all over the news. God is not glorified by fairy stories.
Our God is mighty and dependable. His name be forever exalted.