“I am a follower of Jesus,” my mother said, “I never tell lies.” But because my father
is a powerful man in our village, she had to follow the traditions of the village and
promise in front of all the people that she did not steal or lie.
When the day came for her to make the promise, all the people came together to see what would happen.
My father told my mother, “Patience, you may say something before you make the promise.”