500 women, struggling to conceive, find comfort in prayer

Arron Nyamayaro

OVER 500 women, who are struggling to conceive, have converged for a two-day prayer meeting in Harare led by Prophetess Memory Matimbire.

The meeting exposed serious emotional abuse faced by these women in marriages.

Many shared stories of being called names and enduring physical, and emotional abuse, from self-styled prophets and traditional healers.

Prophetess Matimbire urged women to rely on prayers rather than consulting sangomas and self-styled prophets.

She said through prayer, more than 2 000 similar women, have been able to bear children.

“Covid-19 came to remind us that God is the source of all of our needs.

“Pastors had no chance to lay hands on sick people because of movement restrictions.

“Prayer remained the only source (of salvation) and that taught us a lesson that only God has to be trusted.”

Prophetess Matimbire added:

“Vamwe varoora vasina vana vanoitiswa basa rinorwadza varivega padzinhamo zvichinzi siyai vane vana vayamwise irinzira yekuvarwadzisa.

“We are urging married men to consider joining their spouses in prayer to receive the grace of children bearing.”

One woman revealed that she had endured abuse for 11 years in her marriage for failing to conceive.

“Vanatete vaiuya zuva nezuva vachindisvotesa kuti uri ngomwa wakauya kuzodya sadza here pano.

“I was nearly raped by a prophet after consulting him and another prophet forced me to swallow a small stone picked from a river.

“Another self-styled prophet told me not to drink borehole and tap water, hanzi inwa yepachitubu inobuda muvhu,” she said in tears.

Another woman said she was divorced by her husband.

“I want to thank Prophetess Matimbire for teaching me how to pray after being mocked for many years by both my husband and his relatives for failing to conceive.

“Ndatojaira zvinhu zvisingajairike.

“I am saddened by married women with children who cheat on their husbands, worse still those who ill-treat children in my presence.

“Mapudzi anowira kusina hari chokwadi.”

Some women who attended the conference strapped dolls on their backs, while others brought bags with babies’ clothes.