As her own life was now in danger, she wanted the church to assist her in transferring her inheritance of $3.5m into their account. Regrettably this was something Father Peter could not undertake as "we are simple church folk, not financial experts". However as the church has experience of helping people in need relocate to England and is happy to provide a loan to fund flights and visa costs, is this something she would like to pursue?
£20,000 is a lot of money but Father Peter was undeterredAkissi wrote:Thank you very much for your kind gesture to humanity, we are so pleased with full of joy in our heart after reading your last email message in accepting to grant us loan to relocate to England. I explained everything to my mother and she still did not believe it until your last message, she shed heavy tears and continued to thank you for this precious help. However, as you have requested to know how much loan we will be needing, after calculating the hospital bills and other debts we were owing and our travelling preparation both flight ticket including Visa fee to England, We will be needing a loan of £20,000
In order to waste her time, Akissi was also asked to provide a number of items. A personal statement and photos to display in the church to assist the fundraising and a handwritten declaration that she would repay the loan once she arrived in England.Peter" wrote:The charity committee agreed this afternoon to start our Autumn charity fundraising a few weeks early. We have a arranged a bouncy castle so are confident of reaching the target
Father Peter has marvellous news
But then disaster as all the bank accounts Akissi provided were no good.Peter wrote:I have marvelous news! We have hit the £20,000 target. The
fundraising team have done a fantastic job, working tirelessly over the
past week. We are overjoyed. Our congregation have taken Proverbs 19.17
to heart "whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will
repay him for his deed".
Peter wrote:I'm afraid I have some quite disturbing news. The bank manager told me
the account is flagged as suspicious on their security system and is
being investigated.
Akissi wrote:I am very much confused regarding to this news coming from you. The account holder is a doctor and works in the hospital where my mother was admitted and they are very helpful and good to us, I know the Devil is at work but I trust in you and God