Dear Pastor,

Greetings to you. I have written to you before and I have been wanting to see you. I am the same unlucky woman who wrote before. I must tell you, it is as if my prayers are in vain because it is like God is not for me. I thank him for keeping me alive, but I am enduring so much wickedness from a Rastaman who doesn't believe in God. The devil is helping him get through all the evil things he is doing.

I am tired of crying but what else can I do but turn to the devil. I am losing everything to this man and it is because I do not have the money to do things.

Women don't help each other, only when you die they say they are sorry they never gave a helping hand. Without money you are lost.

This Rastaman is using all forces against me, and I am hurting badly. I keep trying in every way but I'm not getting through. I have been to so many places trying to get someone to just listen to me but the devil is in the way.

This man has broken my ribs from April of this year and until now the police have not locked him up. He got me locked up three times by telling lies on me, and I keep going to court and nobody can see that this man is a liar and a wicked person. Everybody is against me and I feel hopeless.

I feel so depressed and stressed but I still keep praying although my prayers seem to be in vain. The devil is working and I don't want to turn to him for help. Everything I try fails. I try to look for a job but they say I am too old. I try selling but my stuff isn't selling.

The male friends I know and ask for help, they want me to go to bed with them first and I am not doing that.

Right now, I don't have any rights. All my rights are gone because I don't have any money.

My country Jamaica is so corrupt. I have been barred from many sections of my house. This man has used money to do so much wickedness. He boasts that he had me locked up three times and until now the police have not locked him up. He said I should watch out because he is going to put me out of this house easily.

Pastor, I have tried and I am losing. I am only hoping that I will not be left in the streets because of the disadvantage, mental abuse, theft and lies this man has done to me. God has left me to the mercy of this man.

Thanks for reading my letter once more.

S.W

Dear S.W,

I have said it in the past and I am saying it now. You need legal representation. You keep saying that you cannot afford to retain a lawyer. I suggested that you contact the Legal Aid Clinic. You are not willing to work with them. I want you to understand that I can only empathise with your problem but you cannot continue to have a pity party everyday and expect to receive the justice that you deserve.

If your husband has done you so much hurt, I do not see how he could go scot-free. But then I am not a lawyer. So, madam, stop blaming God. Stop accusing Him of not working with you. He will help you, but He is not going to come down from heaven and walk in the courthouse with you and take the place of an attorney. You have to take the initiative and do what is necessary to have legal representation in court.

Right now, you are giving the impression that you are ready to turn to obeah to receive justice. I didn't expect to hear that from you. I thought you were a Christian woman. Learn to fight on your feet and on your knees. Prayer is still a very powerful weapon.

Pastor