comment was made. It briefly ran across my mind that it was odd
head. I could feel Christine tense up as she sat next to me. I
for an unhealthy baby to flip so fast, especially since the baby was
looked around thinking maybe he was talking to someone beearly. I must admit I felt a small sense of relief and continued to
hind me. He continued to point in my direction, saying, “You,
pray for God’s mercy and grace, but also added “Thank you
the lady in the pink and blue dress. There is a spiritual storm
Lord” to my prayers.
brewing, and the Enemy is out to kill, steal, and destroy you and
Finally, the doctor ordered an ultrasound. I was wheeled to the
your family.”
examination room. Once the ultrasound was given, the technician
Faye looked over at me. She realized that I was the one in blue
said, “Oh my, call the doctor. I believe she is having triplets.”
and pink and said, “Mathell, it’s you.”
Another technician checked and said, “No, it’s twins, and they are
Still in denial, I whispered to Christine that there must be anready to come out.” I was now overwhelmed with the blessing of
other Mathell behind me. I looked around again, but in my soul
two babies. I welcomed the doctor’s
I knew it was me the prophet was speaking
instruction for an immediate Cto. My life was about to make a drastic
section. I was in shock, disbelief, and
change. A terrible storm was coming in my
thankful that I was having two
direction. Our storefront church had no
healthy sons.
windows, so at first I thought maybe it had
I couldn’t concentrate on names for
begun to storm outside. Christine and I were
five days after their birth. The first
just babes in Christ, and we didn’t know
two days of my twins’ lives, we called
anything about a spiritual storm. Sister Faye
them “Me First and My Turn Next.”
had begun to walk toward me when the
I know this sounds silly, but it is true.
prophet mentioned the color of my clothing.
The doctors had misdiagnosed my
She escorted me out of my seat. Faye began
due date by one month. The twins
to cry out, “It’s you, Mathell, it’s you.”
were born on July 5, 1974. They
I said, “What storm? I don’t know anything
weighed in at approximately six
about a storm!” I stood up to walk with
pounds and ten ounces and six
Faye, but couldn’t visualize or comprehend
pounds eleven ounces. I became the
the words of the prophet. My friend, the
proud mother of three sons, instantly.
First Lady of the church, understood the
They were the V-Boys—Vaughn and Mathell Givens and her sons, Vaughn
impact of the prophet’s revelations and was
(kneeling), Victor and Verdell.
the twins, Victor and Verdell. God’s
standing by me for support. Christine was
plan was perfect! Awesome! Magnificent!
I was a new member of Colony All Nations Church, where
Bishop Carter and his wife, Faye, were the angels of the house. It
was April when I attended a Sunday morning service in which a
visiting prophet, George Davis, sat at the rear of the storefront
church. When Bishop Carter spotted him in the congregation, he
invited him to the pulpit. I had never seen or met this man before, but I thought he had a special spirit as he walked pass me.
Bishop Carter asked the visitor if he had a word for us, and he
said that he did. He said he wanted to give a word to a couple of
new preachers who were just starting out with a new church. He
wanted them to be encouraged and pray over them. The prophet
walked up to the couple and asked them if they were new preachers. They said yes. They were visiting different congregations
throughout the city and decided to visit Colony All Nations that
particular Sunday. I was amazed. I had never been to a church
service where this type of activity took place.
After praying for them, the prophet looked to the right side of
the sanctuary where Christine and I sat. He pointed directly at me
and announced that there were dark clouds hovering over my
left in her seat, crying and spiritually touched.
As I walked with my four-pronged cane toward the prophet,
he said, “God says to tell you he loves you very much. Are you
feeling unloved?” I said I was, and he said, “God said you are
going to make it through, but there is a terrible storm ahead.”
The prophet then said, “You have children, but not many
births.”
I was so overwhelmed. It was difficult to answer him immediately, but his question made me think to myself, I have three
sons, but only two births. So, I replied, “Yes.”
He said, “They are boys, aren’t they?”
My voice rose as I said, “Yeah,” in disbelief. I now realized the
storm was related to my boys, and I needed to concentrate and
hear all he had to say about them.
He said, “You are going to go through something with those
boys and it is going to be so bad that you will feel that it might
kill you. But, God says for you to hold on, faint not, for you will
reap and he will give you one hundredfold. As a matter of fact,
you are going to come across like a ball of fire. Have you ever
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