Tell Me Pastor

MAMAGUY

DEAR PASTOR,

I must congratulate you on the wonderful work that you are doing. I am having a problem with my mother. All she cares about is herself and the men in her life. My mother has been living in the Bahamas for the past 20 years. I have been abused by all sorts of people, and I have been working and sending myself to evening classes and paying my rent.

Six months

I am working at a hotel and I met this guy there sometime ago. We exchanged numbers, and he called me the following day. I never heard from him again, until a month ago. I asked him what happened to his phone and whether I could see him. He then told me he was not living in Jamaica, but that he would be coming here six months from now. He said the reason he never told me this before was that he thought I would not be interested in him if I knew he was living overseas.

Money

He started sending me money and this helped me out a lot. My evil mother called me saying that she heard about my new boyfriend. I told her about him and she asked for his number. I gave it to her, and two days after he called me and he was very upset. He asked me if my mother was crazy. He told me that she asked him to send her money and clothes, and she also told him that she liked his voice. I told him that I was sorry about the situation.

I called my mother and told her to stay away from me and my boyfriend. I love my mother and I forgave her, but I think I must tell her to stop calling me and my boyfriend. Please pray for my mother because I believe one of the screws in her head needs tightening.

What do you think I should do? Thank you for your advice and keep up the good work.

Initials Withheld, Kingston

Dear ....,

You have already set your mother straight. I hope that she will stop harassing your boyfriend. Some mothers are like that. They are always begging money from the men who are interested in their daughters. Unfortunately, some have even got sexually involved with them.

I hope this young man will not turn his back on you because of the behaviour of your mother.

Pastor