Geraldine

What is your name?

Geraldine

How old are you?

65

Do you have any kids?

I have two grown daughters. Leticia and Katanga

What are you interested in?

I like to sing. I love to read, that’s my passion.

If you have decided to live your life with Jesus, when was it that you made that decision?

I know that he’s real because over a year ago I died twice and one of those deaths I had a near death experience. I went back and I didn’t know I was dead. I went into this room and there were a bunch of naked people and I said, “Oh my god! I’m in a brothel…” so I just spoke to the room and said, “Hey everybody!”, but they wouldn’t speak. Then I saw a bright light and moved to another area. It’s like I went to a room where I saw my relatives that had gone on before me. I saw my dad at first. He died when I was 13 in the march with Dr. Martin Luther King. I saw him and said, “oh wow dad you look good! Hey daddy!", but I couldn’t get to him nor could he get to me. It’s like there was this road in between us and we couldn’t cross to each other. I still didn’t know I was dead even though I saw my relatives that have passed. I said to them, “you guys really look good!” still not realizing I was dead. I even went further back because I had no choice in where he carried me. I wasn’t walking. It was like something was moving me along. My feet didn’t touch the ground. I went back to slavery times and saw my people in the fields and there were two people on the road and I felt like I knew those people. I guessed that they were my ancestors. By the time I was getting ready to move towards them I was moved somewhere else. They moved into the sky and when I bumped into something, I didn’t know I was in the sky at first, but then I bumped into a cloud. I got scared because I was up in the sky! Then I heard something coming and I said, “who is that?” and he said, “it is I God. The lord.” so I said, “THE LORD?” not realizing I was dead as a hammer. He was telling me that I had to go back to save my grandson. I said to him, “you know, lord I have seven grandsons. Which one are you talking about?” He said, “Nassir.” Then I saw him crying so hard he was just wet. I said, “I’ve never seen a child cry that hard. Probably his big brother that hit him. As soon as I get home they’re gonna have to explain something to me.” Before he let me go he said, “I want you to go back and tell all my people that I am coming. I’m as close to you as a door you’re trying to knock. Also, tell my people that are gay or whatever, that I don’t hate them. I love them. I just hate what they do. Tell them to stop lying on me because I don’t hate anybody”. So I said, “okay, but lord why would anybody listen to me? I’m a nobody from Mississippi. Why would they listen to me?” He says, “It’s not your job to make them listen. It’s your job to tell them, cause when they’re standing before me I don’t want to hear them say ‘well lord I didn’t know’. The main thing is you need to go back to save your grandson.” Then I said, “Lord before I go back can I see the city?” because I wasn’t in the city and he said, “No you can’t go in the city because I know if I let you in I’m going to have to drag you out.” and I said, “yep! You know me. The second I get through those gates I’m not coming out, I’m sorry!” Then I fell back into my body and woke up. The pain was the worst I’ve ever felt. I said, “PAIN” after having been in a coma for five days, they were getting ready to pull the plug on me and that’s when I woke up. Then I asked, “who hit Nas? Cause I know he was crying.” and they said, “Mama how did you know he was crying?” I told them, “the Lord showed it to me. How else would I know that he was crying when I was as dead as a hammer?” That’s my story, but I’ve also died a second time I'll have to share that a second time.