‘I was 8 years old when God gave me a prophetic vision. People tried to silence me, but God was faithful’

Although she grew up in a Christian home, it took a tragedy to drive Rita Vincent back into the arms of God. Through her early life in Ghana, via Nigeria to London, she’s learned that God has always been there, and his timing is perfect

I grew up in Apam, a small town in Ghana. When I was around eight years old, I had a dream that our school bus had been involved in an accident, but no one was hurt. In the morning, I told some of my classmates. Not long after, we heard that this had, indeed, happened. A pupil told the head teacher about my ‘vision’. After a meeting with my mother, I was advised not to say such things again, or people would call me a witch; I was silenced.