Preacher and wife of Rev Eastwood Anaba, Rev Rosemond Anaba, has opened up about the emotional trauma she experienced after losing two of her children.

Speaking about the painful period in her life during the Women Redefined Conference held on March 14, 2026, Rev Anaba recounted how she constantly prayed using Psalm 91, asking for God’s protection over her children before tragedy struck.

“I chewed Psalm 91 every time praying for God to be with them, let them dwell in the secret place of the most high… This thing happens, and I'm like, God, what should I do?” she said.

According to her, the loss left her feeling deep shame and emotional distress, particularly because of how she perceived people in her community reacted to her situation.

“I felt so much shame. I don't know whether you've been there before, where you feel shame. You are a Christian walking with God, and all of a sudden, this happens, and then the town you are in, people are laughing at you.

"I don't know, but I could feel people hooting at me, so anytime I'm walking about, I turn around to see who the people are,” she said.

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The preacher further revealed that the emotional burden became so overwhelming that she considered leaving town completely.

“But I remember one time it got so bad that my husband traveled, came back, and then I told him I wanted to leave town,” she said.

However, she explained that her intention was not to relocate to another city but to isolate herself entirely from people.

“He asked me, ‘Do you want to go to be in Accra for some time?’ I said no, I want to go into the bush. I want to go to a place where there are no human beings. I want to go to a place where I won't hear the hooting and the shame,” she recounted.

Rev Anaba added that at the time she felt so overwhelmed that she struggled to continue her ministry.

“I said, don't you see they are hooting at me? Don't you see, I feel shame. I can't even lift a microphone anymore,” she said.

She disclosed that her husband later prayed for her and helped her overcome the difficult emotional period.

“I remember that day he had to do a whole deliverance on me. He had to pray over me, but then after that, I became okay,” she said.

Reflecting on the experience, Rev Rosemond Anaba noted that life often presents difficult seasons but emphasised that prayer helped her endure the painful moment.

“But all I'm saying is we have our seasons, we have our times, so one moment you have four children, the next time they become two, and then you're like, what happened, what went wrong? But in all of it, what saved me was the prayer. Your ability to be able to stay quiet in His presence and hear what He has to tell you,” she added.



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