God blessed Mary's work in cannibal land and more and more people were won for Jesus. Chief Onoyom stayed true to his faith.
"Come," he said to his people, "we must build a church here at Akani
Obio. Let us go to the jungle and cut down trees for the house of God."
Chief Onoyom and his people went to the woods. The chief went to a tree and got ready to cut it down.
"Chief," they cried, "you are not going to cut that tree, are you? You know that is the juju tree."
"I know it is the juju tree," said Onoyom, "and I am going to chop it down."
"The juju will be angry. He will not let us. He will kill us," cried the people.
"Ma's God is stronger than our juju," said Chief Onoyom. "Cut it down."
The people began to chop. The trunk of the tree was thick. After a while they stopped.
"See, we cannot cut it," they said.
The heathen natives were glad.