Join me in celebrating the life of Israella, Prophet Shepherd Bushiri says as he announces the death of his eight-year-old daughter in a Facebook post on Monday, 29 March 2020.
Bushiri, a Malawian Christian preacher, motivational speaker and businessman who heads the Enlightened Christian Gathering based in South Africa, said Saint Israella died after a few weeks of battling a lung infection in the Intensive Care Unit of a Kenyan hospital on Monday morning.
Police authority in Malawi was said to have earlier delayed Isabella seeking medical help after they blocked the prophet’s children; cousin Esther Bushiri; and mother-in-law Magdalena Zgambo from departing from Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe in a private air ambulance.
They were, however, later granted permission to travel by the government.
Announcing Israella’s demise, Bushiri described her as a strong young girl who loved to worship and serve God despite her young age. He added that his wife and he chose not to mourn her but to celebrate her life.
“Family, join me, not in mourning as those without hope but in celebrating the life of Saint Israella. She shall always be remembered and forever carried in our hearts,” he wrote on Facebook.
See Shepherd Bushiri’s full statement below:
