GEORGE HENRY, STAR Writer

Fay Robinson-Tee was a tomboy who loved cutting implements. Whether it was a knife, machete, or any other tool that could cause an incision, Robinson-Tee was bound to fall in love with it. But all that changed when she became a servant of the Lord 27 years ago.

"As a little girl, I was quite the dancer who really enjoyed music. I was also someone who loved cutting implements before I gave my life to the Lord, so you would always find me with a little knife - even if I had to put a handle on it myself - and I would always say 'Don't touch it'. If it was touched, then that's when you would get me fighting," shared the female evangelist.

Although not a troublemaker who went around with her knife, she said she enjoyed having the cutting tool, just like when she had a machete removing things from the ground.

Robinson-Tee summed up her dealings with knives as that of a tomboy.

"The only time anybody ever bled as a result of me was when my knife fell from one of my buttonholes because I never had a pocket in which to secure it. The knife fell and it was picked up by one of my cousins. She decided that she would not give it to me and I chased her down for it. I was unable to catch her and I found a pork bone in the bushes and threw it at her, and it hit her in her head because I had a good right hand. That resulted in her bleeding," said Robinson-Tee.

Born-again servant

Evangelist Fay Robinson-Tee is a member of the denominational body the Associated Gospel Assembly at Contrivance in Manchester. She has been part of that movement for more than five years and was appointed as an evangelist last year. Proud to be the wife of a pastor, Robinson-Tee has been a born- again servant of the Lord for almost 27 years.

Robinson-Tee said she grew up in a home where attending church was compulsory. She said that she lived near to a Baptist church, and her parents always insisted that whenever the bell at the worship centre rang each Sunday, then it was time for her and her siblings to move to church.

"I remember when some evangelists came from the United States to the Baptist church to do a crusade. I can remember Reverend Boucher came and he preached and some great hymns were sung at the time, and every night I went to the altar to say I was saved. Something was happening within me," recalled Robinson-Tee.

She went on say that there was a woman at the church, who is still alive today and in her late 90s, who was a wonderful person and who she wanted to be like.

"That woman was a great example of a person who was saved and living for the Lord, the only person I ever saw really moved in the Spirit, and as a little child, while others would laugh, I laughed once, but thereafter, I just could not laugh. Instead, what I found was a desire for what she had," noted the evangelist.

Controversy

She said that at the age of 12, she decided that she would give her heart to the Lord, even though she did not quite understood it. There was some amount of controversy about her being saved because persons said she was too young to serve the Lord and that she was not ready to so. But she defied the negative views and made it clear that she wanted to be baptised and eventually was on January 13, 1987.

"I do not agree with persons who believe that when a young child says he or she wants to be baptised that they should be denied. I looked at my life personally and I said given the dancer that I was, and even seeing now that I am a person doing music, the chances are, if I never gave my heart to the Lord back then, maybe I would have been lost today, maybe I would not even be alive now," stressed the church leader.

Robinson-Lee said her being an evangelist is no surprise because she has always wanted to be one - not like those who simply stand at a podium and preach, but one who goes out in communities and even plays games with youngsters and thereafter uses the principles of these games to bring across the message of the gospel.

"What's the goal of your life? The ultimate goal should be to be with Jesus. So how you play the game will determine where you end up and who wins," warned the evangelist.

The church woman's favourite Bible verse is Philippians 1:6. One of her favourite songs is My God Is Awesome.

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