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I cleaned the kitchen shelf with vigor. I dug the cloth into the bowl of water; I wrung it twice and started cleaning. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6GQktIONV
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All of a sudden, I started crying. This Thursday will make it two weeks since my baby girl left the house. I missed her so much. What made it worse was that I 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgu7m9TnJYa
couldn't even know how she was doing. I was in the dark about her well being. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNl6PKLaeza
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If she had been here, sitting down at the kitchen stool she would have stuck her nose in a book. Even if she didn't say a word to me, her presence was enough. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7fUA4m1rqb
"Honey, we have a visitor!" My husband shouted. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSaIypagBtQ
I sighed. Who was it this time? "I will be there in a 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWWVurhV3X
minute!" I assured him.596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1p5H32ahOo
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I rinsed my hands in the basin and quickly dabbed it on my apron as I hurried out of the kitchen. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvYn7k8GpL
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The visitor had his back turned to me, but I knew it was our District Pastor. What a pleasant surprise. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9iYCVULO2
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"Good day, sir," I curtsied as I greeted. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNm4YlZf5V9
He looked up with a smile lighting his features. "Ah, Sister in the lord. How are you?"596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTKqYjJW1F
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"I am doing well, sir," I said with a smile.596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgIr6EXEv9J
"What of your family? It's been long I saw your wife." 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYjatWfA0Oy
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"She has been extremely busy with church meetings and keeping the home," he explained.596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvXRB5XrPc
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I sighed. "I can't imagine but thank God for His grace to lead a good life."596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlutCQBGh7
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"Yes, yes. That's the most important...," he nodded continually. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVkzo9x2XnS
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"Welcome, sir."596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTEBgsepwBc
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"Thank you," he greeted cheerfully. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfE2633HR5
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I made a move to go.596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDX3MBu0zX
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"Don't go, Madam. I want to talk with you and your husband."596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2OYvsQPRj
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"Is there something wrong?" I queried.
"Not at all. Please sit down."596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtEWIXCDmg
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I sat down beside my husband on the couch. I exchanged looks with him. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAr5HYJQe4
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"It's about your commitment to church activities, he began. I have noticed that you both have been backsliding." 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTjD32o0Wb
I inwardly groaned as I pretended to smoothen up my apron. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfhs6y26Vd
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"We have been so busy with work," my husband said shortly. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡruaNlzForI
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The man smiled and said, "work isn't everything. God gave you that work you have now taken as your first love."596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYOaGAMhDb
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"I am sorry, pastor. Things have been hectic. We only manage to attend church services. But hopefully, we would start to attend service fully," he promised.596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWzl5jBWOm
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Pastor Ndubuisi just nodded. "I believe God is your strength. Start coming to church to feel the lasting impact of God. I haven't seen your daughter for two weeks now. Where is she?" He asked curiously. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1z6gopjkCv
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"Boarding school," my husband answered nervously. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYqhpNzzZE
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"Why?" The pastor exclaimed.
"My husband thought it was for the best since she was getting a bit fuzzy around us," I said to him. Shortly after, I forced a smile. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0GDQl4eNv7
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"Yes, she needed to be among her peers so that she can open up," I added.596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenxScktQb4
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I watched as Pastor Ndubuisi shook his head in disapproval. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsxRnjdYAe
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"I must say you've got it all wrong," he told us emphatically. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3y3FtOwwXa
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I watched as my husband squeezed his face in irritation. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hIBT9ClHe
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"Before you say a word, listen.” He held up his hand... “Her peers would make a move to her through friendship in school. But more than friends, she needs her parents' love. Taking her to boarding school is a life sentence, because of her condition."596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVRneUyPmD
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The room grew silent, with my husband and I deep in thought. At last, my husband sighed noisily. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUxRXTNOEK
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"What if we are making matters worse by pulling her close to us?" he asked.596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTR1IAxb9S
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Pastor Ndubisi smiled softly. "Do you now see the reason to come closer to God's throne? In that school, she would be bullied and therefore her autism won't go but stay."
"You have a point. I and my husband would come to the right decision about this as soon as possible."596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurCanvBh2i
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"Worldly people can't help her, but Godly people can. Always remember that. Read the epistles more for guidance," the pastor said, rising from his seat. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHxcf7IfRS
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"Won't you take anything, sir?" I asked in dismay. He smiled at me, took his Bible up, and said, "not at all, thank you. Let's pray."596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡun44ke4vLm
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I quickly used the shawl on my neck to cover my hair as we all bowed in prayer. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDfwdQSPPS
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"Dear Lord, I thank you for giving this family a second chance to know you more. Let them grow deeper through your word. Give them the wisdom to handle the affairs of their lives." He kept on praying for a while. Eventually, he closed. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Xa7wODhjt
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"Thank you so much, pastor, for coming," my husband said as they both shook hands. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngzbpHjdpW
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"We thank God for not leaving us empty in this world. Your little girl will be alright. But know that she needs all the love she can get," he admonished. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5EVB9deuq7
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"Greet mama for me." I was referring to his wife. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrpZPuYhVk
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When he had gone, my husband held me close to him. I rested my head on his chest. Times like these, it was really amazing that we had been married for 11 years and could still share such intimacy. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DpOfCpB7s
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"It will be fine. I am sure God will make a way. It isn't over until it's over. What's today's date?" He queried. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtp5oqtSm2Q
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I almost laughed at the question. Here we were, talking about an important issue and he was asking me today's date. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVphIyBQCeY
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"Saturday," I said softly, holding him close to me. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQj33QS3xBg
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"Just last two weeks Saturday we planned to take Gaby to boarding school and now we are planning to bring her back as a day student," he told me.596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhfvt67r8t
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"You mean, she is coming back here?" I almost shrieked. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcCU2v4qMyE
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He laughed at my reaction. "I know that's what you've been looking for." He touched the tip of my nose fondly. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizK9ye1PvB
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"Leave me joor," I said childishly. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoI7JA4WlHa
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I knew he wouldn't mind because he enjoyed it so much. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80YeYk02YB
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"I am never going to leave you alone," he vowed. We both had a good laugh over that. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLKKnaN7uy
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"Uhm, on a serious note...he scratched his beard... You need to make out time for services. You don't need all that stress at work anyway. It's my responsibility to make the money. Hopefully, by next month, I wouldn't be working like a maniac, so I can be with you and our apple. I miss her so much," he gushed. 596Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwFwMmUldLo
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"I would gladly do that and take her along. I miss her too." With that, I held him tighter.
