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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. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5t9OTR5st
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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 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZeBGgzOqO
couldn't even know how she was doing. I was in the dark about her well being. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDGWTs6GRV
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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. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkQeZGIatm
"Honey, we have a visitor!" My husband shouted. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYyzPD2wN9l
I sighed. Who was it this time? "I will be there in a 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYeCAjmnABP
minute!" I assured him.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1zprkUCoP
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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. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvAwtNWOzp
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The visitor had his back turned to me, but I knew it was our District Pastor. What a pleasant surprise. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1Uzfy6DJj
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"Good day, sir," I curtsied as I greeted. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdyNjOhuSb
He looked up with a smile lighting his features. "Ah, Sister in the lord. How are you?"584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZT3dvCy3jH
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"I am doing well, sir," I said with a smile.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFwIOdko5w
"What of your family? It's been long I saw your wife." 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz26Rb81RLB
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"She has been extremely busy with church meetings and keeping the home," he explained.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3dJkJTq5Y
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I sighed. "I can't imagine but thank God for His grace to lead a good life."584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPhiMAKIPn
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"Yes, yes. That's the most important...," he nodded continually. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbsFbkE8YIC
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"Welcome, sir."584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCRhXjGK6E
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"Thank you," he greeted cheerfully. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9tOcykmFDV
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I made a move to go.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1OCSJq113
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"Don't go, Madam. I want to talk with you and your husband."584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71H1xreKgI
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"Is there something wrong?" I queried.
"Not at all. Please sit down."584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkuloID7wGR
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I sat down beside my husband on the couch. I exchanged looks with him. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxiuYeImoK
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"It's about your commitment to church activities, he began. I have noticed that you both have been backsliding." 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQS9yxd7dZ
I inwardly groaned as I pretended to smoothen up my apron. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAdo7nYnW0
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"We have been so busy with work," my husband said shortly. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡemAj8LiaQY
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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."584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaydYnPgBB
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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.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXUM1rP551
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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. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbEprlAwK8R
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"Boarding school," my husband answered nervously. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cfOsH00Fs
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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. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsvrH0VQuY
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"Yes, she needed to be among her peers so that she can open up," I added.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNJ58yNHon
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I watched as Pastor Ndubuisi shook his head in disapproval. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUj6Munc4cE
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"I must say you've got it all wrong," he told us emphatically. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvjvFeUvwn
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I watched as my husband squeezed his face in irritation. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUoOGoPZed
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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."584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRBqUFZVJm
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The room grew silent, with my husband and I deep in thought. At last, my husband sighed noisily. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1wAuEUwxA
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"What if we are making matters worse by pulling her close to us?" he asked.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCXhAOhack
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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."584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKh8eYRvwA
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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. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡffTvl0nVDj
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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."584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYhvrEtbzE
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I quickly used the shawl on my neck to cover my hair as we all bowed in prayer. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wivNExsvl
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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. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbEgzu0FQl
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"Thank you so much, pastor, for coming," my husband said as they both shook hands. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsaEzGNB7kL
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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. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3WLkNCCkR
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"Greet mama for me." I was referring to his wife. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7cLw4qbBDI
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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. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqtAmkr7EQ
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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. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9tRIcGl1SY
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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. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtp43115HwW
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"Saturday," I said softly, holding him close to me. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVBJ5yjL43
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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.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUhbuqgfVJ
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"You mean, she is coming back here?" I almost shrieked. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVUuwWLxh0
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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. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaRPYjyAvD
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"Leave me joor," I said childishly. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36l4NkxlrJ
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I knew he wouldn't mind because he enjoyed it so much. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGh8WezdakS
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"I am never going to leave you alone," he vowed. We both had a good laugh over that. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWaY4sJkOQB
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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. 584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxw4itGJOc
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"I would gladly do that and take her along. I miss her too." With that, I held him tighter.
