I was invited to lunch with a dear brother and his wife who were both widely travelled. The table looked great and inviting. There was just a challenge- the only thing I recognised on the table was potatoes. How would I eat what I was not familiar with? I had an option of keeping quiet and playing along or staying […]
There was a time when we needed to get some electrical work done in the ministry. I was discussing this with the church engineer. He has come up with a solution that I felt was too expensive. We stood in the church hall and were considering solutions. Just like a light bulb, I saw what we needed to do. Amazingly, […]
A dear brother of mine called me after a meeting and said, “I need to tell you something”. He mentioned that I kept repeating a particular phrase that was not honourable enough especially when addressing people I was meant to honour. It was a dear teacher who pointed it out to him. First, I expressed my gratitude to him for […]
In the year 2012, I decided to spend my third Saturday every year in a mini-retreat. I would leave the house as early as 6 am and return at about 1 pm. I would not consider an invitation that fell on the third Saturday of the month. I would rather be in retreat, and not anywhere else. During that season, […]
We were getting the girls set one morning when Danielle said, “It has been a while since we had devotion in this house. Daddy, why?” I did not know how to respond. I simply said, “We will resume family devotion tomorrow”. The truth was, we had gotten so soaked in activities that made us abandon our routine. We no longer […]
At another time, someone shared that when anyone heard that my Dad was serving on the board of a financial institution, they were more willing to invest. Beloved, never joke with your credibility. Credibility is goodwill. Credibility is the blessing of a good name. There are names that open doors. There are names that close doors. No matter how powerful […]
My father, in the faith, shared with us about a time when they had a capital-building project they trusted the Lord for. When he took the matter to the Lord in prayers, the Lord told the ministry to build a church at a particular mission field. They obeyed. The moment they finished building the church in the mission field, the […]
One day, I was trying to reverse the car and accidentally got one of the tyres at the back into a drainage. I was stuck. I did not know what to do. Then someone showed up, an elderly man who had experience driving. He looked at the situation and requested that I pull out the car jack. Someone else fitted […]
During the economic crisis in the early 90s, when we had to cook with sawdust stoves and invent different things, we also had a shortage of supplies. However, as kids, we did not know. Mum would send us hunting for slightly ripe mangoes. She would cook vegetables, and when they were almost done, she would cut huge chunks of mangoes […]
Danielle had been with Mum in the kitchen- clearing dishes alongside. It was a sweet adventure for her. Mum was also making Moin-Moin (a delicious delicacy made from blended beans that taste amazing when cooked in special leaves), and she was helping with the process. At a point, Mum had to relieve Danielle of some of the technical parts of […]
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