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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. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CLwNlZzPD
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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 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡntK6Kxykpd
couldn't even know how she was doing. I was in the dark about her well being. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRs4jpUxss7
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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. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBTuROiA5D
"Honey, we have a visitor!" My husband shouted. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RZLrHnmzG
I sighed. Who was it this time? "I will be there in a 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Ds0uLyR4n
minute!" I assured him.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRrOg70xEj
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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. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbej26UeRvn
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The visitor had his back turned to me, but I knew it was our District Pastor. What a pleasant surprise. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeqeq89tGqo
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"Good day, sir," I curtsied as I greeted. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZxhNnnv6U
He looked up with a smile lighting his features. "Ah, Sister in the lord. How are you?"1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHCAk0Acz0
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"I am doing well, sir," I said with a smile.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Ws6H5WeM8
"What of your family? It's been long I saw your wife." 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrNW8n5LaC
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"She has been extremely busy with church meetings and keeping the home," he explained.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lkxduehoV
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I sighed. "I can't imagine but thank God for His grace to lead a good life."1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVUR3Zio3p
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"Yes, yes. That's the most important...," he nodded continually. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡavfkAMWLzZ
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"Welcome, sir."1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEsohYQoye7
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"Thank you," he greeted cheerfully. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIx81Wd8DLR
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I made a move to go.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fCBUhgr7Y
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"Don't go, Madam. I want to talk with you and your husband."1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhIJSAOLxu
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"Is there something wrong?" I queried.
"Not at all. Please sit down."1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoAplmnoWIh
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I sat down beside my husband on the couch. I exchanged looks with him. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4bB0845aGc
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"It's about your commitment to church activities, he began. I have noticed that you both have been backsliding." 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKepOJCJwx
I inwardly groaned as I pretended to smoothen up my apron. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyjWaRIbyAB
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"We have been so busy with work," my husband said shortly. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKfvWkF9jD
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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."1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuOakWu8xu
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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.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXILDKV40EM
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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. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0oTxgpZyVm
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"Boarding school," my husband answered nervously. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0cbwY7ibm
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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. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwANH2QXocy
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"Yes, she needed to be among her peers so that she can open up," I added.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5xV2t53x5
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I watched as Pastor Ndubuisi shook his head in disapproval. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8JoWUoBMq
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"I must say you've got it all wrong," he told us emphatically. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6uzdCGrQsL
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I watched as my husband squeezed his face in irritation. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvt92wFDPPr
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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."1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgqVUGBGWZ
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The room grew silent, with my husband and I deep in thought. At last, my husband sighed noisily. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzuQAWIeSx
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"What if we are making matters worse by pulling her close to us?" he asked.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxtvcmZbu7L
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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."1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIbXLutHI1K
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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. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rFbqR9CE5
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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."1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysjiV7JOW0
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I quickly used the shawl on my neck to cover my hair as we all bowed in prayer. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrEXXJjjmrv
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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. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNkGg8bmniA
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"Thank you so much, pastor, for coming," my husband said as they both shook hands. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87Dj6VsFlD
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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. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2ECzp7xHR
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"Greet mama for me." I was referring to his wife. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5dh8g2gRsP
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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. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Hg8PEK5m3
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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. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fjPD2cSXo
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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. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMD0jDLeNlN
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"Saturday," I said softly, holding him close to me. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTa3i0opha
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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.1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUVWodoiiE
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"You mean, she is coming back here?" I almost shrieked. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLadWqiN95y
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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. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZraGNC7V2
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"Leave me joor," I said childishly. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jEKJWF3Ux
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I knew he wouldn't mind because he enjoyed it so much. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCvvqX1mLD
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"I am never going to leave you alone," he vowed. We both had a good laugh over that. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4DtdQueImj
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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. 1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3h0zQU7CLX
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"I would gladly do that and take her along. I miss her too." With that, I held him tighter.
and then Add to home screen.