EPISODE
FOUR
At
age 19, I had to start thinking of how to survive on my own. In tears I fell
asleep under a mango tree. I had a dream, I saw a building very beautiful well
furnished. It was demolished right in front of me and I was asked to rebuild it
to a better structure with better furniture and house hold equipment in it. I
wasn’t giving any tool to work with just a shovel. So, I started digging and as
I dug, more hands appeared and helped me digging. Then I woke up. I knew that
was God answering me.
When morning came,
I left the city and walked to the next city and the next looking around for a
job vacancy. I saw one which read “house help needed”. I went in to the house
immediately, I met the mother of the house at home who interviewed me. I
narrated my story to her though reluctant to give me the job, she asked me to
wait for her husband to be back from work. So I stayed their till evening when
her husband returned. He agreed that I should be given the job after all I
could do all the house chores and cook. It was a family of six, four children
with the father and mother. My life took another new turn as I became bounded
to Mr. and Mrs. Ogah and family.
Two
weeks passed by the Ogahs were happy with me. We moved along like a family. Mr.
Ogah was transferred to Niger State, so we all had to move to Niger State.
Getting transfer for his children was not a big problem as they were on holiday
and were to enter a new class by September. Rita the first child, was 16 years
and was going to S.S. 3, Peter, 13 years old, was going to J.S 3, Edward, 10
years old, was going to J.S.1 and Victor, 8 years old, was going to primary 4.
I went with them to Niger State and I was really becoming a full member of the
family.
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