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FINDING ALEX 2...Knocking again

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3 months later, slight headache and cramps in the office, bleeding by the time I got home, it was gone. I cried my eyes out, prayed, even lost my appetite. my mum had to come and stay with me. This was one of my lowest moment, felt like I took a hit and didn’t know how to get up. After a while, I got better and resumed work.   One beautiful Saturday morning, while I was cashing in on extra morning sleep, my cousin Larai called and was sharing something from her devotion; she said “God will do things at his time, not by how much you pray and fast” . I almost wished she never told me that, but I never lost my faith, i consoled myself that she meant it from a good place. Towards the end of that year my parents went to Shiloh and I knew they were praying for me, they returned reassuring me, that it will be well. This was my seventh year, towards the end of January, a pastor friend of mine came visiting while he was on an assignment in town. He prayed and said this is my

FINDING ALEX...

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It was another late night, trying to submit an assignment and term paper. Ignoring the sound of my alarm and snoozing on, I barely made it for the last 15minutes of the first lecture but just in time for the submissions. I struggled with sleep for most part of the lecture, my delight came as the last lecturer for the day left the class, I sluggishly got up to keep my appointment with my dissertation supervisor . I knocked on his door after exchanging pleasantries with his secretary.  just then power went off and he said come in, I stepped into his office, my eyes struggling to adjust to the dimness and unable to see much but figures ; slowly moving closer to his table when he called my name “Murna” and tapped me on my shoulder from behind, I trembled in utter shock, shouting “Jesus” and almost stumbling . T he lights came on and my old school Jeff was on one knee, talking but I only heard “right where it started”. And there goes the sleep I was hoping to get after seeing my