I woke up early in the morning to attend the camp meeting. As I arranged, I went to our point where we were all going to be picked from. This place is opposite our stationery shop. As I got there, I realized that the shop was open, things displaced all over. It was at that moment that i realized we had been robbed. I wondered for a minute why the thieves did that more especially on a day I wanted to go worship my God at the camp meeting. The next thing on my mind was, if i should wake up the land-lady and inform her of the development at the shop. My final decision was not to disturb the land-lady and her family and also not to disturb my worship mood, that made me to just push the door and proceeded with my journey as though nothing happened.
When we were set we traveled as a team, I told nobody of what had happened. My mood was high spirited as though I never had anything bothering my mind. On our arrival at the campsite, smiling faces of men and women of God welcomed us. The smiling deacons showed us our way to the chapel. The man of God, the preacher preached with high favor and all my problems seemed never to have ever existed. Christ was in me and in everyone.
When the day was done in the evening, we drove back home. It was at this moment that I decided to visit my good land-lady. With a sad face, she looked into my eyes and told me that we had been robbed. I smiled and said I know that we have been robbed but let us praise God that this had happened as the faith was being tested. It took us a day after to get to know what had gone missing as we worried not because the lord was in control.
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