EBIERE 12
“Hello, beautiful sister, welcome to church. This must be your first time, I have never seen your face before.” A pretty young lady said to me, all in one breath with a very large and infectious smile on her face. “Hi, I replied smiling back “I attended your Christmas service, but this is my first Sunday service.” “Oh! Interesting”. Idehen was such a vibrant young woman and she seemed so full of life that I couldn’t help but envy her. That was how a friendship that was to alter the course of my life began. Idehen, a young lady of 25 had just completed her Masters degree in Japan. She moved back to Nigeria a month before we met. She came to see me the following week and mehn! She was so easy to talk to. I shared all my ‘dark secrets’ with her without fear. Before she left, she gave me a book titled “The Prodigal Father” authored by a certain Rev. Craig Omorotionmwan. I was confused, I had heard of the prodigal son, but never of the prodigal father but Idehen promised that it...