Gratitude To God

Happy Easter to My esteemed Read cash readers and sponsors. I hope y'all are having a nice day. As Christians, the Easter period is a time in which we commemorate the rising of our Lord and Personal Savior, Jesus Christ, from the dead. He left His comfort zone in Heaven as the son of God and took it upon himself to die for his people on the cross of Calvary. 
    
 While in Church yesterday, the moderator made an announcement to signal the congregation that it was time for testimonies. When the statement was made, I transitioned into a state of sober reflection, and I began to reminisce on all the things that the Lord has done for me all through this year, of which I'm not worthy enough to be at it's receiving end.
   In my academics he has been so good, in my family he has been so good, His guidance and protection has been sufficient.

THE UNIVERSITY GAMES EXPERIENCE

  Sometime last month, I and some students went to represent my school at the National University Games (NUGA), that took place at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Nigeria. I played volleyball. The journey from our school down to the University of Lagos, lasted for about 18 hours. We left around 8am and got there by 2am the next day. When we got to the University, we were mandated to do a reconfirmatory COVID-19 test to confirm the genuineness of the one we did in school. It was part of the criteria that ought to be met before being allowed into the school premises and allocated bedspaces. 
The test lasted for 3 hours and by the time we were done, it was already 5am in the morning, just 3 hours short of the 24hour mark. 

The University games was generally a success, even though it didn't particularly finish on a good note for my side as we were eliminated in the group stages of the competition. 

DEPARTURE

When the University games were concluded, The director of Sport passed an information that we would be leaving for school first thing the next morning. The departure time was 5am and he asked that we get our things ready before the said time. 
I got everything ready for the travel back to our school in Uyo, Nigeria.

 When all was set and done, the driver started up the engine, marched the accelerator, warmed up the engine, and set the car in motion. Just 3 minutes after the car was set in motion, it stopped working. The driver tried starting it again, all to no avail, he did all he could to get the engine on again, but everything proved futile. It was at this stage that it occurred to me that this journey was going to be a long, long one. 
They called in a mechanic, who managed to get the engine on again. When it came on, we were so happy because we thought that it won't go off again. As soon as the driver drove the vehicle into the suburb of Lagos, it went off again. I didn't really know what the problem was but the car kept going off intermittently. 

SCARY TIMES

At a time, the car stopped in the middle of an unknown forest and considering the level of Insecurity in the country, anything could have happened. I quietly bowed my head and said a word of prayer. We spent over 45 minutes at this location before the driver could get the engine rolling again. As God may have it, the driver later found a way of keeping the engine rolling without it going off, and that was how we managed till we arrived Uyo at exactly 2am. That summed up to a total of 20hrs on the road.

GRATITUDE

I was so grateful to God that we got to our destination safely without any harm. At that point where we stopped in that forest, anything could have happened.

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APRIL 18, 2022.