The Haphazard Search
Brother Ire got saved at the age of 13 years while in the secondary school in Semilore town.
Semilore town according to historians was the first village was the first village to be founded in the North-East of Igbayi country. The village knew rapid growth those years because of its location. Soon it became the biggest town in the 100 square miles. As the number of the people of the world increase people started migrating towards Semilore’s location and they will contact the headship of Semilore to give them where to settle down at. Semilore leaders after deliberations started giving those migrants places to settle down at and start their trade there. This was how about 12 villages emerged out of the 100 square miles radius of the land that initially belonged to Semilore town.
When colonial masters started moving to the North-East of Igbayi country (then they have not been merged up to become a country), it was those new towns that were easily accessible, the leaders of those new towns parleyed with the colonial headships and things started to hit the deck for the Semilore town and her inhabitants.
New things, technological advancements started entering the country of Igbayi but as they entered into the country the leaderships of those new towns did not allow them to get to the town of Semilore.
Soon the population of the people living in Semilore town started diminishing as inhabitants of the town started migrating to other towns, those towns where technology has been well structured, grounded and established. In fact, the leaderships of Semilore cannot do anything without going to Orey town where the colonial masters have made their temporary headquarter (or capital).
This was how Semilore experienced setbacks and became a third-class town within Igbayi country while other towns witnessed tremendous growth and development.
How Education Entered
It was 5 decades after education has been introduced and established in Orey town before the people of Semilore started to sniff the odour of education in the town.
Education eventually entered Semilore town entered through one of her indigenes, Mr Iyo, who migrated to Orey town and has returned home. After graduating from one of the colleges of Education in Orey town, he decided to take education to his country home. It took him a while to convince his people to accept education. He started the kindergarten and primary school in the town. He was able to nurse the school for 10 years. After the graduation of the first set in the school, Mr. Iyo died.
The people of Semilore mourned him for months because they knew that was a major set back for the town.
None of the indigenes who migrated to Orey town returned to Semilore town except Mr. Iyo. From the little the graduates he produced had learnt they started teaching the upcoming people and other who were interested how to read and write.
Missionaries in Town
They were on this when missionaries entered Semilore with the Gospel message. The missionaries were happy that there was a school in the town. They searched for those who were in charge of the school and after deliberations decided to partner with them in passing knowledge into the lives of the people within the town.
One of the missionaries while leaving the town after about 10 years that he had been in the town with others decided to leave the town. While leaving the town he took along with him two people to his country. When they got to the man’s country, those people he sponsored to school. After their graduation those people decided to return to Semilore town to help in building her education system because “education is light and freedom” they said. Through these people, secondary school began in the town when it was 10th decade after education has been established in Orey town.
Messer Sunday and Monday who were the people taken away by the missionary some years back popularly called “destined twins” by people of Semilore town. They were of different parents and the difference in their age was 24 hours. One was born on Sunday while the second was given birth to the following day. Incidentally they resemble each other which thence makes it look as if truly they were twins.
Before the destined twins returned to Semilore town, they had gotten married to foreigners where they have schooled. Their wives were also missionaries and educated, they decided to return to Semilore town with their husbands.
When they got to Semilore town they started secondary school and the people of the town were glad that such could start in their town after long wait. They were happy because the beginning of the school would prevent them from losing their children to Orey and other towns that have secondary schools.
The people of the town on seeing what the destined twins were doing promised to give them all they need to ensure that the school makes appreciable growth in all ramifications.
As this school started the destined twin’s family started fellowship in their school teaching the children and other members of staff the ways of the Lord because when they know God from their teenage days it would be near impossible if not totally impossible for them to leave the way when they come of age.
The destined twins left the town after 15 years of the secondary school’s birth on a missionary trip to another country and it was the believe of the people of Semilore that they must have returned with their wives to their country and died there.
This was how secondary school fellowship began in Semilore town and those who were establishing schools in the town afterwards allow for fellowships in their schools.
People, teachers in Semilore town have maintained this act. It was during one of the fellowship days that brother Ire gave his life to Jesus Christ. He became vibrant in the school’s fellowship till he finished from there and left for University of Oriyomi where he graduated as a computer scientist. After his graduation he started to work as one of the analysts in a company.
Aching Heart
As a person who has been brought up by a morally sound parents before being saved he had been taught that it is wrong to have sex with ladies and should wait until he is ready for marriage, because according to his parents having sex with people you are not married to will have negative impact on your destiny as it did for Samson the mighty in the bible. He did not want this to become his lot that was why he had kept himself even when his friends at the age of ten, started experimenting with sex, he told himself that he won’t follow their path because his parents have warned him against that.
He maintained his status until he heard the gospel in the school that only Jesus can help him get to heaven. He desires to get to the beautiful place being painted to all by teacher Rubber in the fellowship that day and he gave his heart to Jesus Christ.
Ever since then has he been maintaining himself, keeping his organ under control.
In his university days when others were becoming involved with ladies he did not, he only see ladies as colleagues and casual friends, nothing deeper than that. Sometimes when he saw ladies that his heart is attracted to, he would brush it off his heart sooner than expected.
When he graduated from the university and he started working that was when his parents started mounting pressure on him to get marry.
Before this time, he has not attached much importance to the issue of marriage because he thought God will make it happen at its time.
When he told his parents this, his parents told him that there is no better time than that time because he now has a job and could take care of his family if he gets married at that time.
When he heard this, he started being on the look out for a lady to be married to. He however discovered that all the ladies he met he did not have feelings for those ladies and those he thinks he had feelings for were either married or engaged. “I cannot just marry anyone”, he said to himself, “I do not want to end my life like Samson the mighty”, he hushed to himself. This continued to be his heart ache and daily prayer.
Relationship Sites
After many attempts at getting a partner but no progress, he noticed that he had been seeing different relationship sites on the internet and he asked himself one day, “why not give this relationship sire a trial?” Torrents of thoughts started coming to his heart of what he had heard people say about such sites. People have been saying that on-line dating does not work some say you cannot get a decent lady on the internet let alone getting a Christian. I need more than a decent lady; can I get a lady of my faith, a Christian on the internet? People say all those relationship sites are pornographic sites, a “Delilahic” site. Should I listen to them or I should give it a trial? Should I wait a little bit longer? But for how long will I wait? My parents are on my neck. These and more he continued to think about and after a while he said, after all, I would not be tied down to the site neither would anyone be tied to the site if what one is seeking for could not be found there. If I do not see what I like, I would leave the site he said. After all these inner arguments with self, he resolved that he would attempt those sites.
He got registered to one of the sites and the initial information on the site almost puts him off. The information is that many of the ladies on that site do not want intimate relationship with anyone, all they wanted was fun, someone they will have fun with. He though got registered to the site with the hope that he would get someone, a lady like himself on the site.
After registering at the site he kept on trying other sites telling himself that may be by this I may get a Christian dating site, after all other religions have their dating sites or may be I will get lucky anyway people have said those with a genuine mind are usually lucky because God does sees their heart and he would not allow their feet to slip. There are pressures within and without I just need to be lucky.
At Last
He kept registering to different single and relationship sites and when he sees anything contrary, he will pull out of the site. After several trials but nothing cropped up, he got tired of all the sites and said to himself that God does not want him to use the avenue. I have tried my best now and I think all I have heard about these sites are true, they are not meant for people like me, and more importantly Christians he said.
He deserted those sites and started thinking about ladies within his vicinity as well as ladies within his fellowship, trusting that God would push one along his path soon.
He has been on this for a while until he received an email from lady Bayu Bay from the continent of Possibility one day. The lady was from another continent and claimed to have been on the dating site he is and has been able to go through his profile there and would love to be friends with him if he would not mind that. She is an engineer by profession born to engineer and engineer (Mrs.) Bay. She also joined the dating sites because her job has been more of the internet and she was thinking how and where she could get someone to love since she spends great time on the internet daily. She wants a man who will stay with her a sincere man, not a divorcee.
Ire did not know whether what he was reading was true or false, but he thinks it is good than nothing, he has to give this a trial and immediately this that he wants to give a trial is getting cold he will back off.
That was how everything started, and they began to exchange mails. For ten months they had been on this until they decided to meet face to face.
Ire has been saving for an international seminar that is being organized by Microsoft. He told lady Bayu about the seminar, lady Bayu told him that she received notification about the seminar but had decided that she will not be going, but if he will be attending, she will have to arrange how to be there too so that they will see face to face. The agreement to meet at the next Microsoft seminar was concluded.
Ire applied for visa and he was granted, he travelled out for the seminar. Lady Bayu has a friend close to where the seminar would take place and she has been in the country two days before the seminar, staying with her friend.
Ire and lady Bayu met at the seminar. They contacted each other through their social media network at the seminar. There they accessed themselves and talk more. For the whole length of the seminar days, Lady Bayu and Ire were always together.
Lady Bayu’s friend also got to know Ire before they finished the seminar. Whatever has a beginning will sure have an end. The seminar ended and they departed for their respective countries.
Now, they talked and chat better.
Two months after the seminar Ire officially asked lady Bayu if she could be married to him. There was no hesitation in her response to him. Ire and lady Bayu got married 4 months after the seminar and they have been living together since.
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