PART 4

“MY FATHER’S FARMLAND”

©?Opeyemi Ojerinde Akintunde

It felt like a red carpet had been pulled from under the trio’s legs. They had
been living a good life, eating good food, dressing well, having someone they
could call “Mother”, But all of a sudden their Angel in human form was under
serious health attack.
Oba took it upon himself to sensitize his sisters on the need to pray. They
started their 3 days fasting and Prayer in school praying for God to heal Miss
Johnson by His Healing power…

The trio took the program very seriously, but on the third day, they heard
bad news. Miss Johnson’s PA had called Oba that Miss Johnson wasn’t
getting any better and needed to be flown outside the country for better
health treatment. The P.A told Oba, Miss Johnson asked to see him.
Oba and his siblings travelled down to see their Angel in human form.
Oh my!, Miss Johnson looked like a shadow of herself, she looked so frail…

Ope couldn’t control her tears as she kept wailing… Ola and Oba were also
tearing up…
“ Why should bad things happen to good people?” Ope kept saying very
loudly amidst tears.
Miss Johnson didn’t have the strength to say much, all she said was…

“ I am travelling to get better treatment and I hope to come back soon by the
Grace of God, but If I don’t, I want you to take care of yourselves… As part of
fulfilling my promise, I have made provision for your one-year school fees.
Hopefully, I will return before the end of the session God willing…” Miss
Johnson said as her P.A handed over a brown envelope to Oba.
The trio knew this was an indirect Goodbye to Miss Johnson, they knew she
was settling them. Looking at Miss Johnson on that bed, the trio knew it
would only take God’s Grace for her to survive that phase…
Ope hung on to her crying…, Ola did same but Oba faced the wall in tears…
“ God, please for the sake of the good this woman has done, please save her
life…”

“ Jesus did a lot of good things, but when it was time for him to leave his
disciples for a while, that they may grow… I took him away…” Oba heard
those words very clearly in his heart. He froze on the spot. He had never
heard God, he had always followed his conscience in doing the right things,
but for the first time, He heard God speak to him…
“ Did God know about this sickness, Was God permitting Miss Johnson’s exit
from their lives?”
Oba Couldn’t Help his tears… He started wailing, even more than his
sisters…Miss Johnson and her P.A also joined in.
He knew this was time for him and his sisters to brace up. God had given
them temporary relief from their pains, but now was the time to grow and
take charge of their lives. Miss Johnson was a “ Stop & Rest Inn” on their
road-trip.
The trio left Miss Johnson after about an hour because other beneficiaries
were waiting at the reception to see her. The Trio understood that Miss
Johnson wanted to settle all her beneficiaries before she embarked on her
trip as she may not return…
From what the trio gathered, Miss Johnson had sold some of her properties
as the treatment of cancer had gulped her finances.
No matter how much money one makes in this life, when you are about to
die, you won’t take it along with you..” Ola said out loud as she was the one
who always thought about money as the ultimate thing to have in life…
“ I will always remember that in my quest for money!” Ola said, still the only
one talking as the trio walked towards the park.
“ No wonder Bible states that Vanity upon Vanity..” Oba said…
Ope was the most shattered amongst the trio. All she could think about was
her vision of the media. How was she going to fulfil her dreams???
“Why is God so unfair to us, Why????” Ope screamed out in the middle of the
road as she broke down crying…

She wanted to die, She wanted life to just end?
“Where were they going from here? What if Miss Johnson did not survive
this sickness, how were they going to complete their education? She had only
given them school fees for a year, what about the remaining two years…?

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