An Invitation was Honoured

The day started as soon as I opened my eyes to the bright morning which shone right through my room, I realised it was another week and a Sunday dedicated to worship in the presence of the Lord for a few hours. The first thing I did was to appreciate God for another life and a chance to continue living a good life. Immediately, I remembered I'd promised someone last week that I would attend her church and I do not want to disappoint her. She is a staff and like a mother at my PPA and she has kept reminding me to attend one of their church programmes and she assured me I would enjoy it.

I took my phone to check the day's devotion, swiped into WhatsApp to check if there were any unreplied messages of which I got one from this woman who asked if I would be coming, I replied with a smiling emoji that I would be coming. I said a little prayer, and then removed my nighties and wrapped myself with a towel to dash into the bathroom. As I stepped out of my room, they brought the light. I remembered that they had bought a new transformer after many years of being in total darkness where the ones who could afford solars and generators to power their homes with light did. I was excited because this town would start having light now. I quickly plugged in my phone which was already at 12%, although I was already using my power bank to charge.

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Going to this new church I was invited to would make me not attend the one opposite my apartment which is the church for the oldies. Since I got to this church, I have been wanting a youth church where the vibe would be felt. I looked for a Redeemed Christian Church of God around the area but couldn't find one and because the pastor in charge of this church gave me an apartment in the pastorate building, I decided to attend theirs but was still hoping I get to see a church that I preferred especially a youth one.

At exactly 8:20 am, I left the home as I was told service starts by 8 and ends by 10 am. I waited 20 minutes more to take pictures and do some shots on Snapchat, and that took time. I got to the church so quickly as I called for a bike that took me there. Oh my God, I saw the vibe and flow in the programme. The church comprises youth members who are polytechnic students and corpers including some parents too. I felt the vibe and instantly, I knew this was the kind of atmosphere I wanted. The service ended at 10:30 am and that was because they had to attend to the newcomers which I was among. The church's name is Living Faith which is also called Winners founded by Bishop David Oyedepo. That would be my first time attending winners.

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Till I got home yesterday, I was feeling so excited and started thinking of how to start attending the church. A paper was given to me while in the church to fill in. There was a part where I was asked if I would be a member of the church, it's either I picked Yes or No, but I left it blank intentionally as I haven't decided yet. I would want to be attending this church but not being a full member, and at the same time, I do not want to leave the first church I have been attending where I was given an apartment, even though I paid for it. I was stuck in between but before the end of the day, I got my decision which is to divide the Sundays into two in a month; two Sundays for the first church and the other two for the new one because I want to feel the vibe than to be among the oldies — I believe you know the difference.

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I prepared a nice meal, ate and slept off. Actually, I was watching a movie on Netflix when I slept off. I woke up to the sound of those hosting political meetings behind the house which they do every Sunday afternoon. A call came in from a friend I met in the town who promised to bring me chinchin which she is selling and that I needed to have a taste of it so I could be patronising her. Yes, I tasted the snack and discovered how sweet it was. I bought some worth #250 from her and promised to start patronising her.

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Towards the evening, I started feeling uneasy and my mood changed immediately but I tried not to feel unmotivated and decided to play some music from my phone and my mood got lit up. I guess it was the extreme heat that has gotten into me and made it like everything that evening was just like me forcing things to happen. I took a short nap and started engaging on Hive with my system which has been fully charged.

In the end, the day was amazing and that was because I honoured the invitation and got wowed to see the kind of church I wanted — a youth and vibrant church where I could get to meet friends and also socialise. I would want the same energy I had yesterday to continue this week and hopefully learn more things along the line. Someone has promised to take me around the polytechnic in the town so I can know some places. I am looking forward to that.

_{Both images belongs to me}