Five years mom ... five long years that I have not been able to touch you. Five years of asking why, with no answers. Five years of wishing I could just see you one last time, and tell you thanks for all the things you did for me and my family. Five years full of ifs.... mom, I know you can only be in a better place. I can feel ur presence in out midst all the time. I stand in awe of all that you were ... ur journey was so full of life, love and family. Continue to watch over us. Love u mommy.

Today is January 9th, your 57th. birthday anniversary.  I am sure you are celebrating this day in Heaven with the Angels, and with your husband by your side. Happy birthday, Aggie. We miss you.

J Nkemnji 

My dearest mommy,

I came here today to thank you for your constant presence in our lives. My siblings and I celebrated my graduation from Pharmacy school, a journey which could only have begun because of your ceaseless love and suport for us. I remained strong for them and we danced and reminisced all the fond memories that we had when our family was whole. But this early morning and in the privacy of my bedroom, I am weeping and missing you so much more mom. I would give the world for you to have been with us in person mom. We had no doubt that you were here in spirit.

You did such a great job raising me and the finest gentlemen. You left a great legacy and we strive to continue to make it even bigger. Thank you so much for giving us the life that we had, we shall never depart from all that you taught us. We feel cheated that all these professional successes are coming at a time that you are unable to reap the fruits of all that labor. But the Bible promises us that you are in a better place and that there is rebirth after death. Eternally rest in peace mommy, and continue to intercede for us all. You believed in our capabilities more than ourselves, and we thank you immensely for the spirit of hardwork that you instilled in each of us. 

Ride on my mommy, ride on Mama General!!! You remain forever in our hearts and our thoughts. Most especially, in our succeses. 

Thanks to God, today, May 13, 2016, your daughter Ntumbong graduated with a Doctor of Pharmacy and a Masters of Business Administration degree.  The commement ceremony was in the presence of her siblings, your children, her children, some family members, and her friend Renie. Like you, other family members, far and near, who could not physically be there were present in spirit. You left for the heavenly mariapolis when Ntu had started her studies in the USA.

Thanks to the almighty, today she is Dr. Ntumbong Yochembeng.  The journey has not been easy, but through your intercession, this moment is not just a dream but a reality.  Continue to intercede for her and the family you left behind. May she and her siblings continue to succeed in the struggles ahead for the glory of God.  Rest in peace.

John Nkemnji 

Dearest Mrs. Aggie Yoch:

About three years you left mother earth for the heavenly Mariapolis.  You should have been 56 years on earth today – ever similing, happy, wiser, kinder and beautiful – but God wanted you sooner. I recently went to Bellah Ngeh in December 2015 to attend your husband’s crydie (Col. Edward Fobellah).  I passed through your former compound and said a prayer at your gravesite. You were lying side by side with your recently departed husband as the beloved couple that both of you were.  I am sure you welcomed him into heaven.
I guess he left the family here so soon because you had gone ahead and he was missing you.  Stay reunited and intercede for the family you left behind. Happy birthday to you my dearest sister and friend, and know that we love you and miss you both much.  Your gentle,  kind and humble nature will forever be remembered through this site and in other avenues.  
You are the type of person who lives for ever to shine the light on others. Your children and grand children are well and growing strong despite the void your departure and that of your husband has created in their lives. I know what it feels to be an orphan. Forever in our thoughts!

J Nkemnji
 

FOR THE FIRST TIME I VISITED FONTEM YOU ARE THE ONE WHO WELCOME ME, I CAN VERY WELL REMEMBER I WAS WITH ANU WE MET YOU AT THE MARKET YOU WERE SO HAPPY TO SEE ME, THE FOLLOWING MORNING  THE WAS A SPECIAL PUFFPUFF  YOU MADE FOR BREAK FAST,I CAN STILL VIVIDLY REMEMBER THE RECIPITE YOU THOUGHT ME,

 UPON YOUR ARRIVAL IN YAOUNDE BECAUSE OF YOUR HEALTH,IT TOOK ME TIME TO ACCEPT THAT YOU WERE GOING THROUGH TRANSITION,GOD KNOWS WHY HE TOOK YOU AWAY FROM US SUDDENLY, YOU TOUCHED MANY LIFES,I KNOW YOU ARE FINE WHERE YOU ARE.

   YOUR NEICE

When I was in form five we were once asked to write an essay that ends with the following phrase:” after all it was a dream”. How I wish all what I have been experiencing for the past months was a dream. Mom how I wish your illness was a dream. How I wish the doctor’s diagnosis from Polyclinic Muna, Central Hospital Yaounde and John Hopkins hospital USA was a dream. How I wish your death was a dream. How I wish your burial and funeral celebrations were a dream.

Since December 3rd I have been waiting for someone to wake me up from sleep to no avail. I have finally come to bear with the reality. I am not sleeping and what I am witnessing is true.

Little did I know that on Saturday September 1st 2012 Ndung, I and Christine your daughter in law were seeing you for the last time. I am thankful for the spirit that led us to Fontem though little did we know we came to bid you farewell.

You were indeed a great lady. The mammoth crowd that attended your burial and funeral celebrations is there to testify.You were laid to rest just some 3 meters away from your bedroom. I hope you will better take care of dad from there so that he may have divine healing.

Thank you for being an exemplary mom, thank you for being an ideal housewife. We are proud to have you as a mother. You toiled so much for us but unfortunately you left us so soon with no opportunity to show our appreciation. May your soul rest in peace and may you continue to watch over us from the heavens above.

RIP mom. Adieu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

She cared for everyone friends and foes alike. The name "Aroke" will probably never disappear from Nyo's loving and caring lips. I am not sure Bellah Ngeh as a community will ever have someone to fill your space in their lifes. As you make this unavoidable journey back to the father almighty, let us pray that you continue with your good and passionate deeds. We continue to pray that God will give us someone to step into your shoes just as we have been praying all this time to have someone else in the shoes of Asong Dominic and Manfred Nkafu Ashu. As the saying goes, the things we cannot change must be endured. I sincerely believe that you will continue to take care of your immediate family and the extended one alike. Do not forget to prepare for me a good dish of "Nkong" that has become so rare in Nweh but you always found it to show your high regard for those who were dear to you. Although we weep, I know that your present journey is blessed because you are flying not riding on the rocky Bellah Ngeh road.

In trying times, in difficult moments, in depressed feelings and with forlorn hope especially when we loose someone so close to us, we need to think of the Almighty God's will and his Grace unto our lives as a blessing beyond measure. When we look too far our vision is blurred, when we seek to close we bypass the point and when we question God's ways we are lost. Yet it is born onto us all men to trust the decisions of our Maker for all he has ever wanted is for the good of each and every single human being and for the good of all humanity. There is now much need for you to smile in your sorrow, to rejoice in your mourning and to give thanks to the Almighty in your desolation for He has placed mother in the most glorious place that every one dreams to end up at and for sure she is very happy now and totally relieved from the trials and temptations we all are still going through. As gracious is His eternal kingdom, so may this grace be shared unto you and your family this moment and much more unlimited. 

Saturday 6, october 2012, after gotten the infor of  aunty aggie's sickness, rush  to see her. Arriving there i could not realy sought out the critical nature of her sicness cos,  she could walk well,  greeted me with a smile and asked of my daugther and husband. Ooohh!!!  When given breakfast, she commented, "eehhh!!!!! this breakfast  na for me? its too much!!!!   abeg whona reduce sam". meaning she could understand abit the things around her. Just two weeks after, when i return from a  trip, i only got a shoken infomation of how critical the  situation  has become  at the  Yaounde  Central Hospital. Rushed to see her, it was really critical, but we hope in the Lord knowing  HE will perform a  Miracle  with all the prayers and fasting. Presently,  I hear, aunty aggie is no more. IOts painful, so so painful to belief but one thing i know is that she must be resting in  the bossom of the Lord.

It's difficult to belief.

I am still dreaming and thinking someone will call from home, that it was not true!
Agnes my dear wife and SWESAN; what really happened? That has been my question since I got the message that you were critical in Yaounde, then transferred to MHAH, Fontem.

I prayed, fasted for that healing miracle; but the Lord decided what was best for you. Yes; what was best for you Aggie! Again, where have you left my cool brother Ed(as I call him)? Your parents, especially your Dad? Big mamie who has been living with you all these years?
I thought I had cried enough in 2012, not knowing a Big Bomb like this was on the way to end the year! What a year of Tears???

My dear friend, wife and SWESAN; may the Heavenly Light shine the brightest and guide your path to Jesus and His beloved Mother Mary Immaculate.

May you turn around and act as that wonderful caring angel and speed up the recovery of your husband brother Edward; so that he will continue the huge work you have left behind to care for your children, grand kids, and the Parents. We are all waiting for that Miracle to take place without delay: Heal brother Edward. Thank you Jesus!

Go in peace - Agnes the peaceful dove!

Ma Elizabeth Morfaw Ngwa.

when it was time.

The ship that sailed the wide waters has now come ashore.
The butterfly  that  floated in the air, wings spread  out in splendor,
Has strayed into a spider's web.
The  family caregiver, just when is sorely needed, has now given up her role.
She  now  has rested her weary head.
Her pains and sorrows are now of the past.
She  speaks no more of sickness, The healer has  healed her body.
I know that if there could be  anyone out there in heaven,
Who  still hungers for delicious and sumptuous  food.
She  would  graciously  prepare it,
Like she did for me, many a time.
Farewell, sister Aggie,  Rest in peace !!!

Alice  Ndeloa Asonganyi
12656 Heming Lane
Bowie, Maryland  

 

Agie, i donot know where to start to write down the memories we had together growing up in Kombone Mission. When you met me at RCM Kombone Mission eventhough not in the same class , we always went to eat at break time together. We would get out of school and follow our mothers to the farms to harvest peanuts and would play hide and seek just as if we were brother and sister. You were always soft spoken, loved life ,cared for people and respected everyone. Agie, the entire village of Kombone Mission and SESANS will miss you dearly. When i met you at home in August,2012 during the going away celebrations of my dad, we talked about our kids and all thanked God for his gifts to us and our both families. I remember you saying who could have known growing up trhe way we did we would be what we are today.
 My friend, words cannot express the way i feel now. On behalf of my entire family,we will ask for God to protect your ailing parents both in Kombone Mission and for God to welcome you into his kingdom. My friend, i know you are in the arms of the Lord. Stay well until we meet to part no more.

    Edward Nkemamin Tongwa 
       California   

The Fobellah and Fomenky families, at home and abroad, announce with deep sorrow, the death of their wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, friend and fellow SWESAN, Mrs. Fobellah Aroke Agnes nee Fosoh Fomenky. She was called to the Lord on Monday, December 3rd 2012 at the Mary Health of Africa Hospital, Fontem. She leaves behind a husband, Ret. Col. Edward Fobellah, five children, two grandchildren, her parents, Pa and Ma Ntumbong Fosoh Fomenky, and many family members, and friends to mourn her. 

The family in Maryland is holding a memorial service and wake keeping for her on Saturday, December 15th. The memorial service will begin promptly at 8pm.

The venue for both the church service and wake is:  

ASER Center

14390 Joh Avenue

Baltimore, MD 21227.  

Please, contact any of the following with suggestions or questions:  

Mr/Mrs. Joseph Njinyah Achaleke:  443 985-2755 or 443 536-5572

Mr/Mrs Michael Nkafu:  443 416-3529 or 443 205-0815

Mrs. Rose Fondong or Atemkeng Fondong: 443 536-3259

Mr/Mrs. Aluna: 443 547-9243

Our last encounter was on Sunday eveinning the 8th of July, 2012 at her residence in Bellah, when I paid her a visit before returning to school. She gave me all the motherly counsel and everything as she had always done. Little did I know it was the last time.

When I heard of her ill-health, I commended her to God on daily basis; hoping to meet her in good health upon my return home. But I was deeply saddened in sorrow with the information of her absence on Monday evening. I wept, yet I came to realize that she is not death. It is merely her flesh that is breathless, but her soul is alive.

Her future was her family and the community she lived, and she did not have a life of her own, or even think she needed one. This woman, my aunt, was focused, single minded in her mission. She wanted everyone to reach their best potential. She may have failed with some and succeeded with others...but that’s life.

All she expected of us was to be people of values and culture. Ma Aggie – I wish there were more Aunties like you. She was always there when you called her attention. I can still feel her calling me “Ata, “Mami-Tabong”, etc.

She loved to teach. A dedicated teacher and mentor which is hard to come by these days. She had the heart of a philanthropist. Looking back, I can clearly see her heart of gold and dedication to the profession of her choice. She was always there and in time when ever you called her attention- a mother to all.

Thank you Ma Aggie for the time we spent together. Your passing into glory with the Lord has created a vacuum in the family. I will always miss you – so will your lovely husband, sons, daughter and your grandchildren.

Auntie, you were a very special woman, ahead of your times. You stood the test of time and you thought by your own very example to be at the service of others “put others first and yourself last”. I am proud and grateful to have been part of you. I hope to see you when my time is up on this planet. You have kept your faith and run your race. Rest in the Lord’s bosom- Adieu Ma Aggie.

Oh God!!! What kinda life is this? I won't forget the last time I saw this my mother.Will never forget when I saw her on 20th May.Not forgetting in school when we( as a capella) sang for her and the other people and she gave us some money.Will never forget her smiles!!!Mama!!! No one is like you. The stories are there but expressing and sharing now is above me!!!! Always on my mind.