My Cousin and Friend Barnabas
April 14, 2021
When I left school and started working, I had never travelled really apart from going to my home town Kakamega.. But Barnabas was grand and he immediately invited and paid for my trip to Athi River where he was in school... It was my first real exciting tour as an adult where I met his friends and learnt lots about life... Later I would spent part of my holiday with him at his work station house in Diffathas, Kirinyaga. I got to visit lots of the surrounding areas including a women's water distribution initiative, a coffee processing plant, went around as he gave service to animal farms and visited The Isaac Walton Hotel in Embu... I really learnt a lot but most of all were the stories of Legends packaged in funny but wise punchlines.!
I can't forget how when I was facing a period of uncertainty with my employer, how Ingumba would call to inquire of me and send something which he may have thought was little to him but was like water in a desert... He taught me how to lead... He inspired me to know am great... He believed in me and allowed me to flourish even where he would have been a better alternative... I feel like saying too much but in these painful days I would rather stay my peace and mourn alone... Because no one ever understands the pain of being left without a goodbye... It's God's choice...I let it be... But hope that his wife and children will receive as great a blessing as He used to give.. Go in peace friend..
Psalm 34:18 the Lord is close to the broken hearted and saves those who are crashed in spirit
I can't forget how when I was facing a period of uncertainty with my employer, how Ingumba would call to inquire of me and send something which he may have thought was little to him but was like water in a desert... He taught me how to lead... He inspired me to know am great... He believed in me and allowed me to flourish even where he would have been a better alternative... I feel like saying too much but in these painful days I would rather stay my peace and mourn alone... Because no one ever understands the pain of being left without a goodbye... It's God's choice...I let it be... But hope that his wife and children will receive as great a blessing as He used to give.. Go in peace friend..
Psalm 34:18 the Lord is close to the broken hearted and saves those who are crashed in spirit