TRIBUTE TO PA RICHARD KOFFI aka ‘PAPA DISCO’
My dear father in law pa Koffi; the word of God tells us that, to be absent in the flesh, is to be present with the Lord. Indeed, you are resting in the bosom of the lord God Almighty. Where there is no more pain like the one you sustained in the hospital a few weeks back. We will all miss you. Yes, we will miss you. Most particularly, the entire Chumbow family will miss you. From the day you came Knocking at their door, saying in Pidgin English (I Quote) ‘I Deh here, na for seka say, I don see some fine better planty for wuna backside and I no want thief this planty, na why that way I come through the front door for come beg this planty, take kam, go plant for my yard and I no mind if wuna want make I pay plenty money before I take kam’. Seeing how responsible and loving you were, the Chumbow family had no other choice than to allow you harvest that beautiful plantain and you indeed planted it in your yard on behalf of your Son Koffi my dear husband. Now that the plantain is ripe and ready, bearing fruits for you to harvest and eat, death has stolen you away and has robbed your grand children of the opportunity of physically meeting with their grandfather!
Your grand Children, Kenzie, Briellynn and Sammy will miss that sweet voice of yours. When I told Kenzie that you passed away, he asked me that why did you even go to the hospital. That you went there because you were supposed to get bether and come back home. And yes he was right but God had a better plan for you. Even though death has robbed them of this golden opportunity of meeting you physically, But thanks be to God who gave us the victiory over death, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Adieu Pa Koffi, Adieu papa Disco.
From your daughter in law, Monique Chumbow, Epse Koffi.