He was emasculated almost of every strength and only stayed on with the support of his wife and family. As a young man I watched as my friend was severely battered by life’s unfriendly blows and removed far away from all he had known in life that gave him security and relevance.
How does a man who had given himself into a noble profession be left to be this humiliated? How can one survive against politicians who see themselves as the Alpha and Omega in society? Many questions but little answers.
In those ten years the woman became the chief and on many occasions the breadwinner in the family. She took care of kids' school fees and whatever money could do. She also made sure not any individual had access to her husband, she was always in the lookout for signs that could suggest any insecurity. A strong woman, we would call her. But this reminds me of what one of my friends told us when we were still in the university. He said, ‘Marry a woman that loves you so that when the chips are down she will say it was her decision”. It was indeed this woman’s decision, having desired being his friend when they were just teenagers.
And also was the power of God seen in such moments. The family kept praying and soliciting for prayers from well wishers. For people who do not live in such societies you may not understand why people give themselves so much to prayers and requests to God. If you have a government that functions well, some prayer requests are not so necessary; but if the people in government are the reasons for society’s frustrations, then the populace do not have any other option but to seek Divine intervention. And yes, divine intervention came, even though we may say it took ten years.
What can happen in ten years? Ten years make a decade, and that is ten one-tenth of a century. A child that is in grade 2 will be finishing year12 at the end of ten years. A 15 year old teenager will be a young adult of 25 years; and if all things be equal, such a teenager would have graduated from university, got a job, possibly marry and have their first child. In ten .
consultancy, contractor-side, client-side, private and public sectors.
Jengoa is very much community oriented. Having spent much of his energy working with children, teens and young adults; he has taken every opportunity, especially while volunteering with the Student Christian Movement (SCM) of Nigeria; in teaching, equipping and developing the next generation.
Jengoa is like your regular church kid doing everything imaginable: music, prayers, preaching, theatre, etc. For over 10 years, he served as music director, writing songs,
leading congregational worship, and training new instrumentalists. His song Love to walk with Jesus was released on YouTube in August 2021, and is also now anticipating in November 2021 the release of his next song Thank You for the rain and books Reflections
on Abraham and Jengoa the untold story.
Family is his heartbeat. Married to the quintessential designer and creator at Ayi's Stitches the ever-so-beautiful Ayibaesin known widely as Ayi, they have been married since 2007 and are raising 4 gorgeous school age kids in one of the South Eastern suburbs in Melbourne
Australia, having moved from Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
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Living & Loving Life wth Dr
Jengs.