In Love With My Pastor

Episode 38

The next day was sunday, I woke up very early to get myself ready for service. I couldn’t sleep late night thou, papa wasn’t with me so it was difficult to sleep without him. Around 7am I was already in church, I looked everywhere for him with my eyes I didn’t see him. So I just waited, our Sunday school teacher came and taught us but to be honest? My mind was not even there, my mind was with my baby. Around 8:00am, papa came in followed by bro tobi who was holding his bible, he smiled at me and I smiled back, the lady beside me notice I could swear to that. He got up and climb the podium and when everyone was expecting him to preach he said the on think able.

PAPA: Today I’m not standing on this alter to preach, I stand here not as your papa but as your brother, son and friend to ask you people to forgive me.

(The church start to murmur wondering what their papa was saying). I have deceived you, and myself. My wife your supposed mommy died three years ago, she died of cancer of the blood. When she died I couldn’t bring myself to tell anymore because I never accepted the pact she was dead. (the murmur even more). I was so hurt that I could not express my pain or even talk to anyone. Please my father, my children, my brothers and sisters forgive me.

When I saw my papa on that alter giving us his speech my love for him increase I couldn’t help but shad tears. Then I heard him say.

PAPA: I never had the plan of making this confession, a least not anytime soon, but someone came, and gave me a reason to forget my past and my grief. She’s special, beautiful and the woman I cherish so much. I couldn’t help but smiled. He walked down from the alter, she whole church were wondering where he was going to even I myself. Then he walked and walked till he stopped in front of me. He knelt down before me and deep his hand into his suit and brought out a box. The whole church started to shout, some filled with passion, some scorn and hatred so even shad tears for us.

But non of their could be compare with my feeling at that moment. He held my hands and smiled at me.

PAPA: To prove my undying love for you sam, I knee here before man and God my witness to ask you this question. “Will you please Marry me”?

A tears drop I couldn’t express how I felt, it was like a was going to die the next minute because of joy. My tears kept coming.

PAPA: Please baby, say yes. The time the whole church had started shouting “say yes”