Another Best Birthday...

This was one of the best years yet. The freedom was refreshing, the lifestyle was uplifting, the environment was consoling and the acceptance was like no other. I was attending another fellowship group that was situated in South B because in every area there was one. So I made new friends. I was the only one in High School. They were all working. Those days the fellowship was still both genders.

My house became the meeting point since it was central and I was mostly home alone. My cousin had no problem with it but he had a problem with ‘church people’. He used to say that our neighbor had created a bad image for believers since he was a church leader and also had fellowship meetings in his house but he was known to have different girls come sleep over at his house. I used to tell him everyone will be judged individually but am glad he never refused for the fellowship to be held in his house.

This was my last year in high school and we were about to do the final exams. Since my birthday was in September, we had covered almost the whole syllabus in school so we were doing a lot of revision work. So this particular day, it was on a Tuesday and the fellowship had landed on my birthday. I was home early to prepare some snacks. I finally heard the knock and rushed to open for them. They had hidden a cake so as to surprise me. Once they entered they started singing for me happy birthday and brought the cake plus gifts. Oh how happy I was. I shed a few tears and we had loads of fun as we just chatted the evening away. My heart was so blessed and I could not thank them enough as they left. My cousin loved the cake too and that was a great 19th birthday.