Must Read: Adventures of Yejide - Season 1 - Episode 8

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Must Read: Adventures of Yejide - Season 1 - Episode 8

When Yejide returned from the washroom, she
and Eric continued with their conversation
until it was time for them to retire for the
day. Eric took Yejide back home though it
was a quiet ride home. As he stopped by the
gate, Yejide got out of his car and waved him
goodnight. She was about entering the
compound when she bumped into mama
ejima who looked like she was dressed for
church. Just seeing mama ejima reminded
Yejide of the church program she had been
invited to by her. They greeted each other but
didn’t converse for long since mama ejima
had to hurry for her weekly prayer meetings.
“We go see later my dear, I’m off.” mama
ejima said before leaving.

Yejide got into her house and met no one at
home. She settled down and her eyes went
straight to the flyer that she had earlier left
on the table. She couldn’t tell why she
suddenly had strange feelings ever since she
got the flyer from mama ejima. Although, she
could tell that something was pushing her to
attend the church program. She shook the
thought out of her head anyway and got
around to doing other things until hours later
when Dupe was back. The friends talked
about their day. From Dupe’s partying story
to Yejide’s weird conversations with Eric.
They talked about their whole day without
leaving out any detail. When their eyes were
heavy with sleep, they decided to retire for the
night. They manage to take a shower before
going to bed.

The next morning, Yejide woke up very early,
not that she wanted to but she was no longer
feeling sleepy. As she la!d on the bed, she
picked up her phone and stared at the phone
that read seven o’ clock, she looked at the
side table right beside her where the flyer had
been lying. She turned and face the other side
while trying to force herself back to sleep but
when she couldn’t, she stood up from the
bed. Picking up her buckets, she left her room
for the compound’s well to fetch some water
to take a bath. As soon as the bathroom was
vacant, she got in. On getting out, she met
one of mama ejima’s children, a girl of about
thirteen years old. She was holding a bucket
of water and approaching the bathroom where
Yejide stood at the entrance. Amara, mama
ejima’s child greeted Yejide as she got out of
the bathroom. Yejide must have guessed that
she the water was fetched for her mother. She
got back to her room and decided to go for
the church program. After all, she couldn’t
sleep and mama ejima had really insisted
that she came. She knew Dupe wasn’t going
to listen to her in situations like this so she
didn’t bother waking her up. Instead, she did
a little house cleaning and got dressed before
going to knock on mama ejima’s door. When
the door was opened to her, she saw mama
ejima who was already dressed and seemed
like she was about to leave the house. She
told mama ejima that it would be better if she
went with her so they both set out for the
church.

When they got to the church, Yejide entered
the big hall and met just a few people there.
She was indeed very early because some of
them were still cleaning the seats and setting
the stage. She went to a corner and sat down
quietly, hoping that she would not be
approached. Just after about six minutes,
mama ejima came to her and told her that
the program was going to start soon. Yejide
only nodded her head as she watched her
walking about and trying to get everything set
since she was part of the coordinators. As
soon as it was time for the program to start,
a few others began to gush in. It was like
someone told them exactly when to enter.
They all settled down and Yejide was asked
to move to a seat closer to the front of the
small hall. She did as she was told and the
program started. It was started off with a
little prayer session headed by mama ejima,
followed by praise and worship before the
main host came on stage. Different topics
were discussed, ranging from s-x,
relationships, marriage, and what not. Topics
relating to Yejide in so many ways, it was
almost like the program was made for her. At
first, Yejide had been texting during the
session but something the speaker said
caught her attention and that was when her
ears surrendered and listened. After a brief
discussion, they were all divided into groups
for an activity. This part, Yejide did not really
like. She hated meeting new people and
having conversations with them. How she
became really close with Dupe is still
surprising because she wasn’t very friendly
and opened either. The groups were told to
discuss on certain issues and so when every
other person was talking, Yejide was quiet.

When the group leader, Kelechi noticed this,
he asked Yejide if she was okay and wanted
to contribute to what they were saying. She
only shook her head and watched as they
went on and on, talking and laughing. She felt
like an outcast who didn’t belong there.

These were ministers and people who kept
sharing their wonderful experience about God
when she had nothing to say. She didn’t know
God neither did she think she had experienced
his presence. She wanted to stand up and
leave the church so bad but she didn’t want
to be rude either so she sat and waited for
the program to end.