“Yeah, why not? In fact, I tried it once. Not here, though (referring to her church). He was well kept and young and eloquent in his speech.
I was not the only one in the congregation who had her eyes on him. At the start, I thought I was the only one but I soon realised that close to four women had designs on him.
Kesha
Two of them were in the choir and at some point I got into church engagements just to be around him over the weekends.
I went to kesha twice because he was to preach overnight in them,” she laughingly narrates her unfruitful quest. Unfruitful because the man was transferred before she made her killer move but she swears that he had noticed her.
Arnold Ndiege does not like the idea of a wife spending too much time in the church and he makes that very clear from the start of the conversation. He does not trust men of God. In his eyes, they are just like all the other men.
Add more advantages (that pastors have) and his suspicion rises.“This is a very sensitive issue. Marriage is a sensitive issue. When it is time for church, let’s go to church. When it is time to go home, let’s go home.
No meetings and midweek evening prayers and weekends in Lokichogio for mission work. No way. She has to choose between us (the house, husband and children) and the church,” he says.
The thought of his wife out for nights on mission is equally unpalatable. “Kesha. Kesha. Kesha… It depends on how long and who they are going with.
One of my relatives will have to go with her, especially a male one like my brother. Even if she says it will be a group thing, someone I trust will have to go with her.
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