It's simple really. Man and woman get married in 1986, they wait for the inevitable to happen-children-and despite all their prayers and dreams, none come.
Husband is a doctor while wife is a nurse so they had access to a lot of medical help. Years go by, nothing. 5 years, 10 years, 15 years..nothing. In that time, and in despair wife asks husband to go get another wife. He refuses saying that he does not want to bring problems into their home and asks her to have faith. Her father in law calls her after 5years of marriage (I shrink from calling it fruitless) and told her to be strong and have faith in the Lord and that the baby would come when it was time.
Finally, after 20years of marriage, the woman conceives and delivers a healthy baby girl.
I like this story a lot. Wife was interviewed and she spoke of her husband in glowing terms. Spoke of his steadfastness in prayer, his refusal to marry a second wife even after she asked him to. His unwavering support of her...his unwavering faith, his ability to shield her from the pressures of relatives and other outsiders that would ordinarily made her life a misery. She concluded by calling him her “shine shine bobo”. That is what Star Beer is called, so I assume that she was calling him her Star. Husband was standing by looking at the ground and smiling from ear to ear.
Her voice broke many times as she spoke, but she obviously wanted to get her story out there, so she forged ahead. Here's a picture of the happy mother.
Congratulations Mr and Mrs Umanah!
Awwwww... are there men like these in Nigeria??? Then we still have hope... Wow. what a team! Father and son.. Her husband truly is a star..I am truly happy to read this... Just goes to show what God just is - FAITHTUL.
ReplyDeleteI love, love, love stories like this. They remind me to keep hoping in the face of the storm.
ReplyDeleteUnreal. I dont doubt God's ability to have answered their prayers. But the husband's faith. Wow..I wish them the best.
ReplyDeleteTrue love still dey sha.
ReplyDeleteawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...thank God.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful story, inspirational and a lesson in patience.
ReplyDeleteso happy for them. especially her. i didn't know that there were still men lyk dat in nigeria. And her father in-law told her 2 have faith?? i'm shocked, cos i know that in-laws (i mean the nigerian ones, especially d man's mother. by d way, where was she wen dis was happening?) are not nice at all. Glad they have a happy ending!
ReplyDeleteAaaaaawwww - that's such a sweet story! Good for them!
ReplyDeletea big congratulations to them...the father-in-law is a good mand and the husband is a God-fearing man...
ReplyDeleteAwwww!!! This story brought tears to my eyes. He is a shine shine bobo indeed. 20 good yrs of unwavering faith in themselves.
ReplyDeleteTRULY A SHINE BOBO...God bless his heart..his dad def brought him up well.
ReplyDeletewow - what a testimony - though it taries wait for it. Such Faith. Such unwavering Faith. This is kind of husband young single girls should pray for. They still do exist.
ReplyDeleteThis is an inspiring story.
ReplyDeleteps. I find it disturbing when people say "are there men like this in Nigeria?" (see two of the comments above).
ReplyDeleteWhere do "men like these reside" - Europe, America?
This is a good story. Most times, when we find ourselves in situations that try our faith, we tend to forget stories like this...He is the same yesterday, today and forever and a respecter of no person but His word.
ReplyDeleteGreat story. Awesome God!!!
@ lasapipi... I'm sorry to burst your bubble but 'men like these' are indeed hard to find in Ngeria. And yes. I meant Nigeria. A country where educated men throw their wives out for their inability to have male kids (not just kids - MALES)... where a man's 'worth' is based on the no. of male offspring he has.. and then here you see a father and son team up and act like real men should even despite the lady's suggestion that he take another wife. Not an everyday occurence I tell you. It happens not only in Nigeria but elsewhere but we're in Nigeria so I believe no one should be disturbed when I ask, "are there men like these in Nigeria?"
ReplyDeleteLovely story. It's good to hear that her husband stuck by her side throughout their entire ordeal. I had to go back and re-read that line about her father in-law --that was the real shocker. Good for them!
ReplyDeleteSuch a sweet story. Not many people will be so faithful. It puzzles me when people won't adopt though.
ReplyDeleteWot a sweet story, its always good to know that there are such shine shine bobo's out there!
ReplyDeleteawww.. thats such a cute story.. mad props to them.. God bless their hearts.. that man is one in a million..
ReplyDeleteNTA is the largest TV network on the continent. It is good to be able to pick up these channels in the states
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