From Challenged to Champion: The touching story of Prophet Dr. E. T. Adedoyin (The Man Of Great Grace)

THE CHALLENGES - THE MYSTERY

(Story coined from the coming book titled 'KAIVA...The Man Of  Great Grace' Chapter 4.)

Toyin's year of labour being the first born of the family, even as someone who wish to be educated, wasn't enough story for this growing man. His day to day humiliations from his rich schoolmates is nothing lovely to talk about. Yet, he is still moving.

1985 - 1986 was an horrorful experience in Toyin's life. Though he was short of cash, he board a traveling bus to Kaduna in search of a long time seen uncle who is said to be working in the Northern State of the country, Kaduna. In the middle course of the journey, the driver demanded the required transport fare from Toyin as he had done to other passenger who had paid willingly. The argument continued up to a point that the driver wanted to stop to force him off the bus by the way but certain women pleaded on his behalf to the driver to allow him get to his destination where he had said he would get his fare paid. The said destination was reached but as other passengers alights off the bus, Toyin also alighted but he took yo his heel into the nearby market. He was followed by the driver and the conductor as they chase him into the markets between stocks and shops. Toyin who never knew his chasers had relented later bumped into a palm oil selling shop where he unknowingly kicked off the palm oil can. That led to another set of chasers on him.

This was how Toyin becam a wanderer in Zaria, Kaduna State if Nigeria, for a whole year. He had no dwelling place which made him sleep anywhere even amidst sheep, which as well led to his vast knowledge about animals and their sleeping time. He never came across his uncle, which he taught he had come to stay with in Zaria. Toyin had nothing yo eat and no one to help him in this Northern State with a different language apart from few who speaks Yoruba, his own language. No food to consume. This led to his day today early morning visit to the junkyards in search of dumped food items. He had once mistaken faeces for food. He had severally taken long time dumped bread as breakfast.

If feeding had been the only difficult challenge, it could had been better. Toyin had just a pair of slippers with six small nails attaching each strap to the sole - as he readjust one while moving, others as well calls for his attention. He had rags on him and he wanders across the whole city, trekking from one region to another in search of daily food. At nights, he gets his supper from remains from the usual Hausa men nights gathering. He wait until they are done before he approaches the table.

A brother with the name Segun Akiniyi once promised Toyin a cloth but at the appointed time, Toyin went to her place but unfortunately met not the brother at home. He proceeded to taking a hung shirt from the nearby rope. "The man had put it here since he knew he wouldn't be around at the appointed time," he taught. Though the cloth was a rag, it was still better than the one on him. Moving into the street, a mad man began to chase him towards the market place. It was in within the crowdy market that people gathered to stop the mad man and Toyin to know the cause of the chase. There was it known, according to the mad man's statement that Toyin had stole his own cloth which he had spread on a rope. Amazed, as the people were, the only condition to settling the matter was for Toyin to return the mad man's rag. Toyin had to put off the shirt (the mad man's rag which he had mistaken to be his ) in the midst of hundreds of passerbys and the market people despite he having put off his own long time worn shirt after taking his so called 'new shirt'. It was later after that scene that the brother who had promised him the shirt saw him to deliver the right cloth to him. What a tragedy!

It was suppose to be a fortunate day to Toyin when he was given an amount of money sufficient to buy only five pieces of bean cake. On his way home, full of joy and happily staring at his food while he jump across the street, two Hausa boys bumped into him and they race on the street with their bicycle. Toyin's joy -the bean cakes - was split on the road. This gingered up his fury as he head the boys with other three supporters. With a throw, the bicycle of one of them was broken unamendably. The case got to the police station but when Toyin showed up, the thin guy who had mercilessly beaten Hausa three Hausa boys came, the police officers was astonished as they wonder how Toyin, with his look and stature, could have beaten five grown boys in such a way. That was how Toyin was freed from the case.

Sometimes at night, Toyin goes to one Afolayan's family (A Yoruba family residing in Zaria) for supper. He had mastered their supper time that he always got to their house when foods are about been served.

"If you don't take Mystery, you will be miserable." 

"When the Devil whispers to you that you cannot come out of the storm, please, whisper back to the devil that you are the storm because storm doesn't storms the storm."

Pro. Dr. E. T. Adedoyin (The Man Of Great Grace).

General Overseer of the Redeemed Covenant Cherubim and Seraphim Church International.

Story coined from the coming book titled 'KAIVA...The Man Of  Great Grace'.

COMING SOON!