Entrance of Light

Mazi Udeka was aroused from sleep very early in the morning by a knock on his door , he sat up from bed and listened again. This time he heard a voice outside the door.

‘Udeka!Udeka!Udeka!’

‘Who is that !’ Udeka belowed in his deep baritone voice,

‘It is Uremma’

‘Which Uremma!’

‘Uremma your only sister’

Udeka moved quickly to the door on recognizing his sisters voice, when he opened the door he saw Uremma with a bundle in her arms.

Inside the house Uremma sat down on floor while Udeka adjusted his new oil lamp and placed it between his bed and uremma to brighten the room as well as provide some warmth .

Udeka sat down on his bed of raised mud and straw mat and gazsed at Uremma for a while wondering what had brought her to his house by this time.

‘How is your husband?’ He asked in a shaky voice.

‘He is fine and healthy’ Uremma replied

‘Do you people have any quarrel?’

‘No’ she replied again

‘Then what is this entire scare about, you had me worried’

Uremma glanced around the big hut as if to ensure it’s safe to broach the subject that has brought all the way from umualaoma village before the cock crow. As if to make her mind up for her the baby in her arms stirred from sleep and began to cry.

‘Please brother save my baby!’ She gasped her heart heaving as all her emotions rushed to her head.

Mazi Udeka was startled by this outburst.

‘Is your child sick? What is wrong with it’ Udeka asked in a concerned voice

Uremma calmed herself down once again. She took some time to think. While she untied her wrapper to feed her baby.’She must act with tact’.

 After a while she raised her head and her gaze moved from the baby in her arms to Mazi Udeka’s face.

‘Ude I have heard a lot about your new god and how things are different in your new way worship. What can you tell me about your new God and how is he better than our own gods.

Mazi Udeka was surprised to hear his own sister Uremma. He wanted to scream at ,her.  How could she wake him up this early just to ask about his religion. But she had also walked ten  kilometers in the dark so his inquisitive nature took over him and he answered her in a gentle voice.

Christianity was a subject he loved to discuss.

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