Lai Abubakar came in prepared, he brought out the adoption papers from his trouser pocket, which he had signed. I also signed the part specified for me, with Shaky hands I signed.
There was a part for two witnesses to sign. His wife had signed one and I was to provide the other witness. No other person came to mind than Favour.
I invited Favour in and Lai Abubakar recounted all he had said to me. Favour had her mouth wide agape as she took the pen and appended her signature.
Lai Abubakar also wrote me a multi million naira Cheque. He told me it would be yearly. Officially, Lai Abubakar handed over Gambo to me. Gambo hugged me so tight it drew tears out of my eyes. I wondered why God was so Merciful to me. He knew I couldn’t father a child anymore, He decided to give me a grown up one…
I Officially led Gambo to Christ and she did her water baptism. She changed her name to Grace. My joy knew no bounds…
After about two weeks, Tina walked up to me in the office….
“ I have an idea…” Tina had said
“ Ok?”
“ The SCA groomed boys and girls to corrupt, destroy and steal destinies, why don’t we groom boys and girls who will correct, heal and deliver destinies…”
“ That is great and that is exactly what the Lighthouse is doing, that is what Favour, Mrs Uyai and I have been doing with the teenagers here…”
“ But it’s not enough, we don’t have enough time with them… We hardly spend 5 hours in a day with them, they go to school from 8am-4pm, when they get back they are really exhausted and afterwards, it is night devotion and off they go to bed….”
“ Ok…?”
“ But That is not how you input in young ones what you want them to become… At the SCA, we were indoctrinated within the four walls, morning, day and night…”
“ Yes… I understand your point, but I still don’t know what you are driving at…” I said to Tina
“ For us to trample the SCA and other devilish agencies we may not even know about, we must be ready to raise our own agents and soldiers, and we must train them right from cradle…”
“ Ok?”
“ I suggest we look into getting into the academic industry by establishing our own School, where we can build our own agents of change..”
I paused as I looked straight into Tina’s eyes… I got it, I understood what she was saying…
“ THE LIGHTHOUSE ACADEMY?” I Asked….
“ Yes, the TLA, That will bring down the SCA….”
“ A regular school?”
“ Yes, of all ages, from nursery, primary, through secondary and even university… It will be a regular school, but we have an agenda to raise soldiers and agents of change that will bring down the works of the devil…” Tina said with full determination…
I stood up as I couldn’t contain the joy in my heart, maybe this was the original plan of becoming a teacher. The school was indeed the best place to influence young ones…
But Favour….
Would she buy this new idea, especially coming from Tina????
To be continued
