A Glimpse Of Her! (Episode 6)

 

Auntie Sheila ignored her and left the hospital hard-faced. She got home, packed Casey’s belongings and threw it out of the house

Casey got to the house ashen-faced and found her belongings on the compound.

“Is Auntie Sheila ousting me from the house? In this state? Couldn’t she have sympathized with me” she said to herself.

Casey began to shed tears. She packed her belongings and headed to Renetta’s house. Renetta was the only friend of Casey and she has been in touch with her all this while. Renetta lived at Tema Community 25 so Casey decided to walk to her place since she had no money for transport.

“I have received prophecies upon prophecies of how great I would become. Prophets told me, God will use me mightily in my generation. They said I have a bright future. A lot of promises was given to me by God in His word. But my state now is far from all this. It has been two years and I have still not being able to attend tertiary. I have been raped and got HIV from it as a reward. I lost my parents. I do not even have a cedi to my name. And now, no roof over my head. The more I pray, the more my problems increase. All these promises and prophecies, were they lies? Is God a lie?” Casey wondered.

She got to Renetta’s house and she was received warmly by Renetta’s family. Renetta lived with her parents, Mr&Mrs Nelson and she was the only daughter. Renetta was in her second year at the University of Ghana pursuing a bachelor of business administration (Banking and finance option). School is on vacation so she is currently at home.

Casey was surprised by the warm reception when she arrived. She told the family all about herself but she didn’t touch on the fact that she is HIV positive. Mr&Mrs Nelson was sad to hear Casey’s story and promised to help her.

Fast forward to few months, Casey has been enrolled in the University of Ghana pursuing a six-year Doctor in Veterinary Medicine (DVM) program. She rekindled her faith in God when she joined the Student’s Christian Union. She decided to secretly cure her HIV. She went to the hospital and she was administered drugs to take in regularly.

Casey was consistent with her church service attendance on campus. A day never went by without her praying and reading her Bible. How she balanced her academic life and her spiritual life was admirable.

She started a sexual purity training on campus where she educated most of the students on sexual purity.