GOD'S MERCIFUL EYES

 GOD'S MERCIFUL EYES 

Eight months into the business and things were looking up. The family became even more busy as demand for food kept growing.  Mike had since stopped doing the casual jobs that he used to do and was now involved with sourcing supplies for the food business. He would go to Nyamakima almost thrice a week to collect cereals as well as a foodstuffs wholesaler that was near their home. He became quite busy but liked it because the arrangement of the family was that all of them were like employees earning more than a fair day's earning.  So was Hellen and their mother, who were doing all the cooking. By now they had added one employee to help with the cooking.  Joshua was already thinking of doing away with the cakes and sodas to concentrate on hot dishes but the idea of the family transporting food daily through public means had been a headache for the eight months of business. In good time though,  lady luck once again knocked on their door. As promised, Marcus,  one of his regular customers had a talk with his boss. He worked in a warehouse nearby, which had a large empty unused space outside the warehouse buildings. Marcus connected Joshua with his boss, who agreed to lease a space of 40 by 60 feet to run his food business. The space was at one corner of the whole land and the entrance would be separated from the warehouse entrance. The space owner was to do the construction with metal frames and iron sheet walls and roof. That would be done in the next 2 months.  So was a 10 year lease plan agreed and officially documented.  Joshua felt a sigh of relief because the daily hussles especially to transport food would now come to an end.  The 2 months went by very fast with the land owner keeping his end of the bargain. He did a good building, which was one big hall only partitioned to provide space for the kitchen area. In the third month, Joshua would source for the seats, tables and additional utensils and by the end of the third month, they were ready to move in to the new building. And so they did. Hellen,  Mike,  the mother and Joshua would thereafter religiously report to work daily in the morning to prepare lunch for the customers.  Business boomed as more and more customers came on learning of the new food point.  Joshua was forced to close down the initial joint and everything moved into the new building. The family would then begin making breakfast as the requests for the same grew. 

Things were changing so fast for the family  and becoming better. Joshua was amazed at how fast things could change.He kept telling his wife that God had looked at their family with merciful eyes.  And so believed in his heart. 

@Stephen Mungai