FAMILIES CONNECTION

 FAMILIES CONNECTION

As their relationship grew, David was always proud to introduce Her girlfriend Sarah to his friends and family. Eric, David's cousin, met Sarah first in his Westlands office when David took her along one Friday afternoon. David would then do about 2 hours of his programming project as they chatted away the afternoon. Sarah was easy to relate to and so was David told by Eric afterwards. He thought that David's new girlfriend was a good person. From then henceforth, they were in that office many times and Sarah always got amused at what the two gentlemen did with those laptops. One Sunday as the Joshua's were having their monthly meeting, David told the family that he had a new girlfriend and would come with her during the next meeting. When the next came, David and Sarah were early. Sarah met the whole family. At first, she was nervous but just as an easy person David was to relate to, so was David's family. At first, Sarah spent a lot of time in the kitchen with Hellen, Tabitha and their mother. Sarah told about her home and family as well as how they met and formed a friendship with David. They were all easy to relate to and so Sarah had an easy time blending in. When the meeting officially began, David formerly introduced Sarah as his girlfriend to the family. They were happy for them and wished the pair all good. From that day on, Sarah became like part of the family. Be it visiting Mike's Kitengela home and playing with the kids who became very fond of her or getting calls from David's mum to check on her; she became like one of them. However, it took quite a long time before David met Sarah's family. Sarah had mentioned to her parents about her relationship, but both were a little sceptical, encouraging her to focus instead on her studies. It took so much effort for Sarah to try convincing them that she was in control and knew exactly what she was doing. Afterwards whenever they talked on phone, the mother always asked about David and Sarah would tell her stories including visits to David's family. Sarah's father, however, remained tightlipped regarding the subject, only sharing his reservations with his wife on the issue. David had always wanted to visit Sarah's home and when Sarah had planned with her parents, time came for the visit. David borrowed his father's Honda CRV vehicle and took along with him his best friend Nick. Sarah was also with her friend Joyce for the trip. They did some foodstuffs shopping and set out for Kitui. From Kitui town, it was another ride of more than 70KM to Ivinga-Nzia village. The village, then, looked quite remote with no electricity connection. Water was sourced from distant cisterns and carried on cattle pulled carts. The houses were made of clay bricks and iron sheet roofs. They all had a good time enjoying Muthokoi and the family telling village stories to the visitors. David had a lot of time spent with Musau, Sarah's brother, discussing school and college plans. Musau was waiting to join campus later in the year, also hoping to do IT. Sarah's other siblings were younger. Syokau was in form two and the last born Mutinda in class 8. The trip was good, and David felt that their relationship would become much stronger now, with their families involved. 

@Stephen Mungai