GOD HAD ANSWERED my prayers. He had given me not only a husband, but a friend and a companion, someone who would both listen to my problems and walk my path alongside me. He loved me, and he did not look down on me for my weaknesses.
However, it turned out that soda wasn’t the only thing that Isaac liked to drink, and before long I had an unhealthy drinking habit to match his own. We continued on like this, until one day the two of us became drunk and started fighting. It was the first time we had fought, and for me, it served as a harsh wake-up call. The following morning, once I’d sobered up, I realized that I would not be able to build a home for myself if I continued drinking. I told Isaac that I had decided to give up alcohol completely, and that I was leaving him. I would return home, to the house my mother took me to.
But it wasn’t long before I relented and returned to Isaac, having decided instead to help him defeat his drinking habits, and get them under control. We each brought our struggles into this marriage, but that just meant we would need to overcome them together. We took off on a bumpy road and were uncertain of our destination, but after all, I still loved him very much, and knew that, within time, the two of us could create a beautiful home together.
Within time, and by working together, both Isaac and I cleaned up our lives. Isaac was able to at last overcome his battle with alcohol, and although he chose not to attend services at the church, he still came when our children Caroline and Sialo were being baptized. I abandoned my past and became actively involved in the PCEA Church in Ngong, and shortly after became a Sunday school teacher, youth leader, and member of the Women’s Guild. In 1981, through the help of a mutual friend who was a former member of Parliament, Isaac was also reinstated to his former position as a Veterinary Technician in the Ministry of Livestock and Agriculture.
It was also around this time that I rediscovered the importance of faith. My personal relationship with the Lord had been restored, and I was once again inspired by the example my mother had set for me, so many years before.
My life is anything but perfect; I am merely human. But by God’s grace, He still chose to use me to further His work.