B A S E D O N A T R u E S T O R Y
The following is not intended to poke fun but to
expose reality and
provoke thought.
This conversation took place in an office. Sister Mercy attends one of the big churches in Abuja, its name was witheld by the person that first told me the joke.
Sister Mercy: Ahmed good morning, how body now?
Ahmed: I dey, this yeye AC just dey cold me. . . shey nothing?
Sister Mercy: Ehn I just want ask you one small sometin. . . .you know, for our church we dey donate money for the victims of the pipe explosion in Lagos, so I just want give u this envelope, anything wey u fit ,
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cuts in)Ahmed: Ahn ahn you people, shey the one wey they dey collect for church no dey do you?, you wan to dey collect offering outside church again. . .
Sister Mercy: No haba now, I told you its for the victims.
Ahmed: So how much you don collect already
Sister Mercy: Ahn ahn that one no concern you, your own na just to contribute.
Ahmed: contribute ko, contribute ni, how much I fit give wey go solve another man's problem?
Sister Mercy: Nothing is too small for the Lord, besides, God looks at the heart not the amount. You know the bible says give and it will come back to,
Ahmed: I hear you; I hear you but my own be say, no be my N500 wey go solve their problem. In fact you people for that your church just dey disturb yourelfs. If I dey part of una, I go just tell d Pastor say make he sell one or two of His suits; that one fit solve their problem. . . .
Abi na lie?