{"id":3351,"date":"2013-10-12T11:56:25","date_gmt":"2013-10-12T09:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/?p=3351"},"modified":"2013-10-12T11:56:25","modified_gmt":"2013-10-12T09:56:25","slug":"what-has-he-done-to-deserve-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/2013\/10\/12\/what-has-he-done-to-deserve-this\/","title":{"rendered":"What has he done to deserve this?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Rapha\u00ebl<\/a>By Patrick Rapha\u00ebl Sebyera<\/b>, stagiaire at Serenje Parish, Zambia<\/i><\/span><\/address>\n
In the morning of the 10th<\/sup> October, from the driving school in Mansa, I was getting ready to go back home but stopped first at the office of Caritas Mansa. Reaching the gate, I saw an old man on a wheel chair. Poor man! He was struggling to climb a stiff slope. He was tired and sweating. I saw many people passing by but no one helped him. I came closer and greeted him. <\/i><\/span><\/address>\n
\u2014 Can I help you? <\/i><\/span><\/address>\n
\u2014 Yes! Please! <\/i><\/span><\/address>\n
I pushed him up to the junction where I was planning to turn on my way home.<\/i><\/span><\/address>\n
\u2014 Where are you going? <\/i><\/span><\/address>\n
\u2014 I\u2019m going to the compound after the hospital.\u00a0 <\/i><\/span><\/address>\n
We continued on the road while I was asking to myself what he has done to deserve this. At a certain point, he asked me if I drink. I answered positively. Then, he told me to stop for a drink. However, I proposed him to simply pursue our journey. Reaching a high hump, I asked him how he manages to cross it when he is alone. <\/i><\/span><\/address>\n
\u2014 God sends me somebody like you to help me.<\/i><\/span><\/address>\n
As we were approaching the place where he could easily move by himself, women were selling some fruits. <\/i><\/span><\/address>\n
\u2014 Let us buy some bananas, he said. <\/i><\/span><\/address>\n
\"5<\/a>He had some coins in his pocket. He gave me 20 coins of 5 Ngwee to make one Kwacha. I brought the money to a women selling bananas. <\/i><\/span><\/address>\n
\u2014 For whom do you want them? <\/i><\/span><\/address>\n
\u2014 For the bashikulu (the old man). <\/i><\/span><\/address>\n
I do not know why, but she was annoyed and gave me three small rotten bananas. <\/i><\/span><\/address>\n
\u2014 Can you not give even one which is good?<\/i><\/span><\/address>\n
\u2014 If you don\u2019t want them, take your money back. <\/i><\/span><\/address>\n
Once more, I was asking to myself what the bashikulu has done to deserve this. I took those bananas to him. He refused them saying \u201cawe mukwai\u201d. As a result, I went to take back the money. I felt bad.<\/i><\/span><\/address>\n
As we reached the place where he could easily go by himself, I told him that it was time for me to go back to where we met in the first place and go home. He blessed me and gave me his 20 coins of 5 Ngwee. I thanked him adding that I was happy to help him without reward. <\/i><\/span><\/address>\n
\u2014 Who are you to refuse a drink and my kwacha? <\/i><\/span><\/address>\n
I simply gave him my own blessing which he accepted. I left my bashikulu and came back home asking to myself again and again what has he done to deserve this.<\/span> <\/i><\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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