I Was Losing Everything Until an Old Man Warned Me Not to Ignore This Sign During This Christmas
My name is Samuel Kibet, a hardware shop owner from Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County. For many years, life had been kind to me. I built my business near Uganda Road, married my wife Ruth Chebet, and we were blessed with two children, Ian and Mercy. I was respected in church at ACK St. Luke’s Eldoret, and people often came to me for advice. But as this last year approached Christmas, everything in my life started falling apart in ways I could not explain.
The problems began slowly. Customers stopped coming. Suppliers demanded money urgently. My wife became distant, and small arguments turned into big fights. One evening, my shop was broken into, and expensive tools were stolen. A week later, my car broke down completely on Kapsoya Road. Bills piled up. Sleep left me. Every morning, I woke up with a heavy chest, asking myself what I had done wrong. I prayed, but it felt like my prayers were hitting the ceiling.
By early December, things got worse. Ruth took the children and went to her parents’ home in Kericho, saying she needed space. I was left alone in the house, surrounded by silence and unpaid bills. Friends stopped visiting. Even church members avoided deep conversations with me. One evening, as I sat outside my shop watching the sun set, I felt completely defeated. I thought of selling everything and starting over somewhere else. That night, I decided to take a long walk to clear my head.
