Recently, I have been sneaking into Lagos and this is not because I don't want people to know about my being in Lagos, but because I wouldn't be staying long enough to see my friends that live there.
My first trip was to Oshodi while the second was to Ojota. Now, my third trip to Festac posed a great threat on my peace as I didn't know how to get to the place I am going, so I had to contact a lot of friends staying in Lagos to get accurate description of the place.
All the descriptions I got looked similar, but I still nursed a fear for the Lagos Cabs. I have heard a lot about them that I don't want to have any thing to do with them. My previous trips had been without taking any cab, but this time it seemed like I have no choice.
Google Map seems to think that everyone has a car. I needed a direct bus to Festac from Ibadan, but I was told that the closest I can get is to Mile-2. I had set my mind on getting a cab finally from Mile-2 to Festac. I had gotten the name of the junction that I would alight.
Before leaving Ibadan, I asked God to send a nice bus conductor to me. Someone that would be caring enough to treat me well and drop me at the right place.
On getting to the garage in Ibadan, I saw a Taxi going to Mile-2. I don't like traveling inside a Taxi even though it would be better because I would be able to ask the driver where to get a cab going to Festac.
I moved to another garage where I saw a bus going to Mile-2 and a lot of other places I don't know. I entered the bus and started asking the conductors about how to get to Festac from Mile-2.
The man sitting beside me told me that the bus will get to Festac. I felt I was in a wrong bus because I had been told that I cannot get a direct bus to Festac from Ibadan. I asked another person and I got the same answer.
Okay, let's see how this ends. The bus moved past all the places I could recognize from my previous trips. I stayed glued to my Google Map as we went on. Then I saw that we were passing just by the place I was going. I told the driver to stop and I alighted.
Following my map, I just trekked a few distance to the place I was going to. No Lagos Cab, No Lagos Conductor, No Stress. It was a super smooth trip. I'm just so glad right now.
You see, sometimes we panic about things ahead, but when we pray, we should know that God will answer the prayer. If I had trusted God completely about the trip, I wouldn't have had to get myself worked up about Lagos Bus Conductors. God truly is good.
Irrespective of what people have told you about a situation, God can make it happen the way you dreamt it. Yes, He can. He did it for David, He did it for me, He will do it for you! Choose to believe.
I will postpone my official meeting with Lagos Conductors maybe till when I'm returning to Ibadan, but for now, I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh!
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