How We Met – Adesola

We met in 2014 as postgraduate students in UI. We weren’t friends then just ‘greeters’, greeting is his specialty😀. We shared some courses together and also attended the same fellowship. In 2015, he asked me to coordinate the final semester brethren of our fellowship with him and that was when we became friends. All through 2015 and early 2016 we were good friends but we lost touch sometime in 2016 when I moved from Ibadan.

We came across each other again during our convocation. We got talking and continued our friendship. Some months later, I got a job in Ibadan and moved back to Ibadan fully. At this time, we were chatting, talking on phone on a regular basis and seeing each other occasionally.

February 4 2018, he called and asked to see me. After the visit, he said he had something on his mind to tell me, he said and I quote;  “Adesola, I’m in love with you, I’ll like to be in a relationship with you and if God wills, will lead to marriage……..” He said he had prayed about it and was at peace and he told me to take my time to pray and think about it. At that point, I had a lot of mixed feelings – shock, joy, excitement, fear of the unknown…..but I also had an amazing feeling of peace settle around me.

May 9th, 2018, I called and asked to see him. I asked him if our friendship will continue if I say no to his proposal, for a minute he looked very quiet then, he said yes, we’ll still be friends. Then I told him; “my answer to your proposal is actually Yes, but I wanted to hear your answer to that question”😀.

That was when DeLafem relationship started which will now be DeLafemUnion.

Ifemi, I thank God for bringing us together (thank God for UI and RCPGF😊). I’m blessed to have you as the one I’ll share this forever journey with. I love you for who you are and all you do- your love for God, your kind heart, caring and loving nature not just to me but to everyone you meet. Cheers to always and forever darling.