Friday, 27 November 2015 - The husband to renowned Kenyan gospel musician Emmy Kosgei, Anselm Madubuko recently opened up about the challenges he faced after marrying Emmy as his second wife.
Speaking
during an interview with Nigerian paper, Sunday Punch, Mr Madubuko disclosed
that he faced a lot of backlash from many Nigerian, Church women who were of the
opinion that he should have married them instead.
The founder
of The Revival Assembly Church was speaking about his love life where he disclosed that he feels his love story has been misunderstood by many.
Below is what the famed preacher had to say:
"I
meet my present wife at a conference in Mombasa, Kenya. She came to sing while
I was there to preach. Before my first wife passed away, we were supposed to
hold our annual conference and she specifically asked me to invite Emmy to
minister. She also asked me to invite her and her team for lunch in our home.
Unfortunately , she did not live to see that happen. I did not know she would
die when she did. I did not have any relationship with my present wife until my
late wife passed away,"
"After my wife died, I did not want to marry again because I did not know where or how to start looking for a wife after over 20 years in marriage. But God had other plans . I was thinking of what next to do when God suddenly dropped it in my spirit that Emmy would become my wife. But, I did not know how it would happen because we were not romantically involved. She told me about her relationship and I counselled her. I kept it to myself. But, all over sudden, people close to me , including my son , began telling me that they foresaw me marrying, Ololo, which is what they called her. so, I picked up the phone, called her and told her I would marry her but she declined."
"After my wife died, I did not want to marry again because I did not know where or how to start looking for a wife after over 20 years in marriage. But God had other plans . I was thinking of what next to do when God suddenly dropped it in my spirit that Emmy would become my wife. But, I did not know how it would happen because we were not romantically involved. She told me about her relationship and I counselled her. I kept it to myself. But, all over sudden, people close to me , including my son , began telling me that they foresaw me marrying, Ololo, which is what they called her. so, I picked up the phone, called her and told her I would marry her but she declined."
"While people advised me
to wait for five years or more, God asked me how many years it would take to forget about my late wife . But, I
realised that ten years would not make any difference trying to forget someone
whom you had spent over 20 years of your life with . For my sake, He asked me
to marry again. I did and it was and still is a wonderful experience. I found
love again and I have no regrets.
"She
is real and for the two years that we have been married we have never had any
misunderstanding."
"She was and still is accepted and loved by everyone. we did
not need to convince anyone, but some women in church thought i should have
married them instead. they felt they could tell me how to lead my life. many
people left the church after I married her. It was terrible experience but I
thank God that I did not miss it."
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