Owen Isaacs.. My pastor, my friend

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Last week Tuesday, my Facebook inbox beeped the face of my friend, Julia Mokoti, and as I was in a hurry to get to the office, I ignored it until around lunchtime. I nearly had a heart attack when I opened it, and it read: “Isaacs is late…”

I know many ‘Isaacs’, but there was no doubt who she was talking about because the one we both related to was Pastor Owen Isaacs. When? What happened? The usual questions followed. That morning. He had a stroke the previous night, she said.

I fell sick. I had a stomach upset for a whole 12 hours. I was in a daze. How can this happen to a strong, hyperactive pastor I knew? And hyperactive Owen was. A bundle of energy!

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Owen Isaacs.. My pastor, my friend

Last week Tuesday, my Facebook inbox beeped the face of my friend, Julia Mokoti, and as I was in a hurry to get to the office, I ignored it until around lunchtime. I nearly had a heart attack when I opened it, and it read: “Isaacs is late…”