HOPELESS JOURNEY EPISODE 1.

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Inside of a man lives a legend,thousand version of himself. One of them is blocking your path forward.But the case of a young man was different..
There lived a young man, Praise who lived all his life to be a good man. He was born to a family of five including his dad and mom..Their father toils every miles just to maintain his family,he was making every means to make sure his wife and children never suffer in regardless of his salary been small.But a sorrowful part of his life was that he was an asthmatic patient.Due to the present state of his wife, he would during his free time wash his wife's cloth including her underwears.. Can you do that as a man? He would massaged his wife's body,play with her.. You know how a pregnant woman will behave during this state.
On a cool night,after eating and playing with his children, they all departed to sleep after their family altar.At an odd hour when everyone was asleep,he had an attack. They used all they could to suppressed the attack but was minimal as they were unable to get his inhaler.They had to get the inhaler for the attack to get suppressed totally.They had to send Praise's younger sister to get the inhaler because Praise had to stay with his father,his mother can not be of help because she was pregnant expected to gave birth few weeks. Praise younger sister, Felicia went for the drug and while coming got disturbed by some touts in the neighborhood.They struggled to rape but after much stress, they overpowered her because they were three in numbers. The three raped a young pretty girl. Is there any justice to rape? What a pitiful life! Will His father survive the attack?With her helpless state of health, she struggled to walk home but collapsed near to their house. A good Samaritan rescued her to her house, thank God she woke.Two patients on bed, who will help who? Will Praise leaves his dad,an asthmatic patient for his raped sister? She had even forgotten she lost the inhaler.What will be the state of mind of the expectant mother? Some minutes after she was rushed home, their father gave up the ghost... What a futile experience! What a sorrowful day? Who will comfort them? Will Felicia survive the pain? Who will bear the family burden? Will the pregnant mother bear this? Will she give birth to a fatherless child? This affected the family that Praise had to stop schooling for awhile but through the help of God continues his school after some months. Will a young guy like Praise be the father of the house?
His mother struggled to trained him to have a brighter future.He and his younger brother including his mother struggled to meet ends means. After finishing his secondary school, he opted for apprenticeship training because his mother can't afford to sponsor him for tertiary institution.As a God choosen man met the good face of his boss, it was as if he has learnt the work elsewhere because he was outstanding. People he met began to make jealous of him,plotting evil against him just to see he leaves the work for them or get sick or dead but God continues to help.. During weekend, he do go for extra work just to raise some fund to help his mother and his little brother.... Through his zeal to work, he was loved by all including his customers who has plans for him to travel abroad to continue his education.
This plan got hooked when his coworkers plotted another evil this time which went successfully..The day before the evil day, he was told not to go out the next day because evil was ahead of him but didn't heed because of his love for money. They plotted robbers to snatch a customer's vehicle from him whom the customers wife happened to be a lawyer.. On his way, robbers snatched the vehicle from him destroying the vehicle tracker... Who will believe this young innocent man? How will he not be jailed? Who will cater for his mother and the little child? How will they survive?
This young man has no witness except God but God can't come from heaven. The man got arrested and thrown into cell for investigation before taking the case to court.The whole family went into disarray because of the incident but had to leave everything to God. What made this case went bad was that the wife of the customer who happened to be a lawyer hates Praise thereby creating more problem for him because she said Praise intentionally fabricated the story hoping that they will just forgive him.. One fateful morning, Praise mom visited the customers house just to plead for mercy but was not allowed in by the gatekeeper.There,rain fell on her mercilessly because she had no where to hide.. What a pitiful life! Life of a helpless mother. Because of the rain that fell on her the previous day, she fell sick... Who will take care of her? Who will breastfeed the child? Does wickedness pays?
The matter got deteriorated when his coworkers falsefully called the customer that Praise intentionally did that because he has plan to sell the vehincle. They told the customer that he told them to partake in the deal but they declined. The fabricated the issue to the extent that no one can convince the man that Praise didn't stole this vehicle.. This matter is getting out of hand for Praise.. Who will trust Praise with his words? Where will a man getting a stipend get the money to buy a new jeep? A sorrowful life.
The date of court judgement was fixed, what will be the fate of an accused man without witness.After reading the police report of the incidence, Praise was sentenced to 10years imprisonment with hard labour or he should purchase a brand new jeep..... The easiest one to choose is imprisonment..... His coworkers were happy that they finally send their enemy to jail..They continued with their work but will I concluded that they don't have conscience? What will be their end? Will Praise be freed? What's the health condition of praise mother? Who will cater for the family?
4 years later, Praise had an health crisis while on work in the prison, he was rushed to the hospital.After several weeks in the hospital, he was discharged as freed from the ailment, happy that he is alive.. When there is life, there is hope. On a fateful day in the prison, they had a crisis due to the work scheduled for the prisoners.This led to a riot in the prison,Praise was mistakenly stabbed.His death news was announced before getting to the hospital..A child born to have a brighter future died without fulfilling his purpose on earth? Will his purpose be to die young?Who will buried Praise's body? Who will delivered the sad news to his family? How will the family accept this? What will be the gain of Praise's coworkers who led him to this trap? Is there any joy in killing other people just because you want to live a better life? What will Praise family survive with? What happened to Felicia, Praise's younger sister?