Mukiibi, his wife and their pastor all had visions about their marriage

I was looking for a suitable girl to marry and had discussed the matter with the Rev. Canon Benon Kityo. I had prayed to God to lead me to the right person. One day, I  got a telephone call from a relative who wanted me to pay her a visit. 

 

She had lived abroad for many years and we had a lot to discuss. Unfortunately, I dosed off on the carpet in her sitting room. It was during that brief sleep that I had a dream. The Lord told me to go for the lady who was on Tv. I woke up and turned my attention to the Tv, so that I could see which lady it was. 

 

My cousin asked what was wrong, but I did not answer her. Instead, I cut short my visit. She pleaded with me to wait for the gifts she had brought for me. However, I told her I would return to pick them. I needed to have a word with God. 

 

The next stop was my house, where I locked the door and went down on my knees to thank God. I, however, made another request to Him. I planned to visit the lady the following morning, using the address she had given on Tv. I asked God to encourage her to hug me if she was the right person for me. 

 

When I got to her office at Mulago Hospital, she indeed hugged me. This was the final answer I needed for my plans and by the time I left, I had asked her to visit me. Fortunately, I knew Ruth, although I had been  three classes ahead of her in our secondary school.

 

I did not tell her my intentions the day we met at her office, but when she visited the following week, I proposed to her. I told her I wanted our wedding to take place two months from then. She was speechless, but asked for a week to consult her pastor. 

 

My family knew her and when I mentioned my intentions, many rejected the proposal, saying I needed to have children and the girl I intended to marry had sickle cells. My mother asked me if I really loved Ruth. I told her that whether it meant staying in marriage with her for only a month, I would die a happy man.

I had a crush on her the first time I saw her at Wampewo SS in 1993. That time, the headboy had given her a tough punishment because she had long hair, which was not allowed in school. 

 

Her friends helped her do the punishment she was given. I mobilised my friends and we waylaid the headboy and beat him. We were wearing hooded shirts, so he did not recognise us. Unfortunately, I could not tell her my feelings then. 

Our introduction took place in August, 2003 and the wedding was in December, the same year. 

 

By 11:00am on our wedding day, I had not yet got a shirt or shoes and neither did our page boy  have a tie! I tore a piece from my tie and gave it to him. 

 

My bestman had come with an extra pair of shoes and shirt. When I put them on, they fitted me. I picked my bride from the salon in my pick-up and drove her to church for the wedding.

My parents, Stephen and Agnes Sempa, loved me so much and gave me a lot of care as I grew up. After graduating from Makerere University, my father opened up a business for me because I had told him I did not intend to marry. 

 

When Mukiibi, whom I remembered as a stubborn boy in school, shocked me with his proposal, I needed guidance from my pastor. During Mukiibi’s brief visit at Mulago, he told me his character had changed, but I did not believe it. 

 

The pastor also shocked me when he called, asking me to pay him a visit because he had message to deliver to me.  

 

According to the pastor, he had had a vision, where God showed him my future husband and he asked me to take our photo to him for blessings! I was confused because the two had never met since they belonged to different churches. 

 

We are now married with beautiful children and I thank God for that. Where some women collide with their mothers-in-law, mine is a blessing.