#Chapter 3: WHEN WEEKS BECAME DECADES

During the sixteen years at Ahmadu Bello University, Essiet encountered an unexpected battle.

An accident severely damaged his kidney function, leaving him with only about half of one functioning kidney.

The medical outlook was frightening.

Doctors believed he might have only a few weeks to live.

But the weeks passed.

Then months.

Then years.

Ten years.

Twenty years.

Thirty years...

and counting.

The man who was expected to have weeks was given decades.

Still thinking.

Still teaching.

Still creating.

Still praying.

Still encouraging.

Still asking questions.

Still here.

Not because human strength could explain everything—

but because God's grace had sustained him.

A FEW WEEKS, THEY SAID. MORE THAN 30 YEARS, GOD GAVE.

Daddy became a living reminder that while we respect human knowledge, our times ultimately remain in God's hands.