30/07/2025
When I moved to Cameroon in 2021, I was very anxious. I was leaving Nigeria, my family and going to live in a new country, settling into marriage, and living in a French speaking city.
It was all overwhelming and I was afraid. I didnât think I fit into the environment, and I was down for the first couple of weeksâŠ
But with time, I started to realize that Cameroon was never going to be home for me, if I donât let go, and let God. If I keep resisting the people, the food, the culture, and feeling bad about my experience, then Iâll mostly spend years in Cameroon without actually living in it.
The first thing I did was to ask God to help me accept Cameroon as my home for as long as He wanted.
I took a second step to make my Cameroon phone number my primary contact across all platforms. It was my first step to finally embracing where I was, and gradually God started to teach me a lesson about blossoming where He has planted me.
Iâve received a few messages from wives who have had to relocate to places they donât feel they belong, in order to be with their husbands, and Iâm writing this to them, and to anyone who currently finds themselves in environments where it seems like they donât fit in, or a place that doesnât look like where they envision themselves to be.
First, I want to let you know that Iâve been there for most of my life, never really fitting into the environments I found myself, and I can totally relate to the uncertainty you feel.
But what Iâve learned is that, God has a plan for placing you wherever you currently find yourself. From the family you were born, to where you live. You may not see this yet, but nothing happens in Gods plan by mistake.
Secondly, a place will only begin to look like home when you make it one and it begins with the mind. Personal experience has taught me that you wonât be able to fully enjoy the fruits of a land you constantly criticize. Eventually I enjoyed Cameroon so much that when it was time to leave, we literally had to call on God and the host of angels for confirmation đ and I still think back to our time in Cameroon with so much fondness.
Thirdly, pay attention to what God is saying to you for each season. You can be in a place and have experiences and results that donât look like where you live. This was my case and I believe it can happen to anyone if you can let God.
God has a purpose for placing you where you are, walk with Him and get to know his heart for the season. You can still have abundance where you are. You can grow and make impact where you are.
Donât discard what you have at the moment because God has equipped you with all you need to blossom from right from where you are if only youâll see it.
And when/if itâs His will that you move, youâll move knowing that the land owed you nothing, and that you lived out Gods purpose for this season.
