RUEL TANO BONGANCISO

JOSEPH  AND I

“Come close to me, do not be angry  with your selves for selling me because God sent me here to save his people.”

Iam Rishelle an Ishmaelite woman, I had sold by my relatives because they want to get our land. I had nothing to do because if I’m not going to agree with them they will kill my brother   Here I am felt so lonely and helpless if my parents are still leaving for sure. I  will not be experience this kind of life -being a maid servant in the household of Potiphar. One day I met a new friendnamed Joseph. A Hebrew young man we had the same story he had been put to pit and sold by his brothers because they hated him and now he is also a servan there. However he is a simple man,  having warm personality, dedicated in his work that is why our master gain more riches and he was a man who fear  God. He taught me how to pray and trust God, he was always there if I’m in my unwanted attitude, he always listen and understand me. Until we became best friend, he told me everything about his life, his families and his dreams. I really admired him, suddenly  I didn’t expect to treat him more than my best friend, I felt something different but I choose to hide this feelings. One morning I am in the garden I heard a voice asking help I immediately ran in the house and I had seen my master holding a scarf ofJoseph she told me that Joseph had a bad intention to her. When Potiphar heardthis, he got so angry and put Joseph to prison for the sin he didn’t committed.I stand as his witness but we didn’t succeeded. Every now and then I visited him to the prison. Despite of his condition my love for him nothing changed,and I prefer again to hide it. He told me that theirs a cupbearer and a baker of Pharaoh being put to jail, they had a dreamed and he interpreted it. He asked the cupbearer to mentioned him to the king.

            One night I receive a news that Joseph was in Pharaoh to interprets his dreamed. I pray to God that he would going to help Joseph. Early in the morning I’m in the gate of the palace to heard some development about Joseph. I was so happy that Joseph in charge in the palace and the people submit to him but still Pharaoh is much more greater than he. He’s given a wife named Asenath. When I heard about it I felt that darkness conquered my entire life I went back home full of loneliness and tears. Everyday Joseph sends me a letter but I ignore it.

            Famine came I had nothing to do but to go to buy food to Joseph when I saw him everything changed the way he dressed and spoke but I felt that he is still my best friend, but he didn’t recognized me because I put a cloth on my face.

            When I finished paying I immediately went back home but I was still  becauseof the group of men next to me. Joseph accused them that they are the spies and he put them to prison but after three days they allow them to be free and back totheir homeland. I was so shocked one afternoon that Joseph visited me, I don’tknow what I am going to do. He told me everything about his brothers and the condition he had given them, he is crying in front of me because he really missed his father Jacob and Benjamin his younger brother. Meanwhile, in the land of Canaan Jacob decided to sent his sons to Egypt because the famine was still severe. They took Benjamin with them.

            When Joseph saw them he immediately command his steward to prepare a dinner for them. There they eat and drink.When he saw Benjamin he cannot controlled himself so he find place to wept.Early in the next morning his brothers sent on their way home but  Joseph planned to put his silver cup in Benjamin’s sock, while they were gone in the city Joseph commanded his attendants to catch them. To make the long story short he cannot controlled anymore himself and he told everything about who he is, he asked favor to Pharaoh to bring all his family to Egypt. His brother asked forgiveness and he accept it, he command them to bring their father and all their families to Egypt because the famine has not yet gone. Early in the morning Joseph’s wife died,he mourn all the more together with his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim, father Jacob and all his brother. After a year I decided to back in my hometown and forget everything about Joseph. I was so surprised that someone puts his hands in my eyes… that was Joseph. He told me that he loved me more than a friend.When he was in Potiphar’s house but he was afraid to tell me about his feelings. He offered me a wedding. I was speechless that time but because I still loved him I agreed to him. All my tears, failures and aches gone away…that was our lovestory..

            “if you loved someone don’t giveup because you are made to love and to be loved”