Linet Kagasa was scrolling through Facebook updates one evening in mid-2016 when she got a message alert. Her reply to a simple hi from a stranger on the Facebook Messenger application set in motion the beginning of her love story.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore the text came, I would like many of his quotes and sermons which I enjoyed,\u201d she states.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
After chatting online for a while, a close friendship developed between Linet and her would-be husband Peter Oduor. It took a whole year for the two to meet in person after they had exchanged phone contacts. Linet says she was in no rush and wanted to make sure the connection was genuine.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore the text came, I would like many of his quotes and sermons which I enjoyed,\u201d she states.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
After chatting online for a while, a close friendship developed between Linet and her would-be husband Peter Oduor. It took a whole year for the two to meet in person after they had exchanged phone contacts. Linet says she was in no rush and wanted to make sure the connection was genuine.<\/p>\n
When Peter finally proposed a face-to face-meeting, Linet was anxious but remained hopeful. Her biggest fears were that he would not show up and even if he came, once he saw that she uses a wheelchair, he would immediately leave.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Linet was born without her left hand and her legs were amputated in 2008, five years after she had developed health complications.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cI was born with legs and they were fine until a bone abnormality developed,\u201d she recalls.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cIn Class Five, I began growing shorter and shorter until I ended up walking on my knees. By the time I was taken to hospital in Kijabe, it was too late;\u00a0 my bones had hardened and I lost both of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
After Linet and Peter met, they went silent on each other and continued with their lives. When they finally reconnected two years later in 2019, Linet was in a relationship and turned down Peter\u2019s request to date. However, Peter was adamant that he would wait for her.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n