I was spending my break in school with a dear uncle of mine. As a matter of fact, I was staying temporarily with him before going to my final destination. One morning, after getting the preliminaries out of the way, I walked to my Aunt’s door, knocked and said, “Ma, I am hungry”. She responded, “Since you got here, have […]
Just after preparing a cup of beverage for her that morning, I handed it over to her. I did not hear what she said initially but when I asked again I heard “Daddy, bread” I looked at my daughter and said to her, “There is no bread at home”. It reminded me of childhood memory- our neighbour’s house always had […]
It had been a pretty tough and rough weekend- I was emotionally down in those early days of ministry. I locked myself up in my room to just lean in on God for a restoration of my strength. Just some few hours later, there was a knock on my door and a voice saying, “Mummy is calling you. Bishop ___ […]
We were visiting with a dear brother. Since we could not find our way there, we had to drive behind him. Unfortunately, my host drove a bit fast and simply forgot that he was showing us the way. Well! I tried keeping pace but it was hard in the twists and turns of the city of Lagos. I was trying […]
Some few years into ministry, a dear friend of mine said to me, “Pastor Temi, please do not call me when the request is small. Kindly call me when the request is huge and ask me for big things” Do you know what? It is not as though he has it all ready-made but his heart is amazing. And it […]
I had wanted to get an apartment in that particular place for months. When I eventually got it, it was a terrible shape. I had to decide whether to take it or not- roof had issues, toilet was in bad shape, kitchen was a sorry sight. When I told Mum, she said (while Dad was still thinking it was a […]
When we took a walk to that community project, we began to assess it. It had been there before I was born. There were no doubts as to what we needed to do- the walls were weak, the structure was already giving way. We pulled down the old. We dug new foundations. We made new pillars and had to connect […]
It was a long night of discussions (well, more like debates). My parents were having tough issues with us- especially the fact that my sister now uses “attachments”. Mum had caught her while she was away from home using it. Well! Wearing trousers too were major issues. It was a night of back and forths. We were now grown kids […]
An elderly one told me a story of how he took his daughter to the clinic. In a bid for the family doctor to put her at ease, he asked her a simple question: “What is your name?” Her answer was not that simple. She went ahead to mention her name attaching that she is a princess and mentioned categorically […]
Just after signing the letter accepting me as a corps member in the organization, she looked up and said, “You will be idle if you just stay around here although we have a good accommodation for you”. Then she continued, “You are a professional. I think you should get to practice in the state capital” And then the warning landed, […]
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