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My house mate Og and I were in my room one Saturday afternoon when an idea popped in. I immediately shared my thought with Og. After we talked about the possibilities of the project, we prayed a short prayer, took out our pen and paper and started planning. The idea was to feed Tunde’s friends and the other children in that area (more about Tunde in “Plight of an African Child” post). I put a call through to a highly efficient and creative friend of mine to make the poster for the outreach. We called some other people to know what we would need to make this plan a reality. As far as I was concerned, it was Game On.

LESSON 1: When you have an idea, share it with like minds ONLY. When you decide to take up a challenge or task, don’t stop, don’t settle and don’t wait. Team work is very powerful and produces impeccable results.

Og and I had to be very proactive about the plan and we had to depend strongly on God because truth be told, we were quite broke at the time.

LESSON 2: Don’t allow your account balance limit your thinking. Even if your account is running low, keep thinking big.
Being broke is a temporary state which will pass. A friend once told me to voraciously feed my dreams and starve my distractions. 

I must also mention that we had written a long list of friends who were going to get involved and support the project. The funny thing was that just about 3% of everyone on the list contributed or showed up.  Rather than get petrified as resources were crawling in, we told God that if anyone was to be disgraced, it would be Him because the project was for the glory of His kingdom and not my glory. So we didn’t even worry, at least not me. All I knew was that I had peace of mind which was certainly a good sign. By the third week our account was still very red.LOL!!  laughing at the devil.

LESSON 3: Man may disappoint you but Almighty God will never. If you work with and for God, he will work for you and through you.

Long time ago, I learnt and have remained faithful to practicing a certain prayer point “Lord let my help come from where I least expect it”, that was my testimony. Strange people sent in their donations and very few friends which I wasn’t bothered about. In no time we were ready for the outreach. We had all our needs met with zero stress and struggle.

LESSON 4: When God instruct us on what we should do, He supplies in abundance. Don’t suffocate God with your unbelief.

On the 6th of May, I saw the hand of God. We were able to distribute the food and flip flops to the children. 











Coincidentally, the children were also vaccinated as they took their packages.


 In all, it was a huge success.

Remember, 
“What lies behind us & what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us” –Oliver Wendell
Meanwhile, my birthday celebration was lit. Tunde  came visiting and we went to the beach. Remember to share your thoughts in the comment box.





Lady I

Comments

  1. Unknown9 May 2017 at 23:59

    Kudos babe....
    Keep up the good work....this is certainly the beginning of greater giant strides. Chukwu gozie gi.

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  2. Fregene10 May 2017 at 01:39

    Great work Irene, keep it up.

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