EterNal Grrrrheartitude fOr tHE yEAR 2015

........The faithfulness of the  lord is from generation to generation..........

It's just few hours before calender date changes.......from 2015--2016.
So much about the atmosphere of the environment that's leaves no one to ask is it a festive seasons......
It's a joy not just to be merely alive at this time but to also be alive in God......
In many ways I am forever grateful to God,the father of our Lord Jesus Christ for his faithfulness over me,my family and everyone in my sphere of influence....
2015 holds for me a nostalgic memories of great new beginnings.......
Challenges in times past have now become the very treasures of wealth i have been blessed with......
The lord indeed makes all things beautiful in Its time......
Thought the crest and troughs of the year, i have been enormously blessed with family both physical and spiritual....friends...sisters(daughters of Zelophehad) ....my own Xerxes....service year....the list is endless.....

the joy of fellowship i have had this year makes me wonder what the lord would have worked in me by this time in the coming year........

The joinery from borno in nasarawa - ekiti.....
The family of God....Rccg shining star iworoko...(pastor Paul Obisesan..mr paul adeboye...Mr Ola moses(decoder)..tolu shining star...the entire rccg family..

My newest family of chapel of his glory, satellite, Eksu....oh what awesome presence of God those people carry....
It's like been home away from home ....

My Coperate teacher,Miss bolanle Olowomeye....well soon to be mrs!!!...
Powerful blessing she has been to me...w

The entire students of are/afao comprehensive High school....throught the wetting of many flowers, seminars,music rehearsal...and so much time together.....the constant calling of aunty corper.......
My service year so far has been an unforgettable experience .

My osas....ceo oglamakeovers....awon ti gbogbo abuja....

Nights shared praying together with u- kenny openiyi-bukky-bisola...lets do it more in 2016

To my brother beloved.....thats what I call him...ken!...Kenny olafare...our friendship has soon budded into a warm brotherly affection....memories of the presence of God  we(ken-xerxes-i) enjoyed for 1 intense week in August still lingers in my memory and will remain forever...it has probably changed and heightened my in satiated desire for Christ to be form in us.....the bond of hunger...the flames desires for more of God........thanks for blessing me with bisola.......

To my xerxes....
My tracker the trappy....
You are the blessing of God of the year that I can never recover from...i have come to love and know the lord more...oh...words fail me to express all that you have been....
Eternity will unveil it....

This time I didn't enter the table of covenant drunk......i love you eternally.

My papi...
My Lord revrend
My baba charis
My grrrrrrrrrrrrr!
My one man who i can't find the suitable dictionary word for....
My rev WARD.. ...being born from your bowels is a priceless privilege i will always thank YHWH for....

And my whole oraculous tribe of matrix global.... 
Ministers(pee combine n others)-contact pastors-genrations.......My agapathes
Matrix university.....paitor T++ 

Time will fail me to mention a host of others....ema binu simi....
I love u all 
Thanks for the beautiful memories of 2015...

Jesus, my lord....i love u forever.....thank u forever!

cHallENgES: A sCHooL of wEALth

Where then is our boasting?....it is excluded!...roma3:27a

But let Him who glories glory in this, THAT HE UNDERSTANDS AND KNOWS ME, that i am the lord, exercising loving kindness, judgement. And righteousness in the earth......jere9:24

I will forever be grateful to God for every single detail of my life.....

Looking back at events and places the lord has brought me through in my short sojourn on earth leaves me with nothing but immense gratitude.

I am forever in awe of the wisdom of God at How he has dealt with me using every bygone challenges i have faced in time past as a preparation for the present....

Who could have known that single act of learning how to plant flowers in a terrible time (that I used to refer to as my moment of defeat and lost love) would pay off as one of the skill in my portfolio.

Hadassah Cakes & Cocktails was also a skill learnt also in a seemly dark time for me.

It's amazing how much treasures of skill and wisdom i truly acquired in times of sheer brokenness.

* we learn a lot in adversity than in prosperity....."failure and defeat" surely does have a great wealth of wisdom if we found mercy to respond properly to them*

Such is the story of my life....

The lord has blessed me with treasures of virtue and people in so- called bad days....

If one asked me...

HadassaH, would you take away those hard experiences from your life if you were so granted an opportunity to???

My Fat answer is....

NO!!!!!!! NOT FOR A SECOND!!!

THOSE ARE THE VEHICLE UPON WHICH THE TRUE BLESSINGS OF MY LIFE HAS BEEN CONVEYED....LAILAI i won't take them away!!

They have drawn me closer to God and they have made divinity more real to me!

They have opened me up to a God who shows mercy -lovingkindess-judgment-righteousness...and to the reality that all things indeed work together for God to those who love God.....

Nah am not preaching!!

I will leave that to my Xerxes!!!

Am just overwhelmed by God's wisdom!!!

NCCF FAMILY HOUSE...

Papi says often..."the reward of responsibility is more responsibility"

In the mist of much busy-ness with my personal CDS project ,i am reminded that leadership responsibility doesn't tell you it's coming, it just comes and it except you to adjust your lifestyle to its demands.

And that's a view of the NCCF family
House, Igede

New corp members are to arrive today at the house and it was expected of all NCCF executives to be at the family house to help the zonal coordinators at the NCCF igede family house with making arrangements for conveying corp members from the orientation camp at Emure,cooking,fetching water,welcoming the new Otondos and so on.

Cooking for our new Otondos
@ NCCF family house, Igede.

As totally engrossed as i am with the seminar part of my project, necessity laid it on me to be at the family house...

Now I had to really put in another part of leadership i learnt under papi to work.

Putting my hand into this sack i call "delegation of responsibilities" is one I often shy away from. I am often prone to the *one-man-soldier* routine and it can very exhaustive and generally not too effective...

And our new  corpers finally arrived.

I say that to say am still much of a learner in leadership and people coordination.

That's what I did!!!

I delegated it!!!

And am still doing that!!!

HEALTH SEMINAR WAS AWESOME!!!

Last week Thursday,i began the first part of the seminar....

It had taken a lot of preparation, brainstorming and work....

I had yielded to the wisdom of involving the school prefects to help with responsibility. And those kids have me their best!!!

I had invited two speakers....

Miss Tunmininu, a speaker from an health based NGO called Balm in Gilead Foundation

Mr Leke, the gym fitness trainer

And they did an excellent job!!!!

I will just let the pictures tell a brief story!!!..

 Alil view of the some of the students
At the school's social garden. 

Everyone on attention for the national anthem 

Addressing the students as
The health seminar began 

Miss Tunmininu of Balm in Gilead Foundation
A health based NGO in Ado-Ekiti
Spoke on personal hygiene and malaria.
Also gave alil warm up exercise

The second guest speaker, Mr Leke
A fitness trainer
And boy! He did put everyone an a fitness routine 

The Vice principal also addressed the students

Teebraks: YoU iNspIred tHis!!!

The hand of the diligent will always bear rule.....

 Swoooosh!!!!!
I dropped my spoonful of spicy spaghetti at the sound of my phone's ringing tone!!!

I had been staring at it just few seconds ago..trying to get in touch with a lady I had been talking to on whatsapp before NCCF fellowship began at 5pm.

‎I had only glance through tosin arowosegbe's whatsapp status and continued eating.i hoped he was doing well....the fond memory of that cocky and goofy young man brought a smile to my lips....*Tee-braks!!!*-as papi nicknamed him!!!

Still staring down at the phone that was just inches away from my half consumed spaghetti!

It was a number I wasn't familiar with calling me....so I just picked up trying to adjust my voice as i had only just swallowed a spoonful of spags...

*Hello ma'm???*

I was trying to ‎identify the voice but at first it didn't sound familiar....

*my boss asked me to make this call on his behalf!!*‎

The voice detector in my mind instantly identified the person!

"Detected!!!! .....TOsin AROWOSEGBE!!!

Ahahahahahaha!!!!

My subconscious and the caller said it almost together...*Tosin Arowosegbe*

Throwback july
Here is handsome mr goofy walking
By as we were trying to take a
Photograph!!!

I was ghiggling as he went further playing the prank of a clerk calling on behalf of his boss!!!‎

I played along too!!!

Oh what a call!!!...Tosin always has a way of lighting up your atmosphere with his ambience when he shows up.. 

It's like "SSSWOOOOOSSSSH!!!""...‎and crackling of fancy lights and alil mishmmash and alil goof ball yell when tosin shows up!!!

Awww!!!! Tee braks!!!

So finally mr goofy says....

"...So Ma'm can I have a summation write up of your experiences???...‎"

Huh???? Which???

Back in school or now???

He wanted my NYSC experience!!! 

Well I keep a little diary-blog and i have ‎some things written???

‎

His call was like a dormitory alarm to remember to write!!!

It's been really very exciting and busy time for me....

With my personal CDS project consuming more and more of me...and my work as a biology teacher....and NCCF ARE/AFAO duties...my plate seem to be well starched with varieties!!!

Varieties that i spiced up with alil of my own recreation...

GYM AND ME!

So I registered at the Gym last week!!!
How about that for alil recreation amidst the work-work-brainstorming-worrrrrk!!!

And after three consecutive days of stretching, squats,sit ups, push-ups and some aerobics....i am sore at different part of my body!!!...

But It was a soreness i expected and know would fade off soon.

I had discovered this place for a while but I didn't know it had a gym in it...i thought I was just a funland for kids but apparently it had more than that...

It was like a treasure in nowhere....

It was great to have a place like this in Are!

I had met pastor Paul Obisesan there to discuss my project and the proposal. he was also using the gym.

So I registered!!!!

Someone needs to be fit. And boy was i glad when the trainer seem very good at his work...

And he even gives instructions on my feeding routine

Atleast this was recreation for me....

My own getaway from everything....even though I am quite happy with all i am involved in now....

#pictures will be updated on this later!!!

TOADSTOOL.......MUSHROOM....and more fruits...

MY NEW KITCHEN DELICACY!

Mushrooms seem to be a constant find in the past few weeks in ARE!!!

And they have come to make a new Haven in my nutrition....

Edible Mushrooms!!!
And they were just delicious!!

Speaking as a microbiologist...So I have been feeding on fungi....edible fungi!!!

And it's delicious....and has this meaty feeling when you chew.

Look what I found this day
After gym hours

Bananas and plantains are a regulars in this side of ekiti...

So bòlè...(roasted plantain are common road side chops)...With groundnut to go with it...

Hence the few pimples that are taking a nap on my cheek....i react to groundnut with a physical evidence of pimples!!!

So the nutritional benefit of these side of Ekiti is quite bliss.....i mean that to say that I have been well fed!!!!

My personal CDS project.....

Talking about my CDS may take a lot of time....

It's behen fun....and quite an experience that has brought me face to face with great and not so great people....its been a wonderful experience so far....

I have become a teacher....and horticulturist....an instructor.....and much more still on the plate....

I will let the pictures let the story.....

Working on the nursery when it only just began

A cross section of the
Flower nursery as they
Began to bud!!! Yay!!

Oh pls teach the kids!!! Thats what I did!
Teaching the jss1 students How to plant a flower
With the students helping to water.

The senior students were helpful
They learnt and they started helping

Let's embark on a project
When I met with HRH Alafao of Afao, his chiefs
And community leaders!

Who needs shoes when you can plant
Carpet grasses.
So they learnt from the new horticulturist!

The amazing thing is all I am doing presently is all I learnt back at home...back in the kingdom community where I hail from in school....from my papi!!!
It was something I learnt at a time of much duress but now it's surely paying off. 
Papi had shown me how to plant flowers. It was my getaway from depress at the time as I buried the enormous energy that could have been wasted on crying over spilt milk in planting flowers for church! 

I am just reproducing all i learnt under him....

Am amazed at how much I learnt from my papi...and reproducing it is fun and exciting...

I haven't even told my papi what I am doing...i intend to surprise him.....hush!!! Pls don't tell him too ok...let me be done first!!!!

A servant is not greater than His master!!!...but it's expediehnt for a servant to be as His master!!!

NCCF....

Being a servANT leader....

Being an assistant facilitator ...

Well they call it "mama"...but at zenco meeting

It's simply assistant facilitator...

So Ekiti has two streams for the coming batch B otondos....

That spells more corp members in Are/Afao..

And preparation has began even from the zonal level....

In a few days, we will be welcoming new corp members to the community at the NCCF family house at Igede.

It's a lot work getting different people together under one canopy of fellowship. I thank God for the present coexistence between the few of us who are available at the moment. Even though the journeying down to our present state has been an humbling one for me....

I have learnt a lot of of lessons dealing with people and loving them regardless and not placing expectations on people....its been simply a journey of humility....

The lord has been helping me make up for my deficiency in places of inexperience and immaturity....

I am just enjoying the lord!!!!....

And in all i have been blessed with a new family,RCCG shinning star parish iworoko ...new sets of wonderful kids,the school prefects, ss1A students and jss1 students of Are/Afao comprehensive High school ..an awesome Coperate teacher.....miss bolanle Olowomeye...
A wonderful leader and burden bearer, my own Xerxes...*winks*

And to Him who has promised never to leave Or forsake me through all and in all....my saviour-baptiser-king Christ-Jesus be all the glory.....

The reward of a diligent servant is much more than cash...its in the confidence.its in coming to mastery..its in entering into the master's joy(the joy the master himself has).........
Hadassah

‎

OcToPUSly OcTobER

OCTOBER!!!!

BLESS BE THE LORD WHO GIRDLES MY LIONS FOR SERVICE...AND STRENGTHEN MY HAND TO WORK....

It's been work work work all the way....

It began on such a beautiful note...........

...October began with Akure.....

It was my first trip to the place.

FUTA SOUTH GATE 

Pastor Afo wanted xerxes and i to come to Akure for *the most high God* monthly meeting....

Even though the idea come totally impromptu,i agreed to go on probability.i had only sent pastor Afo a text after such a long time to greet him concerning his wedding which was just in 9 days at the time. {*coughing*...it was all xerxes' idea to send him a text before his wedding}.

Inside FUTA!!!

He had replied and demanded i come to Akure. I finally decided to take the trip. After all, a little adventure can't be too painful. Especially one that is towards a spiritual gathering and edification.

And again xerxes was coming too!

The Senate building 

Even though we arrived in the evening while the evening session had began,qe met quite a ample of words...and it was a very cold evening in Akure.

The place was literally around FUTA south gate.

Daddy and mummy Ogundare gave me a very warm welcome afterwards as we went for dinner at their place with a number of others...

Hello FUTA!!!

A warm and comfortable rooms was prepared for me at a married corper's house( her husband and pastor Afo were friends). Xerxes was with pastor Afo.

Xerxes took me into FUTA(federal university of technology, Akure) the following afternoon after the morning session..

Truth is I enjoyed my two nights in Akure. It was fun to be in another state and in another university environment either Xerxes.....

...HadassaH & The Afao community leaders...

My PPA is shared by three communities.

ARE-AFAO-ARAROMI.

The first time I visited the Alafo at his palace to inform him of my intention to embark on a community project.

Infront of the community meeting 

when we arrived as the meeting had been on before we arrived.one of the chief layer invited us in and I was asked to address the chiefs and all the community leaders.

It was a gathering of elderly people...like my grannies!!!

Many white hairs, brown and missing teeth but feisty eyes..

Some of the community leaders

I had to talk all the yoruba i knew and slot in some English when my yoruba words vocabulary wasn't forth coming...

They all smiled at my struggling yoruba vocabulary.

They were permitted to ask me questions.

Addressing the community leaders
The chief photo bombed my picture!!

And finally that asked what I wanted them to help with

*The reconstruction of the water system *

..*My Coperate Teacher Bears My Name*..

Her name is Miss Bolanle Olowomeye.

I believe this also is one of the hand of the lord in leading me to Ekiti to confirm so many of his promises to me even in this very place!!!

She is young and wonderful.

She is a deep lover of God and i have come to enjoy her company so much as she shares depth with me...again the lord has blessed me with a companion in Zion...

Setting up the nursery!!

I have been greatly blessed by her words and experiences.it's a joy to come to work daily as i look forward to the smile of a companion who shares your spiritual believes and desires...

I wish to say more about her...but not now!!!

....HadassaH :The Horticulturist!!!.....

Part of my project is beautification of the school premises...so I have embarked on planting almost 2000 flowers.

Still working!!!

Yes 2000 flowers!

I thank God for having leh
arned how to plant flowers in a nursery...so I requested that the students submit pure water nylons with loamy soil in it...

So for the past two weeks I have been busy setting up a flower nursery to nurse grow them.

Teaching the students
What type to leave stalk to
Plant in a nursery

Boy! It's been work but I do enjoy it...

I also have come to learn a lot of wisdom in this past few weeks...

The Jss 1 students were more easy to coordinate and they responded to the submission of pure water nylons better than the seniors.

Even though I had a handful of the senior students who have been very helpful In preparing the nursery and sheds...

Fetching water and wetting the nursery beds is great work...but God has blessed me with a lot of interested students.
 I have become the an horticulturist in two weeks...teaching the kids how to plant flowers....

Planting the flowers in the nursery
With the students
I

The rigorous part of the set up is gradually asking away as the kids are now familiar with what to do with just minimum supervision....

I was gradually making progress!!!!

........A new LGI!!!!......

LGI-local government inspector...

I had thought I would be working with mrs Afolabi. She has been very encouraging, motherly and warm. I had been concerned when she announced to us that she had been replaced...i had been concerned..

A part of the nursery

I have been looking forward to working with her.Ididn't know if the new LGI would be easy to work it.

Xerxes had shifted my attention to a greater good....

*i believe the new LGI is the best man for you to work with*...

I was encouraged even though he advised me to keep in touch with the former LGI...

One of the student wetting
The flower nursery 

The new LGI is young...Yes Young!

And Muslim...Mr Ismail Olofintuabu!!!

He sounds quite firm but cool...

And he has been encouraging too...

I guess he is the best man for the job afterall....

BATCH C finally POPPED out of NYSC

Are/Afao NCCF has its major members in the batch C corper members..with them gone, the fellowship has been very scanty physically....but not without the presence of the cloud of witnesses and the host of Zion...

Some of are/afao batch C corper members.

We all gathered together last Wednesday to celebrate the batch C corpers of ARE / AFAO at corper Ezekiel( the former papa's hosuse). And it was a beautiful gathering of feasting.

We already miss them!!!

More Flower species!!!....more!!!

Counsel in the heart of a minute is like deep waters...a man of understanding will draw it out!!!!

Such it the case here with this flower business of mine....

Teaching the Jss1 students
How to plant a flower! 

I have been taken up new species to add to the nursery so we can have diversity....

And I have been working daily with the enormous help of the students and the the encouraging words of my cooperate teacher, Miss Olowomeye!!!

I have even infected her with planting flowers for her church.

...My August Allowee finally get unclogged.....

There had been a problem with my allowee when I relocated July...and I didn't get allowee for august and September....

A visit to fajuyi memorial park
Ado-Ekiti

And I had complained about it several times to no avail...

Until when I finally got to the root of the matter.the account number I had written down was Eco Bank which was opened for us at *Borno-in-nasarawa* orientation camhp...

But it has been recorded as union bank in Ekiti. So officially the account number was wrong!

Today after so many inquiries, i was called to the state secretariat and paid my august allowee in cash with an advice to wait for the arrival of my September allowee...

*somebody is smiling*....it sure felt good to finally be paid!!!

Teaching the senior students
How to plant a carpet grass

....Carpet du grass..TEACH!..ziba mama yo!!!

Miss Olowomeye brought me some carpet grass for me to plant in the school centre. And again I was up to work....

I have also been teaching!!!

Teaching

Smiles....more smiles

My dearest Ayaba of life.

Iya lanre..iya kola..iya bolanle...iya dimeji..

Ziba! Ziba!

Mama yo travelled to zulu land today!!

To see Dr Yo!..aka baba ibeji

To see Pops!...aka mama ibeji

To take care of Realaboha...aka Temitayo

To take care of Lethabo....aka Olufemi

And to see the zulu land....

Greet the zulu...

Y'all take care of my ayaba for me...

Grace and peace......

IN EVERY LABOUR...THERE IS A REWARD...

THANKS XERXES...

SEPTember...My SEvENmber......

In the words of a king lies great powers.....
HadassaH


Un! Deux!

Trois! Quatre!

Cinq! Six! SEPT!

Huit! Neuf! Dix!!!

.....OUI!!!....

Sorry that what just me numbering 1-10 in french....

Thanks to my primary and secondary school where french was compulsory for all students!

SEPTEMBER!

Sept is 7 in french language!

SEPTember.... 7Ember.

how about we call September.....SEVENMBER!!..

It's not like I like to play disappearing act!!!

It's just SEVENMBER....SORRY! Your SEPTEMBER!...My SEVENMBER!!!

SEPTEMBER...SEVENMBER always get me really caught up in it!!!...

Whether it's sevenmber 29 or sevenmber 3rd!

Whether am just catching up on hidden realities or finally finishing a unfinished university Exam....

SEPTEMBER always has a touch of LUCKY number 7 in my life....even though I don't believe in luck except if it means Labouring-Under-Correct-Knowledge!!!

September just always has a touch of Seven...When I say seven...i mean seven as in Perfection!!

So I have been really busy this past few weeks....

From preparing to host the kingly visit of my dearest companion,instructor,soldier and friend and lover in ekiti ...to attending a 12hrs believers meeting in Ekiti state University....to urmm...hmmm...becoming the new NCCF mama of the corp members in my area ( afi suuru)....to a long list of many catchy things that have happened just in SEVENMBER....

LEADERSHIP ALWAYS CALLS FOR A STRICTER LEVEL OF DISCIPLINE AND CAUTIOUS LIVING.....

Such is what I have learnt in just a week of serving as the new NCCF mama of Are/Afao comprehensive High school corp members.

Being a leader has required of me a new level discipline and ethics....

The free-ranger lifestyle that i often relish in has once again being apprehended in exchange for a more cautious living as certain Do's and Don't 's has been passed to me so as to ensure the success of my new servant-leadership role...

Sincerely, i had an half hour moment of inner grumbling.....then that final moment of....

"ohhhhk!!! Ummph...ok you can survive. Without doing that...yeah you can...It's true jare..its kuku for your own good!....ok! Seraph..we can do this...Let's go ahead!

*God is my help!*

And I tell you,its been a Godly bliss since then...

The Are/Afao NCCF is not a large one. Infact, they only just began February 15th this year.

The majority are the Batch C corpers. we are just 6 batch A corp members posted to Are/Afao comprehensive High and i came in last as the only

relocated corp member from Borno state.

With the passing out parade of the batch C corper member fast approaching, the fellowship was bound to grow smaller...but soon again to grow larger when the batch B corp members arrive..So my service as anNCCF exco is really with batch B....

I think I still got ample time to w arm up to their arrival with the exiting batch C...or what do you think?

The king's Arrival.....

When The Xerxes visited.....

Time stopped....

Time stopped again....

September came up in flames....lol...i don't even know what that means..i just said it!

But September came up in roses sha...i guess you can relate to that....

It came up in royalty......

The visit was aimed at many purposes...just as a king's visit should..

1. The king's woman.
2. The Atleast-12hours-believers conference in Eksu.
3. My CDS personnal project.
4. Delivery of Ayaba's tidings.
5. The king's woman

The king's woman....

...."where the treasure of a man is, there is heart will be"....

the heart of anything or anyone will always migrate to where their treasure is...

Such is the mystery of how to unravel where a man's heart lies.....it will surely be found where his treasures are...whether it be money, gold, houses, clothes etc.

...how much better if it is when it is God or with one made in his very image and likeness(his/her beloved)

A king visited like to see his beloved.....

Like the shulamite spoke of her beloved king solomon...

"The voice of my beloved!

Behold, He comes leaping upon mountains, skipping upon the hills".

My beloved also came leaping upon the the mountains and skipping the hills of Ekiti...

And Are-Ekiti lighted up in the glo of a flood light........*Xerxes' September visit!!!*

Delivery of Ayaba's tidings...

Ayaba is my mum...it what we call her...my elder brother had coined that name and we all called her that....

Ayaba was aware of Xerxes' visit to Ekiti so she sent her beloved daughter those motherly provisions that warms the heart and sustain kitchen longevity....my ayaba of life!

MY CDS project....

This one has been the most captivating and mind-taking all September!

Xerxes did a Personal CDS project when he served in Rivers state 2012/2013...he is very knowledgeable about the whole project routine.

I have planned to follow in his footstep and he had encouraged me all the way!

And the journey has already began in both our hearts...

He is the supervisor...I am the student....

Even though I had only one thing I thought I could do as my personal CDS project for the school which was the water facility of the school.

Xerxes opened my eyes to ENDLESS POSSIBLITIES of things that can be done especially those that won't even cost a dime....

AND YET HASN'T STOPPED OPENING MY EYES!

I have began to wonder what sort of man I was espoused to.....

Xerxes is pretty good with surveying of a place for opportunities of service and a very excellent consultant....

Are/Afao comprehensive High school became a subject of thorough study as xerxes opened my eyes to things my mind would never have picked...i was in awe of this man!

These keen eagle eyed man even took me to the broadcasting service of Ekiti state for another awesome possibilities....

My project keeps getting bigger and exciting...

My service year is bound to be one buried in intensive community service...Xerxes had opened me up to great things....

And the proposal was the write up of a well- seasoned writer....

"xerxes write far much better than I do...." and i simply take bow to that....

With my proposal written, i was to do the cost analysis of those that would cost us money and some little exploring of some things that xerxes suggested....

Three kings.....
i am beginning to think of Gold-frankincense-myrrh.....
Yes!!! I forgot to mention.....

I visited the Afao king to inform him of the projects I want to embark on...

That visit was a very beautiful one...As they received me with warmth..i wasn't even aware the king was sitting with the folks i met in front of his palace.

I had been told to give a briefing of what I wanted to do. And the elderly man amidst them with keen interest smiled as i began to speak yoruba....In the middle of the conversation, the young man who stood adjacent to the elderly man revealed...

..."this is the king!".....

We all smiled as they all saw the surprise on my face......

The elderly woman whom I later discovered to be the queen....suggested I become the queen's wife....they laughed at my immidate refusal to her offer!!!

I had told xerxes of this part and he had given a humourless OK o!....i guess he didn't find it funny...i guess no man would!!!..lol...

The Afao king also referred me to another king...In a small neighbouring community...*Araromi!*

And I was invited to the community meeting on October 9 to give the community leaders a briefing of my intentions and the prominent ones so they can be aware and see to the raising from funds......*how cool is that! *

This Araromi king was a retired teacher of Are/Afao comprehensive High school...he was also very warm in receiving me...and promised to handle one of my projects....smiles!!!

I had seen 3 kings....*hadassah and kings!*

Now I am looking forward to the community meeting by October 9th...and Xerxes has been grooming me ready with my proposal....

I had to carry other corp members along so I won't go alone to the meeting....

It's really been a busy September....

But that September won't add up if I don't add our divine experience at the "Atleast 12-hours believers conference at Ekiti state university".

It had coincided with Xerxes day of arrival and the next day....and we both attended it!!!

And we were terribly blessed...a blessing we won't recover from after the heavy doses at the believers convention in lagos....

Oh September.....

Oh sevenmber....

As I draw the curtains on you.....

I surely will remember thee for a long while....

Another sevenmber with awesome memories...

Heartfelt appreciation to my beloved...
Sos7:10.....as it is in my Lord christ so have I found in you....

Thank you Xerxes for being part of the beauty and perfection of the month of sevenmber and for opening my eyes to better ways to serve the community.....

And for writing such a beautiful proposal....

You inspire me!!! Always!!!