60 years old! A New Circle!!

💥60 years old! A new circle ⭕️

60th birthday is a major milestone so I’m going to try to write 60 things that I remember about you over the past years. I wonder what you think about them. You might need 60 days to read all of them though.😂

Happy 60th my forever friend, lover, husband, visioner, father of our children and many others who call you dad and Jesus-lover. 💖🎉

1. Born on the road while your parents were on a trip from one city to another. (😄 As usual, In a hurry to see the world and get things done. Right?)
2. Patriarch of the Opadiya’s family. (Doted on and respected so much)
3. Both of us had played together as toddlers without any memory of it. 😂
4. We met for the 1st time as undergrads during a long vacation job
5. Found out our parents had worked together many years before (explaining why we had played together as toddlers. 😲)
6. Attended Alaafia Nursery and Primary School, Ibadan
7. Attended Ibadan Boys High School.
8. Attended the premier University of Nigeria, University of Ibadan.
9. Asked me to marry you on our First Date. 😳👊🏼
10. Travelled several times to visit me at my Uni campus
11. A DJ for many years💥🎧(« Who do u think u are Mr Deejay? »)😂
12. Loved the beer and cigarettes for many years
13. Besties and lovers from our last undergrad year till we married four years afterward.
14. Graduated in the same year but from a different Uni but managed to take graduation pics together😏
15. Actually got called by our imaginary child’s name by our friends ever before we ever married and had kids. (Daddy Nimi and mommy Nimi.😳🤣Nimi is short for Oluwalonimi meaning « I belong to the Lord »
16. I wished we had married immediately after you proposed to me on our first date. 😂That would’ve saved us from an unforgettable regret. Just saying😴 (But thank God for His mercies)
17. Did your National Youth Service in Uyo, Cross Rivers’ State.
18. Did your Masters’ degree in Entomology at University of Ibadan while teaching at some local high school.
19. Got married to your bestie (me of course) in Owo
20. Lectured at the faculty of Science in LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY (LASU) for 6 years
21. Had your firstborn son in 1989
22. Best Dad ever
23. Had a dramatic life-changing experience and committed to following Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour and serving Him.
24. Immediately asked to lead the Prayer department of the Chapel of Glory, under the mentorship of ps Sam Aiyedogbon
25. Attended TRIFAB BIBLE COLLEGE in Lagos.
26. Moved to Innsbruck, Austria to work with a Scientific Research Team
27. Lived in Austria for over 5 years
28. Undertook a PhD research in ecotoxicology under the sponsorship of the Austrian govt.
29. Had your firstborn daughter in 1995
30. Bagged a PhD in ecotoxicology from the Technical University in Austria
31. Moved to Australia
32. Pioneered a church plant under His People Christian Church which later became Every Nation Church.
33. Attended the EVERY NATION CHURCH PLANTING AND PASTORS’ SCHOOL in Nashville Tennessee USA.
34. A new era! University lecturer turned Pastor!! Became passionate about telling people how to meet Jesus!!!
35. Passionate about raising godly leaders, especially young adults
36. Oversees the Every Nation Congregational church organization in Sydney
37. Serving as the Hub Leader of the Oceania (Australia, New Zealand, Papa New Guinea and Fiji.
38. Been married for 32 years.
39. Selfless
40. Best servant-hearted husband award
41. Best servant hearted leader that I know
42. Best servant hearted dad that I know
43. Patient and forgiving
44. Best servant hearted in-law award
45. Exuberant and energetic
46. Lover of coffee and sweets 🤨
47. A great visioner
48. Compassionate and kind
49. Adventurous
50. Friendly (world smiler award)
51. Hardworking and determined
52. Never afraid to tell me off😎
53. Easily wants to repair and make up for any selfish behaviours
54. Loves to smile and jest (with some weirdness to it😂)
55. Never mock around with your sleep
56. Ardent follower of American news/politics 
57. A follower of home and world events
58. A soccer/football fan
59. Loves your « me » times 
60. A man of harmony

💥🙏🏽🙏🏼😍May your years be long and healthy. May your desires to see nations come to The Lord be realised. May your light shine brighter and brighter. May nations come to the light of your shining and may mighty kings come to see the brightness of your rising. May your children, grandchildren and great grandchildren be mighty in the land. May we grow old together in divine health and still advancing God’s kingdom here on earth.

All these and much more do I wish u today my love.

Happy 60th Birthday🎉💥💯💖💝😍🤗

Another Father's Day, love to my hubby and my dad

It's Father's Day and time to celebrate two of my favourite dads.

7 things I love about my husband as a father to our children 

1. The most loving dad ever, right from their birth.
2. The most caring. I love how he cares for our children. He was and he is still involved with their everyday life, home, sports, recreation, studies, church, etc. 
3. The most accommodating. He accommodates their faults and he's always gracious to them.
4. The most encouraging. He encourages our children through their struggles and life challenges.
5. The funniest. He always finds time to crack jokes with them, tease them, laugh, go out with them, even though he's capable of putting them in their places whenever necessary. 
6. The most hard working dad, by far the strongest, the humblest and most helpful in our home.
7. God-fearing, Jesus lover, fun-loving and nominee for passionate dad award 2015  :)

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And my dad... 

1. Very caring. He looks for us and loves to connect with us. We are his world.
2. Very jovial. Dad is 93 years old and he cracks me up (makes me laugh) every single time I speak to him.
3. Lover of God. He brought us up to follow and serve Jesus Christ. 
4. Big lover of education and fame. One of the great legacies he gave us is education.
5. Lover of people. Dad loves to make friends. He's able to engage with all sorts of people, no matter their tribe and tongue 
6. Very intelligent and an orator. Needless to say he's a great historian-he's 93 years old (lol)
7. Great singer and lover of music. Inside out artistic. I don't know any of us who doesn't have this trait too. (Even his grandchildren and great grandchildren) 

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Ich liebe Euch :) Je vous aime, mon mari, mon père.... love uuuuuu!!!