A cleric’s love for charity
By THERESA ONWUGHALU
Tuesday, October 16, 2007

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"What shall you be remembered for after you have completed your journey here on earth and transit to eternity? We are in a pilgrimage and life is all about impact. Your worth in life is a product of how many people your life on earth has been able to affect, so also is your honour and your glory hereafter, a product of how many lives you have influenced unto righteous living."

Yes Lord…An Answer To A Divine Call written by Dr. Blessing Jibuike is a clarion call on people to embrace Jesus as well as a divine call to service for all who want to be saved from sin. The book documents the author’s exploits in her mission. It also contains espionages, expeditions, wonderful testimonies from the mission field and other humanitarian services.

It catalogues experiences from her humble background in the rural areas to the mountainous fields in Koma hills, the war-torn camps in Ghana and the destitute and charitable homes across the nations.

At a glance, the missionary’s visit to Koma hill in Adamawa State, her experiences and she impacted positively on the lives of the people are recorded. Koma environment and its geo-politics, its customs, tradition, religion and occupation are equally captured. Some other charitable works by the missionaries (SUMA) are narrated. For example, their visit to Agape Orphanage Home and School of the Blind at Umuahia, Abia State as well as their missions to Lagos State are well documented.

Also recorded is their mission to Liberian refugee camp in Buduburam, Ghana. SUMA friends, divine open doors and SUMA Vice President’s eye witness account of their activities in different places and nations are also listed. One of the most pathetic stories is the abandonment of orphans where ants eat them up. They are starved and kept in a desolated home that was formerly a piggery.

In the foreword to the book, Rev. (Dr.) Humphery Erumaka, General Overseer, Wordbase Assembly, Lagos, Nigeria described it as an expression of the foretold values and a wake-up call to all to collectively search for other forgotten people in the neighbourhood. Erumaka believes that within this flourishing oil-rich prosperous nation was a primitive tribe of Koma, who were still akin to Adam’s fig leaves approach to fashion. He acknowledge’s that what makes a man great is his ability to make others and that a woman’s greatness is not measured by her great looks and cat walk with trendy fashion but her power of spiritual perception.

The book which is divided into three parts has a total of 14 chapters. Part one has only introduction, part two contains chapters two to seven while part three contains the remaining chapters.
The cover of the book made of glossy and quality paper. It is written in simple, understandable English Language. Numerous pictures are used and these to a great deal tell the stories and give better understanding.

The author’s wish is for everyone to become precious in God’s sight to the extent that the desire to meet the need of missions and humanitarian services would be kindled.
Widely travelled Blessing Jibuike is a woman who has given all for the cause of missionary work. She is the initiator and President of Support Missionary Aids International (SUMA), a non-governmental organization for missionaries.

This month, she would host the world with her proposed international programme. She is also a pastor of the Love of Jesus Family Church, Lagos. First among the eight children of Wilcox Amadi and Mrs. Helen Nwaubani of Eziama Ubakala, Umuahia South LGA of Abia, Blessing is married to Rev. Onyemachi Jibuike of Mbom Ibeku, Umuahia in Abia State and blessed with five children.


 

 

 

 

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