It is to the disadvantage of your own child, and indeed of any child who lives under your care, if you choose to underestimate the learning capacity, capability and strength of character development of that child. To bring up a child is a wonderful privilege and opportunity, and once lost, it cannot be regained. An older woman once came late to my Bible study meeting and I challenged her as to why that should happen. She was in her early fifties, from Scotland and was doing her degree programme in ABU Zaria. I was taken aback! Why and how should a Scottish woman only now in her fifties be doing her Masters degree, and doing it in Nigeria? At first I did not believe her, but then she said to me, “Ben, you can bring up a child only once in a lifetime, but you can get a degree or a job any time you want to try.” She went further to tell me that she had made a promise that until her last child was in High School, she would not seek to complete her own studies nor look for a job. At the time we spoke, her last son was doing A levels, preparing for medical school. That was a big education for me. I was a young bachelor and I was quick to tell this to my wife-to-be!
anglican diocese of jos
2nd Session of the Eleventh Synod 2011
Ven. Dr. A. A. Akinyemi Retires
Most Rev. Dr. Benjamin A. Kwashi.
Archbishop of Jos Province and
Bishop of Jos
Ngwo Elizabeth Pam
Goes out in a
Blaze of Glory
The Ven & Mrs Akinyemi have been with us for too short a time. We wish we had known them earlier. However, as a Diocese we thank God so very much for their service, their lives and their unwavering witness to the gospel. Their sense of commitment to Christ is profound and all-encompassing, their love knows no boundaries, and their sense of dedication and duty is non-negotiable...
Ngwo Elizabeth prayed on her knees all night, whenever her children were sick.
She was a mother not only to her children but to any child that had a challenge. She loved the church and the clergy. She served the church, the state and the nation.
Mama was a ‘Ruth’. She went to her husbands people after her husband died and she stayed in the village, and spoke the language fluently though she was not Berom.
Ngo Elizabeth Pam had a big heart and forgave everyone everything!
She was on the Oputa Panel and she came face to face with the Deputy Adjutant General who led the soldiers that killed her husband. She spoke to him and told him that she was at peace with God and had forgiven him.
Ngo’s desire was that people should live in peace and wished and worked hard to reconcile people to one another and to God.
Raising Children for God
