With MFM, I have a roof over my head

WITH MFM, I HAVE A

ROOF OVER MY HEAD

Alikwe Can you tell me your name? conducive accommodation. My name is Alikwe Favour. Do you have anything to say about Where do you live? Can you tell me ho w you got a slot to live at number 2, Ayorinde IAyotunde, street in Onike. It is one of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries hostels. He is really trying, being able to attend to everybody with their different needs at the same time, he is really trying. I pray that God will give the G.Os generosity? “he is somebody that loves music and he has love for children and for youths to ensure that they do not go astray, that was why he Alikwe get into the hostel? him more partners created the music ministry because most of I wrote to the General Overseer that I and friends that will them there are youths, playing different am a worker in church and I needed accommodation because my parents stay stand by him financially especially instruments and doing exploits for God.” as far as Ikorodu. So I got a recommendation letter from the MFM youth church were I attend, because before you can apply for anything from the G.O, there has to be a recommendation letter. I submitted the letter and within few days, I was allocated the hostel. I stated there why I needed the accommodation, that it was because of the distance from my parents place, I made it clear in my letter that the distance would affect my work here in church. I was allocated a 6-man room, six of us in the hostel room with toilet, bathroom and kitchen. It is a very for his philanthropic activities. He asked for donors and people have been responding, and it makes more students who are still in school, to desire to come out with excellent grades, so that they can be partakers of the first class and other things to benefit from in the church. Can you tell us the kind of person the G.O is? He is a simple and jovial person. Because I have met him on a different level, not from my work place. I was playing Violin then, he is somebody that and for youths to ensure that they do not go astray, that was why he created the music ministry because most of them there are youths, playing different instruments and doing exploits for God. Apart from that, when they are in school and have challenges, they write to him and he assist them with the payment of their school fees. He encourages them and make sure they come out in good grades, also helps them secure jobs if he can attest to their character and if they are grounded spiritually. He is a very simple man. loves music and he has love for children

God has used MFM to stabilise me

Ogudu Please can you tell was earning some money me your full names, which I used in supporngmy “I am working where you stay, and what you do for the educaon. In the process, I did not have where I could lay with the Ministry Ogudu MFM? my head, I was managing and am earning My name is Ogudu Chukwuemeka with a friend. So I wrote to our father in the Lord, and I some money Nnabogu, and I stay in one of the MFM hostels at 26 Sani Jimoh house, and I do a lot of things in this ministry based on my God was asked to meet our head of department to give me a which I am using given talent, I am one of the sound engineers here and I am recommendaonleeer. So I in support my studying Administraonin Yaba College of Technology. When I was deployed from Yaba College of Technology to go to a was allocated a hostel. education.” company to acquire more knowledge, I chose one of the What has been your Administra e arm of a department in MFM and I started experience since you have been living there in the hostel? working there in January of this year. There will always be issues, but it all depends on how you sele the issues. What I am studying in Yaba College of Technology has So tell me, how did you get the accommodaon? really helped me, because it is Administraon, it is under The people I was inially pu up with were old, so they management, how to manage people and resources to get the decided to move back to the village permanently, and for me, I desired goal. So I have been able to manage people well and I could not go with them because I needed to further my feel our hostel is one of the peaceful ones, we have been living educaon.So i stayed back. I was working with the Ministry and peacefully and we sort out issues in a mater of days.

THE CHURCH HAS GIVEN US THREE VEHICLES

- Odugbesan

By Donatus Odugbesan

MCan you please introduce yourself and your designation y name is Odugbesan Adekunle, I am an Assistant Superintendent of Police and also the station officer of Sabo police station, Yaba.

How has the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFMM) assisted your Police Station? They have assisted us in numerous ways. The church has been a blessing to this police station and we are all happy with what the church has been doing for us here. Dr D.K Olukoya, the General Overseer has been a vital instrument to the station. For the records, he has donated three vehicles to the police station. He is a friend of Sabo police station, he is a father to the station and he is someone you can rely on. The past DPOs, the present ones, all officers here in this station are grateful to him and we look forward to more collaboration with him.

Do you usually have unfettered access to him? Baba is always available, not only him, the Chief Security Officer of MFMM, all officers working with Baba Olukoya What do you think you will want him to still contin ue to do for the station? written a letter to Dr D.K the police cannot do the job government and call on the MFMM, but the whole of Sabo to emulate the gesture come to the aid of the police. There are so many things we need that can make our job government is providing but already written to the G.O G.O, the entire senior officers are cooperating with us and we enjoy their services.

Odugbesan

of MFMM, the congregants because G.O cannot do it alone, and we are extending our appeal to other works of Dr D.K Olukoya by rising up to the occasion so that we can serve them better.

On behalf of my DPO, CSP Jude Ibechike, we have Olukoya, pleading with him, not to leave us alone because of security alone. We rely on stakeholders, not only the of Dr D.K Olukoya, and easier. We need tyres for our vehicles, though the if we have more, it will make the work easier. We have for vehicle, and we know very soon, he will assist us. So we want to use this opportunity to thank the stakeholders within Sabo division to emulate the good

Can you mention some of the things the c hurch has done for the police sta tion? So far so good for record, he has given us 3 vehicles, and we have just written to him again and we are expecting a good result from him, we know our father he is going to do it. He has also been assisting all staff in Sabo police station financially. If you go to him for any assistance, he will assist you, he is our mentor, we rely on him. Anything you want anything from the G.O, once you see him, that problem is solved, be it financially or spiritually.

“He has also been assisting all staff in Sabo police station financially. If you go to him for any assistance, he will assist you, he is our mentor, we rely on him. Anything you want anything from the G.O, once you see him, that problem is solved, be it financially or spiritually.”

Special Edition

Daddy Olukoya Has INSPIRED TEEMING YOUTHS To Greatness - DAODU, FIRST CLASS LAW GRADUATE

By Tosin Olubuse

aodu Oluwamayowa Temidayo, a native of Ilupeju, Ekiti state, on the face of it, shares no kinship tie with Dr. D.K. Olukoya, an Akure indigene. But the first born in the family of five, would proudly tell you he is son of the General Overseer of the MFM, whom, he calls "Daddy." And he is right. The 2017 law graduate of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, who graduated with Second Class Upper Division from the institution and improved on this feat with a First Class from Nigerian Law School, is one of the "spiritual" children of the great Evangelist, himself a first class scholar. He is among the many MFM youths reflecting the luminous rays passed on by the religious leader and brightly shinning it to the world. Currently on national youth service in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, Daodu was President of the Executive of EKSU chapter of MFM Campus Fellowship, a group he joined immediately on entering the school. Being from a family ingrained in the church, the young undergraduate recognized early that spiritual striving and activism was as important to his academic success as the time and attention he paid to his studies. Thus, he threw himself into activism in the fellowship, joining the workforce in 200level, after which he served in different departments including the choir, technical and bible study unit. He rose to become the publicity Secretary and subsequently the president in the final year. Not only did he give himself in service, he sucked in a considerable chunk of the teachings of the General Overseer, whom, he is proud to declare as his role model. His academic distinctions, Daodu sees as the predictable fruits of the Christian discipline and Spartan lifestyle, saying it could not have been otherwise! "Being a member of MFM has influenced my life positively, I started attending MFM at a tender age, I remember my mum used to take us along anytime she was going for church activities, whether it was convenient or not. This actually helped in shaping my life and molding us to the right path. Being a member of MFM has helped

me in focusing on my career and also making the right choices all through the years. I remember one of the messages preached by our father, Dr. D. K. Olukoya is: "Beat the best and be the best," which changed my mindset about success and excellence. Right from that time I told myself, if our father in the Lord can rise to greatness regardless of his background, but with prayer, hard work and discipline, then it's also possible for me. This actually spurred me to achieve success even while in the Law School," the brilliant new wig stated. He adds that the spiritual growth- promoting principles in the church leader's messages, as well as MFM's "warfare" –like prayer, played crucial roles in fulfilment of his dream to become a lawyer. His words: "We live in a wicked world where you need not trouble the devil before you become a target of the enemy and only through prayer can true freedom be guaranteed. The of principles embedded in the messages of our father, Dr. D.K. Olukoya, especially those for the youth, have been my guide and their impact has been immense," says Daodu. The promising lawyer says his experience culminating in graduating in flying colours is a tradition passed down generations of MFM youths, especially at the EKSU fellowship, expressing confidence it would be sustained. In his case, he says: "I was motivated by the testimony of a senior colleague who graduated with a First Class from the Nigerian Law School, who was a worker and Exco member in EKSU MFM campus fellowship when he was an undergraduate. The university was then known as UNAD. So, I am sure that those in school and future generation of the fellowship will be motivated by my testimony. So, our background does not determine our future and what we are capable of achieving. It's also been said that "nothing compels obedience than result. When there is fruit and people can see the results of what you preach, they tend to follow suit." "The fellowship has thrived and also played prominent role amongst the various campus fellowships because of the core values and discipline that has been handed over from one generation to the other. The fellowship over the years preaches truths and principles needed for destiny fulfillment which are in tandem with the tenets of MFM worldwide, this has placed the fellowship where it is right now. He notes that aside this, the fellowship offers various forms of support to student-members including helping them to pay school fees, giving tutorials to those having difficulty with some courses by their more knowledgeable colleagues and teachers. The fellowship through the academic crew, he says, also gives out academic prizes to those who excel in their semester examination. Daodu, who was called to the bar on December 29, 2018,

identifies the culture of prayer and deliverance for which the fellowship as another secret the vibrancy, radical growth and continued cohesion of the joint campus fellowship. But of all, he described Dr. Olukoya as the greatest influence not only on his live, but also those of the teeming church members. "Our G.O is a father to many. His life has served as a guide and inspired many youths to greatness. His sermons have blessed my life in no small way and I pray that the Lord will continue to uphold him and increase his anointing. He lauds the GO's academic distinction awards, an initiative geared at fostering excellence among church youths in various spheres of life. He wants the GO to reward those who finished with a first class from the university and also from the Olukoya Nigerian Law school who had served in MFMcf by extending the benefits to them so as to motivate other students to aspire for academic excellence and by so doing, correct the notion that those who sacrifice their time for God find it difficult to succeed. Daodu, whose name in Yoruba signifies the first male born (Heir), was born into a Christian family, with a rich pedigree. His grandparents were Christians, while his parents- a teachermother and father, who is into business and farming, had been members of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries for decades.