Bishop Ephraim Ikeakor of Amichi Diocese Donates ultra modern 4 bedroom bungalow to couple

 

Tears rolled her cheeks. She held them and her husband stared into the air. Their children were standing askance but the matriarch of the family was full of glee and praises.

That was the mood at the family of Mr and Mrs Thomas Ezeimo of Obiagu, Village Amichi Community, Nnewi South local government area , Anambra state penultimate Saturday when the Anglican Bishop of Amichi Diocese, Right Reverend Ephraim Ikeakor came to hand over a befitting structure donated by the diocese to the family.

Poverty was written all over them and they could not afford a decent house. Their mud house was at the verge of collapsing, so said the Vicar of Church of the Divine Compassion , Amichi, Reverend Canon Samson Ikedimma.

Canon Ikedimma told www.odogwublog.com that the Church went on welfare evangelism to the village and visit them to thank God for a new baby.

And it started raining while in their residence and the impact of the rain was like the mud house would collapse but thanked God it did not. The house was indeed a threat.

So after the evangelism, the Bishop was informed about the condition of the man’s house and instantly the Bishop approved that the Diocese should build a modern house for the man with a fence.

Luckily , the man decided to start worshipping Jesus Christ in Anglican Communion although he was born into a Roman Catholic family and all members of their family are still in Roman Catholic but his mother is a member of the Sabbath. But he opted to be an Anglican with his family.

Dedicating the building amidst jubilation and praises, Bishop Ikeakor charged Mr Thomas and Mrs Chimarumme Ezeimo to enjoy the facility unencumbered as the house was built for them by the Amichi diocese unconditionally for better raising of their young family. He said the building is a Christmas gift to them from the Anglican Communion.

Ikeakor said: ‘’ as God gives us , so we give freely and we  urge you to use thge building to events that would glorify God. 

 

The house is to ensure you and your family relax while worshipping God by reducing distraction associated with poor habitation.

He said the diocese of Amichi is into serious welfare evangelism for widows, widowers and destitute as well as less privileged in the society hence many have benefited in one way or the other. He prayed for God’s protection upon them.

His brother Mathew Ezeimo, still a Roman Catholic member said what the Anglican Church did for his brother is unprecedented as he has not seen that from other churches especially in Amichi but has witnessed Anglican doing it. He lauded Bishop Ephraim Ikeakor for taking away poverty by 70 percent from his brother’s family. , describing his brother as the latest landlord in town. 

‘’This Bishop Ikeakor is a true man of God . I use to hear what he does Christians  and people of God in Amichi and his hometown Umuchu in Aguata local government but today I am witnessing it in my compound. I glorify God and ask God to grant him life and health to fulfil his ministry. He is a real man of God, sent to bless his flock’’.

For the Principal of Holy Child Convent , Amichi , Lady Ndoeche Ijeoma, ‘’ this is awesome , really great , marvellous , imagine a complete house in every sense. This kind of thing doesn’t happen everyday and it takes a god heart for a man of God to do this without pondering on what to benefit from such venture. This family never dreamt of this and that is the beauty of God’s intervention. May God equip the Bishop to continue his mission and vision for mankind.

For the beneficiary, Thomas Ezeimo, who was speechless, he managed to say’’ , I am overwhelmed . I never anticipated this in my life in any way. God has used this man of God, Bishop Ikeakor to butter my bread and sugar my tea unexpectedly. They never asked me to join their Church but on my own I decided to join them if they can dream of building a House for me just that they were on evangelism and it rained they saw my pain whereas I have been with the Roman Catholic , all my life without any assistance. I bless his wife and family and ask God to continue to renew them for more welfare mission to the less privileged.

 ‘’I was not a member of the Anglican Church before but I am today a member with my family unconditionally because I have never been remembered by even a priest in the Roman Catholic Church but look at me with a Bishop today. I have never been remembered this way.

I thought I was in a dream but each day it becomes more real than imagined.....’’.

The Anglican diocese of Amichi equally handed over a fence with a gate to a widow , Mrs Grace Nwosu from Obiagu, Amichi who youths have continued to invade her home to rape her challenged daughter. She even stopped attending to her business to be able to take care of the daughter but during another evangelism , she was spotted and her problems raised with the Bishop who ordered that her compound be fenced.

Her story was pathetic. She is from  Minna , Niger state but married to Amichi and her husband is now late. She has no fence but has a beautiful girl who is challenged mental wise and always at home. Youths leant to be visiting her once she is away for business and have raped her severally to the extent that she got pregnant and has delivered and to avoid the trauma she passed through again , the fence and a gate was done for her to replace the palm fronds.

But before then, the woman changed faith and decided to worship His God in Anglican Communion unknown to her that Obiagu is 90 percent Roman Catholics. She was ostracized and cajoled to denounce her new faith but she became obsessed the more. The more her pains increase in the community , the more she enjoys the benefits of her new faith , she informed.

‘’I am now very glad to be rich in the Lord     

The wife, Chimarumme and Mother, Madam Florence Ezeimo said for the feat they Anglican Church did for them without any condition that they have thrown their heart and mid to the Anglican Communion. They were  happy.

Written by Odogwu Emeka Odogwu, a Blogger and Journalist