Our star of the week is no one but Miss Ifedayo Esther Adeniyi.
Born on 17th May 199x to the family of Dcn (Dr) and Arc (Mrs) Adedapo Adeniyi.
She obtained her BSc in Architecture from Covenant University, Nigeria.
MA Early Childhood Education, Anglia Ruskin University, UK.
She is an Architect, teacher and evangelist.
She is currently working as an Early Years Educator at Seymour House, UK.
She is the vessel used by God to establish Bethea-Beruriah, a non profit charity and My seed is God's heritage.
The purpose of Bethea-Beruriah is to reach out to the lost in the society through the sharing of the Gospel as well as relief materials and sponsorship programs to those in need.
They organize:
Market out reaches
Orphanage visits
Hospital visits
Old peoples home visits.
They also encourage the spiritual, mental, academic and financial success of all their members by having weekly Bible study sessions and prayer meetings, supporting members financially and following up progress in all areas of life.
My Seed is God's Heritage is a platform for women (single or married) to pray for their children.
Follow the interview as you learn about different facet of life from my amiable star this week.
Taiwo: Who are you?
Ifedayo: My name is Ifedayo Esther Adeniyi. I'm an architect, educationist and also an evangelist of the Gospel of Christ.
I am easy going, most people think I like talking but I dont, I can just be really friendly. I'm more of an introvert but I don't really mind going out from time to time.
By redemption, i am from Zion but my earthly father is from Ogga, Kogi state.
Taiwo: What is your take on excellence as a believer?
Ifedayo:
I'm going to be talking about excellence from two points of view, one will be from the societal point of view while the other will be from the believers point of view.
Excellence for me is wholesome success in some or all areas of life. Society defines excellence as the ability to do exceedingly well or to perform above expectations that have been set by a group of people. For the believer, excellence is meeting up to God's expectations of you.
Excellence for both the believer and the society requires sacrifice, diligence, consistency, patience and perseverance. The distinguishing factor for excellence between the society and the believer is that one requires self effort while the other requires Divine grace.
So my take on excellence is that one must work towards excellence in all areas of life.
Taiwo:
Hunmmm
What is your passion?
Ifedayo : My passion is to reach out to the unreached as well as ensuring that the incoming generation are brought up with the right kind of thinking.
In other words, my passion is to raise an incorruptible and perverse free generation.
Taiwo: What has kept you going?
Ifedayo:
I would say God has kept me going in the pursuit of my passion. It takes grace to stay passionate about something.
Another thing that keeps me going is the pain I feel when I think of how perverse, corrupt and far from God's intent the world has become.
Taiwo: What's your purpose in life?
Ifedayo: My purpose in life is to reunite the Creator with His creation and ensure things go back to how God intended it to be.
Taiwo: What's the most important thing to you in life?
Ifedayo:
The most important thing to me in life is my faith in God. My purpose in life comes next and in my purpose is my family (both physical and spiritual).
Taiwo: Who is your metor?
Ifedayo: My mentors are Bishop David Oyedepo, Pastor Amos Ayodele, Deacon Adedapo Adeniyi, Mike Bamiloye, Pastor (Mrs) Faith Oyedepo and Mrs Gloria Bamiloye.
My hobbies are cooking, singing, sleeping, swimming and playing with children.
Taiwo: Who is your role model?
Ifedayo:
My role model is Jesus. He is the only one who is without flaws, but my mother Arc (Mrs) Mobolaji Adeniyi is also my role model.
Taiwo: Who is Christ to you?
Ifedayo:
Christ is everything to me. He is my breath, my existence, my ever loving friend, my creator, master, Lord, lover, guide, counsel, the one who corrects and puts me in order, my confidant, my savior. He is basically everything, the reason I live.
Taiwo: Your favorite food?
Ifedayo: My favorite food is yam (boiled, fried, roasted) and plantain. But I also really like beans and plantain.
Taiwo: What's your favourite colour and clothing?
Ifedayo:
My favorite type of clothing is dresses.
My favorite color is royal blue (because I am royalty 💙)
Taiwo: What would you love to be remembered for?
Ifedayo Adeniyi: I'd like people to remember me for my faith in God and what God empowers me to accomplish.
Taiwo: A word for the youth.
Ifedayo: I would like to say to the youths, God has a great plan for you. Never compare your life, circumstances, position or even visions to anyone else. You are your own unique person on your own unique path. Everyone is on a different path.
Never compete with anyone, you should be your only competition. If you must compete, compete with yourself because your yesterday must never be better than your today.
Finally I would also say, believe in God, believe in all He has planned for you. No matter how many times you fail, grace is always available to get up and move on (Proverbs 24:16).
The race doesn't end till you get to the finish line, if you fail to get up, the race didn't end, you just didn't finish it.
Taiwo: Thanks you ma. What is leadership and self esteem?
Ifedayo: Leadership is the ability to nurture, guide and counsel a group of people on a set course.
Leadership is a selfless way of guiding a group of people. It means to show the right way to go on a course.
Self esteem is confidence in self, it is confidence in who you are, what you are, what you stand for, where you are, what you have achieved and what you are set to achieve irrespective of what anyone else thinks or says.
Taiwo: Thank you so much for the honour.
It's my pleasure
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