{"id":9279,"date":"2023-08-26T01:42:23","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T01:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nifeslautechalumni.org\/?p=9279"},"modified":"2023-08-26T03:48:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T03:48:43","slug":"nilaa-testimonial-bro-olalekan-akogun-it-was-for-me-a-wholesome-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nifeslautechalumni.org\/blog\/nilaa-testimonial-bro-olalekan-akogun-it-was-for-me-a-wholesome-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"It was for me a wholesome experience&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div id=\"cmsmasters_row_66eb386e47fc25_77345146\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>It was for me a wholesome experience&#8230; One which cut across every facet of life!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I never used to care about anybody, it wasn\u2019t me being a wicked soul, rather I saw life as mine to be lived and most definitely all by myself. The need for people wasn\u2019t a thing I bothered about, as I could go one whole month shutting my door behind me, and walking the street alone, not turning either or thither.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">But then came NIFES, a body which believed and upheld so highly the values of INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP. It imparted my person in such a great way, that being in my own isolated world\/space became so uncomfortable to me, and before long fellowship became valuable to me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Love, care, genuine empathy, sharing and supporting one another, though SYSTEMIC and METHODICAL at first, quickly became a life, and an effortless act eventually.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">One very crucial and a can-never-be-overemphasized part of my NIFES experience remain the teachings and study of The Word. Oh, darling! \u201cWe ate scriptures\u201d!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Unlike the obvious \u201cspiritual malnourishment\u201d obtainable out here, we ate some good \u201cbalanced diet\u201d back there. Teachings by Ministers (Men and women) from different ministries and denominations were never in short supply, semester come-semester go. There couldn\u2019t have been anything better than such spice. An in-depth perusal of the very essence of Christianity, life-mending programmes, and the motivation for a personal spiritual experience was next to nothing and compared to nowhere. Every Sunday was an opportunity to learn something new via someone new, yet from the same Throne of Grace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Well, many would find my name appears more in the \u201cDrama chapter of the book\u201d, but I tell you, it was beyond that, it was for me a wholesome experience, one which cut across every facet of life.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2026No, we didn\u2019t get everything exactly right with everyone and every issue, there were gray areas, many-a-myopic views on issues sometimes, but on a score sheet of 100, it was a life-building 92.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The then-evolving world has evolved even more now, but I hope the core values are still maintained and\/or upheld, and the crude spots have by now found their graceful polishing and refining. 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