I aM gEtTiNg mArRiEd (OPEYENIKE)

We have been cultivating a friendly relationship since 2000. But on May 8^th 2001 on Ikorodu Road on our way to her uncle’s place in Lagos, she finally agreed to marry me. I remember all she could do was to nod in agreement when I asked her to marry me. I refused to take a nod for an answer, and would not leave her alone until she said “YES”. After over 5 years of friendship and courtship, we decided to introduce our parents to each other. We acted on this decision on June 10, 2006, the weekend after my birthday anniversary. At the introduction ceremony at the university town of Ile-Ife, (I hope to blog the details someday) which had over 70 people in attendance, the Ademola Adebiyi extended family of Ajaawa, released the first daughter of the house to be married to the first son of the Samuel Aderogba Onifade family of Saki. I promise to upload some of the pictures here someday.

Over the years, we have been able to sustain our love and commitment to each other. Over the years and seasons, we have experienced the faithfulness of God to His Word . In celebration of God’s unfailing grace and day-after-day mercies, we would like to request your presence at our wedding ceremony which would start with African traditional wedding on the evening of December 8^th and would end with entertainment of guests after the Church ceremony on December 9^th 2006. We invite you to join God as we proclaim our MARRIAGE COVENANT before Him at Union Baptist Church, Ile-Ife. It promises to be another opportunity for you to experience the presence of the Creator of heaven and earth, the Author and Finisher of our faith.

For those of you who have not met my baby, Ade-mi (My crown) is a lover of God, a people person, a passionate leader and a wise woman. She is graduating this month from the Obafemi Awolowo University’s Faculty of Law. After graduation, she would be pursing an academic career in Intellectual Property Law and consultancy. She would also be playing an active executive role in building the Ope-Onifade Nation.

If you would like to pray with us, our request and desire is that God’s grace would abound towards us so that we would have sufficiency unto every good work, and that our union would result in a STRONG NATION.