We are very thankful to God for the success of the first event of 2020. We had a record-breaking attendance at the 9th edition of our Mission 1:27 Project where 290 bags, 5kg/11lbs were distributed to each widow and widower for a total of 1,450kg/3,190lbs of food in total. Once again, God perfectly timed this distribution as the need for food is so great. To see the joy and excitement with the widows and widowers was so refreshing and heartwarming as we gathered at Onigosun of Igosun Palace for our event. The town of Igosun is continuously grateful for the work being done there by Ebunlomo Olagunju Foundation. Lives are being impacted and it is evident.

We are grateful to Mr. Kunle Olagunju as the keynote speaker who delivered a powerful message. He challenged us to not be weary of doing good and that there’s a great reward for being generous. He shared how God taught him this very lesson about 15 years ago when he asked his wife, Mrs. Victoria Titilayo Olagunju, to give a widow some assistance of food items so she could eat and to also give a small amount of money out of the ₦1,200/$3.35 that they had left. When the widow left them, Mr. Olagunju asked his wife what she gave the widow expecting she would have only given something small such as ₦200/$0.55 out of the ₦1,200/$3.35 that they had left. He found out his wife ended up giving the widow ₦1,000/$2.79. Mr. Olagunju was not happy about the “mistake” he thought his wife had made because he was left with only ₦200/$0.55. Later, that evening, God gave he and his wife back ₦7,500/$20.95. Generosity is not a mistake! God provided Mr. Kunle and his wife more than they started with. Very powerful story indeed!

He also shared another powerful message. He encouraged us not to do evil or wish evil upon anyone because we never know who is going to harvest our bad wishes or intentions. There was a blind man in a village who was always seeking help from the people that passed by where he sat daily. Each time the blind man received a gift from someone, he would express appreciation by saying “You have not helped me, but you have helped yourself.” An elderly man in that village did not like this blind man. The elderly man decided to give the man a loaf of bread as gift and put native medicine in that loaf of bread with the hope that the blind man would eat it and die. Unfortunately, about 5 minutes after this wicked man gave the blind man that bread, the son of the wicked man was passing by, and he saw the blind man and greeted him. The blind man was excited for the greetings and requested the young man to come for a gift. The blind man gave the bread to the son of the wicked elderly man. When the boy arrived home, he was eating the bread when his father entered the house. The father asked his son where he got the bread and the son replied that it was the blind man that gave it to him. The wicked man broke into tears because he knew what he had done. The son of the wicked man died, and the wicked man received the reward of evil he did to the blind man. Therefore, let us be very careful the way we treat other people because there is reward for whatever we do, whether good or bad. We are thankful for the lessons and challenges Mr. Kunle Olagunju shared with us.

A very special thank you to the Implementation Committee, Board of Trustees and our generous donors who continue to make this possible. We are forever grateful for your support. “The generous soul will be made rich, And he who waters will also be watered himself.” – Proverbs 11:25 (NKJV)