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Adeyemi Adeleye

5 LOAVES & 2 FISH- The Story of Yemi Adeleye

FIVE LOAVES AND TWO FISH (THE TESTIMONY OF ADEYEMI ADELEYE)
Born in one of the many slums of the popular city of Lagos, Musin. He grew up under average income-earning parents.

Like other ghetto brood, he also rolled tires on the streets, and wandered through automobile-repair shops in search of used spark-plugs to manufacture local knock-outs, he started just as one of them.

When he attained school age, his parents could not afford to enroll him in a private nursery school. He, like other kids in the slum, attended to an alternative ‘lesson’ so as to avoid the shame of staying put at home while other kids are out cladded in their beautiful school uniforms.
At the lesson, he was taught by a number of teachers who did not believe in him. "He was too quiet to be a smart kid", they thought. Even at that tender age, he was flogged badly- with cane on his chest and wooden ruler on his knuckles.

At six, he moved to a public primary school in Lagos where he started shinning. But who cares about a star from the ghetto. Bad enough, he was taught from primary one to six in his mother-tongue, Yoruba. This of course retarded his performance, but he was still able to shine in his First School Leaving Certificate Examination- thank God for a supportive mum.
He then moved to Euba Boys High School, a converging point of slum boys in Musin. That school had more touts than scholars, with many teachers who cared less. The principal was alone in his quest to bring sanity to the school. His strength was waning. More and more students were losing their heads. The classrooms were more like boxing rings. This star is dimming, gradually…

Then God’s intervened: Miraculously, in JSS 2, he was admitted to a more scholarly school, Federal Government College, Idoani. He had to start learning the rudiments all over again. He, though, could not really communicate fluently in English; he kept following the teachers as they taught in ‘an unknown tongue’ in the classroom And by JSS 3, with much work and determination, he could find his feet and measure averagely well with his peers.

In the Senior Secondary class, this young lad made up his mind to make a name for himself. But at this point, it was almost too late to do much as WASSCE was just a couple of months away.
However, in reading, he read. In praying, he prayed. And the hitherto nobody sprang a surprise by coming the fifth best in the entire school’s WASSCE result.

So something good can come out of Nazareth?

Gaining admission into the higher institution was another nightmare. Declared unqualified by JAMB in 1999, he also stayed at home after school waiting the next UME.

"And having done all to stand, he stood therefore" in the next UME. But again, they said his score was not good enough to guarantee him a place on the admission list. This was his climax of disappointment. "I did my best, or what else can one possibly do to perform better?" he quizzed himself.
This heightened disappointment made him to take a decision not to be an ordinary student if he was eventually admitted. He resolved to perform so superbly to the extent that the admission system would be proved erroneous. And with much doggedness, many prayers, much God, and many contacts, I, Adeyemi Adeleye was admitted to study Microbiology in Obafemi Awolowo University in 2001.

After my dad dropped me with my belongings, and I went through all the necessary clearance and registrations, I walked into my hostel with one thing clear on my mind: "I will not go the way I came. I came in a humbled manner, but I will go with my head high up. I came in on my knees, but I will leave on my feet. I will do so well in Part 1 and crossover to Medicine; or graduate with an overly First Class (Hons.) if not allowed crossing."

I was so sure of this that I shared it with my first classmate I met on that same first day in school, September 3, 2001. I ruminated over this till it was engrafted on my mind. I already had that First Class in my mind from the first day; I was only waiting for my convocation day to see it come to pass.

Hmm! It is truly easier said than done. By the time work started, my ship was beaten here and there; to and fro. (Part 1 seems specially designed to be the toughest, so that by Part 2, everybody already belongs to a class which they may find difficult to leave. Men that survive Part 1 can survive any class. Men that excel in Part 1 cannot be stopped if they do not lose focus.)
I had old cynical professors. I had strange topics too hard to understand. I had large workloads with little or no time. I had bizarre courses no lecturer is ready to explain. I had 6.00 am lectures with 1,000 others in a lecture room that can only seat 500 with lecturers that will only talk to themselves and the board. I had difficult tests in a row. I had tough assignments that can occupy the entire day. I faced days of water scarcity, yet, fine boy must bathe. I faced nights bereaved of electric power, yet, man must read. I had disappointing responses from home when SOS messages were sent. I had emotional distress. I had huge fellowship responsibilities. I had unalloyed commitment to YDi. I had these and several other reasons to have been an ordinary or even a poor student.

But in all these, two factors were important to my resounding success. These factors made it look like those obstacles were non-existent: GOD; and a tenacious, resilient vision:
God always provided me with the grace to do the extras (that counted), face the challenges, climb my mountains, swim the waters and shut the mouths of the lions. Many of my colleagues looked at me back then and thought I would kill myself with the way I worked. They were sorry for me that I would suddenly collapse for excessive hours of studying. But the truth is that I was running on grace. Grace was like cocaine in my blood, I could make up my mind to do in a day what I won’t ordinarily dare in three days. I was drugged on grace and my performance was really enhanced.

God also made the lines to fall unto me in pleasant places. I always came across the relevant materials. I always solved the right questions before the exams. I always had the right people around to help me.
See; chase God, not gold; because when you find God, gold will chase you.
That tall (day-) dream I had on my first day in school never faded. I just could not let go of it. I shared it with people. I wrote it down. I sand it to myself. I just kept it alive.
Each time I went to class to study I would tell God that great vision. I ruminated over it so much that the vision was engrafted on my heart, in-built into my system and I myself became the vision personified. I knew from the onset that I would graduate with a First Class, and then, the people around me too began to now. And finally, on December 16, 2006, everybody knew what God and I had settled since September 3, 2001. Truly there hurdles, but the tenacity and the resilience of the vision kept it for over five years before it came to pass.

Work was one important factor I cannot overemphasize. But just as a house could not have been built without a plan and a foundation, I could not have worked without His grace supplying the energy to move with the momentum generated by my vision. Grace was the foundation, vision was the plan; little wonder the building was (is) magnificent.

My success has proved the admission system totally wrong. It has also proved that a man’s background cannot necessarily keep his back to the ground. But above that, it has proved many christians wrong. Fellowship pastors and other highly-committed believers are content with average results, giving the amount of time spent for God as an excuse. I have been able to tell them (including you) that christianity is not an excuse for mediocrity. Service in His vineyard is not an excuse for failure in our classrooms. In fact, the extent to which you serve God should be the extent to which you should excel.
This was the revelation I had in school that changed my total mentality. But for that, I would have ended up like one of them.

When God saw that I had learnt and imbibed this lesson, He instructed me back then in Part 2 to pick my pen and write one more epistle to the saints in schools. The task was beyond me though, both in substance and in finance. But He who is able to bring to performance whatever He says, supplied both and even more.
This epistle is what culminated to ‘The Academic god’, a book that has changed thousands of lives of believers. God- through the book- used my pen to teach His sons (the gods) that they ought not to fail and/or struggle through school. He used it to teach them that a saint would fail only due to ignorance. He used it to teach them that they should not only put the devil under their feet, but also their books.

Also, God has also used me to speak in several academic seminars in schools and churches, liberating men from the fetters of ignorance.
Just like the five loaves and two fish the young lad gave to Jesus; my life was meant to be insignificant, but I gave it to Jesus, and it has today become a model of astonishing magnificence.

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Brain Pricing

In the hospital the relatives gathered in the waiting room, where their family member lay gravely ill.
Finally, the doctor came in looking tired and somber.
"I'm afraid I'm the bearer of bad news," he said as he surveyed the worried faces.
"The only hope left for your loved one at this time is a brain transplant.
It's an experimental procedure, very risky but it is the only hope.
Insurance will cover the procedure, but you will have to pay for the
brain yourselves."
The family members sat silently as they absorbed
the news. After a great length of time, someone
asked, "Well, how much does a brain cost?"
The doctor quickly responded, " R5,000 for
a male brain, and R200 for a female brain."
The moment turned awkward. Men in the room tried not to smile, avoiding
eye contact with the women, but some actually smirked. A man unable to
control his curiosity, blurted out the question
everyone wanted to ask,
"Why is the male brain so much more?"
The doctor smiled at the childish innocence
and explained to the entire group, "It's just standard pricing
procedure. We have to mark down the price of the female brains, because
they've actually been used, the male brains are hardly ever used by the
owners. so they are as good as new"

THE ACADEMIC gOD 1

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A certain rich man once lived in the East with his family. He lost his life on his way back from one of his usual business trips…what a colossal loss!

Not too long after, all the wealth and glamour his immediate family once knew fizzled out –his wife never worked. The penury was as intense as the wealth they once enjoyed, even much more.

Bills piled up. Debts heaped. Hunger plagued. Diseases ravaged. And one after the other, the three children dropped dead: The woman was too poor to settle their hospital bills. She was herself sick to the point of death but she couldn’t afford to get a proper medical attention. So, she remained in their grand, but once glamorous house, waiting for death.

Her lawyer brother, who had been oblivious of her misfortune, came visiting one day. While they talked, he observed that some striking framed papers hung all around the living room. He took a closer look, only to receive the shock of his life. “…These are share certificates of choice multinationals in the country!” he managed to exclaim at last.

The illiterate woman had taken them for mere wall decorations. She did not know her husband –before his demise- had made investments that would suffice for their standard of living even if she never worked all her life. But due to her ignorance, they lived in penury amidst plenty.

Aren’t you another ignoramus?
Before Jesus died, He bought us shares so that we never have to lack a thing. He got us equity in the ‘Bank of Health’ so that we might dwell in health. He even went as far as making us decision makers in the ‘Prosperity Incorporated’ so that our souls prosper. So much more, He got us shares in the ‘Success Holdings’ that we might be the head and not the tail. So, be it the business, the profession, or in the academic sphere, you are not to fail –as long as you dwell in the house, named salvation.

Academic success is your heritage. You call the shot in the company it is produced. You are not to beg for it or slave for it; you are to work it into being.

There is no way you can be what you don’t know you are. You can never be a success when you don’t know you are one. You are not trying to be a success you are a success. He said, “I have said,“ Ye are [academic] gods…”” Let it settle in your mind because until you are in the heart, you can’t be on the earth…
To be continued

THE APPLE OF MY EYE

THE APPLE OF MY EYE

Gorgeously wrapped in the white lining as the angels
Pierced by a large ebony adorning circle
Edged above and beneath by sulcus flesh as the Queen
You glow in the morning like the eastern sun
And close up in the night as a crying baby his mouth.

You are the dearest to me of all of me
That with all dexterity I protect you
Not even any other part of me can reach you
I clothe you up in a twinkle of yourself
The huge arms of my lids hugging you tightly.

The most costly soaps can’t clean you
Even its fragrance doesn’t move you
With my tears only do you bathe up yourself
You are refreshed in the fruit of my sorrow
You feel me just like me.

Still will I keep you
Still will I admire you
Still will I protect you
Still will I cry for you
Still will you be the apple of my eye.

By Adeyemi Adeleye

TRUE BEAUTY

TRUE BEAUTY

Beauty is not how you dress
But what dresses the heart

Beauty is not good looks
It is good thoughts

Beauty is not a spotless face
It is a blameless heart

Beauty is not make-up
But the make-up of the heart

Beauty is not what you do
It is why you do them

Beauty is not fluency
Beauty is transparency

Beauty is not appearance
Beauty is character
The character of the heart

Only the Porter really knows
Just how beautiful the clay is

Man looks outwards
But God looks inwards

So true beauty is not what man sees
But what God sees…the state of the heart.

By Fisayo Opeyemi

Prescribed by the Great Physician

Prescribed by the Great Physician
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The next time you feel like GOD can't use you, just remember...
Noah was a drunk
Abraham was too old
Isaac was a daydreamer
Jacob was a liar
Leah was ugly
Joseph was abused
Moses had a stuttering problem
Gideon was afraid
Samson had long hair and was a womanizer
Rahab was a prostitute
Jeremiah and Timothy were too young
David had an affair and was a murderer
Elijah was suicidal
Isaiah preached naked
Jonah ran from God
Naomi was a widow
Job went bankrupt
Peter denied Christ
The Disciples fell asleep while praying
Martha worried about everything
Mary Magdalene was...
The Samaritan woman was divorced, more than once
Zaccheus was too small
Paul was too religious
Timothy had an ulcer..AND
Lazarus was dead!

Now! No more excuses!
God can use you to your full potential.
Besides you aren't the message, you are just the
messenger.

The Academic god- BOOK REVIEW

BOOK REVIEW

Title: The Academic god

Author: Adeyemi Adeleye

Publisher: S.O.S. Publications, Lagos

Foreword: Joe-Jesmiel Ogbe

No of Pages: 96

Review: Seun Alade

A first look at the title of the book may give you an impression that here comes another blasphemous book probably to tell us of a god that controls the academic world, but a journey through this God-inspired book will make you dispel such a thought within seconds.
A book written out of a clear understanding and revelation of Psalm 82:6 that “ye are gods” as not only a reference of your ‘godship’ to Pharaoh or problems as Moses was, but that you are also an ‘academic god’, i.e., a god over academics.

Though a debut, the author was able to talk extensively on the topic of academics as it affects the children of God with such dexterity a John Maxwell will handle leadership or a Robert Kiyosaki will handle finance.

A first-class graduate of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife where he graduated as the overall best graduating student in both his department (Microbiology) and the faculty of Science and a teacher of the word in the Redeemed Christian Fellowship, OAU, Adeyemi Adeleye was able to share a lot of the insights he has that made him the winner of the Young Disciples International’s Academic Excellence Award four consecutive times while in school.

This six-chapter book takes you on a journey through a sphere, the academic, where believers are yet to experience their God-given unquestionable enthronement while also equipping them with the wherewithal to ascend their rightful throne in their academics.

While Chapter One tells you the ‘truth’ as God promises, Chapter Two helps you discover and dispel the dullard mentality which may be the reason why many are performing below God’s expectation. The third Chapter takes you to the mirror to ask yourself, ‘who are you?’ This is because until you discover yourself you cannot recover (from your failures). Chapter Four takes you on a ‘mission with a vision’ while ‘on the mission’ in Chapter Five, the author makes you aware of how to run the race and the last chapter, six tells you ‘the place of God’ in your academics.

A fast page-turner undoubtedly, it is an illumination on the area of academics, a journey

to self-realization and dream-actualization sure to be a lovely companion for anyone desirous of

the much needed positive change in the academic sphere.

Fully loaded with experience of great men like Albert Einstein, Ben Carson, and the author’s, and well juxtaposed with the word of God, the book is a best-seller.

11 LOVE Lessons

1.To My Friends Who Are...........SINGLE...Love is like a butterfly . The more you chase it, the more it eludes you. But if you just let it fly, it will come to you when you least expect it. Love can make you happy but often it hurts, but love's only special when you give it to someone who is really worth it. So take your time and choose the best.


2.To My Friends Who Are............NOT SO SINGLE...Love isn't about becoming somebody else's "perfect person." It's about finding someone who helps you become the best person you can be.


3.To My Friends Who Are............PLAYBOY/GIRL TYPE...Never say "I love you" if you don't care. Never talk about feelings if they aren't there. Never touch a life if you mean to break a heart. Never look in the eye when all you do is lie. The cruelest thing a guy can do to a girl is to let her fall in love when he doesn't intend to catch her fall and it works both ways...


4.To My Friends Who Are............MARRIED...Love is not about "it's your fault", but "I'm sorry." Not "where are you", but "I'm right here." Not "how could you", but "I understand." Not "I wish you were", but "I'm thankful you are."


5.To My Friends Who Are............ENGAGED...The true measure of compatibility is not the years spent together but how good you are for each other.


6.To My Friends Who Are............HEARTBROKEN...Heartbreaks last as long as you want and cut as deep as you allow them to go. The challenge is not how to survive> heartbreaks but to learn from them.


7.To My Friends Who Are............NAIVE...How to be in love: Fall but don't stumble, be consistent but not too persistent, share and never be unfair, understand and try not to demand, and get hurt but never keep the pain.


8.To My Friends Who Are............POSSESSIVE...It breaks your heart to see the one you love happy with someone else but it's more painful to know that the one you love is unhappy with you.


9.To My Friends Who Are............AFRAID TO CONFESS...Love hurts when you break up with someone. It hurts even more when someone breaks up with you. But love hurts the most when the person you love has no idea how you feel.


10.To My Friends Who Are............STILL HOLDING ON...A sad thing about life is when you meet someone and fall in love, only to find out in the end that it was never meant to be and that you have wasted years on someone who wasn't worth it. If he isn't worth it now he's not going to be worth it a year or 10 years fromnow. Let go.....


11.TO ALL MY FRIENDS.......My wish for you is a man/women whose love is honest, strong, mature, never-changing, uplifting, protective, encouraging, rewarding and unselfish.

mEgAsTaR

Women!

I recently read that love is entirely a matter of chemistry
That must be why my wife treats me like toxic waste.
David
Bissonette
When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let
him keep her.
Sacha Guitry
After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin; they
just can't face each other, but still they stay together.
Hemant Joshi
By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you
get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
Socrates
Woman
inspires us to great things, and prevents us from achieving
them.
Dumas
The great question... which I have not been able to answer... is,
"What does a woman want?
Sigmund Freud
I had some words with my wife, and she had some paragraphs with me.
Anonymous
"Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a
restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I
go Fridays."
Henry Youngman
"I don't worry about terrorism. I was married for two years."
Sam Kinison
"There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic
banking. It's called marriage."
James Holt McGavran
"I've had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me and the
second one didn't."
Patrick Murray
Two secrets to keep your
marriage brimming 1. Whenever you're wrong,
admit it, 2. Whenever you're right, shut up.
Nash
The most effective way to remember your wife's birthday is to
forget
it once...
Anonymous
You know what I did before I married? Anything I wanted to.
Henny Youngman
My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.
Rodney Dangerfield
A good wife always forgives her husband when she's wrong.
Milton Berle
Marriage is the only war where one sleeps with the enemy.
Anonymous
A man inserted an 'ad' in the classifieds: "Wife wanted". Next day he
received a hundred letters. They all said the same thing: "You can have
mine."
Anonymous
First Guy (proudly): "My wife's an angel!" Second Guy "You're lucky,
mine's still alive."

The ONLY exception to this is my wife... ask her.
Megaster.

Goldman Sachs Spring Internship Program - The Africa Initiative

This program is for undergraduate students studying in Ghana,
Nigeria and South Africa. If studying in a Ghanaian or Nigerian
university, you must currently be in the first year of a three year
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year of a four year course.
In order to provide program participants with an insight into our
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spend up to 10 days in our offices during April 2007. The program
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internship during June/July 2008. The purpose of these internships are
to identify strong candidates to whom we may ultimately extend
fulltime Analyst offers in 2009.
There is a two-step application process - both stages must be completed:
Step 1: Apply online (www.gs.com/careers) and upload you CV and cover
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Step 2: Visit the Upcoming Events in Europe page and register using
the "Goldman Sachs Africa Initiative" link where you will answer two
essays:
1. What are your key strengths? (300 words)
2. Why should you be selected for this program? (300 words)
The application deadline is 31 January 2007.
Please note that you must be studying at a university in South Africa,
Ghana or Nigeria to apply to participate in this initiative.