Interview with Bro Adeyemi Oluwafemi

Interviewer: Good evening, Sir.  Can we meet you sir?

Bro Adeyemi Oluwafemi: Good evening ma. I am Oluwafemi Adeyemi. A child of God, a graduate of Statistics from the University of Ilorin. And a soon to be Master's degree holder.

Interviewer: What state are you from?

Bro Adeyemi Oluwafemi: Osun State.

Interviewer: Did you start your master's degree immediately after your first degree or you waited for a while?

Bro Adeyemi Oluwafemi: I started immediately. Finished serving in 2018. You can't start masters until you have finished serving. So I applied and started in 2019. The 2018 application was over before I finished serving in October 2018. Typically it is usually so.

Interviewer: Would you mind sharing your experience getting a first degree with us?  Some of the best moments and the challenges you experienced.

Bro Adeyemi Oluwafemi : Well there were great moments and sad moments. 

Some great moments were: 

1) Getting my admission:  I was this kind of person that didn't want to pay anybody to get admission and moments after a friend who were shared the same belief about that encouraged me to pay somebody to get the admission and I refused, I received a text that I had be admitted to the University of Ilorin. That was in September 2014. 

2) University Scholar: I desired to be a scholar and I prayed to God to make it happen. God heard me and granted it. I had straight A's and was honoured and exalted among all my peers. 

3) Baptism of the Holy Spirit: in my 300 level after yearning and praying, desiring God's baptism, one night, I had an encounter and was baptized in the Spirit.

4) Saw the power of God: God gave me some duty in the fellowship I attended and this gave me the privilege to experience and know God deeper. I saw His had working through me and others in the fellowship.

5) God healed my course mate through me at the walk way at my 400 level, a few days before the submission of our final projects.

 Some sad moments were: 

1) I had great troubles with my roomies: we were three of us, but we just never did get along often. The home just became a dread to me. That was in 100 level, but I leaned on God and played the fool. I let them have the right and took the blame even when I was right. God was merciful to me and used the situation to favour me.

2) I got a great injury some days to my exam:

It was a very painful one. A keyboard stand fell on my toe, while a keyboard was on it and spoilt by big toe. It had to be lacerated and the wound was very deep. I had to study in pain for my exams. I could move about easily because the pain was much. I had to beg somebody to get me water to cook at some point. 

3) I was beaten by a centipede once while on evangelical mission from my undergraduate fellowship and by a scorpion in 400 level when we went to pray.

4) A lecturer threatened to spoil my academic records: I may not share much details on this, but God delivered me from him.

5) Finance: In my 400 level, things were tight financially at some point. I had to reach out to some people I never called from 100 to 300 level. I felt very bad, but they did help. 

6) Accident: Once, I slept off (I was really exhausted), while cooking beans in the night and the beans got burnt, the smoke affected my health, but God was merciful to me, I sought medical help and I became well. 

Once I was hit by a bike while I went to buy what I wanted eat. But God helped me and the wound got healed.

Interviewer: Give us a brief detail of your educational background. Primary & Secondary.

Bro Adeyemi Oluwafemi: My primary (primary 1-4 and partly 5) (Nursery school also) was predominantly done in a private school called Anointed Nursery  and Primary School and my common entrance in a public school called LEA primary school phase two (primary 6) Both schools in Abuja. I attended Junior Secondary School Nyanya from 2005 - 2008 and Senior Secondary School Nyanya, from 2008 - 2011. Education was sweet for me because I liked to learn, but in SS1, I lost focus due to friends. Of all three of us who were friends, I was the only one who managed to cross in our science class. I changed as a result and returned to my books.

Interviewer: Do you have a side hustle or work asides from schooling? If yes, would you mind telling us about it and how you started?

Bro Adeyemi Oluwafemi: During my M.Sc. I taught in a primary school part time at a point, in 2020 before Corona in March. I had an opportunity to be a co-tutor of some ministry or government organization in Niger state. I later did home lessons in 2021 here in Ilorin. At some point made money from project analysis and the likes. Currently, I teach and do some lessons to. And bit of freelancing.

Interviewer: What department do you belong to in church and are you currently holding any position?

 Bro Adeyemi Oluwafemi: Choir, Sunday school teachers and Prayer unit. No, I am not holding any position.

Interviewer: How are you able to juggle School, Fellowship with God, Positions at school and business? That is a lot for anyone to handle. Can you share actionable tips on how you were able to work everything out without one affecting the other?

Bro Adeyemi Oluwafemi: Before I left home when I got admitted as an undergraduate, I made up my mind that I would serve God with all sincerity. During undergraduate, I pursued Academic excellence and sought God's face whole heartedly. God showed me His face in area of knowledge and wisdom. It was like a software. I knew the steps to take as the need arose. For instance, in first semester, I did so well. That is first semester of my 100 level, but then I was not a worker in Church, but in 100 level second semester, I was in two units (choral and drama units. I had to leave one of them i.e drama unit) but I left after the anniversaries. But despite the many night vigils and rehearsals from both units, I still had straight A's as with first semester when I was not a worker.

God helped me, I just knew strength came on and on and I yielded to the Spirit of grace that came upon me. I always went to Church programmes, but I always spend long hours with my books and never deliberately missed lectures.

  In post graduate, it was quite different and more tasking because I had to work at some point and a lot of spiritual things were going on too.  There were times when I was really tired and down because some things were not working, but God helped me. There were even times when I was not in tune with God. Times when I did not feel like going to Church or even praying and so on. But I just always came back, because He helped me. I remembered His power in time past and His goodness and His promises/covenant as well.  If I deny His power because of my circumstance, He would still be God, but I loose. I cannot deny that God is powerful and that my soul knows.

Interviewer: What would be your biggest advice to undergraduates?

Bro Adeyemi Oluwafemi: In truth, nothing good comes on a bed of rose. A relationship with God is built like a house, fanned to flames like coals of fire, planted and nurtured like a tree. If you want to be the best you can in Academics, you need the grace of God as a Christian, but you will need to study a lot. Grace doesn't make room for laxity. Grace teaches you how to do it and do it well. But Academics is not all life has to offer. There is more. Ask people who are already practicing in your field for advice, even as you pray to God for guidance for your life. Life is beyond your career.

Interviewer: Would you like to share your Christian experience?

Bro Adeyemi Oluwafemi: I, like the average believer, was a Church boy. A drummer boy in my young years. But, we went for baptism in 2007, after I lied that I had given my life to Christ. The trouble was that I would confess Jesus many times after that. And I had a second baptism eventually in 2012, accepting and proclaiming Christ as my all in all. The journey has been full of ups and down. Like I said earlier, in 2013, when I got admitted to the University of Ilorin, I made up my mind to serve God with all my heart. That commitment met a lot of test. And in 2016, I was baptized in the Spirit (I mentioned that yesterday.) I found that I was growing and when I returned home after graduating from the University of Ilorin, my family members found me a strange home. Times of temptations, times when God Himself was happy with my conducts, times He declared His mind to me, leadings, directives e.t.c. Times when God was not happy with me, due to my conducts. God is merciful I must confess. The encounters and growth I have experience came in the place of prayer and study of the word, and fellowship with the people of God. Hours of prayer for many days.

Interviewer: What is your favorite Bible verse and why do you like this verse?

Bro Adeyemi Oluwafemi: Galatians 2:20.  Both because the life form of Christ is beautiful - a life of possibilities obtainable in no other place. This is to the glory of God.  Hebrews 1:9 - I love righteousness and the result it brings. 

Interviewer: What would be your advice to non-believers?

Bro Adeyemi Oluwafemi: They need to give God a chance, and they will never regret, because if they do, they will believe Him and be saved.

Interviewer: With the rise of false pastors and funny beliefs, what would you advise believers?

Bro Adeyemi Oluwafemi: Study your Bible, obey your God and verify all you hear from any preacher in the word of God. There are levels of deception. There is a level of deception that can be detected by knowing the scripture (if you have been studying). There is another level that you cannot discern except the Spirit of God tells you. And only those who obey God get there.

Interviewer: How did you become a member of CAC HALLUYAH CHAPEL?

Bro Adeyemi Oluwafemi: I came to Ilorin and told God to lead to the Church he wanted for me. He put Halleluyah Chapel in my Spirit, but I didn't want to go there. I went to Halleluyah chapel once but thereafter wandered from fellowship to fellowship for a month, but had no peace, even though I could sense God move in the services of those fellowships. But when I returned to Halleluyah Chapel, I had peace. This happened around the time I started my Masters, In 2019.

Interviewer: What was your first impression of Halleluyah Chapel? Is that impression still intact till now?

Bro Adeyemi Oluwafemi: No. I saw the Church of a disciplinarian. Althought it was not long before that I let go of that impression. Then I saw and still see a shepherd and the sheep God has put in his care. I see a father and his children in the care of their Father. I see fellow workers in the vineyard labouring to glorify God.

Interviewer: Describe daddy Ajiroba in 3 words.

Bro Adeyemi Oluwafemi: Father and Shepherd

Interviewer: Who are those you consider your closest pals at Hallelujah Chapel? People you would miss too when you graduate from here.

Pals: Gideon Oluwadare, Esther Ajiboye, Justinah Megbowon (Graduated)

Close working relationship: Paul Oyinloye, Omowoli, Temitope (Graduated), Juwon, Daniel (Prayo), bro Juwon and some others. 

I will miss everyone one I have worked with, when I leave Halleluyah Chapel.

Interviewer: Do you have a mentor? Who is this person and why did you choose the person as a mentor?

Bro Adeyemi Oluwafemi: I have a discipler. Prophet Michael Anjorin. I chose Him because I respect God's grace upon him.

Interviewer: If I ask you to give a shout-out now to people who have influenced your journey in Life greatly, who and who would you give a shout-out to?

 Bro Adeyemi Oluwafemi: Pastor Shade Kayode, Pastor Bayo Olaniyi, Pastor Omotosho, Pastor E.O Oyinwola, Pastor Omoleke Jonathan, Pastor Ashaolu, Deaconess Fadipe, Evangelist Funmilayo Afolabi, Mr. Korede Olufemi, Prophet Mike Anjorin, Sis Ruth Ofei, bro Opeyemi Oladunni, bro Dare Akindiya, bro Godwin Olorunshola and some others. And more importantly: My father and my mother Mr. And Mrs. Adeyemi. Pastor and Mrs. Olubowale and INPastor Ajiroba also.

Interviewer: That's all sir. Thank you so much for your time.