Fire Grace & Mercy Restoration Ministry holds Thanksgiving, distributes food items to less-privileged

Success Damian:

In continuation of its mandate, vision and mission, Fire Grace & Mercy Restoration Ministry on Sunday distributed various quantities of food items and cash to the less-privileged in the society.

It was all joy and celebration by the less privileged especially those living around Ijegun, Lagos State as the poor went home with various food items, thereby having a sense of belonging and care.

The church carried out the act of philanthropy during its Thanksgiving /Inauguration of the Church’s NGO (DDHFF) at 1, Ayinda Street, by Fire Bus-stop, Ijegun Lagos.

Speaking at the event, the Founder and Pastor of the church, Pastor (Mrs)Tessy Chika Nwokedi said that what matters in life is being able to touch life no matter how small.

While speaking on the sustainability of the philanthropic gesture by the church she said, “No matter how small it is, but let it be that you have touched life, even if it is One Naira, because it is going to solve a problem. Whether the country is good or not, we will continue, no matter how little, some people are partnering with us, giving us things, even many families brought things while we the church also brought ours, a lot of people are behind us, so we would continue no matter how the county is.”

She also talked about the motive and how the NGO Divine Destiny Helpers Family Foundation (DDHFF) was conceived “We have been doing Church NGO every last Tuesday of every month, but we decided today to upgrade it today to bring it to limelight to people, the NGO started far back in 1997/98, from my school days where I did a lot of things, there was a group we had in the church then we called it Madonna Mercy, what we did was that we saved our money we used in drinking minerals, we  dropped that money to feed the less-privileged so I promised God that time, that I will carry it on.”

Pastor Nwokedi disclosed that whatever that was made at the thanks giving would be shared to the less-privilege and the poor in the church and those outside. “Whatever we make here, I don’t go home with anything I make, I make sure I share it to the less-privileged, the widows and the orphans. Then the remaining ones we go to the streets and share to less privileged ones and beggars on the way.”

Speaking also on his plan for expansion she said “In the next five years to come, I am seeing it in another dimension where I want to have a building like where we can train women to help their families, give them money to help them to start businesses, the youth among them too that don’t have anyone to help them, also we will have something, so I have a very big plan for them, but as time goes it will unfold by itself.”

On relocation of the church to a bigger environment she disclosed that the church is trusting in God for movement to Permanent site “By His grace when the lord said that we should move, we move, but I know we are working towards that because I know this place by next year, I don’t think it will be able to contain people so, let’s see what God could do next year,” Mrs Nwokedi said.

Appreciating those that attended the programme Pastor Nwokedi prayed ”From the depth of my heart, I said thank you very much, because when you cook and you did not see anyone to eat, it becomes an issue, so but this time around when you call people they answer you. It is an honour. I really appreciate them, I say, may the good Lord bless them, as many as have entered here to drop there One Naira, God will bless them, from the minister to the visitors, to every soul, to the least child , even the ones still in the womb, I say the lord will bless them and keep them, they will not see anything of tears in life, when they call one, a thousand will answer them.”