Welcome address by the Founder/Missioner of Serendipity House Widows Foundation
(SHWF) and God’s Wives International, Olori Ayo Yemisi Jaiyeola at the official launch of the Legacy Endowment Funding of Zarephath (The Widows Shelter in Nigeria)
November 28, 2018 at Bola Memorial Anglican Church Hall, Ikeja. Lagos. Nigeria.
Dear Kind Supporters,
I respectfully welcome you all my kind-hearted personalities, royal fathers, ministers of the gospel, government officials, friends and family.
This project of building a TRAINING CENTRE AND SHELTER is not new. Other people have done it before. But it is not very common to have such a productive shelter for such very needy widows who need to learn how to support themselves after training in our communities. God had put this in the mind of my husband Venerable Dr. Yemisi Jaiyeola many years ago in the course of trying to make widows live better and productive lives after the death of their husbands.
I took it up to continue to run it; believe in it; to make people laugh when thoughts were tough. Many people advised me to quit, but I chose to persevere. It was tough.
I don’t belong to the group of rich women in the world, No. But I am a woman who never allows my situation to disturb what I need to do.
I have had set-backs in this widowhood work, yet I have continued.
I have been lucky to build a team, and this has helped to drive our activities. The team is not perfect, but determined to carry on the work. We are just determined to succeed! but I am. We have seen and experienced terrible stigmatization and traumas of widowhood.
Widows face so many amazing challenges: Terrible friends, negative colleagues, even some in-laws have chosen to pick quarrels leading to battle for life, the battles are so many and amazing that widows have become an endangered species.
It is far worse for weak widows in our country Nigeria.
I have seen great gains and great losses. This is why caring for 28 widows in 2008 gradually has grown into over 12,500 in 23 years.
I am a dreamer. My team does the same. Dreams can make people hurt when they do not have people to work with. They could be misunderstood. I asked God to come and help us, He has and we are here!!
This project will be a landmark one. I am limited in my own powers. 1 Kings 3:7-9. Solomon prayed that. I prayed too to have you all here to do the project with me and my team, and we shall succeed at it together, God willing.
Many widows need fresh training and empowerment to become self-sufficient, not just pity.
I have met with lots of people who are scared for my saying “how can she do this”? Some who are very rich haven’t seen reasons to help. Some who have only very little have said “Olori, It will work out fine! I believe them.
Raising Over N250,000,000 can be done in a strategic manner, if we will see the reason in the offering. Big things always start small. We need to pray and support with our generous donations urgently.
There already is a DESIRE. It is all it takes. Let’s do it for the 500 widows that will be UNDERGOING TRAINING ONE BATCH AT A TIME, after the death of their husbands.
This dream of a Training Centre cum shelter for widows is like an obsession. A MAGNIFICENT one. I want to save and donate N1,000 weekly for the rest of my life. I urge you to do same. With as low as N500.00 weekly too, it can be paid altogether monthly or yearly. Our God of mercies will repay each one of us in full.
My dream of a COMPREHENSIVE WIDOWS SHELTER Requires your assistance
Land Owners
Many Homes Owners
Builders
Architects
Engineers
Painters,
Bricklayers, Politicians, Christian Societies/Organizations, Men/Women of God
Corporate organizations, Social Clubs, Governments, Local Government Chairmen, Community Leaders, Royal Fathers/Mothers, Families,
Community Leaders
Men of God who believe in James 1: 27
Companies /Organizations
Widows themselves can help themselves
This dream is not contrary to the laws of God. He, God loves this project: James 1:27.
If we all take part in it, tell our friends and families, colleagues, set up a legacy in our families for life, churches, societies, communities. We shall achieve this in the next five years gradually, it is a process.
I urge you not to be intimidated. Widowhood is one of the surest things that will definitely happen in more homes, to people on earth. Yes, mine came to me exactly 10 years and 10 months ago. I was not prepared for it at all
The only limitation we can have is if we decide not to get interested in this project.
You are NECESSARY… SIGNIFICANT…. IMPORTANT. with GOLD MINE in you.
This dream requires your OBSERVATIONS. I’m in love with WIDOWS! It is why I invite you to come to love, support, AND CARE FOR THEM more than you did before.
Be ENERGIZED… ENCOURAGED… CREATIVE… JOIN ME!
You have ANSWERS…
YOU WILL HAVE YOUR NAME ON THE BLOCKS, BUILDINGS, PATHWAYS, EVERYWHERE, and so it shall be in heaven.
Welcome once again to you all. You have always been here, you will always be here with us.
Distinguished fathers, mothers, ladies and gentlemen.
IN SUMMARY.
WHY GIVE TO SHWF?
Simply put, without YOU, we cannot continue to grow, serve, empower widows everywhere to thrive and plan for the next generation of widows. LIFE AND NATURE WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE WIDOWS!! YES!! Like it did me.
Empowering widows with community, education, resources and inspiration not only benefits HER, but her powerful circles nearest to her heart like her children, family, friends and co-workers too!! All in all, our widow mentoring and leadership model greatly impacts our local communities and country in an enormous way!
We believe that it is vitally important in society to build this new bridge together. No longer is it okay to just offer widows some token grief-resources. THEY ARE JUST UNFORTUNATE PEOPLE WHO WANT A NEW LEASE OF LIFE. Help them, help them please, to grow and be empowered and to be heard. We are honored to plead with you for this on a daily basis.
No doubt, for the last 10 years, our energetic mission and vision has created some of the most inspiring widow-support stories around the world. Every little bit helps.
Dear Project500 Sponsors.
From here We launch The Weekly Legacy Endowment Support of N500.00. N500 Weekly donation to oOur Special Project Account
Account Name: Serendipity House.
Account No: 1020677540
Bank: U.B.A.
Please send Acknowledgement to Tel: 08023140023..
God bless you and keep you.
Servant in the work and walk with widows
Ayo Yemisi Jaiyeola
My other Assignments
Member @ Fountain of Hope Intl 58NG
Ambassadors of Christ
Young Women Christian Association
Lion @ Apex Lions Club, Lagos
Clergy Widows Network
House of Clergy Nigeria & Appointed Representative @ Women Wing of Christian Council In Nigeria.
