dimanche 4 décembre 2011

Laugh Out Loud

A jobless man goes to a zoo for a new job at the zoo. The zoo had a shortage of animals so they offered to dress him up in a chimpanzee’s skin and pretend to be a chimpanzee to entertain the people coming to the zoo.

On his first day on the job, the guy puts on the skin and goes into the cage. The people all cheer to see him. He starts really putting on a show, jumping around, beating his chest and roaring.

During one acrobatic attempt, he loses his balance and crashes through some safety netting, landing square in the middle of the lion cage! As he lies there stunned, the lion roars. He’s terrified and starts screaming, “Help, Help!”

The lion races over to him, places his paws on his chest and hisses, “Shut up you idiot or we’ll both lose our jobs!”


Less stress please! I wish you all the best for the week.

mercredi 19 octobre 2011

African Children's Choir

Scriptural pictures are there to establish our future! As you focus on today on your desired picture in line with the scripture; I see that picture turn into a testimony for you in Jesus Name, Amen. Have a great and fulfilling day. Greetings to you in Jesus Name, Amen.

Watch the video below and be encouraged. Most of the children singing if not all are orphans. They come from an orphanage home in Uganda. Look at the smiles on their faces and be encouraged. No matter the situation before you today, it is not the end of the world! God will definitely make a way. Just know that it is not over until God says it is!!!
Warning: I cried when I watched the video, so careful!!!
Yours in His vineyard
Grace Obaigbona

vendredi 30 septembre 2011

NIGERIA @ 51


Dear friend,
This is your year of Divine Compensation & Unrivalled Lifting.
I wish you a most fulfilling independence weekend in Jesus Name, Amen.
Do pray for Nigeria as she turns 51. Let God continue to uphold our nation now and always in Jesus Name, Amen.
Join us online as we pray for the nation : http://www.mountainoffire.org/home/index.htm

Long live Nigeria!

Happy Independence day Nigeria!

Grace Obaigbona
http://graceobaigbona.blogspot.com/
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May heaven smile upon you and may God bless your day light as never before.

Psalm 118:24
This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

vendredi 1 juillet 2011

HAPPY NEW MONTH



A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. Comme des pommes d'or sur des ciselures d'argent, ainsi est une parole dite à propos.

Hello and Praise the Lord !

I pray and hope that all is well with you in Jesus Name, Amen.
We start the remaining half of the year 2011 today. God has been so faithful, I am sure we can all testify to that. If we look around we will have at least one thing to thank God for. It’s the dawning of a new day. One or two amongst us may say: Grace, do you know the hell I have been through this last half of the year 2011? I may not know because God alone knows everything. I only want to announce to you the good news that awaits you because "It is in the quiet crucible of your personal private sufferings that your noblest dreams are born and God's greatest gifts are given in compensation for what you've been through" - says Wintley Phipps.
The good news? => God promises to give you a new beginning. He will make a way for you where there seems to be none and He will surely bring to pass all the promises he has made concerning you. 2011 is our year of Divine Compensation & Unrivaled Lifting in Jesus Name, Amen.
I wish you a blessed new month.
Remain Blessed
My greetings to your family. I love you but God loves you most.
Grace Amarachukwu Obaigbona
http://www.mountainoffire.org/home/index.htm
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May heaven smile upon you and may God bless your day light as never before.

Psalm 118:24
This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

samedi 18 juin 2011

Speak French Today


VISIT TO ISRAEL 2011

Visit to Israel 2011 by Grace Obaigbona from Grace Amara on Vimeo.

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Shalom from the city of the Great King!
I bring you greetings from Jerusalem - the city of David and the meeting string for God's people!
I was so excited to be in the Holy Land last week and to have walked in the footsteps of our Lord in the very places where Jesus our Lord grew, worked, healed, preached, taught and ministered. We travelled through the land of the Bible. It was such a blessing and privilege to see the practical side of all that we have read theoretically from Scriptures. I have enclosed a summary of what the tour was like.
My appreciation goes to my Mum (Deaconess Comfort Obaigbona) and to the Prince Joel Ero Obaigbona tribe and to all those who made this journey possible in one way or the other. May God bless you richly and remember you for good in Jesus Name, Amen.
Sincerely,
Grace A. Obaigbona (JP).

Quote: In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. --Albert Einstein--
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I wish to appreciate Pastor Adebanjo T. Oluwadare of Mountain Of Fire and Miracles Ministries, UK under the leadership of Dr D.K.Olukoya (General overseer, MFM worldwide) who organized the tour and kindly extended the invitation to me. May God bless and keep MFM and the whole body of Christ, Amen.
//www.mfm.org.uk/
http://www.mountainoffire.org/home/index.htm
http://mfmbiligualbooks4evangelism.blogspot.com/ (French)

Summary of tour:
Day 1. Arrival Jaffa-Tel Aviv-Caesarea (D)
Our first visit was to the old city of Jaffa (Joppa appears in the Bible as the name of the now Israeli city of Yafo, otherwise known as Jaffa.). We continued to Caesarea, once a proud Roman port city dating back to the time of Pontius Pilate. We had a pleasant view of the monumental Roman amphitheater built in the days of Christ.
Day 2. Megiddo – Mt. Carmel –Haifa -Galilee (B,D)
Visit to Megiddo overlooking the plains of Armageddon and visit to the site of the 21 superimposed cities. We travelled to Mount Carmel where the Prophet, Elijah fought the Ba'al prophets and on to Haifa – to have a view of the Harbor and the Mountains of Galilee.
Day 3. Around the Sea of Galilee (B,D)
Visit to Mt. of Beatitudes where Jesus gave the Beatitudes and taught on many occasions. Here he also performed many of the miracles in the Bible. We travelled to Tabga, where 5000 were fed by Jesus who performed the miracle of the multiplication of the fish and loaves. We continued to Capernaum where much of the Galilean Ministry took place. Afterwards, we enjoyed a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee and heard how Jesus calmed the stormy sea and walked upon these waters. A traditional St. Peter’s fish lunch (optional) was proposed to the group. We visited Kursi, the site where the swine ran into the Sea of Galilee and drowned. Then we ended the tour for the day at the Jordan River in the Yardenit Baptismal Site. Jesus was baptised at river Jordan by John the Baptist.
The Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes is a church in Tabgha (ancient Heptapegon) on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee. The miraculous feeding of five thousand people is described in Mark 6:30-44, just before Jesus walks on water.
Day 4. Nazareth-Cana-Mt. Tabor (B,D)
After Breakfast, we travelled to Nazareth where Jesus spent the silent years of his life and visited Mary’s well. Afterwards, we visited Cana, site of the first miracle where Jesus turned water to wine. We continued to Mt. Tabor, the Mount of the Transfiguration, and we visited the beautiful Basilica and the rock under the altar where the Transfiguration took place. From the top of the mountain we enjoyed an overview of the western Galilee.
Day 5. Qumran-Dead Sea-Jerusalem (B,D)
We left Tiberias and drove through the Jordan Valley to the Dead Sea area. We visited the Mount of Temptation and saw the Sycamore tree that Zacharias climbed in order to see Jesus. We proceeded to Qumran, where were found the ancient Dead Sea scrolls. I personally enjoyed the clay bath and the floating on the Dead Sea, and finally we arrived the holy city - Jerusalem for dinner and overnight at Crowne Plaza Jerusalem
Day 6. Jerusalem day(B,D)
We visited the Mt. of Olives to view Jerusalem as Jesus would have seen it. We visited the Garden of Gethsemane with its ancient olive trees. We entered the Old City of Jerusalem through the Lions' Gate and we paid a visit to the Pools of Bethesda where Jesus healed the lame man. We continued to Pontius Pilate's Hall of Judgment the place of the trial of Jesus. We followed through the Via Dolorosa to Calvary then to the Church of Holy Sepulchre. We visited Mt. Zion including the Room of the Last Supper and King David’s Tomb. We visited the Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu, built on the site of the House of Caiaphas the High Priest.
And as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant-girls of the high priest came, and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him, and said, "You, too, were with Jesus the Nazarene." (Mark 14:66-67). The word translated "courtyard" is the Greek noun aule, it means: "an area open to the sky, frequently surrounded by buildings, and in some cases partially by walls." See photo below.
The road of the Via Dolorosa begins near the Lions' Gate in the Muslim Quarter and ends at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Christian Quarter, covering 500 meters and incorporating 14 Stations of the Cross. Regrettably, the Via Dolorosa was a difficult place for prayer and contemplation, as it travels from beginning to end of a very busy street (street market).
Day 7. Bethlehem
We started the day at the Garden Tomb where we took the Holy Communion. Next, we visited the Western Wall (Wailing Wall) in the Old City and had a view of the Temple Mount, where Solomon's Temple once stood.
The Western Wall (Ha-Kotel Ha-Ma'aravi) in Jerusalem is the holiest of Jewish sites, sacred because it is a remnant of the Herodian retaining wall that once enclosed and supported the Second Temple. It has also been called the "Wailing Wall" by European observers because for centuries Jews have gathered here to lament the loss of their temple.
Also, regarding the Western Wall and strangers, we read in 2 Chronicles 6, King Solomon’s prayers to the Lord:
32Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;33Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.
Visit to the Church of the Nativity (Bethlehem, a Palestinian city in the central West Bank).
The Church of the Nativity (Arabic: كنيسة المهد‎) in Bethlehem is one of the oldest continuously operating churches in the world. The structure is built over the cave that tradition marks as the birthplace of Jesus of Nazareth, and thus it is considered sacred by Christians. The Silver Star, beneath the altar in the Grotto of the Nativity, marks the spot believed to be the Birthplace of Jesus.
Day 8. West Jerusalem (B,)
Just before departure, we paid a visit to Yad Vashem, Memorial Museum to the six million Jews that lost their lives in the Holocaust. I think it was a good idea to have made this place our last point of call as we were all very sober. I indulge you to pray daily for the peace of Israel. To know more about the holocaust + pictures, visit http://www1.yadvashem.org/yv/en/holocaust/about/01/persecution.asp
Afterwards we transferred to Tel-Aviv Air Port for departure.
I WANT TO HUMBLY STATE HERE THAT THIS WAS NOT A TOUR BUT AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE!!!
This is not a pub but an invitation. I encourage you to take advantage of any opportunity before you to visit Israel. It’s indeed a blessed and Holy Land! Do something for yourself...invest in your life......you deserve it!
Enjoy the few pictures enclosed.

2011 visit to Isreal pack 2 by Grace Obaigbona from Grace Amara on Vimeo.

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2 Chronicles 6 (KJV)
1Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
2But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
3And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.
4And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,
5Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:
6But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
7Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
8But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:
9Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.
10The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
11And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.
12And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:
13For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven.
14And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:
15Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.
16Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.
17Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.
18But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!
19Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:
20That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.
21Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.
22If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;
23Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
24And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;
25Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.
26When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;
27Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.
28If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:
29Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:
30Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)
31That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
32Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;
33Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.
34If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;
35Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
36If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;
37Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;
38If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:
39Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.
40Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
41Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.
42O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.
Praying with the scarf: Numbers 15
37And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
38Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
39And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them ; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
40That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
41I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God.

2011 visit to Isreal pack 2 by Grace Obaigbona from Grace Amara on Vimeo.

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mardi 14 juin 2011

Prince Philip marks 90th birthday with a 'working day'


Some of his quotes:
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In honour of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh becoming the longest serving UK Consort, we here at the Daily Dust decided to look back on some of his greatest quotes.

While visiting the Caribbean:
You have mosquitoes. I have the Press.

Chatting to a Scottish Driving Instructor:
How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to get them through the test?

On receiving a gift in Kenya:
You are a woman, aren’t you?

Talking to students who visited Papua New Guinea:
You managed not to get eaten then?

On a trip to the Caymen Islands:
Aren’t most of you descended from pirates?

Discussing arms control:
A gun is no more dangerous than a cricket bat in the hands of a madman.

Writing the foreward to a book called “If I Were An Animal”:
In the event that I am reincarnated, I would like to return as a deadly virus, in order to contribute something to solve overpopulation.

On modern society:
Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed.

Meeting an Australian Businessman:
Do you still throw spears at each other?

Visiting Lockerbie 5 years after Pan Am 103:
People usually say that after a fire it is water damage that is the worst. We are still trying to dry out Windsor Castle.

Phillip, we salute you… actually we salute your wife, but you know what we mean!
http://www.thedailydust.co.uk/2009/04/18/the-top-10-quotes-from-prince-phillip/

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1. China State Visit, 1986

If you stay here much longer, you’ll all be slitty-eyed.

2. To a blind women with a guide

“Do you know they have eating dogs for the anorexic now?”

3. To an Aborigine in Australia

“Do you still throw spears at each other?”

4. To his wife, the Queen, after her coronation

“Where did you get the hat?”

5. When asked if he would like to visit the Soviet Union

“The bastards murdered half my family”

6. To a Briton in Budapest

“You can’t have been here that long – you haven’t got a pot belly.”

7. To a driving instructor in Scotland

“How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to get them through the test?”

8. After the Dunblane shooting

“If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?”

9. To a student who had been trekking in Papua New Guinea

“You managed not to get eaten, then?”

10. To Elton John after hearing Elton had sold his Gold Aston Martin

“Oh, it’s you that owns that ghastly car – we often see it when driving to Windsor Castle.”

11. On the London Traffic Debate

“The problem with London is the tourists. They cause the congestion. If we could just stop tourism, we could stop the congestion.”

12. To the President of Nigeria, dressed in traditional robes

“You look like you’re ready for bed!


13. Unknown

“If you see a man opening a car door for a woman, it means one of two things: it’s either a new woman or a new car!”

14. On key problems facing Brazil

“Brazilians live there”

15. To the matron of a hospital in the Caribbean

“You have mosquitos. I have the Press”
http://listverse.com/2007/09/11/top-15-quotes-of-prince-philip/

jeudi 19 mai 2011

SURVIVAL FRENCH HANDBOOK


Full video: President Obama's speech to UK Parliament





High school freshman Jordan Lane-Palmer was raised to understand the importance of saving money and budgeting.


THE TEN RICHEST AFRICANS IN THE WORLD

http://www.slateafrique.com/1917/top-10-africains-les-plus-riches

Dans le dernier classement Forbes des milliardaires figurent peu d'Africains. Et parmi les 10 premiers, 3 pays seulement: Nigeria, Afrique du Sud, Egypte.
Comme chaque année, le magazine américain Forbes a publié son classement des milliardaires (en dollars) dans le monde, parmi lesquels on compte 14 Africains.

Des hommes d’affaires qui, en un peu plus de dix ans, sont parvenus à s’introduire dans le cercle très fermé des grandes fortunes mondiales, et ce malgré l’appauvrissement croissant des populations du continent noir.

Au cours de cette décennie, un grand nombre de méga-entreprises ont vu le jour en Afrique. Mais une poignée d’Africains, issus de familles de haut rang, ont su s’imposer sur les marchés de l’immobilier, des mines de diamants, du pétrole ou des télécommunications, assurant leur avenir économique et, de fait, celui de l’Afrique.

Il faut noter le particularisme africain: l’absence de statistiques ou d’équivalent au classement du magazine Forbes. Il y a les fortunes certifiées, celles que l’on peut établir sur des comptabilités précises et transparentes. Et les autres, celles que l’on nomme les «richesses informelles». Des personnalités comme Abba Abacha au Nigeria et autres chefs d'Etat échappent à tous les radars et fuient toute visibilité.

Dans le top 20 des milliardaires, on compte huit Américains, deux Français, un Suédois, deux Indiens, un Espagnol, un Brésilien, un Canadien, un Mexicain, un Allemand, un Chinois, un Russe.

Les 1.210 personnalités présentes sur cette liste représentent 4.500 milliards de dollars (3.180 milliards d'euros), le record de cette année 2011.

Classement des 10 Africains les plus riches:
10. Yasseen et Youssef Mansour, Egypte

A 49 ans (Yasseen) et 65 ans (Youssef), les deux frères Mansour rentrent pour la première fois dans la liste de Forbes. Ils arrivent ex aequo à la 692e place avec une fortune estimée pour chacun à 1,8 milliard de dollars (1,27 milliards d'euros).

Connu sous le nom de «Baba Mansour», Youssef Mansour, le plus âgé des trois frères, est à la tête de Métro, la plus grande chaîne de supermarchés égyptiens, l'une des seules à perdurer depuis les émeutes. Il consacre une partie de son temps à lutter contre l'analphabétisme et à promouvoir l'éducation, et reste pour sa famille la pierre angulaire.

Comme Youssef Mansour, Yasseen Mansour, le plus jeune des frères, est diplômé de l'université de Washington. Il dirige la Palm Hills Developments (PHD), le deuxième plus grand promoteur immobilier d'Egypte, spécialisé notamment dans la construction de villas de luxe et de centres commerciaux.
9. Nike Adenuga, Nigeria

Bien loin derrière son compatriote nigérian Aliko Dangote, Nike Adenuga, à 58 ans, culmine à la 595e place du classement Forbes, avec 2 milliards de dollars (1,4 milliard d'euros) provenant de la banque, du pétrole ou de ses actions dans des entreprises de télécoms. Il fait ses études aux Etats-Unis avant de se lancer dans les transactions immobilières.

A 26 ans, il est déjà millionnaire en distribuant la marque Coca-Cola en Afrique. Il forme Globacom, un groupe de télécoms qui rassemble 13 millions d’abonnés et qui récemment a investi dans la construction de câbles internet sous-marins pour joindre le Nigeria au reste du monde. Il préside également Conoil, une compagnie pétrolière du Niger, et détient des parts dans l’Equatorial Trust Bank.
8. Mohammed Mansour, Egypte

A 63 ans, Mohammed Mansour rentre avec ses trois frères Mansour (Youssef et Yassen Mansour) dans le classement Forbes: il apparaît à la 595e place (ex aequo avec le Nigerian Nike Adenuga). Sa fortune est estimée à 2 milliards de dollars (1,41 milliard d'euros).

Après des études d’ingénieur et de commerce aux Etats-Unis, il profite des liens qu’il a tissés pour introduire des marques américaines sur le marché égyptien telles que Caterpillar, Chevrolet ou encore Marlboro. Les Mansour ont diversifié leurs activités en se lançant par exemple dans la grande distribution et en créant leur propre chaîne de supermarché: Métro. Il a par ailleurs été ministre des Transports en Egypte entre 2005 et 2009.
7. Onsi Sawiris, Egypte

Le chef patriarcal de la famille égyptienne Sawiris n’est plus le plus riche d’entre eux. A 81 ans, sa fortune culmine à 2,9 milliards de dollars (2,05 milliards d'euros), faisant de lui le 393e homme le plus riche de la planète. Il reste le Fondateur du conglomérat Orascom, dont ses trois fils gèrent les différents domaines de construction, de télécommunications, de tourisme, de science et technologie et de l’industrie.
6. Patrice Motsepe, Afrique du Sud

A 50 ans, l’ancien avocat en droit minier Patrice Motsepe est devenu le premier noir milliardaire d’Afrique du Sud. Avec 3,3 milliards de dollars (2,33 milliards d'euros), il devient le 336e homme le plus riche de la planète.

Patrice Motsepe a su profiter des cours avantageux des matières premières dans les années 2000. Parvenu à la tête du conglomérat African Rainbow Minerals, il s’est spécialisé dans le droit minier et il est devenu le premier associé noir au sein du cabinet Bowman Gilfillan à Johannesburg. Patrice Motsepe est reconnu pour avoir progressivement racheté des puits de mines d’or boudées par les grands groupes d’exploitation, pour en augmenter la productivité en utilisant un style de gestion à rentabilité faible.
5. Naguib Sawiris, Egypte

Le fils d’Onsi Sawiris et frère ainé de Samih Sawiris et Nassef Sawiris, est à 56 ans, la 310e fortune du monde selon Forbes. Né en Egypte au Caire, il a fait ses études en Suisse et a rejoint le groupe Orascom fondé par son père en 1979.

Sa fortune, aujourd’hui évaluée à 3,5 milliards de dollars (2,47 milliards d'euros), est le résultat du développement de la branche télécommunications du groupe Orascom et d’Orascom Telecom Holding dont il est l’actuel président et qui contient des opérateurs égyptien, algérien, italien et tunisien.
4. Johann Rupert, Afrique du Sud

A la 219e place du classement de Forbes, Johann Rupert, 60 ans, est la deuxième plus grande fortune d’Afrique du Sud, évaluée à 4,8 milliards de dollars (3,39 milliards d'euros). Il est d’abord banquier puis incite l’entreprise Rembrandt, appartenant à son père et jusqu’à lors spécialisée dans les vins et le tabac, à s’intéresser au domaine du luxe. Il devient actionnaire principal et prend la tête du groupe suisse Richemont en 1988, qui comprend les marques Cartier, Dunhill, Montblanc et Chloé. Il possède par ailleurs deux des vignobles les plus connus d’Afrique du Sud: Rupert & Rothschild et L’Ormarins. Dernièrement, il s’est intéressé à la multinationale Shell, la compagnie pétrolière.
3. Nassef Sawiris, Egypte

A 50 ans, le fils d’Onsi Sawiris et frère cadet de Naguib Sawiris devient le plus riche de la famille. Né au Caire en Egypte, il a fait ses études à l’université de Chicago aux Etats-Unis où il a reçu son diplôme d’économie. Sa fortune estimée à 5,6 milliards de dollars (3,96 milliards d'euros) provient pour l’essentiel du groupe Orascom Construction Industries (OCI Group), spécialisé dans le fabrication de ciment et les constructions immobilières. En décembre 2007, Orascom a cédé son activité au français Lafarge, leader mondial du secteur. Cette transaction valorisée à 8,8 milliards d’euros a fait de Nassef Sawiris le deuxième actionnaire du groupe français et le 182e homme le plus riche de la planète.
2. Nicky Oppenheimer, Afrique du Sud

Diplômé d’Oxford, à 65 ans, l’homme le plus riche d’Afrique du Sud avec 7 milliards de dollars (4,95 milliards d'euros) a constitué sa fortune essentiellement dans l’exploitation de mines de diamants. Il est aujourd’hui à la 136e place dans le classement mondial de Forbes.

Après ses études, il rejoint la société minière de son père, la Anglo American Corporation implantée à Londres. Il revient à Johannesburg en 1975, et intègre De Beers, une entreprise spécialisée dans l’extraction de diamants. Il en prend la direction en 1978, et ouvre plusieurs joailleries dans le monde, dont une aux Galeries Lafayette à Paris.
1. Aliko Dangote, Nigeria

And the winner is… Nigérian de 53 ans, on estime qu’Aliko Dangote s’est constitué une fortune de 13,8 milliards de dollars (9,75 milliards d'euros). Sa compagnie, Dangote Cement, le plus grand fabricant de ciment du continent, possède des usines en Zambie, en Tanzanie, au Congo et en Ethiopie, et des terminaux de ciment en Sierra Leone, en Côte d’Ivoire et au Liberia.

Classé 51e dans la liste de Forbes, Aliko Dangote est tout simplement l’homme le plus riche d’Afrique. Spécialisé dans la production et l’exportation de ciment, le groupe Dangote a des intérêts dans le sucre, la farine, le textile, l’immobilier, le pétrole et le gaz. Par rapport à 2010, Aliko Dangote aurait augmenté sa fortune de plus de 500%.
Mehdi Farhat
http://www.slateafrique.com/1917/top-10-africains-les-plus-riches

dimanche 8 mai 2011

LIVING FAITH CHURCH CELEBRATES 30 YEARS OF GRACE AND GLORY!!!


Dear Papa and Mama, we rejoice with you as you celebrate the 30th anniversary of the LIVING FAITH CHURCH (Winners’ Chapel).Thank you for sharing the gospel of grace which is the key to understanding the work of God and the reason we can rest in it. We wish you many more beautiful and blessed years in Jesus Name, Amen. Congratulations!

samedi 30 avril 2011

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge. Royal wedding. April 29th 2011



Prince William and Catherine Middleton have been pronounced man and wife as they married in an historic fairytale ceremony at Westminster Abbey.
May God bless and keep them forever, Amen. Congratulations.



About Prince.

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge KG FRS (William Arthur Philip Louis; born 21 June 1982) is the elder son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales, and third eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He is second in the line of succession, behind his father, to the thrones of sixteen independent sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. Consequently, he is also second in line, again behind his father, to the position of Supreme Governor of the Church of England.
He was educated at four schools in the United Kingdom and obtained a degree from the University of St Andrews. He spent parts of a gap year in Chile, Belize, and countries in Africa. He was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Blues and Royals regiment of the Household Cavalry—serving with his brother Prince Harry—and, two years later, earned his wings by completing pilot training at Royal Air Force College Cranwell. In 2009, the Prince transferred to the Royal Air Force, was promoted to flight lieutenant and underwent helicopter flying training in order to become a full time pilot with the Search and Rescue Force. In Autumn 2010, he completed his general and special-to-type helicopter training and he is now at RAF Valley on No. 22 Squadron performing co-pilot duties on the Sea King search and rescue helicopter. Prince William married his long-term girlfriend Catherine (Kate) Middleton on 29 April 2011 at Westminster Abbey. Hours prior to his wedding Prince William was created Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn and Baron Carrickfergus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_William_of_Wales

lundi 24 janvier 2011

SUCH GREAT LOVE AND PARDON !!!


ROMANS 5:8
But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.
Mais Dieu prouve son amour envers nous, en ce que, lorsque nous étions encore des pécheurs, Christ est mort pour nous.