Thank God it is Sunday. I am certain this is the most anticipated day in all NYSC orientation camps across the nation. No parades, the day seedbed to end in a hurry. I look forward to the next.
Today was really interesting. We had a great service in Church. We has a minister encourage us. The theme of the service was just what we needed to hear- "I well be your shield and exceeding great reward."
Without doubt, Plateau along with other Northern states have the largest number of corp members who intend to relocate. A colleague here puts the estimate at about 60%. It is impractical that the government will honour all requests. If they did, only a few people will be left. Though that's not the point of my writing. I would only like to outline the possible impact of today's service on that figure.
As we know, relocation is mainly granted based on marital and health reasons. Quite a number of people have Medical reports to back up their case for relocation. And unfortunately a good number of these reports hold no water. People want to get close to their businesses, family, home and normal life and they intend to do so at all cost. Desperation will make men do unimaginable things like cooking up reports that make them look like moving corpses.
The first major point reached by the minister was assurance of God's protection. He made us realise how important we are to God and how much God paid to redeem us. He will never trade us cheaply. Anyone who wants to confront us will have God to contend with. This was quite comforting.
Next, he condemned the act of attempting to protect ourselves by wanting to relocate by all means. God is consistent and falsehood is not found in Him. He established that fake medical reports is a sin and a sign that we don't trust God to keep us. At this point, people were silent and sent to rethink. It will be safe to assume that a number of people reconsidered their relocation especially those based on fake reports.
The preacher also made us understand that, there are opportunities right under our foot. There is always something one can do to be established wherever man find himself. Personally, I look forward to opportunities like this. I do not only aim to serve, I am determined to flourish.
The number of people who made a commitment to God after such thought-provoking sermon was impressive. If this is genuine, the number of people seeking redeployment will fall dramatically, many more people will accept the challenge and seek or create opportunities here as the case may be. And Nigeria will have fewer number of corrupt citizens to deal with.
It is amazing to find people of among the officials. The Camp Director, Mrs Naomi, sang a powerful song telling of God's greatness:
"God's still working on me, to make me what I ought to be..." To crown it all, the state coordinator, Mrs Lois, started her experiences as a young Christian student and urged us to be faithful and lead by example.
The rest of the day went well. There was time to talk. I was surprised to hear people laugh at my comments. I'm really shocked and for a while fantasized about doing comedy. The stage isn't anything like the pew. Launch was fried rice. What a compensation for skipping breakfast. Dinner was beans. I was surprised to learn that it got exhausted before everyone was served. I expected that there would be surplus. It appeared that they assumed there will be excess and so served generously. Or could it have been that all those who boasted they wouldn't eat humbled themselves? Dinner was early. The time seemed to crawl. Eventually, sleep came and I started typing more consonants than necessary. I decided to sleep and finish this until the next morning...
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