HAPPY BIRTHDAY VALENTINE!!!

Happy Birthday to my friend, lover, wife and the mother of my children. You are the real Valentine indeed; and it is a great privilege to have shared seventeen out of your years. 

As the Lord renews His covenant of long life with you today, I and the children wish you all the best of God of humanity. I bless and love you….As always!

SEE PARIS… AND LIVE!

Apart from London, which is also home to me, the other European city I have always wanted to visit is Paris. There is this attraction about it, perhaps from all I have read and heard about it, or seen on television and the movies. This may also be true for other people all over the world; otherwise how come the saying “See Paris… and live” (my version of course!)

I decided to act on my desire by obtaining a Schengen visa prior to my recent visit to London. And not wanting to worry about hotel accommodation, I arranged a day tourist trip accompanied by my family.

Paris did not disappoint, especially with the excellent logistic support of my friend and brother from a Beninese mother, Chris Ajavun. From Gallieni to Place de la Bastille, Republique, Champ de Mars Tour Eiffel, Arc de Triomphe, Palais Royal Musee du Louvre, La Pyramide to Chapms Elysees; we saw Paris in blitz.

I am developing a story idea which is also a challenge to our incoming president, General Muhammadu Buhari. That will be a subject for another post. For now, enjoy  some of the sights of Paris…

Chris et Basil

CHARLES De GAULLE AIRPORT VS JAMES HADLEY CHASE

Arriving Charles De Gaulle Airport, Paris recently, I couldn’t help but remember that I first encountered the name on the pages of James Hadley Chase novels. That was many years ago, and as teenagers then, we prided ourselves on how many works of the bestseller authors we read per time. Since English was (and still is) the official language of instruction in school and that of communication in our society, such novels helped us polish our written and spoken English. In fact we read whatever came to our attention – newspapers, magazines, short stories etc.

E2 Charles De Gaulle Airport

Today of course, the focus has changed. Our youngsters are most likely concerned with how many social sites they are on, their mobile phones and features, music downloads, or the computer games they know. While not denying that culture is dynamic, it is not too difficult to fathom why most of our youths make a poor show in English language communication. Even their posts on the social networks are nightmares in terms of content, construction and correctness. Culture shift is inevitable, and I am not attempting to draw back the hands of the clock; but I would suggest we bring back the reading culture!

WORD DIARY: SATURDAY APRIL 4, 2015

Jeremiah 33:17 For this is what the Lord says: 'David will never fail to have a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel,

I will occupy my seat in destiny! #PastorBasil

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Jeremiah 34:4 "'Yet hear the promise of the Lord, O Zedekiah king of Judah. This is what the Lord says concerning you: You will not die by the sword

I activate the covenant of long life! #PastorBasil

Jeremiah 34:18 The men who have violated my covenant and have not fulfilled the terms of the covenant they made before me, I will treat like the calf they cut in two and then walked between its pieces.

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the Almighty! #PastorBasil

Isaiah 38:18 For the grave cannot praise you, death cannot sing your praise; those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.

Let us pray: O Lord, sustain us in the land of the living; in Jesus name #PastorBasil

WORD DIARY: WEDNESDAY APRIL 1, 2015

Jeremiah 33:13 In the towns of the hill country, of the western foothills and of the Negev, in the territory of Benjamin, in the villages around Jerusalem and in the towns of Judah, flocks will again pass under the hand of the one who counts them,' says the Lord

The works of my hands are blessed! #PastorBasil

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Jeremiah 33:14  "'The days are coming,' declares the Lord, 'when I will fulfill the gracious promise I made to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.

My God keeps promises! #PastorBasil

Jeremiah 33:15 "'In those days and at that time I will make a righteous Branch sprout from David's line; he will do what is just and right in the land.

Promise delivered! #PastorBasil

Isaiah 38:17 Surely it was for my benefit that I suffered such anguish. In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction; you have put all my sins behind your back.

Let us pray: O Lord, thank you for pulling us from the brink and restoring our peace in Jesus name #PastorBasil