Where Timeless Elegance Meets Modern Luxury

It is with gratitude to God and joy that I welcome you to this dream-come-true occasion today. a minister of the gospel was once asked how long it took to prepare a good sermon. His answer was surprising "40 years". I would be correct if I say that the dream we see unfolding today started in 1981, when I gave my heart to the lord in my second year in the university. God quickened His word in john 14:12 in my spirit. From then on Greater Works became my vision, my passion and my aspiration. Was God calling me into full time ministry, did he want me to quit medical school and go to a bible college? Thank heaven the answer came quickly. So I carried on with medical studies till I qualified in July, 1985.By now, I had no doubt in my mind that God wanted me to practice medicine. But the desire to "answer Gods call" was still very strong in my mind. Therefore, to fulfil this perceived goal, on graduation I travelled to Jos to register in a correspondence bible college, that was International Correspondence College in Kuru JOS, a bible college of the Assemblies of God then. I paid Forty Naira which was a lot of money in 1985 especially for a new graduate who had no income yet. After returning from Jos, I started studying the material that was given to me, I still clearly remember that the first text book was on the book on John, and the first chapter was John 20:30 and 31.Three pages into the book God spoke to me clearly, the bombshell was "pack up those materials, I don't want you to be a clergy man, I want to use you as a lay man" I immediately fired back at God "So where were you lord when I went to Jos, paid the money I didn't have, both on registration and travels" God also immediately fired back "Did you tell me when you were going to Jos?, did you ask me? did I send you to Jos?" Thereafter I had to submit to Gods will in repentance.therefore, I have practiced holistic medicine from the world go and up till now, in Nigeria as well as in the United Kingdom. Good well-meaning brethren have prophesied that God was calling me into full time ministry, my response been the same " he hasn't" or when I wanted to be polite I have responded that I will ask God for confirmation, of course I knew the answer already. I have therefore, tried to serve God in various capacities, in church and outside the fore walls of a denominational organisation.In 2012 my wife and I and our two sons who were 14 and 9 years old at the time relocated to Nigeria, Aba to be specific, as I erroneously or otherwise thought God was calling us back then. we started Greater works Psychiatric Hospital at Umungasi Aba, which we ran for about two years. Of course I was particularly frustrated mainly because the patients and relatives were not always able to continue funding their treatment, and obviously, I could not afford to treat them free of charge, I was struggling alone without any sponsorship or financial assistance. This meant that most of our patients who had recovered to a very large extent, some of them even to the point where they returned home, reconnected with their families and started doing well again in their life endeavours had to relapse and become unwell again due to the discontinuation of their treatment, added to this was that our daughters, one in the university at the time, the other doing A-levels, were not emotionally prepared to continue to do well without our support, in 2015 therefore, we had to close the practice and move back to the United Kingdom. But fortunately our stay in Nigeria wasn't all a waste. In 2014 God spoke to me to start teaching Sunday school on radio and as we speak that program has continued to run by Gods grace. and the Assemblies of God Sunday school is still broadcast in four radio stations across the east, 0ne English broadcast and one Igbo version in Abia radio, one broadcast in Magic FM Aba, another broadcast at Solid FM Eugu, and another one in Radio2 Porthacourt Now, regarding the Kairos Greater Works Center which we are all here to inaugurate, I clearly, remember that on a Saturday morning 2014, sorry I have forgotten the date, during my morning prayers God showed me, call it a vision, call it a dream, I cannot tell but I know that I was wide awake and deep in prayer, the idea of this center began to run through my spirit, it was on that morning before God I saw a big auditorium and the vision or picture of Jesus preaching on the boat in the sea of Galilea with a large crowd standing on the shore and listening to him. It was after that, that God laid it in my heart to look for a portion of land for the Greater Works Center.

I have to emphasize that, though as we see there is a hall being commissioned today as part of that mission, I believe that a better , larger auditorium is coming in which, churches, fellowships and other Christian bodies and organisations can hold as large a meeting as they would desire. What we are seeing today is by Gods grace just the beginning.Let me reemphasize that God has not called me to be a pastor, if anything, I am in the ministry of Helps, God has not changed that original plan for me to be used as a layman for the benefit for his kingdom, and my wife dreads the idea of going fulltime so to speakThis address will not be complete without a mention of how we decided to come back to Nigeria at this point to actualise or begin to actualise the vision. for two years or so, I became uninterested or not happy with the medical practice that I have loved for so many years, I became increasingly unhappy going to work as a medical doctor but I kept pushing myself, mainly because in the last two years we began to put our savings into building this place, yet in October 2024 the frustration got to the point where I became unwell, I believe emotional turmoil or dissatisfaction led to a physical illness, so much so that I was admitted into hospital for four nights, during that time, I was seen by four cardiologists in Glasco Scotland where we lived, two of those said I had, had a heart attack, the other two did not quite agree with them. However, on discharge I was asked to rest at home for a month which I was glad to do, at the end of that period I had to go back to work again, still I wasn't 100%, I knew I had to retire, but the desire to carry on building this center was quite high, the vision was unstoppable. How would you build a place without having an income, we had to seek God, who is the author of the vision in the first place,it was then that God commanded that we should donate our five loves and two fishes so that the center could be built, of course we agreed. First, we had to sell our house in the United Kingdom. Second, my wife liquidated her private pension. Third, I liquidated my own private pension as well. Fourth, we had to sell our house in Ekakpara, Osisioma. Finally, we had to sell a portion of land in Umuchiakuma, Ihechiowa, all of which we had put in the center. I hope that answers the question in many minds, which also a lot of people have asked vocally "who is sponsoring this project? who is behind it? who is contributing financially?" now we can say, it is God and God alone who over the years, without our realising it have led us to acquire some of these properties and savings, Obviously now, in preparation for the day that we are in. GORY BE TO HIS NAME.Finally, a few years into my graduation as a doctor and working for a hospital, God specifically instructed me to "start a hospital in this village for mr where you will practice everything that I have thought you" then I had no money saved, but by his grace Ihechiowa Christian Hospital was born. I practiced there till 1998, when I went for further studies in the United Kingdom, this is very relevant because, on the 18th of august 1988, the day Ihechiowa Christian Hospital started, we had prepared to operate on two patients, that was a Saturday, around mid-day I knelt down to pray before going over to the hospital and God ordered and I quote "do not operate on anybody until my people have come to the hospital to pray and dedicate the place" in obedience to that command, I got to the hospital and told the waiting nurses and patients that we will not operate that day, the two Christian bodies The Assemblies of God church and The Watchman Catholic Charismatic Movement whom I had invited for that purpose could not make in until Sunday afternoon, hence the operation on the following day Monday. The battles that ensued in the theatre that morning even after the dedication was such that we could have lost the two patients on the operating theatre if Gods people had not come to dedicate the place and win the spiritual battles the day before. Why is this relevant? two weeks ago or so, some people had indicated to camp in this place but I believe, God reminded me of the events of Ihechiowa Christian Hospital nearly forty years ago. Dedication as I see it, is very important, you are here to participate in this very all important event today. you are here to enthrone God over Kairos Greater Works Center and over Amavukwu and the environs at large, you have been invited, indeed called of God for a very important mission. With that I can say, unbehalf of myself and my wife and the entire anyaoha family and all the persons that have been with us, prayed with us, counselled us and supported us emotionally, I want to say again, you are very welcome, God bless you.