There was euphoria at the Nkambe
Catholic Church where more than three thousand people joined Hon. Awudu Mbaya
Cyprian at Thanksgiving. The Thanksgiving which was intended to support the
construction of the Nkambe Catholic has been described by Impressionists as one
of the highest crowd pulling church event ever organized in Donga Mantung
Division in the North West Region of Cameroon. The most interesting part of it
all is that at the end of the Thanksgiving exercise, a total sum of FCFA
3,079,515 and a cow estimated at about FCFA 300.000 was donated to support the
construction of the Nkambe Catholic Church (Cathedral).
Addressing Christians at the
groundbreaking event, Hon. Awudu Mbaya said that Thanksgiving is a moment of
showing gratitude to God “for our lives” as well as the nation(Cameroon),
region( North West), Division(Donga Mantung), Sub Division(Nkambe) and our
respective families”. Quoting Psams 136:6, he said says, “Give thanks to the
Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever.” He continued that that “it is
very important for people remain thankful because God is worthy of our
thanksgiving. It is only right to credit Him for “every good and perfect gift”
He gives (James 1:17). When we are thankful, our focus moves off selfish
desires. Expressing thankfulness according to Hon. Awudu Mbaya “helps us
remember that God is in control”. Thankfulness, he continued “is not only
appropriate; it is actually healthy and beneficial to humanity because what the
people will give will help to enhance the construction of the Nkambe Cathedral
project.
He added that Thanksgiving reminds
us of the bigger picture, that we belong to God, and that we have been blessed
with every spiritual blessing (Ephesians 1:3). In his concluding statement,
Hon. Awudu thanked the population for the massive turnout and appealed that
they should all support him, with whatever they brought so that at the end of
it all, “we should build a cathedral. God is one, Jesus did not chose a church,
He did what He did for all, the poor, the rich, children, adults, the healthy
and the sick. All my people support me, I have prayed that God should forgive
any person that offended me or I had offended as well. Let us open a new page
for Christ”, he concluded.
On his part, Rev. Dr. Kushui-Soli
Ngah said the project is not only a construction project but the House of God.
At the end of the Thanksgiving, Hon. Awudu Mbaya who was flanked by Hon. Esther
Ngala Ntala visited the project site. At the project site, the visitors were
flattered by the level of work and how it is advancing. The church project is
expected to have approximately 2000 seats. At completion, it would be one of
the biggest in the North West Region. Christians are hoping that if all go as
plan, they would celebrate the 2015 Christmas in the building.
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