JULIANA NEGEDU GRADUATES FROM AIBI

Sunday was a great day at the Evrou Church of Christ. Of course, every Sunday is great when we are gathering with the family of God to worship and praise the Father. This Sunday was a little more special because it included the celebration of the graduation of Juliana Negedu from Athens International Bible Institute. Juliana is a special young lady. She was one of my students when I previously taught in Athens. She caught my attention then because she had played basketball on the 2004 Nigerian National Olympic team. I enjoyed talking with her about the experience of being an Olympian. After the 2004 Olympics she stayed on in Athens and eventually one of the members of the church introduced her to our Lord and eventually to AIBI. Today she is a very dedicated Christian with a tremendous love for the Lord and lost souls. She was asked to again be a part of the 2008 China Olympics but declined because it would have taken her away from the church and her studies at AIBI.

On Saturday Juliana and her husband will be returning to Nigeria. She does so with mixed emotions. She does not know what the future holds for her and her family. Her desire is to serve the Lord wherever He leads her; if that is in Nigeria, it is okay with her; if it is some where else in the world that will be okay too. Nigeria is experiencing unrest and some of it is religiously motivated. It is the same unrest that pelages the rest of the world; the Muslim aggressiveness. But because of people like Juliana the Lord’s church is alive and well.

The pictures I have included are of Juliana and some of the members of the Evrou congregation. The church in Athens truly has an international flavor.