TESTIMONY TIME!! By Sophia Anyanwu

 On October 21^st, which was a Saturday, we hosted an author event to celebrate Black History Month in Abbey Wood Library in South East London. Chidi came from the Midlands, Bisi from Kent and Tinuke and I came from South East. We formed a WhatsApp platform to rub our minds together.  Closer to the date, we got together in a zoom to know ourselves better and put the finishing touches  that would lead to the  success of  the event, such as who and how we would take charge of Prayers, Photography, Timing, MC, Quiz, Refreshments, Order of events in the program and arranging the hall. We prayed for good weather, attendees, library staff and event success.

 We came in to the Library to set up two hours before the event. We each had tables that we personalised to suit our book themes and our backgrounds.  We arranged the chairs and we took photographs .The event began with Tinuke praying and introducing Black History.  We found out that our audience did not know where, why and what year Black History had started or why it is celebrated in October in the UK but February, in the US.  The audience was engrossed and engaged and found the quiz session sensational. I have put a few below to give you a run. See how many you know without Google’s help!

God was so faithful. The event had begun at exactly at 2pm. Even though it was a rainy afternoon, every seat was filled up by 2.15pm.  By 4pm, we had covered the steps of refreshment, author’s presentations, plenary, photographs and sales.  God was so good and I felt so grateful because many people had phoned to give their apology for their absence. If all our guests had turned up, there would have been no room to contain them! God went ahead and brought the right number of people in. Thirty. They graced our tables, picked our books, got them signed and we all made fair sales. At the time, I had an annoying cough and worried that I would lose my voice, get ill or even cough during my presentation. God took control and none of my fears was realised! Everyone testified that it was a huge success!

The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. James 5:16b KJV

I testify of  God’s goodness and faithfulness! He caused us to rejoice, to have success and experience love!

Here are some Black History quiz questions.  Answers provided by day’s end! Let me know below how many you know [without Google}:

1.     Who was the richest king in Africa?

2.     Which African country was never colonized?

3.     What year did Black History start in the UK?

4.     How many countries are there in Africa?

5.     What was the largest African empire called?

6.     Why is Black History celebrated in October in the UK?

7.     Why Black History?

8.     The Europeans that first landed in Africa were from which country?

 

#Testimony       #Prayer    #AuthorEvent      #ACW      #Iamwriting    #Quiz

#BlackHistory

 

Sophia Anyanwu lives in SE London with her loving husband and two blessed daughters.  She’s an educationist, encourager, reviewer, author and poet. She’s an active grandmother to 7 grandchildren when not writing!    She is a member of the Association of Christian Writers, UK. She has published 16 books , including 4 poetry books, which are available on her website: www.olusolasophiaanyanwuauthor.com and Amazon.  You can subscribe to her YouTube channel here: https://bit.ly/3j0oPuy and follow her on all social media here: https://bit.ly/3UG36Kx