She waited anxiously and managed the pressures
from family members for 31 years of matrimony and
childlessness. God finally answered her prayers with
bouncing twins two weeks back. Also curious is the
fact that she delivered her babies without any
medical complications at the age of 56. Who is this
woman?
The No 6 Akinsola Ooreofe Oluwa home of Mr. and
Mrs. Jacob Olubunmi Ajayi has become a Mecca of
some sorts. Neighbours, relations, friends and well
wishers of the family have been trooping in since
Sunday, September 29, 2013. The only mission of the
visitors is to rejoice with the family that has just
broken the chains of years of barrenness and
childlessness at an incredible age.
On the said Sunday, Mrs. Mary Anike Ajayi gave birth
to a set of twins. And the family spared nothing to
celebrate the christening of the children on the
eighth day of their birth. Gaily dressed admirers in
large numbers from all works of life, came in droves
to catch a glimpse of the bouncing twins. The
pleasant aspect of it all was that the twins had just
arrived the family, after 31 anxious years of wedlock.
Thus, Mrs. Ajayi , aged 56 and her husband, Ajayi
aged 64, the proud parents of the bouncing twins,
christened them Goodness and Mercy.
Weekly Trust gathered that the couple tied the
nuptial knot on December 18, 1982. Until now, both
had vainly waited on the Lord for the fruit of the
womb. And for those trying years, she lamented, it
was so challenging. "I was traumatized
psychologically and felt like giving up hope of ever
carrying my own children," she said.
However, Mrs. Ajayi, who teaches at the Muslim
College, Oke-Ila, Ado-Ekiti could not hide her joy on
September 29, when she entered the labour room
and after 15 minutes of labour, he became the proud
mother of twins.
The highly elated mother said: "I got married to my
husband on December 18, 1982 and since then I
have been waiting on the Lord for the fruit of the
womb but to no avail. The experience of 31 years is
not a joke. It is through the grace of God that I was
able to sail through it.
"At times, I would be unhappy and depressed, even
in the midst of my colleagues and friends when they
are rejoicing for one thing or the other. But in the
Church of the Lord where I worship, they would call
us out and pray for those of us looking for the fruits
of the womb. That gave me the courage to trust in
God that one day God in His mercy would answer my
prayer and it happened," she recounted.
To ensure that she had children for the marriage,
Mrs. Ajayi recalled that she went to different
hospitals, herbalists' homes, drank different
concoctions, but none solved the problem.
"You know as an African woman from Yoruba land, if
a married woman delays in giving children to her
husband, they will not like it at all. Even when the
husband is not worried, the relations would make
him worry. I went to hospitals and herbalists' homes.
I ate different kinds of herbs, but I got fed up and
decided not to do anything again, but to have hope in
the Lord, since there is no impossibility in His
dictionary.
"There was a time, it came to my mind to go and
adopt a child, but my mother was against the idea.
She insisted that I would have my own children. My
husband, too, was against it. He said 'no', that God
would do it, because he too believes it, so I discarded
the idea of adoption," the new mother said.
She expressed gratitude to her husband, who stood
by her during her period of tribulation, saying despite
having children from another woman, due to
pressure from his family, he has not allowed the
second wife to take her position.
"When my husband realized that I got pregnant, he
was very happy and started praying that God will see
me through, and that he will see my children," she
added.
But how did she manage the period of pregnancy and
combining same with her job as a teacher and a
house wife? Iya ibeji, as she is now being called, said
she drew her strength from God, adding "It did not
disturb me from doing my primary duty. But you
know that during pregnancy one would feel
discomfort."
"I would pray and place my hands on my stomach
and prophesy on it that I would deliver safely; and
God granted my prayers," she recalls.
Responding to why she named the twins Goodness
and Mercy for the boy and girl respectively, she
explained that "because it is through the goodness
and mercy of God that I was able to have children at
this age."
Mrs. Ajayi advised couples waiting on the Lord to
have faith and not to lose hope, saying God "has no
limitations."
"They should be prayerful and not allow doubt to
come to their minds. Even when temptations or
things they could not explain come, they should have
hope in God, it is only God that can give children."
Mr. Ajayi expressed his appreciation to God, saying
he was happy receiving the new gifts from God.
"I was rolling on the ground praising God when the
nurse invited me into the ward after delivery. She
delivered on her own without any surgical operation.
I was expecting one, but God decided to make it two,
it is a marvelous thing from God."

He's a great God

What a news, puts the family once more in conjugal bliss, I thank the indefatigable being; GOD. Patience is good.

Praise the Looooord..... Thank you Jesus.

With the way Childless couples purchase babies from BABY FACTORIES these days, my mind has refused to convince me to say, "Praise the Lord" to this story. Remember also that pregnancy can be faked these days. Ask your doctor about fake pregnancies..

I don't trust people these days. Too many things are out of place.

God have bin doing d impossiblity, possible. I knw dt God of hannah, serah and elizebeth wil come to d rescue of d women awaiting him for d fruit of womb. Let ur name be exalted oh LORD !

SHOW ME PROOF

Yup!
Please, she needs to post from her "LONDON MARY SLESSOR"(abi na BISHOP AJAYI CROWTHER MEMORIAL) hospital-bed with her "Fangs Of Fury" bursting from her E-WOR-WOR mouth in NL Family Section as "PROVE"(inserting IJEBU-EKII YINGRISH HIA)!

Mu Che Che Che Che Che

Kanwulia: Yup!
Please, she needs to post from her "LONDON MARY SLESSOR" hospital-bed with her "Fangs Of Fury" bursting from her E-WOR-WOR mouth in NL Family Section as "PROVE"(inserting IJEBU-EKII YINGRISH HIA)!

Mu Che Che Che Che Che

this babe,you are too funny you no go kill me with laugh

Kanwulia: Yup!
Please, she needs to post from her "LONDON MARY SLESSOR"(abi na BISHOP AJAYI CROWTHER MEMORIAL) hospital-bed with her "Fangs Of Fury" bursting from her E-WOR-WOR mouth in NL Family Section as "PROVE"(inserting IJEBU-EKII YINGRISH HIA)!

Mu Che Che Che Che Che

pls let me in on the joke,

i no understand wetin u write

£&nairato&froUK:


pls let me in on the joke,

i no understand wetin u write

You have to be a SEASONED N-LANDER to understand the joke! If it needs "elucidation", both YAWA and YERIMA go GASSSSSSIO!!!