Cheeka Onyeka

The first time I saw great grace at work was when Faithy, Great and I traveled to India in 2017. The year before, I was part of a different team that qualified to represent Nigeria in Washington DC. There was no important person in Nigeria we didn’t write to, for sponsorship, but we got zero response. The silence was crickets. The following year, I remember praying and telling God, “I have reached the end of myself now, I hand it all over to you. I lean completely on you.” And boom, we got invited to an all expense paid competition in New Delhi, India through Reginald Aziza’s recommendation, but only two out of three of us were sponsored. Then, we went to the Indian embassy, a month or so before we were scheduled to fly out, and ran into someone (Mr H) who remains a mentor till this day, and Mr H offered to pay for the last person who wasn’t sponsored. The story didn’t end there. We got back from India. And then boom, we were in the blogs and I remember a mentor asking me if I still had my visa to the US from the previous year. I answered yes, and he immediately booked my ticket to New York. The crazy part was, this was all over WhatsApp. No single letter was written, compared to the previous year, when we wrote over a 100 letters (travelled to Lagos from Ife to deliver some in person) and got zero response. When grace is at work, there will be very loud signs. Everything is quickened, and all your efforts receive speed.