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SHARING. My life has always been lived for others. I am inspired by Mother Teresa of Calcutta’s mantra, “Doing something beautiful for God.” My parents also inspired me to believe in God GOD’S PROVISION. I worked as a labourer and later in a supermarket to save money for seminary. When I felt short by £10, an anonymous donor posted me exactly £10 pounds with a note to be a good priest. PERSISTENCE. I set off on the 13-day journey by ship to Ghana with little or no knowledge of Africa apart from my geography books. My colleague returned after the early challenges but I chose to stay and it’s now 50 years. LEPER PRIEST. We’ve come a long way since my first encounter with a cured leper who brought me mangoes in 1974. I almost ran away. Today, many call me the ‘leper priest’ and I actually live in Weija. We can still do better with stigma. BORROWED LIFE. I literally ‘died’ of COVID on 11th July 2020. When, He gave my life back to me, God reminded me that I still had unfinished work to do. CONTENTMENT. l live a life of total contentment. I don’t have a salary, a car or a bank account. I don’t need anything. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Philippians 4:13) RESTORATION. While ministering to prostitutes one night at a popular location, I saw people who knew me drive by with shock. The next day two of them came to church. That’s how we’ve gotten some of them off the streets. GIVING HOPE. My ministry is about giving people hope. The toughest moments include being chaplain at Usher Fort and James Fort and praying for condemned prisoners just before they were sent to the firing squad. CELIBACY. I took the vow of celibacy because Jesus was POOR, OBEDIENT and CELIBATE. He didn’t marry, so I chose to live that way as an eschatological expression. TEMPTATION. I get tempted like everyone else but I survive through prayer. I don’t want to be so focused on the WORK of the Lord that I miss out on the LORD of the work.