Queen of Gospel music, Tope Alabi’s 4-in-1 celebration of\nher 50th birthday started on a good note with 50 days of Golden Praise,\ndesigned to appreciate God for how far He has taken her, her ministry and her\nhome (family), and most especially to mark her 50th birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the programme that started on Sept 7th, many testimonies\nhas been trooping in from all the participants all over the world and it has\nbeen massive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the 4th day, Tope Alabi recounted many challenges she has\nfaced in life with her husband while setting up her band. Below are excerpts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLord, I thank you for taking care of me. I remembered when\nout first car was bought with factory fitted AC, but within a week it got spoilt.\nWe would pack all our band boys in the boot, the female singer would sit at the\nback, I will sit with a back-up singer at the front, while my husband would\ndrive. We travelled to Akure one day before we got there my husband\u2019s clothe\nwas socked with sweat, just because the car was not in good condition, but this\nis us today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
God\u2019s favour and blessings take gradual process. As if that\nwasn\u2019t enough. We decided to buy another spare bus Chrysler, that served us for\na while too before it developed fault, it was so bad to the extent that it can\ndevelop fault at any time, at anywhere. It left us stranded in Sagamu times\nwithout number and at times Ogere; and we would be looking for tyre and water.\nThere was a time the petrol pipe got busted and our fuel was wasting. Thank God\nthere was no sparking. It was so frustrating we have to change its name from\n“Chrysler to Chrysyler”. That\u2019s how God has been so gracious to us.\nThe car we enjoyed most is the Camry but wasn\u2019t spacious. All the bands; We are\n8 in numbers but the car couldn’t contain us, so we would have to reshuffle; I\nback up singer, I drum setter and another back up that will double as P.A. and\nSecretary. There was a time we drove this Toyota Camry to Abuja. God has been\nso grateful to us. He was helping us grow like until we get to this stage,\nwhere we are today. If one is not ripe for growth God will not allow it.\nHe was increasing us gradually. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We faced so many battles and challenges, but let me share a\nfew. I remembered the day we were coming from Ibadan with the Camry and a car\nfaced us, coming to hit us, we have to maneuvered into the bush, we lost\ncontrol the extent that my baby, Debby I was carrying fell off from me but God\nkept us. How many can we count. Is it when Armed Robbers attacked us that I should\nI talk about? When they started beating and collecting phones from our band\nboys. What surprised me most that day and that made me know that God is taking care of us is the fact that one of\nthe Armed Robbers came to my side and demanded for my purse and their leader\nreprimanded him, that he didn\u2019t ask him to come to me. He told him point blank\n\u201cdon\u2019t touch that woman\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They collected all our band boys phones and money but said\n\u201cdon\u2019t touch that woman\u201d. That can only be God. If they had killed me or killed\nmy husband what would we have done? God really took care of us. If God did not\ntake care of one, it is not possible to take care of oneself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Is it when I have not even gotten London visa yet there was\nrumour that I carried cocaine? So many challenges. How many will I count out of\nall His goodness towards me and family? I remembered John, a cloth seller in\nOshodi. I will go to him to collect lace pieces to join Ankara somebody gave me\nat Balogun Oshodi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At time, he would give me 2 yards, at times 11\/2 yard of dry\nlace, and I love white and red. Whenever Remdel gives me Ankara, it\u2019s always\nbigger than my stature, I will go to John shop, loose the Ankara and joined it\nwill lace. I also remember Fausat, my tailor at Kollington. She\u2019s the one that\nalways help me sew them after sketching it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
People did not know, they would think it\u2019s my SU style that\ndoesn\u2019t make me wear earrings, but it is because I don\u2019t have it. When I was\nrepeatedly using a small earring, they didn\u2019t see me until God blesses me and I\nwas able to buy long and visible one, they said I have backslided. I bought the\none I was repeatedly using for 25 naira and it never fade; in fact, I took it\nto my husband\u2019s house and I continued using it after our marriage. I remembered\nhow I packaged the box they told my husband to fill with clothes on our\ntraditional wedding. Danfo brought my husband on our engagement day and when\nthe man that was supposed to borrow his car dissappointed him. On our wedding\nday we got to church late because my husband\u2019s best man refused to show up. We\nstarted begging him. I have every reason to give God all the glory now that I\nclocked 50 year on earth because I know many things He has done for me. How He\nhas changed my story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I remembered when we wanted to rent an apartment and\neverything we had on us both in the bank and at hand was 35,000. We had to\nstart borrowing money from people even we borrowed money from the agent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The apartment was a self contain but it gave us a serious problem, the toilet wasn\u2019t okay. I give God all the glory. God knows how He operates step by step, let\u2019s always learn to exercise patience in life. When we moved to our house and we showed our children room to them, my first daughter said \u201cmummy, are you sure I am the owner of this room, are you sure in my life I am going to have a room to myself? Why because she understands where we are coming from. That is how God works. I give God all the glory\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sunday Adigun<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Queen of Gospel music, Tope Alabi’s 4-in-1 celebration of her 50th birthday started on a good note with 50 days of Golden Praise, designed to appreciate God for how far…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":6515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2584],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Tope-Alabi.png?fit=929%2C599&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13429,"url":"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/photos-gospel-singer-tope-alabi-buries-mum-style\/","url_meta":{"origin":145373,"position":0},"title":"Photos: Gospel singer Tope Alabi Buries Mum In Style","author":"Online Source","date":"April 6, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0","rel":"","context":"In "Event and Party"","block_context":{"text":"Event and Party","link":"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/entertainment\/event-and-party\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/39-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C797&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/39-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C797&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/39-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C797&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/39-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C797&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/39-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C797&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9273,"url":"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/gospel-singer-tope-alabi-loses-mum\/","url_meta":{"origin":145373,"position":1},"title":"Gospel Singer Tope Alabi Loses Mum","author":"Reporter","date":"February 24, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Top Nigerian gospel artist and queen of Gospel music, Tope Alabi has lost her mother. 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