Turning Pain into Praise.
Turning Praise into Purpose.
I was born on April 13th, 1976, in a mission hospital in Benue State, Nigeria, where my parents served faithfully as missionary nurses.
Healing was their calling. Compassion was their language. Little did they know that their daughter would one day walk a path that would redefine both.
“I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb…”
— Jeremiah 1:5
Little did they know that their daughter would one day walk a path that would redefine both.
At five years old, the swelling began. My fingers. My elbows. Fevers that would not leave. Hospital admissions followed. Laboratory tests revealed what no one expected:
SS genotype. Sickle cell disease.
Genotype testing before marriage was not common then. My three older siblings were perfectly
healthy. The diagnosis came as shock. Confusion. Questions without answers.
And so began my long relationship with hospital corridors, blood transfusions, and whispered
midnight prayers.
But before I understood pain, Heaven already understood purpose.
Out of seven children, I remain the only one living with sickle cell disease. But what the diagnosis attempted to define, grace redefined.
A Fragile Body.
A Fierce Calling.
I did not only survive.
I became a nurse.
I became a wife to an extraordinary man, Paul.
I became a mother to two beautiful children — a son and a daughter — now adults.
“Surely He took up our pain and bore our suffering…”
— Isaiah 53:4–5
I became Vice President of Organization for Community Medical Mission International (OCMMI),
serving alongside my husband from its inception.
Even in a body doctors might call fragile, I have walked into rural communities on medical
missions. I have prayed over the sick. I have helped lead initiatives that brought healthcare and
hope to underserved villages. I have stood through crises — personal and communal —
believing that weakness does not cancel assignment.
Yet Pain2Gain is not merely about physical healing.
It is about transformation.
It is about discovering that even when the body is tested, the spirit can lead.
It is about learning that adversity can produce leadership.
It is about understanding that pain can become platform.
