LEGACY/HERITAGE: HONOR YOUR FATHER
My biological father, Evangelist Christian Chidozie Osonkie , was an ardent lover of God. He was also a great reader and lover of books. In the course of his lifetime, he was involved in evangelism , leadership training and missions . An intelligent, honest, handsome, loquacious, dark-complexioned, average-height and slender man, he was a retired telecommunications engineer and indeed a strict disciplinarian who was respected by many and perhaps feared by some, especially those who were uncomfortable with his clear-cut or principled approach to work. Born on the 14th of November, 1950, he passed on Christmas Day, the 25th of December 2015, at about 7pm, at the age of 65 years. (Some of his relatives said he was born in 1949, so it’s 66 years; whichever one it was, it’s fine). I remember the times that we sat down and talked, father to son, and heart to heart, where I was either asking him questions, or apologizing for something wrong I did, or explaining my point of view on someth