Category: Memories of Eku
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#19 EARLY EKU HISTORY
WADOOO URHOBOS – Hallelujah, Oghene has sent another Great Gift, & in 1949, the 2nd doctor has arrived to Bless the precious people of Eku – Dr. Bill Gaventa & his wife Alice, with his 2 boys Billy & Johnny Gaventa — There was much rejoicing among the whole region in and around Eku when
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#18 EARLY EKU HISTORY
Soo Very Thankful to God, for My Growing Up Years in Eku, were Amazing !!! While waiting for the next doctor to come to Eku, my Mother’s Love for the Urhobo people, was working selflessly, night & day, & Mama Rebecka (Later known as Mrs Palmer Ofuoku) was remaining my Precious, Precious “Nanny” even at
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#17 EARLY EKU HISTORY
Oghene, Wo ruru ma mo – HALLELUJAH, – A DOCTOR HAS COME & EKU IS REJOICING !!! (Will explain the picture later) – In 1948, Doctor Harold B. Canning arrived, But NONE of his surgical instruments or medical supplies arrived with him !! We also discovered that he was a Very New Christian & also
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#16 EARLY EKU HISTORY
Eku, Wa doo !! – We Stand in Awe of God’s Greatness !! – In these pictures, it is 1948, I was about 4, & EVEN More Eku people are coming in to help my Dad, Rev. Dr. E. Milford Howell, to Build the Hospital – it is Really starting to look Wonderful !!! –
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#15 EARLY EKU HISTORY
I was so Thankful to Find these Early pictures – For this post, t is now mid 1947 and great numbers of Eku people and my Dad are continuing on all the Construction at the Hospital. Along with this, Rev. Aganbi had asked my Dad to please start construction on a new Cement Church building
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#14 EARLY EKU HISTORY
BY FAITH, WE WERE STILL BELIEVING GOD TO SEND A DOCTOR TO EKU – So in 1947, the First Building on the Hospital Compound was finished for him to live in — BUT ALSO LOOK – the First Hospital Building has Begun & More Miracles happened along the way -Hallelujah, Lord Jesus ( will put
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#13 EARLY EKU HISTORY
Amazing, it seamed like Everyone was coming to help build the Eku Hospital, so Mother thought that along with helping at the clinic, she wanted to start a Woman’s Mission Union, so there would be Strong Pastor’s wives & even Stronger Christian Leaders in the area – She also decided to gather some of the
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#12 EARLY EKU HISTORY
Stand and Consider the Wondrous Works of God” – In 1946, the First Building on the Eku Hospital Compound Has Begun & Many Stories of Miracles Will Follow !! – With Dad’s blueprints in hand, Atigari Akpevwa (Father of the late Deacon Michael Atigari), was to head up the construction crew to make mud bricks,
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#11 EARLY EKU HISTORY
There was an Explosion of Sick people, coming to the EKU Clinic, in 1945 !! My Mother, Eleanor Katharine O’Haver Howell, who had a Very, Very Compassionate heart, Never had good rest, day or night & got Very Thin & Overworked, & even had Malaria 2 different times, very close together – nearly lost her
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#10 EARLY EKU HISTORY
Rev. J. E. Aganbi and my Dad became Strong Brothers !!! Between 1945 & 1955, they both together, Translated the whole Book of John and Both put together the First Urhobo Hymnal ! There were No paved roads in those days, and even sometimes paths had to be cut to get to certain villages, But