107-year old Pastor marries a 30-year old

LAGOS (AFP) – Samuel
Akinbode Sadela,
Nigeria’s oldest preacher at
107, he is the
founder of Gospel Apostolic
Church, he has
been on the pulpit for 75 years.
Sadela first
got married in 1934, and the
marriage
lasted for 21 years, but none of
the couple’s
seven children lived beyond
their infancy.
A second marriage,
consummated in 1965,
was blessed with four children,
but only two
survived. His second wife died
in 2001. And
then he met the new woman of
his life, 77
years his junior.
The pastor said he derived his
strength from
God after marrying a 30-year
woman. ”The
Lord is my strength. I am very
strong and
energetic,” they quoted him as
saying after
the wedding in Lagos.
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The marriage with Christiana
Sadela is ”a
fulfillment of the scripture and
worthy of
thanksgiving and appreciation
to God”, his
church said in a statement.
“Nothing is
impossible for God,” he said.

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