Roseline Ono

Roseline's faith started in early childhood, but the memories are as vivid as her Nigerian dress on Sunday morning. "I remember my Catholic grandfather organizing the men of our village to come to his house to pray the Rosary. As a young girl, I didn't realize how powerful prayer could be, but I was getting my exposure to what God can do with prayer." That childhood experience formed the foundation that Roseline still uses today in raising her family.

Joining her husband in America in 1985, Roseline was determined to have her children exposed early to the Christian faith, just as she was in Nigeria. In 1996, her neighbors, the Okerekes, invited her to visit their church and check out the Sunday school. "I was impressed with the structure of the program. Two weeks later, we went on the church retreat and have been coming ever since."

As a member and a Deacon, now it's Roseline turn to invite her neighbors to visit College Avenue. "Last Christmas, I invited my neighbor to the Christmas Eve service. When we got home, she began to cry, 'I was so touched, I have never felt like that before,' she said."

Roseline learned well from her grandfather about inviting neighbors to witness the power of faith. "I just say, 'Come and feel Christ, feel the presence of God among the people.'"

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