Her Story
About ChiChi
My journey to becoming a prophetess began before I was even born. According to my mother, I am the last of her children, born six years after my parents decided they were finished having kids. When my mom became pregnant with me, my dad wanted to terminate the pregnancy, but my mom had a dream where God told her that He put the baby in her stomach, not to abort it, and that it would be a female child who would work for Him. I was born in Nigeria but relocated to the United States when I was 7 years old, growing up and completing my education in America. Despite having a good job as a medical lab technologist, many friends and family, and living in New York City in my 20s, I struggled with severe depression that would last for months at a time. I tried to suppress it by traveling to different countries in Europe at least twice a year, but nothing filled the void I felt inside. I kept questioning my friends about the reason for my existence and my purpose in life. Everywhere I went, even in a church in Belgium on New Year's Eve 2015, I would hear messages that I was supposed to serve God. Finally, after having a dream where a man in white told me time was running out and to prepare His way, I decided to pray and let God come into my life and take over. That was my turning point in 2016, and I began actively preaching in 2018. Now, God uses me as a vessel to heal people all over the world from kidney disease, infertility, and other ailments. I conduct annual charity work across the globe, feeding orphans, caring for widows, and providing scholarships for children in Africa. I am working to establish an official nonprofit organization so I can expand my work and eventually build an orphanage home for these children.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with ChiChi
01What do you attribute your success to?
I give all the glory back to God, because without God, I cannot do it by myself. It gladdens my heart when I see that somebody has hope because of me, when I see that there are kids going to school because of me. In Africa, schools are not free, so if your parents don't have the money to send you to school, you're just gonna stay home as a kid. It brings tears to my heart when I see kids who are feeding, who are able to eat, because somebody like me is giving to them. I'm a firm believer that your achievement in life is not necessarily measured by how much money you have, what you have acquired, your resources, your houses, your cars. But at the end of the day, what makes you successful is how many people were you able to impact their lives positively. When you die and you leave this life, what are people at your funeral gonna remember you for? My number one mentor is my parents, especially my mother. Without her praying for me over the years, I wouldn't be who I am today.
02What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
My number one thing is trust in God. It's not easy. It can be challenging, it can be discouraging, especially the financial part of it, but trust in God. I'm a firm believer that your achievement in life is not necessarily measured by how much money you have, what you have acquired, your resources, your houses, your cars. But at the end of the day, what makes you successful is how many people were you able to impact their lives positively. After we all die one day, when you die and you leave this life, what are people at your funeral gonna remember you for? So I say for every young woman who is trying to get into this field of missionary work, let your purpose, let your goal be to impact lives, to make a difference in your community, in the region, wherever you are. And be focused and do not get distracted.
03What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
I believe that everyone's journey in life is different. Everyone's destiny is different. Everyone's purpose is different. So I believe that no one is more important than the other. There's always something, especially as women, there's always something that we can learn from each other, that we can take away from each other's lives, each other's journey. And I also believe that if women can come together in one accord, in unity, with one mind, we can make great impact in this world. What makes you successful is how many people you were able to impact their lives positively. At the end of the day, after we all die one day, when you die and leave this life, what are people at your funeral gonna remember you for?
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