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Welfare and Self-reliance Success Story
Self-reliance, as we know, is a blessing to us as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Day Saints. Self-reliance, I have been taught, “is the ability, commitment, and effort to provide the spiritual and temporal necessities of life for self and family.”1
As I returned from mission, I attended the returned missionary orientation that was organized by the Welfare and Self-Reliance Center in Benin City in 2019. We were taught by the manager that we must plan for our future and what we want to become to be successful and I thereafter reflected upon those things as I sought the Lord’s direction for my temporal self-reliance.
I decided to go into solar installation. I identified a training institution and started the training and always had faith that the Lord was going to bless my efforts if I worked hard. I have finished my training today and I am happy that I have started on my path to self-reliance.
It has been a wonderful experience for me, even as I train my hands and mind to be able to provide for myself and family. I know indeed that self-reliance is such a great blessing from our Heavenly Father to us, His sons and daughters. It has not been easy thus far, but with the help of the Lord, I know greater success will be achieved.