On Monday, December 11, 1981, Brother T received a letter from the saints in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, inviting him to their Camp meeting. Their meeting was to start the second day 12 December, 1981. As from that Friday, Brother T started his preparations for the journey, having seen the green light from God. He made up a team of five to go with him – Rev J.O. Soyinka, Rev. P.K. Ibikunle, Brother John Aina, Sisters Esther th Ogunfowomu and Bunmi Onabolu. On the 15 December, 1981, the team left for the International Airport and the aircraft took off at 11.15pm.
Brother Brooks Muyambo was at Salisbury Airport to welcome the team as instructed by their Overseer, Rev. Morgan Sengwayo. The team later left there for Bulawayo. At the Bulawayo Airport, Rev. Morgan Sengwayo and his family and the ministers were there to welcome the team. Oh, the joy that overwhelmed every heart, most especially Brother Morgan Sengwayo! They embraced the team members and showed their happiness and appreciation for the visit.
The team was taken to 52 Lolly Street in a house called 'Nigeria House' prepared for them in a suburb where the white people used to live and the black were not allowed to enter without a pass. When Zimbabwe became independent, black people had the opportunity of going there and
Rev. M. Sengwayo and Rev. T.G. Oshokoya
eventually, the Church bought the house and named it 'Nigeria House'. When the Gospel team arrived, the choir members lined up, right and left in their robes holding a white handkerchief each and saying, “Welcome, Welcome…” and the team passed through their midst. Mr. Rose Sengwayo led the visitors round the house and took very good care of them.
A car for six passengers took the team members to the church the following day for Bible teaching. Immediately the visitors arrived, the choristers and the saints lined up raising their white handkerchiefs and as the team stepped into the church, the shout of “Hallelujah! Amen!” rent the air.
Rev. Morgan Sengwayo climbed the pulpit to tell the congregation that the greatest joy in his heart that day was that his angel (Brother T) whom he had described and talked about to the congregation as the one who preached the Gospel to him had at last arrived and this, in his lifetime. He gave a short address that it was Brother T who had sent him to do the work in their midst. Since he had arrived, he said, he as a son would withdraw and hand the work over to him. As he was saying this, he was in tears. He told the congregation that they should listen attentively to the Africa Overseer, Rev. T.G. Oshokoya, and the members of the team and that whatever they were taught should be taken seriously, for Brother T and the team had the fullness of the Gospel and the Word of God. After this, he stepped down from the platform and went to sit in the congregation.
The Africa Overseer, Rev. T.G. Oshokoya, stood up to address the congregation but he first of all called Brother Sengwayo back to the platform. As he stood up, the shout of joy filled the house. He confirmed all that Brother Sengwayo had said about his first visit to South Africa in 1955; how he had met Brother Sengwayo and some people who were blessed through his ministry. Brother Sengwayo was saved and during the Bible teaching by Brother T on the subject of sanctification one day, he prayed through to the experience of sanctification and later got the third Christian experience of the Baptism of the Holy Ghost. He confirmed also that he received the shocking news of Rev. van der Puije's demise in Accra, Ghana, and had to leave immediately for his burial. Brother Sengwayo was with him at the airport when he handed the work of evangelism in that
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area over to him that he should continue where he he had stopped at Brother C. D. Petros' house. Before this time, Brother Sengwayo was a minister of a church, but since he received this call, he left that organization and resigned his work with the government and faced the work of evangelism of the true Gospel in Southern Rhodesia. Though tedious, God backed Brother Sengwayo up and the work grew amidst troubles and trials. After the speech, people went on their knees with tears.
After this, Brother Sengwayo led Brother Tand the members of the team to the church office where he introduced the ministers to them. Among them were those who met Brother T in 1955. It was a big surprise and wonderful reunion. Brother T was very happy to see them still in the Gospel. One of them said that he would have died long ago were it not for the Gospel he came across.
One of the ministers there was Brother Sanana from Zambia who was Brother Sengwayo's convert. He was a drunkard who would leave home for days.
REV. T. G. OSOKOYA & REV. ROBINSON SANANA
At a time, his wife got fed up and kept his food for seven days during which he did not return home from work to eat. She put the seven days' heap of food into a wheelbarrow and carried it to his office to show his colleagues as proof that his husband had not been home for a whole week. But wonderfully one day, the Lord led the people of God to preach in front of their house when he was around. He heard the Word of God and gave his heart to God. God saved him and he began to enjoy his family. He was very fervent in the faith and became the first Overseer of the Apostolic Faith Churches in Zambia.
Brother Sengwayo led the team to Stand 39E Pelandaba, where the work of the Gospel started in Bulawayo. It was a house of two rooms which was later expanded and used as the church. Neighboring households complained about the disturbing noise of the prayers of the congregation and therefore, decided to sell their houses to the Church and move elsewhere. God used this to provide more houses to the Church for lodging people during their convention and for other purposes. The place later became the general office for the Church. While still in the office, some of the ministers testified and showed the team members where they prayed through to salvation when the place was in use for services. After this, Brother Sengwayo took the team members and Brother T to their campground – Green Gables of 101 acres. God wonderfully provided this already developed portion of land for them and they walked into it. As at the time of the visit, the Church had already built 12 dormitories of 25 by 100 feet there. Each dormitory was built with cement block and roofed with asbestos slates.
The missionaries were taken to several branches of the work in Zimbabwe – Gatooma, Kwekwe, Hartley, Salisbury and others before they returned to Nigeria.