A tribute to my father. How do I even begin to form the words to celebrate the life of my father, when I never imagined this day would come this soon? This is not something you prepare for and if you know anything about my father, you would understand how great of a loss his death is to my family, his colleagues and the entire church family. What can I say about the world’s greatest Dad? You were not only an amazing Dad to your biological children, you were also a great Dad to an incredible amount of people. You were so warm, accommodating and showed great empathy to everyone around you. It is really heart breaking that you did not live to fulfil all your retirement plans with us. We so longed for the time when you would be able to come spend months and months at a time with Jare, the boys and I in Canada. We prayed for healing but had no idea that God would choose to heal you in this way, however, I am comforted in the knowledge that you are now at the feet of Christ and removed from this sinful world. Daddy, I will forever miss hearing your voice at the other end of the phone; I will miss your hearty laughter and all the jokes you tell to make us all laugh; I will miss hearing you call me “Folusayo”, in the manner that only you did; and I will certainly miss the way you lovingly pinched the top of my nose every time you saw me. I remember all the advice and words of wisdom you gave me and my siblings as we grew up. You always told us that “nothing is impossible to achieve as long as we put our minds to it and involve God at every step of the way”. I still remember a number of conversations with you over the years. You made it so easy to talk to you and relate with you as a “Dad” and also as a “friend”. There were a number of times my friends at university would overhear our conversations and be amazed when they realised that I was talking to my Dad, because talking to you was that easy. You were so eloquent in speech and always knew the perfect words to diffuse any situation, no matter how tense or difficult it appeared. You always said the right things at the right time with such impeccable delivery. My father was simply put, the greatest man I ever knew, and I will miss him terribly. He was an incredible husband and father to his children, an amazing grandfather, an awesome teacher and pastor, who was always able to dissect the bible and help bring to light the words of God in a very enriching and practical way. Thank you for guiding me down a righteous path by not only showing me the way, but living it as well. You lived an exemplary life and showed me what it means to love and be loved. I am the woman, wife and mum that I am today largely because of the wonderful lessons and teachings you and mom taught us, and for that, I will be eternally grateful to you. As a young woman, I always would say that I wanted to get married to someone who was just like my father because in my eyes, Dad was the epitome of a perfect husband and father. Jare, the boys and I wish we could see you one last time, and hug you that little bit tighter. We love you Dad. You are and forever will be our hero, but God loves you more so decided to call you home. For sure, we will see you again someday so for now, it is Good night and not good bye. You will forever be in our hearts Sayo and Jare Oyeniran (nee Olusanya)