Echoes: Life Lessons from an Online Village

Joseph Ola · Anu Ola

Joseph Ola

About this ebook

This book is born out of the outreach of the authors to young adults and teenagers, particularly, those they are mentoring in an online village called Alive Mentorship Group. Based on an acknowledgement of the fact that our everyday life offers us tremendous learning opportunities, the book brings together various life lessons which the authors have shared with their mentees on the mentorship platform within a year (2021). Written in a devotional style based on reflective journaling, each chapter draws some life lessons from a reflection on the life experiences of the authors—their victories, failures, and observations from doing life with others on a daily basis. Their hope is that each reader will truly find these life lessons from their 'online village' a helpful resource as they make progress in their destiny journey.

About the author

Joseph is a writer, blogger, youth mentor, podcast host and pastor. Since entering the ministry in 2012, he has served churches and ministries in Nigeria, the United States and the UK. He holds two Masters degrees in ‘Biblical and Pastoral Theology’ and in ‘African Christianity’ (with a distinction) from Liverpool Hope University in the UK. He is also an alumnus of the London Pioneer School with CMS Oxford. He holds a Certificate in Pastoral Ministry from Life Church College, Bradford, and a Bachelor's Degree in Microbiology from Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria. He founded Alive Mentorship Group in 2015—an online mentoring platform for teenagers and young adults with a growing global outreach to thousands of young people. He is a Pastor in The Apostolic Church Liverpool, UK. He is blissfully married to Anu and together, they host two podcasts: Not Alone Today Podcast (where they respond to the everyday questions of Christian young adults) and Ọmọlúàbí Podcast (where they reflect on African proverbs through the lens of the Bible). They are blessed with two lovely boys, Joshua ÒdodoOlúwa and Samuel ÒkìkíOlúwa.


Anu is a paralegal, a blogger (eleosblisshouse.org) and a child evangelism minister. Together with her husband, they run Alive Mentorship Group, an online mentorship platform reaching thousands of young adults. They also jointly host two podcasts: Not Alone Today Podcast and Omoluabi Podcast. They live in Liverpool, UK with their two sons, Joshua OdodoOluwa and Samuel OkikiOluwa.