AN INTERVIEW WITH THE WINLOS

’we lack Godly standards in

 re-Lationship, in our modern

Day World’’

 

 

Their story is like that of the morning dew, having this perfect relationship but breaking down the real fact behind their relationship through WINLOS. After Anwuli and Ohis started their journey as friends, and found the ‘’HER/HIM’’, it was time to take the friendship to the greatest level ‘’MARRIAGE’’, and this union brought about the birth of WINLOS, which has transformed and repaired the thought of marriage in the minds of the younger generation.

ERA MAGAZINE had an interview with the host of the WINLOS "ANWULI AND OHIS OJEIKERE"

We sat them down and asked a few questions about what they did and how it affected the society at large. The following was their response to our ERA Magazine interviewer;

 

TELLS US ABOUT THE WINLOS......

ANWULI;

The WINLOS is about Ohis and I, we started sometime last year between October and November 2013. Usually what we are about is that we use illustrative skits to pass on relationship-like messages to people, both those in a relationship and those who aren’t. And besides our skits, we have a Facebook page where we put inspirational ideas to impact some people.


Basically, the WINLOS is about using illustrative skits to impact the lives of people and transform marriages and relationships.


WHAT EXACTLY IS THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE WINLOS
ohis



The purpose of the WINLOS really stems from the fact that we've realized that in our present generation, you can hardly find relationship that can stand as a yardstick or standard so to say for other relationships and I believe it’s because we lack godly standards in relationships in our modern day world. So we thought that from the experience we've gotten from the time we started dating to when we got married we could teach the youth that marriage can work, marriage is fun, marriage is not as serious as we've made it seem and that it can be so much easier if you go by the right standards and right principle, your marriage can work. And although some of our stories are exaggerated, we have also gathered information from what we have heard and observed from other couples, we just bring it together, just to let others know that's marriage can be fun and you can have a nice time with your spouse.

WHAT INSPIRES YOU FOR A SKIT?
Anwuli

Well that’s a very good question. In truth, sometimes it can up from an argument or a little misunderstanding in the middle of the night, and just like that with no previous arrangement an idea pops up. We try to compare and relate our experiences with other couples’, basically when we surf the net, we compare it to little misunderstanding we have had and we add together and that's it. Magic.


DO YOU CONSIDER THE WINLOS AS AN ENTERTAINMENT SHOW OR HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE IT?
Ohis


We consider the WINLOS as a Gospel Entertainment Programme and a ministry that reaches out to marriages; we believe that Christians need to be entertained. If a Christian wants entertainment they don't have to go secular sources so we decided this was to be our unique contribution to entertainment or Christian entertainment if you must.


YOU TEACH ABOUT MARRIED LIFE,TELL US ABOUT YOURS AND HOW DO YOU MOTIVATE OTHERS?
Ohis

Our experience so far in our marriage has just been sweet, and when I say sweet I do not mean that we don't have arguments, not that we don't have quarrels but basically our major quarrel is a matter of purpose, how can we achieve more, how we can reach out more but for every other thing, marriage has just been fun for us. And as for motivating others, we just live our life, we now know that there are a lot of people who look up to us not only in Nigeria. We get mails, chat on people’s relationships and they would want advice. At a point we realize we really need take this more seriously and put out best into it. So we basically just live our life and catch fun and we just know we are impacting lives in the process.


Anwili


Basically on my part one thing I got to observe before I got married is that people are not real in their marriages, they just show you the surface, they portray a facade for their spouses not necessarily the surface but you see people display pictures and you see all is well and all that, but somehow when you are privileged to get in there, you are like wow, this is not it.

So what we do when we counsel is that we try to bring something you can observe and see in marriages and we try to tell them this is how you can manage and overcome it. Issues with marriage are not insurmountable. Also, one of the things that have helped us is that we have been friends long before we got married, so I have tried to encourage ladies especially from our church that they have to build friendships with their partners. Another thing that helped us is that my husband is expressive and I tell them if the man they meet is very expressive, that makes the work much easier.

YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE WINLOS FOR LESS THAN A YEAR NOW AND HAS IT BEEN A SUCCESS?
WHAT ARE THE RESULTS

 
Ohis

Well we have gotten mails from a lot of people, people who on a good day we would not have been able to talk to and we would not have been able to reach. We have watched our skits shown in churches in the U.S and we have been written to from overseas to appreciate us for what we are doing and also in Nigeria and we have gotten one on one appreciation from our church brethren.

WHAT ARE YOUR ADVICE FOR MARRIED COUPLES AND OTHER OUT THERE

Ohis

Marriage is fun, it’s something we should not rush into, it something you should plan...Don’t just marry anybody, marry the right person and it will be fun all through for you.

Anwili

The ‘God’ factor is very important, in everything that you do; there has to be God in it, because that's what will make it work and couples should learn to be very open and expressive.

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http://www.youtube.com/user/theWinlos