I am one year on steemit today: The journey, some of the things I have done and appreciation

I am happy to announce to you all that it is one year today that I joined steemit and Steem blockchain.
Hurray!!! Happy one year anniversary to me on steemit.

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My steemit account was activated on 8th of July, 2017 and it has been a success story so far. I think it is necessary to talk a little bit about my journey here on steemit.

Less I forget, I also pass 500sp yesterday, so it's a double celebration......... Lol

My steemit journey

My journey into steemit started last year when @jammey drop a message in my mmm whatsapp group about a social media that pays called steemit. I took my time to research and study steemit for one month before I joined. My account was verified and activated within 48hrs and here we are now.
Glory be to God.

The initial stage was rough and slow as I was just doing my thing all alone. For good 5months, I kept posting everyday with very little or no reward. A lot of people I told about steemit that we started together got discouraged along the line since we weren't getting anything but what kept me going was the fact that I do see other people's account and their rewards and I believed I will get there one day. I'm not there yet, I'm still in the process of getting there.

While I was still struggling to get my feet on steemit, @amec, one of the first steemians I met sent me a message on whatsapp asking me to join #euronation community on whatsapp, I joined and things started improving.

I later got to know about #steemibadan community through @jeaniepearl whom I met through #euronation community. I started making friends and started joining other communities on discord, telegram and whatsapp. I later created #abuja-steem community for Abuja steemians when I discovered that there was no community for Abuja steemians. @anjiba and myself were the two admins that started Abuja steemians community and we were later joined by @jacobite, @xpency and @chiama.

This is just a little story about my journey in Steem.

Some of the things I've done during my 1st year on steemit

Since joining steemit I've done so many things to contribute to the growth and development of the steemit community. I've also used part of my earnings to impact lives of people outside steemit.

Myself and other admins of the Abuja steemians community organized the biggest seminar and meetup on steemit and cryptocurrency in the city of Abuja, the federal capital of Nigeria. This seminar brought great steemians from the whole of Nigeria to Abuja. This likes of @ejemai, @nairadaddy, @ehiboss, @michealcj, @samstickkz and many others.

I've also organized different seminars to promote steemit and cryptocurrency.

I've also done a lot of charity programs to help the needy and to also promote steemit.

I have a project where I train people on different skills to make them entrepreneurs and to eradicate unemployment and hunger in my country Nigeria. The project is called SSAT -Steem Skill Acquisition Training

I also do sbd giveaway on my blog every week called Fatherfaith Referral Bonus Giveaway. I give everyone that invite new members to join steemit a token as reward for inviting new members and promoting steemit. I've been doing this for the past 35weeks now and it will continue to be better with better rewards.

https://steemit.com/contest/@fatherfaith/fatherfaith-referral-bonus-frb-week-34-get-free-sbd-by-inviting-people-to-join-steemit-36f180ddc039e

These are just part of the many things I've been doing and I still have lot more in stock. With your help, we can do it together.

Appreciation

I want to use this medium to appreciate everybody that have been part of my one year journey, @jammey, @amec, @jeaniepearl, @anjiba, @jacobite, @xpency, @chiama, @eurogee, @drigweeu, @ned, @dan, @surpassinggoogle, @sirknight, @surfyogi, @dimimp, @sydesjokes, @cryptoctopus, @ginabot, @damarth, @swissclive, @libertyteeth, @papa-pepper, @little-peppers, @anomadsoul, @yoo1900, @broncnutz, @sniffnscurry, @acidyo, @humanearl, @stephenkendal, @flipstar, @nanzo-scoop, @ackza, @nathanmars and so on.

Not forgetting great communities like #euronation, #steemibadan, #abuja-steem, #steemchurch, #sc-n, #steemjet, #steemgigs, #ulogs, #teardrops, #stach, #wafrica, #artzone, #adsactly, #farms, #airhawk, #air-clinic, #flaminghelperss, #christian-trail and many other great communities

To everyone that have Upvoted my posts during this one year journey, I say thank you all.
We are just starting, we can do more together.
STEEM for life.