We are behind in our blog information because we really lack internet here in Nigeria. Hydro is intermittent and we have no means of connecting to the internet using our computer. Currently Pastor Emmanuel is letting us use his computer for this post. We are being treated extremely well by our hosts.
Yesterday we drove from Abuja to Jos, aporximately 300 km. We had numerous security checks along the road and there were numerous obstacles placed on the road to ensure drivers were forced to slow. We have some pictures of logs laying on the road and you must weave around them .....feels like a NASCAR driver at times. As we approached Jos there were many more security checks and we witnessed burned out cars and homes as a result of recent violence. The clashes are political, religious and economic.....various tribal groups. Apparently it often begins by "swarming" at night. Certainly nighttime is when many people are out and about in the streets and road side markets.
Our itinerary is changed slightly. The first election occurs on April 2nd and prior to this there are political campaigns and we do not want to get caught up in the gathering of large crowds. Rather than fly from Yola we may take an extra day and drive. We may also do some treking in the mountain area to reach some of the remote tribal groups as seen in the video that we showed at church.
Here it is customary for a man to preach and so John will do the preaching at the Sunday services and we co-teach the Peacemaker teaching opportunities. We are also teaching an addition series of Peacemaker materials on Mon, Tues and Wed............this was a request from one of the churches that was not able to come to the first conference and they wanted the teaching........... we have a very busy schedule.
Blessings to all and thank you for your continued prayers. John and Shirley
ps - I was going to post a picture or two but the camera battery was dead because I left it on by mistake....maybe another post
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