We're nearing the end of our time in Africa. I'm ready to be back home, and the sooner I can get out of this heat the better. But I'm going to miss the work we've been doing here and all the people that we've met.
This morning we went to a church service at a pretty large church here in Jos. It was in English which was nice, and they had two choirs, both of which were very good. After church we went to a Chinese restaurant for lunch. Nigerian Chinese food is about the same as American Chinese food in case you're wondering.
In other news, we've been getting a lot of work done, and should be in good shape to make our final presentation to the 'clients' on Tuesday evening. That's about all for now. Hope you all are having an excellent weekend!
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Hello folks! I'm in Jos, Nigeria now, and will be staying here for about another week.
We're having a good time here, and the work is going really well. I've been helping with the surveying for the past couple days, which involves lots of walking around and fighting my way through brambles, but it's fun, and luckily the weather hasn't been too hot.
This afternoon we went to the village of Kisayhip which is right next to the property that we're helping to develop. We handed out candy and oranges to all the little kids, and of course took lots of pictures of them. They're really cute....one little girl just wanted to hold my hand the whole time. Bob (our project leader) did a magic show that had a Christian message to it (mostly for the kids, but the adults liked it too), and at the end we had about 20 people coming up to accept Christ and have us pray for them. The pastor there said he had never even seen most of those people in church before. It's been pretty exciting to see God working, and I'm really looking forward to the rest of the trip!
We're having a good time here, and the work is going really well. I've been helping with the surveying for the past couple days, which involves lots of walking around and fighting my way through brambles, but it's fun, and luckily the weather hasn't been too hot.
This afternoon we went to the village of Kisayhip which is right next to the property that we're helping to develop. We handed out candy and oranges to all the little kids, and of course took lots of pictures of them. They're really cute....one little girl just wanted to hold my hand the whole time. Bob (our project leader) did a magic show that had a Christian message to it (mostly for the kids, but the adults liked it too), and at the end we had about 20 people coming up to accept Christ and have us pray for them. The pastor there said he had never even seen most of those people in church before. It's been pretty exciting to see God working, and I'm really looking forward to the rest of the trip!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Kenya is awesome!
Hey folks, just wanted to quickly update you and let you know that I made it to Kenya safely.
We're having a really good time and accomplishing a lot of work too which is awesome.
This morning was pretty exciting....there were a whole bunch of monkeys playing in the trees and on our roof. They were really fun to watch, and we took quite a few pictures. The baby ones were especially cute. Diane (one of the missionaries here) said that they'll get in the house if you leave the windows open, and they really like to steal fruit if they can find it.
Tomorrow we're planning to wrap up our work here, and then we'll have a couple of days for relaxing and sightseeing before heading to Nigeria.
We're having a really good time and accomplishing a lot of work too which is awesome.
This morning was pretty exciting....there were a whole bunch of monkeys playing in the trees and on our roof. They were really fun to watch, and we took quite a few pictures. The baby ones were especially cute. Diane (one of the missionaries here) said that they'll get in the house if you leave the windows open, and they really like to steal fruit if they can find it.
Tomorrow we're planning to wrap up our work here, and then we'll have a couple of days for relaxing and sightseeing before heading to Nigeria.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Visa Update:
We just got a call that our visas are on their way. They should get here tomorrow....just in time!
Thanks for your prayers!
Thanks for your prayers!
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
3 days!
I leave for Africa in less than 3 days, hopefully. We're still waiting for our visas. I think we're all starting to get a little nervous about that, but there's not much we can do other than pray that they'll show up tomorrow, so that's what we're doing.
In other, happier news, this past weekend was nice and relaxing. The weather has been a little cooler lately, and on Saturday we had a little mini blizzard which made Vicky and I decide to spend the afternoon inside watching movies. We did venture out in the evening to go to The Golden Bee, a really popular English pub/piano bar. It was fun, and the food was good too.....worth the 1 hour wait. Last night Danna had all the interns over for supper as a sendoff for the 3 of us leaving this week. We had a really delicious meal of lasagna and then we all played a rather rowdy game of nertz.
Other than that, there's not much going on here. Keep praying for our trip: that our visas will come and that we'll have safe travels, etc. I know God's going to do great things, and I can't wait!
In other, happier news, this past weekend was nice and relaxing. The weather has been a little cooler lately, and on Saturday we had a little mini blizzard which made Vicky and I decide to spend the afternoon inside watching movies. We did venture out in the evening to go to The Golden Bee, a really popular English pub/piano bar. It was fun, and the food was good too.....worth the 1 hour wait. Last night Danna had all the interns over for supper as a sendoff for the 3 of us leaving this week. We had a really delicious meal of lasagna and then we all played a rather rowdy game of nertz.
Other than that, there's not much going on here. Keep praying for our trip: that our visas will come and that we'll have safe travels, etc. I know God's going to do great things, and I can't wait!
Monday, March 2, 2009
Snowboarding...
So Saturday I tried snowboarding for the first time ever. It was awesome!
There were 8 of us that drove out to Monarch Mountain together on Saturday. We had coupons for buy one get one free lift tickets, so that kept things from getting too expensive, and the weather was absolutely perfect--sunny, warm, and pretty good snow conditions. It's about a 2 1/2 hour drive to get there, so we left at 6:30 am and didn't get back until about 8 pm. It was a pretty long day, and I was definitely tired by the end of it. For 5 of us, it was our first time snowboarding, so we all fell quite a few times, but by the end of the day we were getting the hang of it and having a really good time. At first I kept falling on my butt when I was trying to stand up or when I got scared because I was going too fast. Then as I got better--and braver--I tried to do more turns and things, and I started face planting a lot. By the end of the day my muscles were pretty worn out--in my legs, arms, and abs. Yesterday I tried to move as little as possible because everything was so sore, but it was totally worth it! I'm really excited to try it again, and I hope that I can remember everything I learned this time. I think Jared was excited that I enjoyed it so much because he goes snowboarding all the time in WA, and now we'll be able to go together next winter.
Despite my bruises and soreness, I was not the most injured person from our group....that honor goes to Danny who broke his wrist on the last run of the day. He wrote more about it on his blog if you want to check it out: http://danseibert.blogspot.com/. He leaves on his project trip to Kenya in a week, so pray that everything will go well, and he'll be able to accomplish all of the work with only one arm.
As far as other news goes, I'm trying to get everything ready for my trip which is now less than 2 weeks away! I have no idea what to pack, so I'll need to start thinking about that soon, and we're still waiting on our visas so please pray that they'll show up in the next couple days. Thanks again for all your support! Love and miss you all!
There were 8 of us that drove out to Monarch Mountain together on Saturday. We had coupons for buy one get one free lift tickets, so that kept things from getting too expensive, and the weather was absolutely perfect--sunny, warm, and pretty good snow conditions. It's about a 2 1/2 hour drive to get there, so we left at 6:30 am and didn't get back until about 8 pm. It was a pretty long day, and I was definitely tired by the end of it. For 5 of us, it was our first time snowboarding, so we all fell quite a few times, but by the end of the day we were getting the hang of it and having a really good time. At first I kept falling on my butt when I was trying to stand up or when I got scared because I was going too fast. Then as I got better--and braver--I tried to do more turns and things, and I started face planting a lot. By the end of the day my muscles were pretty worn out--in my legs, arms, and abs. Yesterday I tried to move as little as possible because everything was so sore, but it was totally worth it! I'm really excited to try it again, and I hope that I can remember everything I learned this time. I think Jared was excited that I enjoyed it so much because he goes snowboarding all the time in WA, and now we'll be able to go together next winter.
Despite my bruises and soreness, I was not the most injured person from our group....that honor goes to Danny who broke his wrist on the last run of the day. He wrote more about it on his blog if you want to check it out: http://danseibert.blogspot.com/. He leaves on his project trip to Kenya in a week, so pray that everything will go well, and he'll be able to accomplish all of the work with only one arm.
As far as other news goes, I'm trying to get everything ready for my trip which is now less than 2 weeks away! I have no idea what to pack, so I'll need to start thinking about that soon, and we're still waiting on our visas so please pray that they'll show up in the next couple days. Thanks again for all your support! Love and miss you all!
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