» Palm Sandals for Sale
July 3, 2009 13:15 from René's African Annals
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» 45 Languages in One Church
July 2, 2009 19:53 from Kids' Doc in Jos
Barb and I went to another wedding yesterday. The groom, Akim Dalyop, has been one of our neighbors since we arrived in Nigeria 18 years ago. What we appreciated most about this wedding was its simplicity. Most Nigerian weddings are big, e..

» Update for July
July 1, 2009 09:47 from David and Debbie
Dear friends, Greetings from Kagoro. Many thanks for your prayers for the programme in Kaduna. We praise the Lord for safety in travel and help for David as he preached twice on Sunday. We had good times of fellowship with our friends there..

» USA...Football...?!?
June 30, 2009 20:06 from Dustin In Nigeria
When the USA football team upset Spain in the Federation Cup a week ago the boys I work with couldn't stop talking about how big of a deal this was.  Embarrassed that I was caught unaware that my home country had broken the Spaniards 36 ga..

» Up Nigeria!!
June 22, 2009 16:39 from René's African Annals
On my list of "must-do-in-africa", right after wearing gargantuas head-ties and driving a motorbike through the countryside (both being crossed off, by the way), was seeing a professional soccer game. I mean, here soccer is thoroughly appr..

» A Night to Remember Followed by a Day to Forget
June 22, 2009 08:11 from Dustin In Nigeria
A few weeks ago three others and I set off on a trip to Egbe (8 hours west of Jos).  The purpose of our journey was to encourage the work of a recently established school for Fulani children. If you're like I was, you probably don't have a..

» To my dad.....
June 21, 2009 04:55 from Erin's Entry
During my years in Nigeria, I became more and more grateful for my childhood and for the loving father God gave me. The children I took care of have been beaten by their dads, have been thrown out on the streets by their dads, have been dis..

» Don't Shrink Back
June 18, 2009 14:41 from Erin's Entry
There are so many thoughts in my head and I've felt compelled to share this journey, with the prayer that God will use what I am learning to encourage others. I've found it difficult to know where to start, which has prevented me from even ..

» Another Engagement
June 15, 2009 16:35 from René's African Annals
Spanning cultural, national, ethnic, and generational differences sits the celebration of marriage. Oh sure, it LOOKS very different, but the joining of two people and families is a big deal and I'm hard-pressed to think of a people group t..

» Always Ready
June 10, 2009 13:45 from Dustin In Nigeria
I can't believe I haven't blogged yet about my first Nigerian church experience. The first Sunday I was here I visited a church with a friend that lives in my compound. Like many things here in Africa, it was quite different than what I wa..

» Ratatouille and Dippin' Dots
June 3, 2009 13:31 from René's African Annals
I bet Ratatouille and Dippin’ Dots aren’t the first foods you think of when you think of Africa. Me either. In fact, they are so random that you might not be aware that both ratatouille and dippin’ dots are food items. Well, if my life has ..

» Mission Accomplished
June 2, 2009 04:55 from Mitchell Mission to Jos, Nigeria
What an exciting and eventful year this has been. We thank you all for your support. We are so grateful for all of your moral, spiritual, and financial support. Our experience has certainly impacted Nigerians and our family in a very positi..

» June update
June 1, 2009 08:40 from David and Debbie
Dear friends, We send you greeting in the Name of our Saviour. Thanks for praying about my dissertation. I have done some more work on the main chapters and sent them to the advisor by email. Pray I get feedback on those soon since I would ..

» June update
June 1, 2009 08:40 from David and Debbie
Dear friends, We send you greetings in the Name of our Saviour. Thanks for praying about my dissertation. I have done some more work on the main chapters and sent them to the advisor by email. Pray I get feedback on those soon since I would..

» Mr. Hezekiah and Elizabeth
June 1, 2009 05:22 from Kids' Doc in Jos
Aisha had unexpected visitors today. Mr. Hezekiah is the new director of Pro-Life Evangel, the crisis pregnancy ministry attached to Evangel Hospital. He and his assistant Elizabeth came to see how Aisha is getting along. Mr. Hezekiah rela..

» Last Surgery
May 30, 2009 05:12 from Mitchell Mission to Jos, Nigeria
I had hoped to spend more time with administrative duties in my last couple of weeks, but there were a number of surgeries that needed to be done and only I could do. So needless to say, it has been busy for us up to the end. On Wednesday,..

» I asked God
May 29, 2009 03:30 from Erin's Entry
Yesterday I went in search for a journal, for fresh, clean pages to hold the emotions, prayers, questions, and tears of this season in my life. The first journal I saw had this poem on the front of it.... I couldn't have said it better myse..

» Graduation Day
May 28, 2009 21:46 from Mitchell Mission to Jos, Nigeria
We have been quite busy as we prepare for departing Nigeria as well as all the end of school year activities. The most significant of these activities was Hannah participating in the Hillcrest School Class of 2009 Graduation tonight. There..

» He desires obedience.
May 28, 2009 15:35 from Erin's Entry
Today marks the one year anniversary of my lung surgery. It has been quite a year. It's fitting that today, I share with you another milestone in this journey. After a lot of tears, prayers, tears, counsel, tears, wrestling with God... I kn..

» How Many (21st Century) Missionaries Does it Take To Change a Light Bulb?
May 25, 2009 19:00 from Kids' Doc in Jos
Meta-note: Unfortunately, it appears necessary to explain that this is tongue-in-cheek, as some readers have taken me seriously a fact that itself makes me worry.... My friend Tom Campbell informs me that America is in a post-ironic age. I..

» Needed: One Wrapper
May 21, 2009 19:54 from Kids' Doc in Jos
I guess people really do mean different things when they refer to a wrapper. I usually think of a wrapper as being the whole outfit made from a 6-yard piece of brightly-colored Nigerian wax, batik cloth used in dressmaking. It includes a w..

» Evil for Good
May 21, 2009 13:48 from Dustin In Nigeria
God used a stolen Ipod to change someone's destiny forever.  Let me explain... Two weeks ago was my first time to spend the night with the kids at our orphanage in Gyero (20 mins outside of Jos).  Right before going to bed I realized my Ip..

» In the past week ...
May 20, 2009 22:55 from Kids' Doc in Jos
It's not the beginning or end of the week, but I'll still just mention some of our events and doings in the past seven days. We finished reading Pippi Longstocking as our after-dinner book. Aisha is sleeping through the night about half th..

» generral random moments!
May 17, 2009 21:55 from Lisa in Nigeria
So I know it's been a while, infact ages. I had decided this blog thing is not for me because I can never keep up with updating, however I feel a second wind coming on, so here goes! Before I left, I always had a few stories to tell of my d..

» Final Exam and Saying Goodbye
May 16, 2009 06:29 from Mitchell Mission to Jos, Nigeria
Final exams in Nigeria are very different from final exams in America, especially when you are saying goodbye to 71 students who have become quite dear to you. This past Friday, I gave my final exam to my students. It was quite the event, ..

» Only In Africa
May 13, 2009 20:39 from Dustin In Nigeria
After being here for 3 weeks now, I've started to observe many things that I find to be unique to Africa.  So, in an attempt to share these with you, I've decide to start a monthly picture series entitled "Only In Africa".  I hope you enjo..

» Tribute to my Mama
May 11, 2009 00:44 from Erin's Entry
I am so glad my grandparents got married and that they had my mom, Candace Cook, who was born and raised in Hawaii. I am so glad that my dad, Keith Rigsby, who was born and raised in California, loved to surf. I am so glad that his passion ..

» Kaduna Medical Trip
May 8, 2009 20:31 from Dustin In Nigeria
Earlier this week I joined one of our nurses on a visit to the care center we have in Kaduna.  Kaduna is about 4 hours NW of Jos and is the 3rd largest city in Nigerian.  The purpose of the trip was to give the kids their 2nd round of immu..

» Finding joy in the midst of uncertainty
May 8, 2009 04:34 from Erin's Entry
Taken from 'My Utmost For His Highest' by Oswald Chambers.... Naturally, we are inclined to be so mathematical and calculating that we look upon uncertainty as a bad thing. We imagine that we have to reach some end, but that is not the nat..

» A Tense Ending to a Sweet Year
May 7, 2009 20:09 from Mitchell Mission to Jos, Nigeria
No, not tense in the way you think . . .today was my last regular class day at JETS, and we finished out the year discussing grammar tenses. It was a fun class where the students shared some of their habits and regular activities (you use ..