Travel

This week we returned from Taraba State. 2475 Kl. is a long way in this country. But we are thankful to God for a safe trip and for meeting many of the people we know in the places we worked in the past. We did not meet everyone we wanted to but time was not on our side. It was very hot when we left Niger State about 108 degrees daily and 90 at night. But as we went south things started to cool off to around 80 degrees, we are blessed with air in the vehicle so that was a help, and all the hotel accommodation were air conditioned. Besides that harmattan blew in so thick it reminded me of times in the past when we grounded the airplanes due to lack of visibility. Harmattan also keeps things a lot cooler. Over all it was a very good trip. The one goal we had was to see Pastor Nahum and Maryamu at Akwabe. He has a phone but no reception there so we tried to contact Pastor Ishaya Nahum, their son, but to no avail. We staopped at Mina, Mukurdi, Wukari, Takum, Kungana, Marrarba, Tatin Ndoro (where Ishaya is the pastor) Baissa, Sabon Gida Akwanwe, and Akwabe. As it turned out a two track was just completed to Akwabe because a team of engineers went to check out a dam site. Unexpectedly we could drive right to the river and walk across to Akwabe. On top of that the Regional Church Council was having a revival meeting there so we got to see people we did not expect to see. God is good. Good in more ways than one as it turned out because a couple of hours after arriving I came down with an intense fever, vomiting and diarrhea that gave us a good scare thinking it would be awhile before we would be able to travel again. We could not go to the service that night but thanks to God and Gremar who always packs medicine wherever she goes; I recovered during the night, nothing short of a miracle, and was able to bring greetings at the morning worship service on Saturday. We had to leave again at noon so as to make it back to Niger State by Monday afternoon. The way back was uneventful but we were not looking forward to the heat; harmattan had blown in at Mahula as well and it was about 97 degrees when we arrived home, almost cool. The dust is still here and it is much cooler now at night. The following pictures are of our trip.