You all know how I love the obviously funny stuff in life. Well I keep seeing these trucks around town that are just over stacked. Well here is a pic of one, this is nothing tho compared to some. I want to get a few more crazy pics of things out of the norm for us Americans.

Below was just a nice way to wrap up fathers day, Caden asleep on my chest! Love it!

over 2 months & counting

It is hard to believe that I have lived here in Nigeria for over 2 months now. As I past that 2 month threshold here in Nigeria it meant I have reached and past a milestone in my life. I have never been out of the US of A for longer than the above mentioned 2 months.

Where is my thinking on all of that? For the most part it has been great and I am really feeling that my life is now found here in Nigeria. On the roads my new life revolves around thousands of motorcycles, no street lights, traffic cops in orange (they have the nickname of “yellow fever”. Don’t ask me I did not name them), pot holes, no roads on some streets and various other obstacles that exist making driving a challenge.

Life at home revolves around a very large “fish bowl” called the Mission community where all seems to be known, very little electricity, dinners out mean visiting another’s home for dinner, being home far more often than in the US, house help to take care of all the things we hate to do along with other stuff.

Work right now is limited due to the ministries that I am apart of right now. Having a few meetings a week, a bible study with the staff of Transition House, leading a bible study with a group of Nigerian guys moving out in the next half year, checking in on the status of a new v-ball league among local churches and now making sure that the team staying with us right now has everything they need and their stay is comfortable.

Life is good. We have truly started to settle in and see that life here and around us is where we are meant to be. Of course there are still times that you have the thought “what am I doing here in Nigeria, that’s in Africa!” but that thought is seeming to come far less often When I drive on the crazy streets of Jos I am feeling comfortable as well.

We are meeting and getting to know others, missionaries and Nigerian nationals, to really make this our home. Pray that this will continue to become home for us as we live and listen to where the Lord would have us in the future.

I know I have stated many times that we would not be here if not for all of you. So thank you for your support.

Love and miss you all.