Well, since we left Wenatchee, it seems much has happened to slow down our return. We have gobs of blessings, too:
No charge for luggage from Wenatchee on Horizon - most is donated goods for the school ($160 saved)
Free meals @ Abuja airport
$50 hotel with free shuttle Saturday
Free hotel Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Free wi-fi in our room
Free shuttle for dinner, grocery store, and to connect with airport for bus/train about 20 times
My ring! This was an amazing orchestration! Dale, who is a pilot, has never over-nighted in Atlanta in 20+ years, but this week he did! Knowing we were here, he contacted us to see if we needed anything or needed anything returned to Wenatchee. Well, it was so GREAT! I left my “substitute” wedding ring in a friend’s safe and my nice diamond on my finger. He was able to run shuttle for the trade!! I can’t tell you all the creative thinking I put in to what to do with that ring… Whew! Now it’s a non-issue! We had a great visit with him and his Uncle Tom.
Mike, a church member, donated a digital video camera. This is a real blessing, as ours has started to fail. The church had time to ship it to us in Atlanta (too bad it missed Dale’s charter flight). We are so thankful and look forward to making some cool videos of our amazing experiences.
The Nigerian Consulate was right on the bus line.
Everyone at the Clarion Hotel was kind to us at every turn. We were eating on the cheap so they even let us use the microwave in the kitchen to heat up our groceries.
Free Business help (printing, copying etc.)
Hand-me-down clothes, snacks, books to read, games to play in luggage – what luck!!
Coin-op laundry!!
Devin’s brother Jeff was in the hospital, but we were able to call and check on him every night (he’s out now).
Lots and lots of encouraging emails
NICE people!
We had a pretty nice time as a family, just being able to do things we can’t do in Nigeria, like take baths, watch lots of TV, and sleep in. We are so happy to be off to Nigeria after an extra week’s delay, but thankful that we were not in Kogi when there was so much political tension. God is GOOD!
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