Evening baptism in the Niger

Sallah

Sallah

Dedicated the Generator today.

Pastor John and I discussed last week that we should have the church dedicate the new generator this Sunday.  With the team from Wenatchee here and all that is going on I forgot until he reminded me at the beginning of service.  I quickly ran to the village and picked up three crates of mineral (cases of pop).  When I returned Pastor was calling me up front to give a speech.  Having absolutely nothing prepared I did what most men do, started rambling on about this and that.   After the speech Jack told me “nice speech Dad”, I told him I hadn’t prepared and was just talking.  He said, “You should do that more often”.

Wonder if child labor laws in Nigeria are the same as in the USA?

Our team is getting plenty of help from the locals.
Here they are pulling in the main feed from the NEPA pole to the main
service disconnect.

See our new $20,000 - 12 gallon per hour pipe bender.

Children's Day

Each year all the churches here give a Sunday over to the children. They do
the preaching (That's Caleb), the worship music, some Bible quizzing and
some memory verses, and usually a drama or two. The children take a
collection and offer something to the church. This year they gave a bit
over $15 for a new microphone. Everyone usually shares a Coke, or "mineral"
as we say here. The kids did a great job. Pastor John prays over them,
blessing them for the year. We are always amazed that the first
thanksgiving and blessing is for life. "Thank you that many have died, but
these children live to see another year. Bless them with protection over
their life in the coming year, that none would die."