Topic: Family
Greetings from Jos! We are finally here. Thanks to all who prayed for us on our journey. We had a smooth check in of all 39 pieces of luggage at Houston and we were off to a great start. The travel was uneventful until we reached Kano Nigeria. We arrived at 10:30pm and proceeded through immigration to claim our baggage. We were encouraged to see all 39 pieces had arrived. But we did not see the SIM person who was to meet us and we encountered the Nigerian equivalent of the DEA. As soon as they discovered we had medical equipment and supplies a decision was made to open every bag and impound all of the medical goods! We started praying and I went outside to look for our SIM person meeting us. I found him and he joined us as we helplessly had each box opened and all medicine and equipment removed. This was a 4 hour process with at least 20 curious onlookers as each of our items was held up for inspection. Joel's passport was seized and all the medication we had with us (including our personal medications) are still being held in Kano (5 hours from Jos). Praise God that all of the expensive instruments were returned to us after it became clear we would not pay a bribe. Thanks to the prayers of the saints the children were amazingly good during this 4 hour ordeal. Please pray for the release of Joel's passport. The kids start school tomorrow and we are slowly getting settled. Please also pray for our security as a large portion of the compound wall behind our house collapsed and has yet to be rebuilt. This leaves the house very exposed. We know our security is in the Lord and are thankful for your prayers on our behalf.
Posted by anthisfamily
at 12:01 AM EEST
Updated: Sunday, 18 January 2004 9:47 PM EET
