Dinner and Weevils
Topic: Family
Posted on behalf of Joel:

We had a really nice Nigerian dinner last night. The kids did quite well overall. Austin did a great job of being polite and eating a good portion of his pounded yam, egusi stew (stew with greens, salt, oils, and other stuff that is eaten with the pounded yam), and chicken (it is an honor to be served meat). Allie was polite but didn't eat a lot until orange slices and bananas were brought out for dessert. Abbie put her hands in everything and didn't fuss. All the kids are starting to learn how to sit and listen to adult conversation, which is a vital skill here. We heard about the exciting bush medical evangelism that Dr. Ushe has been involved with for the last 10 years. It is in the mountainous remote region near Cameroon - a 14 hr rough drive from Jos. He was lead to this area through an area Fulani leader who came to Evangel hospital as a patient 10 years ago. The Fulani are an Islamic nomadic cattle herding tribe that has remained quite unreached over the last 100 years. However, Dr. Ushe's work has been blessed and fruitful. The Fulani speak neither English nor Hausa, but it may be possible for Joel or Cindy to go out on one of these outreaches in the future.

Now it's off to the market to try to buy flour and sugar. We have learned many different way to keep the weevils out of one's flour, but none of them sound appealing. However, since weevils don't sound appealing we will be experimenting with various approaches.