A language break through
Topic: Language & Culture
Posted on behalf of Cindy:
This week I actually had my first conversation in Hausa that went beyond a greeting. I was in a taxi (as is my custom so I can hear Hausa and see Jos from a local prospective) and I was obviously not a local! One of the other passengers (there were 6 of us not counting the driver in a small Peugeot) asked if I was a new teacher at Hillcrest school. She asked in Hausa and I actually understood and answered, "no, I work at JanKwano Hospital" in Hausa. This response was greeted by roars of laughter and nods of approval by all present. I was then asked if I was a nurse. I responded in Hausa that I was a "Likita" which means doctor. There was more laughter and rapid speech that I did not understand. I'm sure it was all very complimentary!

Prayer Meeting
Topic: Prayer
On behalf of the Masons:

The Anthis-Nigeria Prayer team will meet this Thursday, October 23rd at 7:45pm in the home of David and Ruth Mason in Katy.

Our role - in partnering with the Anthises - is to support them in prayer & practically where possible - do come join us!

We look forward to seeing as many of you as can make it!

Advance warning on future dates (different from usual formula due to Thanksgiving & Christmas):
November 20th
December 18th

Prayer Updates
Topic: Prayer

On behalf of Joel:

A quick update:

The wall that was started 4 weeks ago, and left uncompleted at only 5 feet high, was completed this week to its full height. That is a praise. They are also supposed to put razor wire on top of the wall to bring it up to the local standard for the rest of the compound.

We are looking for a new guard. Pray that the Lord will provide the right person for us, who is trustworthy, dependable, able to stay awake at night, and takes his job seriously.

Pray for our intensive Hausa language study for the next 4 weeks.

Pray for a dynamic daily walk with and reliance upon the Lord for us all.

Safety and health for us all, as we do not take this for granted.

Praise that the kids are doing well in school.

Updates
Topic: Website
The church service post below now has a picture.

The website has more pictures, plus a new page with the current newsletter on it (and each new newsletter will be added as it arrives).

Viewing Archives
Topic: Website
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Language Study
Topic: Language & Culture
Posted on behalf of the Anthis family:

Hausa language study has begun. Joel and Cindy are meeting with Maluum Garba each day in the morning, and practicing what they learn in the market, on the station, and around town during the day. So you will start to learn with us as well. "Sanu" = hello. "Yaya uwargida" = How is your wife? Cindy tried this Hausa phrase out on a man in Abuja. He replied in English, "but you have only asked me about my first wife. You must say "Yaya amarie" to ask how is my new wife." So let us say "Salamu alaikum" to you all, which means "Peace unto you!"

Church in Abuja
Topic: Language & Culture
Posted on behalf of the Anthis family:

While in Abuja we went to church for what we thought was a standard 2 hour service. We ended up at Wuse zone 3 ECWA church's annual choir day service with visiting choirs and a visiting pastor. Allison chose to go to Sunday School instead of sit in the service. She did great. We were the only bituri (Hausa for "white people") in the church, and Allison didn't seem to notice. Three hours into the service Joel said surely it will end soon. The theme of the day was "God will not be mocked." One choir then sang a song about hypocrites. This was a very upscale church in the capital city, and had a video monitoring the service. During the hypocrite song Austin said "Dad, look you're on the TV screen up front," and sure enough there was the balding "bituri." At the four hour mark Abigail was fading, and we discretely made our way out the back.

Update:

Trip to Abuja, cont.
Topic: Family
Posted on behalf of the Anthis family:

We went to Abuja, the Nigerian capital, over the weekend to pick up a fellow Texan couple coming out to Jos for one week. This is just a short trip before they return home for support raising, bible school, and all the preparation necessary to move out here as full time career missionaries next August. It was great to be present and see things with the freshest possible eyes, as the wife had never been out of America before. After all, we have been here a month already! We are old-timers. It is funny what really does change in only a month. Joel couldn't help but bust out laughing when the wife asked how to work her hairdryer in the Anglican guest house in Abuja, and why the toilet just didn't seem to flush all the way. When faced with looking at how we were a mere month ago, it is shocking how we are somehow starting to accept as normal the plumbing and electricity quirks, dirt, vehicles spewing exhaust fumes, motorcycles carrying 3 people and their luggage going the wrong way down a crowded road and many other differences btw Texas and Nigeria.

Trip to Abuja
Topic: Family
Posted on behalf of Austin:

We went to Abuja on Saturday and came back on Monday (today).

At Abuja in the middle of the night the air conditioning did some thing wrong. The air conditioning started shooting ice chunks and got my mom and dad all wet! On the way back to Jos some people pulled us over and said that we did something wrong and that we would have to pay some money but when they were pulling other people over our driver secretly drove us away and we got away

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Topic: Website
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