Thursday, June 24, 2010

Jos Campus Visit


Hi Everyone,
We thought we'd give you a short tour of the main Back2Back campus which is right around the corner from where we live.
We've shown you the Viewing Center, our place and other places around town, but we've been remiss in showing you where the Back2Back Nigerian staff director and his family live as well as this is where the work teams stay when they're here.
The picture on the upper left is of two lizards sunning themselves (look hard and you can see them). They are EVERYWHERE, all different sizes and colors and believe it or not, but I'm not at all scared of them. They're actually cute. I count how many I can see on the walls as I walk from this compound to ours and usually it's around 13 or 14. The other picture is the front gate you drive through with the guards shack right there. There are three guards on the main campus as well as a vicious guard dog that is let out to roam every evening at 10 pm. On our compound we only have two guards that rotate their schedule.















On Tuesday morning we had a Staff Meeting so I used that opportunity to take a few pictures so I could should you around. The picture on the right is the main house. Jason and Emilee and Peyton (she's a year old) live on the right side of the house and there are bedrooms and two baths in the left side of the house where work teams stay.

The picture to the left is where John, our son-in-law, is going to begin building on Monday an L-shaped building which will have two, two-bedroom apartments, each with a bath, kitchen and living area. Another couple is coming on staff full-time sometime this fall and they will get one of the apartments. This quiet little plot of land (in front of the main house) will very soon become a buzz of activity.

There is also a small office building on the property where meetings are held and office work is done. This is where I go when I work on the village census from time to time. We just took a staff picture, but haven't gotten it down loaded yet so will save that for another day. Hope you enjoyed the tour.
In-joy,
Eileen and Crist

1 comment:

  1. I like the pictures, cannot wait to see what it will look like when the construction is done.

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