Let's Take a Walk!

Hi Everyone,
Today because of the Memorial Day Holiday, we too had the day "off" so Crist and I decided to take a nice long walk around the neighborhood. All the pictures shown are within a mile of our compound. The top picture is the "furniture store" right down the street. There are many many shops like these and the furniture is made right in the yard; in the dust. Amazing. There is also a picture of five young men who are the furniture makers. They were very excited to have their picture taken. The younger men learn from the older guys and that's how it's passed down. Our son-in-law John said that this particular shop is better than most but they're also more expensive.

Also, in this mile walk we saw three totally different churches - each a different denomination. There are many churches in Jos and still more than these three right here in our immediate area. The church that is being built had on Sunday hundreds of people worshiping there. On Sunday mornings it's fun to see everyone walking in their bright Sunday attire, each to their own church. On our walk this afternoon, a lovely Nigerian woman approached us and introduced herself and she said she was a pastor of a church nearby (we don't have a picture of her church) and she saw us walking and Crist was holding my hand and she thought that was sweet (aw shucks!). She has a son in graduate school in Birmingham, Alabama. Small world, huh?

On our walk, we took some side streets to see where they night lead and, of course, they led to no where, so we had to turn around and walk back. We were sooooo tired when the walk was over. It's a hot and humid day out today but it felt good to both of us to just be outside.

Tomorrow starts a new week of ministry. We're gearing up for the "Open House" of the Viewing Center at the Oasis House. We'll have more on that in a later blog. God is supplying all our needs according to His riches in Glory - we can't ask for anything more. Saw in our devotions this morning this Scripture: Genesis 45:8 that says,

"So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God." Where is God sending YOU this week?

In-joy,

Eileen and Crist