p.s. 1 year ago we were in Nigeria...

At this time last year,we were in Nigeria. We were thinking a lot about that recently. Now, we hear about Nigeria all the times in the news, about the captured internationals, civil war impending, corrupt officials, and the scary upcoming elections. It makes Nigeria sound so terrible. Yet, it is not by any means all of what Nigeria is, and certainly not what I remember best. Going there was one of the most life changing events in my life, and now, only a year away, it seems like such a long time ago. I still wake up at times and think I hear the sound of the fan going at night, muffled through the mosquito net. I still at times while at church, close my eyes and see the brightly colored clothes, the loud happy music, and miss it fiercely. I miss the mouth watering pineapples and the dusty roads under bright sun. I miss the happy wonderful people I worked with. I miss feeling all the time that God is everywhere, in everything, that my existence is entirely bound up in His will. I can only hope that every person will have an experience in his/her life which will shake them up in such a way.