To our friends and family back home, Happy Easter! We are a little bit ahead of you so we are able to give a full report of our activities for the day. 
We went as a family minus Sterling to our Nigerian church, ECWA Seminary Church. It was a more lively service than usual with lots of familiar music. Afterwards, we went to the home of Rick and Brenda Naatz, who are another missionary family on the Evangel compound. Rick heads up the medical lab at Evangel, and Brenda works in the SIM travel office. Jacob is their son and Sterling’s close friend. Also invited was a short term nurse that we have gotten to know named Simone, who is from Switzerland. You would have never known we were in Nigeria; the menu was ham, roast chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy, rolls, salad with raspberry vinaigrette, green beans, sweet corn, and 3 kinds of homemade pies (French silk, mango, and lemon meringue.) It was a feast. No short cuts here . . .homemade piecrusts, handsqueezed lemons, home frozen corn, etc. I don’t think Brenda had to slaughter the animals, thankfully!
After our great meal, we headed next door for the annual Easter egg hunt with all the missionary families on the compound. A good time was had by all.
Later that evening, we were the guests of our Nigerian pastor, Barje Maigadi and his family: wife Amina, sons Sulmane and Surane, and daughters Kauna and Kiota. (I hope the spelling is correct!) It was a real treat to be invited into their home and see how a Nigerian family of 6 lives. We had an American friendly meal, but the best part of all was the time spent sitting around chatting and getting to know one another. The Maigadis lived in America for several years when their children were at a very impressionable age. Our families, especially the kids, seem to hit it off. We laughed quite a bit as we realized that despite our different cultures, we had some striking similarities: mothers who can’t seem to finish sentences, fathers who like their remote controls and who don’t listen, and teenagers who like music and can talk silly (at least by adult standards.)
The longer we stay in Nigeria, the more people we meet and become attached to. The Maigadi family is yet another family that will be difficult to say goodbye to in just 7 short weeks.
We went as a family minus Sterling to our Nigerian church, ECWA Seminary Church. It was a more lively service than usual with lots of familiar music. Afterwards, we went to the home of Rick and Brenda Naatz, who are another missionary family on the Evangel compound. Rick heads up the medical lab at Evangel, and Brenda works in the SIM travel office. Jacob is their son and Sterling’s close friend. Also invited was a short term nurse that we have gotten to know named Simone, who is from Switzerland. You would have never known we were in Nigeria; the menu was ham, roast chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy, rolls, salad with raspberry vinaigrette, green beans, sweet corn, and 3 kinds of homemade pies (French silk, mango, and lemon meringue.) It was a feast. No short cuts here . . .homemade piecrusts, handsqueezed lemons, home frozen corn, etc. I don’t think Brenda had to slaughter the animals, thankfully!
After our great meal, we headed next door for the annual Easter egg hunt with all the missionary families on the compound. A good time was had by all.
Later that evening, we were the guests of our Nigerian pastor, Barje Maigadi and his family: wife Amina, sons Sulmane and Surane, and daughters Kauna and Kiota. (I hope the spelling is correct!) It was a real treat to be invited into their home and see how a Nigerian family of 6 lives. We had an American friendly meal, but the best part of all was the time spent sitting around chatting and getting to know one another. The Maigadis lived in America for several years when their children were at a very impressionable age. Our families, especially the kids, seem to hit it off. We laughed quite a bit as we realized that despite our different cultures, we had some striking similarities: mothers who can’t seem to finish sentences, fathers who like their remote controls and who don’t listen, and teenagers who like music and can talk silly (at least by adult standards.)
The longer we stay in Nigeria, the more people we meet and become attached to. The Maigadi family is yet another family that will be difficult to say goodbye to in just 7 short weeks.
Lisa
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