Feb 24, 2008 – Day 3
After a legendary battle with an enormous mosquito, I dropped off to sleep….we were for the most part able to sleep well. We awoke to find Susan and Tom had successfully arrived on the 5:30am BA flight from London and joined us for a quick breakfast before we departed for Jos.
The ride to Jos was reminiscent of my last trip to Busch Gardens. We acted like a bunch of awkward fifth graders and decided to ride in gender segregated cars (Tom thought that the girls had cooties). The football chatter and grunting died down as we were humbled by the sights that surrounded us. No matter how many documentaries you have seen about Africa, you are astounded by how little these people have. It is impossible to put it into words the sights of the shacks that families share here. It didn’t help the mood in the car when we almost took our last breath with some crazy near death driving experiences. Fortunately, we were not around when a gasoline truck jackknifed on the road and was wedged between the hills surrounding the road. We had to detour through someone’s front lawn to get through. The biggest failure of the trip is we unsuccessfully tried to snap a pic of the oxen traveling alongside the road in several spots. A planted government forest was also interesting as the rows of the trees went on forever in perfectly straight lines. We arrived without a scratch and settled down at our guesthouse for the afternoon and evening.
Shortly after arriving we traveled down to the ECWA Evangel VVF center to drop off some supplies and were greeted by one of the most thankful group of patients. I have never experienced anything like that as a crowd of women are reaching out their hands. It was a glimpse of what celebrities experience. It truly touched each of us and I will never forget it. We then returned to the guesthouse for dinner. To our pleasure Dr. Sunday Lengmang and Sister Rose joined us for dessert. We sat and watched the outstanding movie by the IVUmed group and James Kenney – “The Women of Evangel”. After such a full day we were happy to drop off to a well deserved rest as we knew that we would have a long day ahead…..
Tim Davies
~Catherine deVries
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