Tuesday, November 5, 2013

GoodNews Christian School - Abeokuta, Nigeria

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As I posted earlier today we arrived back in Pensacola safely and had a very good trip. We rested a few hours today and then had a great visit and meal with Pastor Deane and his family. We are quickly winding down again this evening so I hope we can sleep normally tonight.

We had a wonderful visit Monday at the Good News Christian School. We always love going to the school.



We have believed in and supported the school since the very day Bro. Shobanke shared his vision with me about it. What a great opportunity to change young lives for eternity.

This trip we wanted to take them some school supplies since we had the extra room in our luggage. We were in Sweeney, Texas when it was time to buy everything and Pastor Larry Lamb and the Full Gospel Lighthouse gave all of the money to do it.

We took 200 pens for the students, nice pens for Sis. Ruth and Sis. Rebecca, pads of paper, folders various flash cards, a small dry erase board, dry erase makers and several other little things we thought they might need.



Kelly Jo with Sis. Ruth and Sis. Rebecca, Bro. Shobanke's daughters.



We also asked them to let us know what supplies they could use in the future. Once we have a better handle on that we will share that information here on the blog.

Sis. Rebecca and Sis. Ruth both have degrees in education and carry on the vision of the school. They actually volunteer while others are paid. They willingly serve the Lord and the wonderful children. We felt a burden last December to help with money for their salary. We left money then, sent more this summer and took more again this week.

We are not supplying everything they deserve but we would like to contribute all we can. Bethany Revival Center in Wichita, Kansas and Pastor Barry Gautreaux from Pine Prairie had a part in that this time. If you would like to help with that in the future, let us know.

We visited each classroom and then met with the whole student body in the church. They had worship service with two very young ladies leading the singing. Kelly Jo captured some of it with her iPad so I hope to be able to post it here later.

I sang one song with them and then talked to them for a few minutes. While I was praying for them the Holy Ghost visited us in a special way. I felt like the Lord was so near. I believe He heard every word from their little lips and hearts. It was a memorable moment for me.

After pictures they presented us with a plaque and it brought me to tears. They are so very precious.




Then it was candy time! Everybody received two suckers and we had extras to leave with the leaders for the future. As I said, it was a wonderful visit. It really was a highlight of our trip.

I hope you enjoy all of the pictures from the school.

Davy













































































Back in the USA!

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We left Abeokuta about 2:00 PM Monday. After a stop to eat we arrived at the airport in Lagos about 5:30. 

We just arrived at the evangelist quarters at Beams of Light in Cantonment and it is 10:00 AM here and 5:00 PM in Nigeria. That is 27 hours of travel plus our busy morning on Monday. 

It is time for bed now. I will tell you more about Monday and post more pictures some other time but I wanted to let you know we made it back safely. Thank you for praying for us. 

Here are just a few pictures while traveling. 

Davy

On the plane in Lagos. 

On the runway in Lagos. We are now allowed to leave our phones on "airplane mode" all the time. That's why I could take this picture. 

Lagos from the air. 

Ocean!

Atlanta from the air. 

This is in between Atlanta and Pensacola. 

I thought the picture below is pretty cool. The next one is a close up of the same picture. 



Monday, November 4, 2013

Monday Morning In Nigeria

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I hope you are enjoying all of the pictures from Nigeria. We will have a few more to post after we are home. We are wrapping up our short visit to Nigeria today. I will try to post this today and we plan to leave Lagos tonight. 

We are blessed to spend some time at the school today. Bro. Shabonke's daughters Sis. Ruth and Sis. Rebecca are in charge of the school and they do a wonderful job. The school is a tremendous outreach. They now have over 100 students. The students not only learn to read and write and math skills but they are learning of Christ as well.

Bro. Shobanke is supposed to pick us up about 10:30 which is about one hour from now. Kelly Jo and I both had a pretty restless night but I think I slept more than she did. We both slept some in the evening and were up before midnight. She packed for a couple of hours and then we laid down again about 2:00 AM. 

After visiting the school we will start toward Lagos in the afternoon. Bro. Shobanke wants us to eat at KFC in Lagos on our way to the airport. That will give us a taste of home on the way home, although we really like Chicken Republic here in Abeokuta.

We have a long day and night ahead of us but we should be able to rest once we arrive in Pensacola. The bus will probably not be ready to pick up when we get back Tuesday morning. There was a lot of work to do. We should be able to rest good in the evangelist quarters at Beams of Light but it will be nice to crawl back in my own bed.

I will try to post this now even though I have not been able to add pictures. If the WiFi is working at the airport I will try to post some pictures from there.

Thank you for praying for us.

Davy