Reflections from a trip to Niger
David McMillan, our pastor, went to Africa to visit the Younges in Danja, Niger. Here are some thoughts from his journal.
First day in Danja
Nursing my short-wave radio as the BBC World Service ebbed and flowed across the 2,500 miles from Bush House, I turned out the solar lighting... more
What a place!
Some are awaiting attention, some are receiving medicines, one man is on the operating table having his foot swabbed in preparation for surgery... He'll get to see the whole show... more
Sunday worship was a new experience
Whether it was the sight of the lady with the four foot long stick with which she controlled the children... more
Meeting with the missionary community
One thing is clear - be it by necessity or grace or some combination of the two - they accept one another with an uncomplicated acceptance generally missing in our Western church life.... more
Coming to Terms
I have some vague memory of reading about it in geography in school... Today it is much more real. I'm sitting in the middle of it... more
Reality and Mystery
I'm suspended somewhere between reality and mystery. The stars are clear overhead while the air I breathe is filled with the smoke of burning wood... more
The silliest birds in the world
These birds are frail and completely white in their plumage. They remind me of the X-ray women Tom Wolfe describes in his book 'Bonfire of the Vanities'.... more
I'm Fine!
But in another sense I have learned no Hausa. What I have learned is how to greet people, or respond to their greetings... more
«Air Afrique»
Suddenly everything goes quiet, the lights flicker, the air conditioning whirrs to a halt. The electrical power has gone. Kossi, where are you?... more