Messages from
Niger

With Hannatou's Family

Sunday, February 1, 2004
We spent a wonderful morning of worship with the believers at the Niamey EERN Church. The highlights were the communion service following the regular service and the singing of I Surrender All in English, by the students in the Bible/English class which we have been teaching. At our last meeting the students suggested that the hymn be sung in English by the class. We sang all five verses accompanied by various African drums. The morning was a mountain top experience.

The Muslim holiday, Tabaski, started today. The streets were crowded this morning with rams being led to slaughter. On our way to and from church we saw hundreds of rams in various stages of being slaughtered and roasted. Because of the increased activity around the city we stayed pretty close to home this afternoon. We did venture out to a nearby market to purchase some little school- notebooks for the grandchildren.

On Tuesday we plan to head out a couple hours back into the bush to go on a safari. Not to hunt, but to track and photograph giraffes in the area.
Happy February,
Love, T & E