Through My Eyes
As a child growing up in Nigeria, I often wondered what being a “proper” missionary kid was like.
As a child growing up in Nigeria, I often wondered what being a “proper” missionary kid was like.
A very indignant woman was on my doorstep. “Madam!” she demanded. “Don’t you hear your baby crying?!”
Our oldest son, Ian had just turned three when we began our first tour in the coastal city of Calabar, Nigeria. Painful as it was taking him away from his grandparents, the Nigerians assured us that they would be our family.
With allegations of another kidnapping in Nigeria by the militant group Boko Haram, the Nigerian government is facing increased pressure to act.
Kenyan churches are tightening security after a lone attacker exploded a grenade inside an evangelical church in Nairobi on April 29, killing one person and injuring 15.
In Nigeria, a series of bombings during Sunday morning worship services killed at least four people in Maiduguri and 15 in Kano, with many injured.
Rev. Dr. Russell Hall, pastor, missionary, peacemaker and moderator, passed away December 9, 2011. He was 91 years old.