On January 17 and 18, our team of seven Americans finally gathered in Abuja along with our Nigerian friends: two policemen, two drivers and our cook, ‘Papa’, ready for six weeks of hot weather, hours of driving on bad roads, hard, grueling work and living in the bush! Sounds like fun, eh? Well….parts of it were fun….not all! But we did it!

It's been an amazing week, to say the least!

On Kachia reserve, the largest reserve of all with a population of forty thousand plus people, amazing things are happening. This reserve already has twenty-three primary schools and a secondary school, but all in terribly poor condition - for example - one teacher for over three hundred kids.

 I spent my birthday testing 34 applicants for the Garbagal school!

It was so enjoyable to live among the Fulani in Alhaji’s compound. To spend time with the children, and other family members.

At 6 am this morning at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja, we waved goodbye to our friend Terry McGill of Sister Schools as he started on his long journey back to Seattle, Washington and home!

Current updates!

Camels at the drill site.

Yesterday was fun

I was awakened by a sharp bite on my finger!