This was a paper trick. They loved doing it. I found that the Nigerians are so child like.
Nobak was our driver. (In Nigeria if someone gets into an accident the biggest person is claimed at fault. So a small Nigerian is choosen as a driver.) The lady is his fiancee. He will have to negotiate for her. His Uncles are going to talk to the family this week sometime and find out what the bride price is. Nobak was a wonderful person.
I've got my days and nights mixed up. My body still thinks it's Nigeria time. Here are some of the pictures:
This is the gate that we entered when we went to the Missionaries house. There is a 24 hour guard person at the house. The stone fence was around the entire property (as high as this gate), with barb wire at the top. There were bars on on the window. 
These were some of the children we encountered before the Muslim leader spoke to them and they all ran in fear.
This was the market place. You negotiated everything.
More of the market place. I had to be really careful to take pictures. I took the picture from the van I was in. The Muslems get really upset if they see a camera. (One of the guys got caught and a Muslem spoke very angerily to him.)
On the road to Yancar.
Alicia in front of one the cave systems that Nigerians used to hide from Slave Traders.
A group of elephants we encountered on our safari
Alicia feeding a Baboon.
We stayed at a place where we had to lock our doors and window or the Baboons would come in and take our things. We opened our door in the morning and had 2 rushing Baboons and a few warthogs trying to get into our room. 
Alicia loved to hold the babies. The Nigerian babies didn't cry much. They were strapped to the mothers back.
The below pictures are from the Children's Conference:
This is Pastor Israel (on the right), a Children's Pastor & now my good friend.
This is Alicia & I in our Nigerian clothes. The clothes are so very comfortable.
More to come.
I got back from Nigeria, Africa last night. It was trully a life changing time. I'm still recovering. I'll try to put up some pictures today or tomorrow. One of the last days we were there we went to a small place that made and sold different items. Many children came around us and we were goofing around with them for about a half hour. They loved having their pictures taken. It was probally around 50-60 children. The children scattered in fear when the moslem leader came out and started to speak to them. It was shocking seeing the fear on their faces. I'll post many other stories in the days to come.
We had our Children's Converence here In Nigeria. It was amazing to see the excitement on the Nigerian faces as we brought new ideas to them. -puppets, balloons, paper tricks. They are like little children. My daughter, Alicia gave out a lot of candy. I think she's given out more candy to the adults than she has to the children. They are so appreciative of anything they can get. I won't be able to respond to anyone because internet and electricy is so rare over here. It goes out a lot. Sometimes we're in the dark until the generators come on. There are many people that are homeless and simply don't have electricty. I seen a lot of street kids. We can't take pictures down town because of the danger of doing it. Nigeria is a country of violence. We don't go out after dark too often. I still have another week over here. I bought Nigerian clothes. - very comfortable. We're going on a safari on Monday & Tuesday. I'll looking forward to that.
Having a great time in Africa. We don't have electricty and the computers are reallllllly slow. I'll have pictures when I get back. Nigerian are very friendly. The conference starts today and there will be hundred that will show up. Many showed up early.
I'll be in Africa until January 19th. - Nigeria If I get any internet time over there I'll update otherwise I'll have stories & pictures when I get back. I appreciate all your prayers.
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