It was so hard to say goodbye on Sunday evening to the people at Truth Baptist Church, and it was even harder to say goodbye to the Holmes on Monday evening. I am glad to be coming home, but I can’t help but leave a piece of my heart in Nigeria. Thankfully, I will be able to retrieve it again next year!
I do have to say that I lived on the wild side in the last few hours of Monday. I rode on an Okada (O-kaw-da, a motorcycle usually piled with three to four people on it…but in my case just the driver and me)…and I survived! I met a couple of Nigerians in the Abuja airport, and they don’t even ride okadas because of the danger. The drivers don’t pay any attention at all. When I got on, I leaned forward and told the driver “Don’t kill me!”. Bro. Holmes says that whenever it is absolutely necessary to ride an okada, he will always ask the man if he has a family. If he answers no, he will tell him to find an okada driver with a family so that they both have a reason to come home tonight.
I flew out of Abuja, Nigeria to Kano, Nigeria. From there, we flew to Amsterdam where I am writing from. The airport here is absolutely amazing. It is like an entire mall inside the airport. And, PRAISE THE LORD!, I am drinking my first cup of REAL coffee in two weeks! I also got to take my first hot shower in two weeks here at the airport. I LOVE AMSTERDAM!
I have a five hour layover here and will head to Atlanta directly from Amsterdam. I then have another five hour layover in Atlanta…not near as excited about that one as this one! Then I take a plane to Montgomery…and then HOME! Can’t wait to see everyone on Wednesday night. I will be giving a presentation of the missions trip on Sunday night. So I encourage everyone to be back and faithful for the evening service.
More to come…
In the service of the KING,
Pastor Jared Decker
