so this might be a bit messy because i am just going to write about whatever comes to mind. i’ve been asked to be in a wedding party here. my friend tabari is getting married at the beginning of march (i work with him at the hospital). I’ve been asked mainly because i am white, and if you have “baturi’s” (white people) in your wedding party, your guests will think you are well off. they are using my for my colour of skin! crazy! so at the hospital a couple days ago, i was able to watch some surgeries. and man! it was nuts! i’ve never seen a live surgery before so it was not a shock but ah – it was intense. the first surgery involved draining fluid from a man’s scrotal sac…which, i will save the details, but i just never knew how many layers you had to cut through. its a lot of work! i was a bit queezy but i just made sure to keep taking deep breaths and then i felt fine and was ready for more! i really love my roommates. they are crazy people with awesome accents (English and irish) and its just wonderful. They say funny words, and are passionate about many things – especially Nigeria. i’ve been reading my bible a lot lately (i’m working through reading the entire thing in a year) and I’ve come to the decision (thus far) that the book of Joshua and Isaiah are fairly boring. but i really do love the psalms and romans – probably because I find them more applicable. ah, language. i wish i could just go to a country and know the language. i feel bad when i don’t understand someone and I feel worse when I can’t think up the word to say in their language…i think i need to try harder. especially in the hospital where it is very very handy to know key words like “painful” and “stand up”. That will be a new goal of mine. i miss my family and friends. and milk, and carpets (all our floors are cement) and meat and Lost and the Olympics. Buuuut as much as I miss these things, I am quite glad I am here. I still don’t know what my role is going to be at Open Doors (the school for children with disabilities). I had an awesome day on Wednesday because I got to work with some kids on my own and I could be creative while I was treating them. It was fun and I am very very grateful that I know a lot of songs with actions (Thank you Camp Shalom and the hundreds of campfires I led!)! the clothes here are just amazing. I got my first outfit made and will wear it to church on Sunday – its really cool! The fabric here is just unbelievable. And the women always look so good – so much that I feel so boring when I am around them. And they can make anything here – you go in, tell them exactly what you want and they do it for you. Ah, I will put pictures up and dedicate a whole blog to the fashion at some point. I need to be more regular in my blogs, that will also be a goal of mine. So as of tomorrow, I will have been here a month. In some ways, it feels like it. In others, not at all. Probably because of “the crisis” which led to a couple interesting weeks of boredom/excitement/sadness (for the people of Jos)/fellowship. Everyone keeps asking if I am going to stay longer or come back or be a full time missionary. And I have no answer. I have no idea where I am at. But I think I know that if I were to do this full time, I would want to be married. I need that partnership, otherwise I would think that I would have missed out on that whole other side of life that I might have had if I had stayed in Canada. I love connecting with people. I think I almost forgot how to do it, being holed up in front of my computer for the last few months. Turns out, I can still make a friend quite well. I just hope I can show love to the people I meet here. That is a prayer request! I wish i could drive here…I miss driving but mostly because when I drive I have to pay attention to where I am going and then I get to know my surroundings quickly. So now I actively have to try to learn where everything is in this city, which is hard because it is not set up like a normal city in North America with its grid-like road structures. But! Dad - you will be glad to know that there are traffic circles everywhere here! Anyways, I think this has gone on long enough. No more thinking for tonight. Hope you are well.