Wednesday, December 20, 2017

The changing world (34) Feb 1975

Feb 1st Up Ngoshe in 90 minutes. Gwoza elders and evangelists meeting.
   2nd Preached at Gwoza communion. Lunch at Cubitts.
   4th We bought a five gallon tin full of honey. One needed to filter it through muslin to remove any dead bees and other bits. Somehow the filtering honey was knocked over and there was an awful mess to clean. Another fun event was dealing with the mice. My mother sent some poison wrapped in newspapers sent by sea.However it worked by lowering the body temperature. It was so hot with us it merely made the mice groggy enough that you could catch them by hand.
   5th To traditional dancing in Gwoza.
   6th Climbed to Guduf with gospel recordings,
   7th To Maiduguri. January allowance received.
   8th Shopping and to Molai. Petrol short supply. No kerosene.
   9th Preached at Gomboru, Maiduguri. Back to Limankara.
   10th Took miscarrying woman to Gwoza hospital.
   11th saw District head about digging a new well but nothing promised. Cubitts may help.
   12th Both of us taught four classes.
   14th Four lectures. Lorry crashed nearby killing two and injuring thirty.
   15th 106 F makes one tired.
   16th Preached in Bama.
   17th Compound well drying up. Went into the town to get water.
   18th Visited Dabo, Isge and Bitta.
   19th Into village again for water. Met a new expat forester.Saw a film at Cubitts.
   20th Started packing books. Harmattan brings cooler air.
   21st Cubitts sent a water tanker and promised it daily.
   22nd First good bath in a long time. Evangelists and elders meeting dragged on until 10:30 pm.
   23rd Preached Limakara morning, Baptisms.Gwoza afternoon.
   24th Twenty items of mail after next to none for a month.
   25th To Ngoshe via Pulka  with a lorry load of building materials. February allowance received.
    Nightingales stayed.
      28th Visits from Colin Smith and doctor from Bama. Visited Madagali.
 
 

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