Dec 1st To Jos despite my fever. Rachel has chickenpox but David has it worse. Katy to Messiah.
2nd Picked up Jonathan but David only later as he was sleeping off a restless night.
3rd Looked after David in sick bay during church. Lunch at Gindiri with Pam Brenton and Kathryn Hill. Greeted Gulas at pastors college. Home to Daffo.
4th Tired and upset stomach. Preparing a lecture on TEE.
5th Daffo TEE teachers. Sold a lot of books.
6th Wrote a paper on introduction to TEE.
7th Did a paper on borrowing TEE texts.
8th Fenced the garden.
9th To Mwari for TEE teachers.
10th Took potatoes to Jos. Christmas concert at Hillcrest so saw the boys.
11th Gave paper at introduction to TEE course.
12th Fever so went to see Dr Jean Wells. Infected burst external haemorrhoid. Gave paper on translation at TEE Association.
13th Still feverish. TEE course ended. Got boys out of school.
14th To Makurdi via Lafia with lunch at Alushi.
15th To Onitsha via Alushi and Oturkpo. Lunch in forest shade. Them Enugu, Obi river and Ankora to Bishop's Residence Onitsha. Ibos far more outgoing than northerners when one stops. Hospitality from Bevers of CMS.
16th Owerri then Umahia and to the Smiths at the Qua Ibo Bible college, Ikot Ekpene.Very humid.
17th With David Smith to Qua Ibo church at Abak.All in Erik.
Family swam in local stream.
18th Rachel confidently in the local pool where we swam.
19th Very very sweaty day in Calabar. Truly the white man's grave though it was a white woman's we visited, then of Mary Slessor. Terribly neglected and like a latrine. Visited the village where she lived.
21st To Lutheran seminary, Obotedim via Oyo.
22nd Buying souvenirs in Ikot Ekpene. Another cooling swim. Rachel not well.
23rd Ekpene Obom for leprosy hospital carol service.
24th David had a bad stomach and Rachel grumpy.
25th Boys received a Lego train. Katy had the carvings I ordered in Ife. Christmas dinner with other Qua Ibo missionaries.
26th Went into Abak shopping. Final swim.
27th 376 miles to Makurdi via Ikot Ekpene, Ugep, Ikom, Ogeji, Iheyh, Gboko, Mkar and Yandev.
28th To Jos via Alushi.
29th To Daffo. No Aljan.
31st Usual boring sermon. Took family to Farin Ruwa and caught four fish.
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