Historic NKST sites in rural Tivland

Monday morning we started our day standing up eating scrambled eggs and bread on the street corner in Wukari. We traveled to 2 sites where Dutch Reformed missionaries started churches and schools in the early 1900's. In Zaki Biam, the site of the 2nd NKST station, we visited with the pastor, went to the yam market (our saying of the day: "I yam what I yam"), looked in on a secondary school and visited a very functional hospital. Over lunch we talked with another HIV/AIDS support group. At Sev-av, the site of the 3rd NKST church we were entertained by a dancing women's fellowship group (how do they move like that?) and treated to a late afternoon snack. Isla had brought some jewelry as gifts and this was a thrill to share with the women.
On our way to Makurdi, our stop for the night, we took a wooden ferry across the Katsina river--just barely enough room for our vehicles and us. This area is the bread basket of Nigeria; the grapefruit are soccer ball size. It took some searching to find a place to stay for the night; we are eager to return on Tuesday to our "home base" in Jos.
This will be the end of our visit to the heart of "Tivland." The NKST church is a positive presence throughout this area; in addition to their churches they provide for schools, hospitals and clinics. And importantly for us, they provide a Christian support to people living with HIV/AIDS.