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Pastor E. E. Essien's Passing
Monday, August 23rd 2010
The following as an excerpt from a letter written by Mrs. Edung E. Essien the wife of the late Rev. E. E. Essien, in which she describes the passing of her late husband. When in April this year, he became weak and could no longer eat well, I tried getting him to eat, and he
Biography of the late Rev. Effiong Ekong Essien
December 7, 1912 – June 7, 2010 The most Rev. Effiong Ekong Essien widely known as Rev. E. E. Essien was born on 7th December, 1912 to Mr. Ekong Essien Umana Akpan Ekpab of Ufok Nnung Ekpab, Ikot Mbiet and Mrs. Mary Udo Ekpo ( nee Adiang ) of Ufok Nnung Iboko Obio Udok, Ikot
E. E. Essien's Funeral
Saturday, August 21st 2010
Sunday, August 15th 2010 Whatever part of the first week wasn’t spent in getting to Africa was spent in preparations for the funeral of Pastor E E Essien. Funerals are generally a grand affair in Nigeria and many were keen to make sure that Pastor Essien’s was even more so. The “Celebration of Life” took
OOOPSS
Tuesday, August 10 I arrived in Lagos and was heading out to the local hotel. As per normal about four or five people tried to help me carry my luggage, find a taxi, load the taxi, open the door, use the seat, close the window, etc. I knew I still had a few Naira (
Harvey
Tuesday, August 10th 2010
After a few weeks back home, I’m stopping in Africa for a little over three weeks before returning to India. Week One – Funeral Pastor E E Essien, who served for many years as the president of the NCLC, was recently taken home. His funeral is on the 14th of August and most of my
Here I go again . . .
Sunday, June 13th 2010
Monday, June 14th I use to tease Aaron that whitesnake was his theme song, but now I’m the one wandering on my own. T minus one hour till we head out for the airport. The major plane ride from India to Chicago is one straight flight of fifteen hours. But first I have to get
sweaty hills
Tuesday, June 8th After the Seminar in Dhading we spend the night again in our mud hut. The next morning we arise nice and early, five am, drank our tea, apparently an hourly ritual, and head out for the hike back up the mountain where we once again catch our truck for the ride down.
white man in the hills
Monday June 7, 2010 Yesterday was a day for traveling. We began by finding a small van to take us from Kathmandu to a small town in the dhading district. The van was much thinner than an normal US van but probably of about the same length, yet somehow we ended up with 25 people
Rivers, "hills", and Norwegians
Friday, June 4th 2010
Thursday, June 03, 2010 Tuesday was all about the scenic climb. We rode the bus about two hours into the mountains. Then we disembarked and pretty much climb straight up for two and half. Raju keeps reminding me that it was a “hill” not a mountain. But I think anything that you can climb for
Chunks of Pork Fat
Monday, May 31st 2010
Monday, May 31, 2010 Not having church on Sunday really messes up ones sense of the week. Since we traveled out of the Kathmandu valley into the southern and much lower parts of Nepal yesterday, the temperature would normally be quite a bit higher. However it rained quite heavily during the last part of journey