Crusade Evangelism By Pastor Steve Nute After the long funeral on our first Saturday, we loaded up into the blue Peugeot and headed to Doris Inn for lunch. After lunch, we dropped over to the site of the first crusade to be held in the Awka area. Umudioka, the …
The First Nigerian Church Service By Pastor Steve Nute The Reggae style beat and tones of “O Merri Wo” with echoes of Harry Bellefonte faded to silence as I got up to deliver my first sermon to an African congregation. This sermon was the culmination of a very lively …
The Children By Pastor Steve Nute “Anya, imi, ono, nte, ntutu, ishi, nnukwu afo…” Over and over they schooled me and made me repeat, “Eyes, nose, mouth, ears, heir, head and big belly.” “Onye ocha, please tell us how God made the world,” they said. I struggled to present …
“Doc” By Pastor Steve Nute The fever-ridden, sweat-soaked body of the uncomplaining child left a wet print on the cement floor where she waited with her mother and other family members. The waiting periods were long and often produced no visit to the doctor that day. I wondered how …
Africa Journal “N.E.P.A.” By Pastor Steve Nute Being rather claustrophobic, I did not take long to come awake in the close early morning heat. NEPA, Nigerian Electric Power Authority, had failed once again. As I sit and type on an electric machine and need never worry about being interrupted …
Naira By Pastor Steve Nute Looking back, it seems humorous to have paid $40.00 for a $4.00 taxi ride. At the time, however, it was somewhat less than funny. It comes of not knowing the value of Nigerian money or the values of some of the Nigerian people. I shudder …
Paying Our Respects By Pastor Steve Nute We left the Missionary embassy and got in Ephraim’s blue Peugeot wagon, and went to pay our respects to the family of his newly departed uncle. We figured that, like the States, we’d go and view a body, make some sympathetic noises and …
Onye Oche By Pastor Steve Nute “You will hear people saying “Onye Ocha” everywhere,” Ephraim told us. “It means simply, “White man.” After a long interesting yet uneventful ride, we turned off the paved interstate, and onto the Main street of Awka. There is no way to effectively describe …
Protocol By Pastor Steve Nute It’s one thing to try and hail a taxi at 11:00 P.M. in a strange country that has demonstrated its willingness to defoliate your money tree. It is quite another to be guided to a cab in that same country in broad daylight by …
In Country By Pastor Steve Nute ONYOCHA, ONYOCHA, crowed the persistent rooster. Typical to his kind the world over, his alarm clock was set two hours earlier than it ought to be. 4:30 A.M., yet I was wide awake this first day in Umuokpu village. I dug my brand new …
