Category: misc

Erin heading back to Nigeria

From Erin Rigsby:

Yes! Tomorrow (Monday) I fly to Nigeria! What a journey this has been. Thank you for being a part of my life.
Prayer points for the journey:

1) I have 10 boxes that need to make it on the plane with me – full of goodies for the kids and my stuff, too. Although British Airways says it should not be a problem, I know things can change when I get to the desk. Please pray that the person who helps me is in a good mood and that all goes smoothly.
2) I fly from Austin – Chicago – London – Abuja, Nigeria. The total travel is about 40 hours and I arrive in Nigeria at 10:40pm Tuesday night, Texas time. Please pray that I will be able to sleep on the flights.
3) When I arrive in Abuja, a SIM driver will pick me up, along with another SIM missionary couple and we will drive 3 1/2 hours to my home in Jos! The roads are dangerous (traffic and other things 🙂 so please do pray for safety.
4) On Thursday at 10:00am TX time – I get to see my boys!!! They are holding a praise and worship party for me and I am so happy to see them!!!!

Thank you for your love and prayers. I will send an email out in about a week or so – from Nigeria.
Praise God, from Whom all blessing flow. He reigns!

Erin

www.webmissions.net/erinrigsby
http://erinrigsby.blogspot.com/ (for weekly updates from Nigeria)

Fruit Salad

Smiley and Shari had everyone over after church yesterday to hang out and enjoy burgers and hot dogs. We had a great time and I found a “new” fruit salad recipe to mix up to take to the event.
I’ll try and type it up from memory. I doubled the recipe and we had about half left over. The original said it was enough for 6 servings.

2 cups of diced apples (i used semi-tart green ones)
2 cups of grapes (i used seedless red grapes from H.E.B)
1 can of mandarin oranges
1 cup of crushed/broken pecans
1 tbsp of lemon juice (i used apple juice instead)
2 cup of whipped cream
1 cup of sugar
1 cup of mini-marshmallows

The lemon juice is likely used to help preserve the apples but we were out of lemons and such so I just added a little apple juice to add flavor instead.
Mix the whipped cream and sugar together and then pour it over the fruits and nuts and mix it all together. Serve immediately or refrigerate before serving.

College brings footbaths, and religious worries

Minnesota Technical and Community College is considering installing footbaths for Muslim students, which worries church-state separation advocates. Michele Norris from NPR talks with Phillip Davis, president of the school.
The consideration to install the footbaths came forth after a Muslim student slipped and hit her head while washing her feet in a bathroom sink.
Should public schools consider accommodating religious students for the safety and well being of their students?
Listen to the story from Fresh Air on NPR.