Lagos Chronicles 3 The ATM

If anyone had told me that I would one day stand on an ATM queue with the machine showing out of service... I would have said impossible. 😂

I went out that evening in a bid to withdraw cash and head to the market. I got to this bank and met about 4 people on the queue and nobody using the machine. When I asked, I was told the machine was out of service. I was shocked! I probed futher and I was told "na so e dey do;on and off". I decided to give it a few minutes. In about two minutes, when I was about walking away the machine spurred back to life. Wow! The two people in front withdrew and that was it... back to status quo 😂. I didn'teven consider leaving... I had been bitten by the bug! I stood gingerly... waiting

Soon, two guys joined us and were behind me on the queue. By the time I had waited about seven minutes, I gave up and decided to go. I had walked about 40m away when the guy that was right behind me called me saying the machine was back. I was pleasantly surprised.
Guess what, right after I withdrew before him... back to out of serice. I thanked him profusely and asked why he called me and he legit said because of the trumpet 😂😂😂 In case God decided to end the world.... he didn't want to be found wanting.

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Lagos Chronicles 2 The church

Lagos Chronicles 2
The church

People have different things in mind consciously or unconconcionsly when they are searching for a place of worship. For me, it's the undiluted word. You can't blame me.... covenant baby!

So I usually don't expect anything or put seriously into consideration other factors. I went to this church with an open mind.

When I stepped into this church, I was wowed!
It wasn't even the size or the edifice.... it was the people! The choristers were on the podium so gloriously dressed (not uniformed) but they looked as if they were in uniforms... it's kind of hard to explain. I was ushered to a seat and in no time ... eyes closed... heart open I worshipped and danced as if I was among the founding fathers 😂😂.

Time for the word and I was itching... my heart thirsty and hungry... yearning... it had been a while. The Pastor of the church came and talked about the visiting pastor who was going to preach but also said some other things... I almost needed a dictionary 😂😂. The words flowed like oil ... The way and manner he spoke of the HolySpirit...

The visiting Pastor was from Pittsburg. When this man began preaching I knew that this Nigeria may not be my home 😂😂😂.

He was an artist... he sang a little and spoke a little. He told us a story about a man who couldn't go home for Christmas but decided he should get his father an exceptional gift. He was living in Brazil at the time and his father Texas. After thinking he decided on a bird. A special breed which could talk and learn different languages. He got to the shop and noticed a very beautiful one which was already bilingual.  It could speak both Portuguese and English (Take note; Brazilian is not a language Brazilians speak mostly Portuguese).
The shop keeper said the bird was about $7000 and wgen he told him it was going to be sent to the US he said he would have to pay extra $3000 for proper documentation, vaccine etc. He thought for a while and said to himself "well my dad is worth it."  He paid and the bird was shipped to his dad.

He called his dad a few days later
Son: hey dad, have you recieved the gift I sent You?
Dad: Oh yes son, it was a delicious bird.
Son: Dad! You ate the bird?
Dad: Yes and it was really good.. it was all the works... the sauce .. the ...
Son: Dad, that bird cost me a fortune! It could speak English and Portuguese.
Dad: *pauses for a bit* Well, it should have said something then.

😂😂😂😂😂

You and I are mostly bilingual.  Earthly language and speaking in tongues. Do you say something (speak in tongues of fire or declare the word) in times of adversity and otherwise or you keep quiet????

1corithians 14: 15-18

Eagles, he reminded me of CU when he said we could sing in tongues while working, on the bus, cooking etc....

I have to stop here. 😊😊😊😊

PS everybody in this church was beautifully created by God! "I lie you not"
I wasn't looking around but witg screens and all not... not one person had a hair strand out of place. My God!!!!!

Lagos I don come....


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Lagos Chronicles 1 Lagos I don come

Lagos Chronicles 1
Longest time... I missed this space.
How has life been? I honestly would love to know if you're willing to share.

When I move from one geographical space to another, I usually shy away until I feel comfortable enough...

My Lagos Chronicles..
As a child in primary school, I picked up a song from only God knows where and it formed a vivid image or picture of Lagos that could only be described with a word...CHAOS!
Here's the song... a good number of you may know it.

"Lagos I don come o, I dey hear your stories before.
Lagos I don come o, as I see e get as e be.
As I reach the bustop people just full like market.
Some dey struggle to go in
Some dey struggle to go out
Some people jump through the window.
Lagos I don come o, I dey hear your stories before."

Before now, I have never really lived in Lagos. Visited a lot of places but all very short visits and purposeful.
The things I see daily and hear daily makes my fingers itch to write. Lagos is the city of the wealthy and the the poor all commuting mostly in exact same traffic. Traffic has a way of humbling us all and reminding us that last last we are all one 😂😂😂.

Lagos is a city where one second you think you're no longer in Nigeria and just a few minutes later you wonder when you got to a "gbene" aka fishing port 😂.
Walk into some institutions and you wonder if the Nigerians are different from the breed right outside the doors... 😂

Yesterday, in my hunt for a place of worship...  My uncle invited me to his church and I decided to go worship with him.
That story has to be a post on it's own.

Lagos true true I don come... I dey hear your stories before.


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