Further Adventures of Matt and Lazuli: Special Assembly Day-Part 1

Saturday the 8th was our Special Assembly Day. We were excited and I have to admit, I was a little nervous about my first non-climate controlled African assembly. We were able to find our bus to travel to Benin City Assembly Hall. If I had one word to describe this country I would say "red," since the earth is red and it turns everything red that touches it. Give me two words and I would say "red" and "hectic." It's a busy place and my mind has not adapted to it yet. Everyone is going a different way and at a different pace. It's wonderful when you pull into one of our properties though. The Assembly Hall is an oasis in the middle of the busy city. It's an open air assembly hall and has three wings that face towards the stage.

View of the central wing.

We had been tipped off to the best side to sit on. (So as to avoid the afternoon sun. Seriously very important.) And a kind sister had lent us some cushions to sit on. Also, very important. I don't know if you will remember from our last adventure in Asia, but I was delighted that everything was my size. In Africa it's sooo not that way. My legs dangled from our wooden benches. Oh well!

How the rows look. See the baby being "packed" on the sister in blue?

Another tip we received was where the western style toilet was located. YAY! Seriously guys. This is the sort of thing that can absolutely make your day a little better.

As oebo (white) we are mini-celebrities around here and many have children that will come and sit with them, maybe then know them already, maybe they don't. A young girl named Favor adopted us for the day.