
October 27, 2017 Headed
for the Fire
Halloween is almost
here and I just got a very scary announcement. It's official! My friend
John pulled it off. He got all the grant money needed for us to go back
to Nigeria.
FYI, there is a Travel
Alert for people who are dumb enough to go to Africa. I guess they were
speaking to dumb ol' me because am still going. I may be dumb; but John
is crazy. This will be his 10th trip to Nigeria. International news say
that ISIS has lost its stronghold in Iraq and have dissipated into neighboring
countries like Africa. I'm still going. There will be several important
business holiday events I will miss but there's no turning back. I will
miss my cozy family Thanksgiving dinner in exchange for thousands of strange
faces in a faraway land called Abujah. Crazy, huh?
To be honest, I'm
a little apprehensive. I actually prayed that something would happen to
prevent my trip but it seems like "someone" really wants me
there. My back isn't in the greatest shape. In fact, my joints aren't
as healthy as they used to be. I wonder if my going there will really
make a difference and inspire the concept of entrepreneurship to a country
with 80% unemployment. If you were given a chance, would you go? Wanna
take my place?
The last time I was
there they hung to every business advice I gave them. That was quite a
responsibility. Between each session, I would draw caricatures and the
lines were so long. I actually ran out of sketch paper and ink. In doing
that, I think they realized that one could actually start a business with
just a pen and paper.
I remember Moses (in
his retirement age) was reluctant to go back to Egypt. He came up with
lots of excuses to prove that he was the least qualified to rescue the
Hebrews from the oppressive Egyptians. But God said his weakness was precisely
why he chose Moses --- so people will realize it was God and not Moses
who was working the miracles. God practically pushed the coward into action.
We all remember how God used him in such an amazing way in the book of
Exodus.
Far be it that I compare
myself to a great man but I certainly understand the self-doubt Moses
must have gone through. If Moses was a worthless flea, I am a worthless
bacteria of that flea. And if God wants to really "show his magnificence"
I'm the best "worthless" creature to work with.
So I cherish your
prayers and good wishes. Please pray that I be sensitive to the needs
of those precious Nigerians. May God bless our trip.
"Then I heard
the voice of the Lord saying, 'Whom shall I send? And who will go for
us?' And I said, 'Here am I. Send me!'"
--- Isaiah 6: 8
TGIF people!
Denture
Referral Thanks to Tom of
Pasadena who shared this joke
A couple of old guys
were golfing when one mentioned that he was going to go to Dr. Steinberg
for a new set of dentures in the morning.
His elderly buddy
remarked that he, too, had gone to the very same dentist two years before.

"Is that so?"
asked the first old guy. "Did he do a good job ?"
The second oldster
replied, "Well, I was on the golf course yesterday when some asshole
on the next fairway hooked a shot. The ball must have been going at least
180 mph when it slammed me right in the groin."
The first old guy
was confused and asked, "What the heck does that have to do with
your dentures?"

"It was the first
time in two years my teeth didn't hurt."
Parting
Shot Thanks
to Peter Paul of South Pasadena who provided this photo

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