Day Four "Happy Fourth of July"

Today we got up at six to help with the project of cleaning up the church property. We had close to an acre to weed and surprisingly with the help of the church we got it all done before noon. We proceeded to mark of the dimensions of the basketball court and the stage. They are going to finish putting in the brick perimeter for the stage tonight and we will help fill it in over the next few days. Prince and Okay taught Chad how to burn garbage in Nigeria. It involves a pile of garbage and several gallons of gasoline, and you can probably guess the rest of it. Needless to say it was exciting to watch as Chad and Okay almost got singed by the huge flames. The wildlife on the church property is incredible rangeing from the grasshoppers of all sizes and colors, and the multiple types of lizards to the scorpions we found in the wood pile. Once the Nigerians found one scorpion they went through the wood looking for others and smashed them all. While we were hoeing up garbage we uncovered a lizards nest filled with eggs. we pulled a few out, took pictures and put them all back were they came from. When we got back from the church we were treated to an American fourth of July. Josh fried hamburgers, Beth made a macaroni casserole, and Jenny made home made apple pies. Afterwards Josh called us out for the big treat of the night. Nigerian Fireworks! note. these are totally illegal back home. These were roman candels on steroids! Five minutes after we lit them Okay showed up and wanted to know what we were doing. He said he could see and hear the fireworks from his house a few blocks away and figured he should walk over. A couple hours later when we were all in bed for the night, the police showed up and knocked on the door. We didn't answer and they left shortly. Thank you for all of your prayers and Happy Fourth of July!
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