Hey it is Toby’s time to give you his breakdown of a day!

6:15 am Awake unfortunately. For two weeks now I have not been able to sleep past 6:15 which is a huge drag. It does not help the remainder of the day when you are wiped due to lack of sleep.

6:30- 7:30 played with Caden as he was up early as well. What was my lazy wife doing at that time as I played with Caden and watched the news on CNN International? She was walking with a bunch of ladies who meet 5 days a week to walk. Great job dear.

7:30 am Made breakfast for Alycia and Caden. Egg sandwich for those curious of what we are eating.

8:30 – 11am I was picked up and taken to the stadium in downtown Jos to meet with the ministry leader of City Sports. It’s a ministry that uses sports to reach out to the youth of Nigeria for the Lord. We were about 30 minutes late in getting there but when we arrived the fella I was to meet was not there. So around 9:30 or so after being tracked down he arrived. We talked about ministry, City sports and sports in general as we watch the Plateau State Volleyball team practice. Man they are good, it was fun to watch.

11:05 Walking down the street I was told I looked like Hulk Hogan. What? Hulk Hogan? What trash are we importing to Nigeria?

11:30 Arrived home after standing out in the sun (their courts are outside) for the last 2.5 hours. Man am I RED in the face and head due to my head being shaved at this time.

12:15 Had lunch that my lovely wife made for me and Caden.

1:45 -2:45 Met with another missionary about scheduling next week along with going over my thoughts of what we have seen already and where I might fit in on ministry here in Jos. We came up with a couple of great places for me to get plugged in possibly. Here are two possibilities that arose.

1.       Working with Austain, the City Sports fella, in setting up a structure for the ministry. Right now there does not seem to be any structure to it. It is definitely set up in Nigerian time, whatever happens and at whatever pace he wants.

2.       Take the graduating class of 8 Nigerian kids under my wings. These kids are taken off the streets and given food and shelter as they grow in the Lord and in life in general. Once they graduate there does not seem to be anyone checking on the kids after they are set “Free” from the ministry. This way I would meet with the kids from time to time, check in on them, on how life is for them after leaving the program, do discipleship and just hanging out with them as they try to adjust to life unstructured.

 The rest of the afternoon had free time to spend with my wife and kiddo. Which was great.  During this time a neighbor stopped by with her 2 kids for a little while, I played with Caden, enjoyed dinner, and had a little bit of time to do e-mail.  Plus, we had a pleasant bonus of having electricity all evening.

9:00 PM  Alycia and I are sitting down to watch an episode of the Closer, a show we borrowed from some new friends.