CAR STOPPERS

One way that a policeman or a crook can get you to stop your car is to put down a nail board. That is just what it sounds like. They use a 2 x 6 board with nails sticking up and lay it out across a lane of traffic. Then they tell you how much money you need to pay before they will pick it up and let you go on your way. Pretty scary. The missionaries have successfully gotten through most of these stops by explaining who they are and what they are doing...helping the people of Nigeria, and that they are holding up this work by holding up the missionaries. Would they please allow them to pass? Then the proper procedure (we've been told)is to just tell them you have all the time in the world and sit and wait for them to pick up the board. The Church does many things helpful in Nigeria...efforts to eradicate measles for one example. Fortunately most guys out there are nice.