Malaria Project--Nigeria

I couldn't resist sharing some of the news we received not too long ago from our son Steve in Nigeria. Maybe if you are thinking about volunteering there, this is an idea of what you might be in for:

First Week Long Malaria Project--Lots of Action.... 
OK, so on Ogogoro Island. We are pasting out malaria nets  and this Chief from another tribe comes into the church where we are doing the project and starts fighting with the chief of our Island ( the one we were on).
Crowds start to grow to watch & join in the fight.  Art and I, the only two white people out of 3000 people on the Island, started making back up plans, just in case things got out of hand. However, while we were  making plans, our boat pilot decides he will join in & off he was in the crowd. So much for our fast escape plan.
So 10 minutes of fist fights & the older chief falls flat on his black...out cold, with  blood running down his face. Some members of the tribe start getting water for him from the bole-hole and cooling him off. Even though he had a bloody head & was knocked-out cold, he got up & went after the other Ogogoro chief. The Islanders put him on a fly boat & that was the end....
The Ogogoro  Chief came to us later & was all happy, telling us everything is under control & that he is a World Class Killer Boxer.  Art and I weren't sure if we should run away or stay & stand our ground & continue giving out nets. In the end we went with staying as we couldn't find the boat pilot at that point in time.
Project ended around 3 pm 24th of May 2010 & we gave out 300 nets & tested around 200 people for Malaria. I think it was 120 positive & 80 negative. Bonus for the day was 240+ Islanders gave their gave lives to Christ including the Ogogoro  Chief.
25th of May 2010   We are going next door ( next Island to Ogogoro  Island) to give out 300 more nets....I guess we will see the defeated Chief.
Updated...Went to the  next Island & didn't see the defeated  Chief. Everything went great... To end the day...got a pig as a gift to fat up & eat later....