For someone who deserves it..

The fact that this is EXTREMELY belated, makes it a surprise..at least I'm still in the right month..

Anj is a great person..multi-talented, organized, Aries ;), caring, good with people, strong spiritual connection with Jesus, an inspiration to be around, grounded in the Word, etc., etc. & of course (most importantly..ahem.), hot! ...& what's more she's a good friend...one of the highlights of my time in Iceland 2 years ago was meeting her...

Anj, have a great year! May this year just get better from here on out & may the Lord grant you wild things fit for an Endtime soldier during the offensive..

With love, prayers & wishes for all the fun stuff too,

Brian

My first Nigerian Wedding!

This is my hundreth post, btw..shall we celebrate? (I should have called this blog "celebration for a lifetime"..hey..next time..)

A friend of ours got married weekend before last...Richard was the best man, so a couple of us got to go down to Benin City (where his wife is from) and attend..it was the first time I'd attended a Traditional African wedding, so it was quite the experience...

Traditional wedding first on Friday evening..

They had all sorts of entertaining traditions like the 2 "sides" (families) presenting each other with gifts, the preacher blessing the cola nut & drinks that were passed out, women bringing out the wrong bride a couple times b4 the real one showed, etc. ...Amusing to say in the least..

Didn't get many good shots that day, as the whole thing was indoors & we were sitting, but here's one we managed with the groom. I donned one of my traditional "wears" for the occassion..


The Bride had actually waited for the groom and last guests (us included, who left the hotel with the groom) for about 4 hours...here she's managing a smile despite her tiredness..

Church wedding ensued the following morning...

W/ Bride's maids, etc. The bride is an air-hostess, so there were plenty of fine air hostesses in the house that day...

W/ Best Man (aka Richard), Maid of Honor, Groom's men & a few friends..

Rich & Angela looking "shap, shap", as the Nigerians say...

The only proof that i even attended the white wedding that day...i was behind the camera 4 the rest of the time..

2 questions!

They aren't the brightest of questions, so don't hold your breath or anything...but at least it won't take a genius to answer them...

1) How do I actually post pics along the sides of my blog page? I've seen so many do it, but haven't quite figured..

2) I still don't seem to be able to succesfully post a url from this blog..

I have a blog for the YP in W. Africa..and I've done the url thing from there, but somehow here I add them, yet it never shows on the page...it's ridiculous..

any advice?

The Shiny-Walled Box Thingie

This one I thought was cute...(absolutely NOTHING against the Amish, personally, btw...little disclaimer before we start..)


An Amish boy and his father were visiting a nearby mall. They were amazed by almost everything they saw, but especially by two shiny silver walls that moved apart and back together again by themselves. The lad asked, "What is this, father?" The father, having never seen an elevator, responded, "I have no idea what it is." While the boy and his father were watching wide-eyed, an old lady in a wheelchair rolled up to the moving walls and pressed a button. The walls opened and the lady rolled between them into a small room. The walls closed and the boy and his father watched as small circles lit up above the walls. The walls opened up again and a beautiful twenty-four-year-old woman stepped out. The father looked at his son anxiously and said, "Go get your mother."