It's all in a name ... or is it?

One of the aspects of Nigerian life that I have noticed is peoples' names. A common practice is naming your child after the day of the week that they were born. The woman's name is in Hausa and the man's name is in English. Common names for women are Ladi and Jummi, which are Sunday and Friday. The men, obviously are called Sunday or Friday. Last names are not very common like Smith or Jones. Generally a last name is the father's or the husband's first name. So one of our ladies staff is named Ladi Sunday because her husband's name is Sunday. We have about 4 Ladis on staff and 3 Sundays on staff, so that's a good two months of Sundays. I haven't heard of any Saturdays so we couldn't form a three day weekend yet.

Another common form of girls' names are adjectives (for the lack of a better word). Names that are common at KA are Joy and Grace(not that uncommon in the States I realize), Comfort, Blessing, and Happy. (update: Goodness and Lucky are two other names I found)

Aren't you glad your name isn't Self-control Tuesday.

Hello for Tuesday

I know it's a weak title, but deal. So this week is indepence break for KA and the children and some of the staff are gone. The campus is so quiet and peaceful. I miss the kids but I know they will be back and refreshed on Monday.

Today I've worked on my blog (see the pics below) and have e-mailed and such. The schedule for the rest of the week is relaxing, eating, cooking, relaxing, reading a book, watching a movie, and relaxing. I hope I can fit it all in.

As you can see from the pictures, I'm in the moutains and surrounded by trees and flowers. At the moment we have all of these little white butterflies flying around and touching everything. It's like a dream to see so many fluttering bodies. They are touching flowers but not landing, it's probably some butterfly contest of "touch everything" that we are not aware of. Today is also a beautiful day. A few clouds in the sky, probably around 80F, and a low humidity. Wonderful and I'm inside blogging....

Let me know some questions you have so I can have a blog worth reading.

View of the mountains from my backyard. 

Mt. Sanderson (more like a hill) that is behind my house. It is covered with yellow wild flowers. 

View of the swing from the front porch; doesn't it look relaxing? 

Dive Bomber

This is Dive Bomber and he sits in the mango tree outside my front porch.

My house

My first post!

Hi!

I'm new to this blogging business so be kind when judging my first blog. Yikes! Now everyone can see what a bad speller I am.
As you can see from my title I'm in Miango, Nigeria, West Africa. Originally from OK but here I am serving in missions with oddly enough, Serving In Mission (SIM) at Kent Academy. I've lived here for two months of my two year term. The main purpose of this blog is to keep family and friends up to date on my thoughts on missions and Miango. Hope you enjoy it!