never the half has been told....

Saturday, September 1: Lagos, Nigeria.

We arrived here after the short flight from Nigeria's capital, Abuja, and almost immediately I witnessed what I had been warned about numerous times: traffic in Lagos!

I don't know why I'm blogging about it, because, trust me, there are NO words to describe the absolute chaos and congestion on the streets of Lagos - and seemingly, at any hour of day or night! Today I was to preach a special meeting at a local church here, and the drive from our hotel to the church should have taken about 30 minutes. Instead, I sat in the back seat of a car, listening to the blare of horns and seeing the snorts of diesel exhaust and watching the teeming masses of Nigerians who continued going about their business, for almost 3 hours! And this was on a Saturday, not rush-hour traffic during the workweek! Even the trip back to our hotel after service took 2 hours!

Unless you've experienced it, you just can't imagine or comprehend it. All in all, I spent 5 hours in the car, to preach a 30-minute sermon. Sure hope my Nigerian hosts received some benefit!