Last week we had the privilege of taking part in a party celebrating the engagement of one of our SIM Niger missionaries. After losing his wife to cancer, Chris recently met and fell in love with another lovely lady, who had lost her husband. Between them they have 5 delightful children. We are all so happy for them, and the Niamey area missionaries showed it! About 80 people showed up for the party. Most of us were really hoping to meet Nancy, as she was just on a short visit to Niger before the wedding!
As if to welcome Nancy and her sons to the joys of Nigerien weather, we started the evening here outside near the river at an outdoor restaurant. See the beautiful tables and the nice view?
About the time the food was ready to be served, in came a dust storm! Though typical of this time of year, we sure didn't plan on one that night! Ten minutes after the previous photo, below is another looking in the same direction, towards the river. Like all those flecks of dust? We all grabbed plates and food, and over 80 of us crowded into a little room. Unfortunately the power was out inside, so it was quite a dark little room! We could only laugh at how much this showed Niger's weather to Nancy- unpredictable and dusty. Thankfully they don't usually last long, and we were able to spread out again, though the tables never did get set. =) It was still a lot of fun, and we all enjoyed the time together, celebrating Chris and Nancy's joy at God bringing them together!
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