He arrived shortly after 8 this morning with a story to tell.  Took the bus all the way from Nigeria.  Two day trip.  Day one ended a few miles outside of Bamenda.  Got stopped for seven hours.  Stuck inside a bus that is not moving for seven hours would not be anyone's idea of a great trip.  Due to civil unrest going on in Bamenda Town, they had to wait.  Many others were lined up waiting.  Eventually they were allowed to continue on and finally he arrived in Yaounde.

They arrived last night after 10 p.m.  Got the word that their train would not be a good option for the continuation of their trip tonight.  It all started back in October when part of the highway washed out on the way to Daoula.  As a result the train added a number of  cars and many more passengers.  Sure enough, the cars jumped the track and a bad accident resulted.  Lives were lost.  But now, in February, the authorities thought it would be a good idea to take the train off line and do a complete check to make sure there was no damage.  They put the old train back in service, but there are no sleeper cars, no first class cars.  It's little more than box cars.  Not a good option for travel.

After many phone calls and juggling of plans, it was decided they would hire a driver to take them to the mission hospital they had come to work at.  So everybody gets one more night of sleep at Shiloh and then they will head out.  Hopefully it will be better than the bus trip, and surely better than that train ride nobody wants to take.

Flexibility.  It's the name of the game out here.