March 4, 2018
Nigeria: The Need to Build Spiritual & Moral Strength
NIGERIA GRAHAM 1960. American evangelist Billy Graham holds an impromptu blessing with three taxi drivers on the steps of his hotel in Lagos, Nigeria, Jan. 28, 1960. (AP Photo/Dennis Lee Royle)
Posted by Ambassador T. Brikins
''The flight
from Ghana to Lagos, Nigeria, in the middle of the night was one of the most
harrowing I’ve ever taken. The Ghana Airlines DC-3, an old Dakota plane, had
previously been owned by several other airlines, their names still visible
under successive coats of paints.
An English
Lord in Bermuda shorts was sitting beside me on the plane; I tried to witness
to him, but he was not interested in the slightest.
In
mid-flight the pilot, who was European, came back to talk to the non-Africans
on the plane. While he was chatting, the air-craft entered a violent
thunderstorm. As he returned to the cockpit, the lightening flashed
razor-bright. The plane shook, rattled, and rolled; in fact, it did everything
but turn over. I didn’t think the wings could possibly remain attached to the
fuselage.