Today I wake up in the house of a Nigerian family in Berlin. Those who have read a bit of this would know about the time I was stranded at the airport, and a Nigerian lady, Lola, took me to her house. Well, I spent the weekend with her family. (for those who are not familiar with the Terminal Band story http://loomnie.com/2006/10/06/the-terminal-band/)
I knew that the weekend was going to be boring, and that I was going to be especially lonely, so sometime during the week to visit her family in Berlin. I called her and we made arrangements for me to come over on Saturday morning. Got to her house at a little past 10 in the morning, and we got ready to go to the house of another Nigerian who just had a kid, for the christening ceremony. I went along with her, her husband and their two kids. All who were there were Christians (all except the new father whom I think is a Muslim, cos I saw a Quran and a Muslim praying bead in the house, plus the kid was given an Islamic name). Anyway, it was a regular Nigerian pentecostal ceremony, with a lot of prayer and singing.
After the place we went to the Potsdamer Platz, walked around a bit and went back home. Today we are getting ready to go to church. I haven’t done that for a long time, and I am not particularly keen about going, but to respect the family I will go anyway. And then in the evening I will be off to Halle.