Getting pulled over by the cops is something every ex-pat in Niger dreads. There is a lot of corruption that influences the motives behind a police officer pulling over a rich westerner… But when I heard about it all, in my heart I said no. I said, I’m calling on your favour, Lord, I believe you are going to favour me on the roads here, and that I’m not going to get pulled over unfairly, get wrongly accused, or demanded to bribe. God totally honoured this prayer. There are a few quite funny stories, about Belle charming the policemen in French and smiles and them laughingly sending me on my way without even checking my papers… but a few days before we left the country was a pearler. It was a female police officer who pulled me over and wanted to check my papers. I was friendly, as normal, and without thinking, I complimented her on her jewellery. Those who know me will know this is pretty standard, I wasn’t trying to suck up. She looked at me for a moment and told me to wait… because she was giving it to me!! Hahahaha… she took off her necklace and her earrings, and gave them both to me, and told me to have a good day. I said thanks, and may God bless you! I’m telling you, this felt like such a cool send off after 18 months. It definitely hadn’t been an easy year and a half. But here was a random gift, from a Nigerien woman, and even though she didn’t know it, I decided God was saying something through her. I decided he was saying, “Thanks Andy, I totally value what you’ve given me while you’ve been here.” Isn't He a cool Father?
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