Last week was a really good week. My best here so thus far, I'd add. My good friend, Ife, came down from Lagos to spend a couple of days with me here in Iwo. While it seemed to me that she enjoyed her time here, I figured the best way to be sure would be to get her to write about the experience. Below is what she sent in:
‘Odo Ori’. ‘Odo Ori’. ‘Odo Ori’. If there’s one place I will never forget in Iwo, it is Odo Ori. Never mind that my pronunciation of it would interpret as ‘water of head’, which is a big fail. Anyways, if you can locate Odo Ori, you can probably navigate your way around Iwo. That’s what I think.
Five highlights of my trip to Iwo exist.
Of course Odo Ori market features. The trip ended up dousing my eagerness to go to the market, but it was still a highlight. One can’t expect much from a village (sorry Foladele :p). It was interesting (because of the ‘apo kan’s and the ‘muri meta’s – it gets deeper than that o – rather than the boring N200 or N60 *yawn*), but more exhausting. Everyone and everything was everywhere and anywhere. So you keep asking where you can find an elero or elegusi or something. For some reason, they don’t congregate in one place in the market. Fair enough, competition may be intense that way but mehn, the effort of asking and going round and round yo! If you're feeling brave and ever want to go to Odo Ori sha, market day is every four days.
Highlight number B. The NCCF Family House. As my friend plays a key role (she's called 'Aunty'. Don't get me started on the titles), we attended the prayer meeting that night. Might I add that it was yummy. I needed that session, I needed that presence, I needed that opportunity. It was a yay. Also got to meet other members of the NCCF family that were present. Generally cool peoples. :)
Highlight letter 3. Iwo River. We walked to the river. It was a goofy journey. We got there and encountered a security guard whom, like many others in Nigeria, was power-hungry. Sometimes you're better off massaging their egos and moving on with your own life. Or the river, as was the case here. It was still, it was serene. The Psalmist knew what he was saying when he said 'He leads me beside the still waters'. I'd spend more time there if it weren't surrounded by bushes and insects. If you can handle both, go there, and stay there for a while :) Don't fall in sha o! #OYOsturvs
Highlight numero quatre. Random worship sesh with Ephraim and planned prayer sesh with Ola. God shows when He wants to show. Just be prepared and stay open. That's what I learned from these two encounters.
Highlight number last (but not least). CDS. Just when I thought I had paid my own dues, I found myself at a secretariat for CDS again. Cos Foladele dragged me along. After, from 10am to about 1pm+, there was NCCF fellowship. I was like 'Lord I love you, but these guys are just taking the piss now, like!'. It was good, learned a few and was inspired, but kai, it was long and I was starved. People prolly didn't like me very much by the end of it. Or the other way around! ;)
Go to Iwo though!!! Oranges are cheap, Okadas are cheaper and they have lots of kulikuli. If you know someone there, even better! Go visit!
PS: It's a town, not a village! :P
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