Lathe Video

My family and I are missionaries in Nigeria since August of 2013. Our two children are 12 14 years old. We spent our first four years in the rural town of Egbe where I was the construction manager of a hospital being built. We are now in the larger city of Jos where I have taken the communications role for our filed. Please visit to sign up for our blog to keep up with our journey and the most recent photos and videos coming from our work in Nigeria. Rick, a fellow missionary, found this man on the side of the road near Abuja, Nigeria. He was in awe of his creativity and use of such basic materials to produce what seems like a piece of art. So he filmed him and gave me the raw footage to put a quick video together. The man is making a mortar and pestle that is used to pound and grind