It is still uncertain whether or not I will return to Nigeria. The hardest part is saying goodbye to our household staff. My biggest worry is what will happen to them if we don't come back? Where will they find a job when all the expats are going away?
It is strange that I do not feel fear after all that has happened. The sadness is too overwhelming for any other emotions to surface. I will miss our house here. It is our home. We have so many happy memories here albeit for a short four months. The children have settled-in so well, especially our first-born. He has come such a long way since we have arrived here.
I still cannot believe that it has come down to this - all because of selfish acts by individual groups who think that their cause is for the greater good. But how can that be when it is destroying their country's biggest source of income? With all the expats leaving, their own comunity will lose their jobs.
I really don't want to think about what will happen to our household staff. It breaks my heart to think of them without any source of income. What will they do? Where will they find employment outside of the camp? If I could, I would bring them all home with us. The children will certainly miss them. They have been so good to the children. We will never find such kind and caring people anywhere in the world.
I just wish the situation would improve. But at this point in time that would be wishful thinking. There is still the main election to overcome. It will take some time for the dust to settle.
We have no choice but to just wait and see. We will leave in the hands of God to decide.
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