Invasion!

In the last 10 minutes of the Bible Study time, there was a sudden inundation of grasshoppers, through the open door of the porch. They swarmed in by the hundreds. I don’t know where they came from, but no one else seemed very surprised. After a few minutes, someone calmly got up and closed the door, but it must have seemed very normal to them ‘cause no one really took much notice. The grasshoppers were bouncing everywhere, committing suicide by jumping and flying into the lights, and half the time being killed or chopped in pieces by the giant overhead fans. Again, I think I was the only one who took much notice -the others just seemed to brush the bugs off and continue right on discussing, in very loud Hausa voices, whether or not miracles happen today. I think the conclusion was that Yes, they do happen and we need to have faith that God can work through us as we are his disciples. But as for the bugs, apparently this was not a plague.

After everything was done, I finally got a reaction. The kids (who had been sitting still listening for the full 45 minutes) suddenly jumped up and ran around screaming, collecting the grasshoppers and popping them in their mouths as a tasty snack. I had heard about people eating grasshoppers but had never done it. When I asked one of the adults about it, they said “Oh, these aren’t good eating grasshoppers, these are just for kids! The good grasshoppers only come right after it rains.”