A Prayer Request for Cameroon

Please pray for the nation of Cameroon during the election process. There are 23 presidential candidates. The official campaigning lasts for 15 days and voting is on October 9. The official announcement is scheduled for two weeks later. Pray for integrity and the fear of the Lord for all those involved in the election. Pray that all eligible voters will be able to obtain their voter's card and be able to vote. Pray that peace and calm will continue throughout the process.

I Knew What I Was Getting Into..

I have never heard this song on the radio, but it is a fabulous song!  It is a good reminder that the Lord is in control, He has a plan, and He chose you.  I hope you enjoy!

Click the link below to hear the song...

I Knew What I Was Getting Into

Chicken Head in Chicken Gut - Chicken Butt??

Buying chicken here in Cameroon could be worse and could be better...  It ranges from buying a live chicken on the street for cheap and doing the deadly deed yourself to picking up a boneless/skinless chicken breast in the meat department at the grocery store for a hefty price.  I started somewhere in the middle...

chicken: dead
feathers: off
feet: partially removed (had to finish sawing off)
neck: still there, had to cut off
guts: cut & inside
head: off and in chicken gut/chicken butt

See the picture below - kinda gross - be warned....

August & September Update from Cameroon

Paul Dubois, me, Eric Hagman, Mickey White &
JIm Rotruck attended the dedication to represent WA.

RFIS Director & Cam SIL Director cutting the ribbon

Hello!

Weeks one and two I just didn't have THAT much to say.  The update would have gone something like: "the water heater doesn't work...oh, thanks for fixing that, but now the water is off, and then back on, and off again, and there went the internet, but now its back on, ooopps there went the electricity, oh, but it is now back on”.....repeat, repeat...   It's not that big of a deal most of the time when things go off, but it does make living and working here more interesting.

Weeks 3 through 6 have been a whole       different story.  I have been running circles around myself...  We had a “water team”  arrive yesterday.  They will go to the Northwest tomorrow and work with bio sand    filters and wells .  Another water team is scheduled to come in November, as well.  We have also had other individuals/couples come for various reasons.  We have had teachers,  maintenance/construction workers, and     several people came for the Rain Forest          International School dedication and 25th       anniversary on August 19th.  (see pictures & http://www.rfis.org for more information) 

People here are really great!  One good thing I have found about the "missionaries" is that most of them remember they were new at some point and are such gracious and helpful people...that is a huge blessing!!   I am starting to get to know some of the Cameroonian people here as well, and they are great.  They tend to be pretty formal especially in  business.  They are also the most patient drivers I have ever seen in my life.  Traffic here is the biggest mess I have ever seen, and there is some honking, but.....usually it is a informational honk, more than an “I'm   going to run you over” honk.  :~)

 Bamenda & Mbingo

I had the chance to get away from Yaounde for a couple of days to see the Northwest part of Cameroon.  We stopped at the Bamenda        Regional Office (BRO), and then continued on to Mbingo for a     couple of days.  WA will be starting a construction project in a few month here. They are building the new  Regional Training Center.  Many of the 80+ language projects yet to be started in Cameroon are in the Northwest and Far North.

The next couple of days I spent at the resthouse reading, journaling, walking up (what I call “cardiac mountain”) to a waterfall, and down to Mbingo.  It was a much needed break.