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A Few Things I Have Learned in Cameroon, Africa …

You will buy peanuts in old wine and whiskey bottles…even in the grocery store.

Is it perfectly acceptable to drive on whatever side of the road you want because you might lose your entire car in a pothole.

Some bug/spider bites don’t show up for a full 24 hours after you have been bitten….which brings me to that fact that it is really creepy to have as many bites as I have had and only seen ONE of the culprets….only because he stung me on the forehead.  If you are picturing me doing the heeby-jeeby dance….you’ve got it about right. Ok, moving on….

If you don’t pull out in front of someone to turn, you probably won’t get to where you are going…ever.

The bigger vehicle has the right of way – especially big trucks when turning corners, passing on a two lane road (even if traffic is coming on both sides) and in round-abouts.

If you have electric, internet and city water all in the same day….it’s a good day! J

Pedestrians NEVER have the right of way – even on cross walks.

If you ride a moto (motorcycle) in Yaounde you have a death wish….just sayin.

A lot of people from the States & Europe still remember the game “Frogger” because crossing the road (Tropicana) to go to the SIL offices has been described as being like “Frogger.”  …and it is a pretty accurate description…

People pee on the side of the street and even though you know that is what they are doing – human nature still makes you look (only for a second).

When you watch TV in English, it will have French commercials and Arabic subtitles.

Americans/Europeans can’t carry things on their heads like Cameroonians – I’ve tried and my hair texture is too slick and I just don’t have that “Je ne sais quoi,” that helps you carry it…

After a month or two you DO learn to not turn and look every time you hear a car honk worried that you are going to get run over while walking down the road.  You learn to differentiate the honks… :)

 Africa is a VERY big country!

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Last, but not least…I have learned that there are some AMAZING people (Missionaries and Cameroonians) that translate the Bible and in some way support Bible Translation.  They are on the front lines and need our support and prayers!