My First Entry...

Here's my first "blog" entry on our website; well actually it's my first entry ever, very exciting! It's just to keep anyone who's interested up-to-date on what's going on here in Cameroon from a Home schooling mum's point of view. Please feel free to comment or ask questions about anything I write. I don't keep a journal so this will be really helpful for me to keep track of what is going on in our lives and record all the awesome things we see God do on the mission field. So, we'll see what becomes of this blog…. I hope to post a blog at least once a week if not more… but no promises J.

Well, we just got back from a three day trip out to the East. It usually takes about 9-12 hours to get out there but due to no rain, no police checks points, no road blocks (all usual occurrences), repairs being done on the mud roads, and my husbands speedy but great driving we made it in a record 6 hours! Still a long trip for our 4 and 5 year olds but we kept busy with "I spy" (trees, clouds, and grass were very popular), "In my suitcase" and "paper, rocks, scissors." We saw some really beautiful scenery and lots of bush rats for sale on the side of the road (don't ask!).

The purpose of going was to check on a School that Bread For life is building for the Baka (Pygmy) tribe. Work is going really well and the roof is now on. We were hoping the walls would have been plastered but they had problems with the water well (gas leaking out of it?) so it had to be closed, thus leaving no water for cement. We paid for another one to get dug, 20 meters by hand, sure glad that's not me down the hole! Hopefully the school will be finished by July. We'll head out there again mid June to check on the progress. As absolutely no one speaks English out there it is always great for our French even though they have a very different accent from here in Yaoundé. Josh and Seth enjoyed playing football (soccer for all you Americans) with the local kids in the evening with parents coming out to watch. They are both getting really good at the game as they have lots of practice.

We also got to meet with the Baka Chief who, as always, was really friendly. His wife has had another baby since we were there last and looks very health beside some ringworm on his head. We encouraged the tribe to help out with the school building as much as possible and told them the good news of a Teen Missions team that is coming this summer to build them a Clinic. All in all, it was a great time and things are moving a long nicely out there. Can't want to get back out there again soon!

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