tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64906496576102820272024-03-14T05:32:10.777+02:00Holly in CameroonSchilinski Clanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13368566333750359553noreply@blogger.comBlogger333125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490649657610282027.post-9426247764741733762015-05-14T00:13:00.000+02:002015-05-14T00:15:57.663+02:00Praise Report; Believe Big!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When we first came to Cameroon in 2004 and started working with various orphanages, one thing that overshadowed our visits was that they never felt like a real home. They were more like large institutions that housed anywhere from 40 to a 100 plus kids in tight living quarters, often 3 or 4 children to each bed. Some orphanages we visited were only able to provide the children with plain rice once a day; soup was available if someone from the community blessed them with veggies or fish. We saw that these places were just sort of a holding place for the kids till they were old enough to fend for themselves. We remember one teenage girl in particular who had got in trouble at school. The "father' of the home announced he was going to tie her down to beat her. She ran away and they never saw or heard from her again (and they didn't look very hard either). We have heard of other orphanages that use the same method of discipline, leaving kids a bloody mess. These orphanages, often "Christian" in name, lacked a main ingredient; LOVE. Underprivileged or neglected orphans need a place to feel loved and secure just like everyone else.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is easy to fill up an orphanage in Cameroon, Helping Hands Children's Home could have 200 kids by the end of this month if it really wanted. So many children have lost a parent, or are living with grandparents struggling to provide for them. It is not uncommon for parents to send their children away, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">young or old,</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> to live with a family member in the city to attend school or work in the house. Often they won't see their parents again for years. One lady in our church was "given" a girl at a crusade from a mother who said she couldn't care for her daughter anymore. Our friend took her in; the mother has made no contact whatsoever since that time. There is a place in ministry for this, but we sense that is not our calling. Win Our Nations wants to reach out to those children that have no one to care for them, no hope of education, those that have been neglected because of disabilities or disease. HHCH has had to turn down numerous cases where families have asked us to take in an orphaned niece or nephew. We refuse when we see that the family is capable of caring for the child. Even mothers have come to the gate trying to give HHCH their children. F</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ree housing, nutritious meals, and quality education</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> can be very appealing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More than anything we wanted to provide a home for destitute orphans; a place where they can feel love, peace, and safety A place where they know they will always have a bed for themselves, 3 meals a day, medical care, and that their possessions will not be taken and sold. Above all, we desire that these children be raised in the knowledge and love of Jesus and live their lives for Him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As many of you know, this year the ground was broke for the first Home out at the new WON property. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our vision is to eventually have six Homes (three duplexes) that will house 20 orphans a piece. Each house will have a Pa and Ma plus and an aunty and uncle on the girl and boy's side respectively. We want HHCH to expand and rescue more orphans in need but keep it "small." There are plans to build a big dinning hall (with a kitchen attached) where all the children can eat and do evening devotions together. Attached to this large building will be offices, and rooms for a library, sewing room, weight room, nursery, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the start of the year, Jake and I started praying and seeking God about how to develop the land. We took a step of faith when we wrote in our newsletter that we were believing to have the kids moved out to the new property by the end of 2015. At that point less than $5000 of the </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">needed </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">$20,000 for the first Home that would only house 20 of the 31 kids. But we felt that was what God told us and we wanted to be obedient. We prayed and shared the need. Praise God that in a few months enough was donated to get the foundation underway. It was exciting to get the builders out there!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A couple of weeks ago, Jake and I were praying and discussing that another large chunk of money was needed so that the builders wouldn't have to leave once they finished the foundation. We were hoping for maybe another $5,000 or something.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then we got an email from someone asking if they could Skype us as they had some questions about the land. We set up a time, Jake and I were excited, thinking that maybe this was how the Lord was going to provide the next "chunk." The phone conversation included lots of questions; they wanted to know about the Homes and the kitchen/dinning room building. At that point they told us they wanted to donate $20,000 towards the two Homes that are being built. Jake and I stared at each other in utter amazement, dumbfounded. But wait, there was more. Next they went on to tell us that they wanted to donate $40,000 for the kitchen and dinning room. In fact, when they had asked us about it, Jake hadn't even got a budget ready for it yet. That's how underprepared we were. It was so utterly incredible! We had been trusting God, we knew He would provide, but once again He totally went overboard, more that we thought or imagined! So now there is enough to get the first Home completly finished and get the second one well underway. We still need about $11,000 to finish it but once again, we know God will provide. Moving out to the new property by 2016 is now a reality. Christmas is going to be quite the celebration!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I tell you what, we serve a personal, loving God. He always is faithful, even when we are not. When Helping Hand Children's Home was founded six years ago, we were just renting a house for a few orphans. Then we got an "itch" to buy land, and then it turned into a vision for massive facility. All I can say is dream big, pray big, believe big! Our God is capable of so much more that we realize. I believe He is waiting for us to ask Him to show Himself faithful, but we have to take that first leap of faith. Whatever it maybe, your family, your job, your finances, your health, wherever you need a breakthrough in your life, talk to God about it and start to move in the direction you know He wants you to move. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> He will prove Himself faithful to his Word and promises. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One more testimony of God's faithfulness and His interest in the little details of our lives: last week I was out in the garden and I realized I had lost my clippers. I'd looked high and low for them to no avail. You can't buy good ones here so I was wondering how I could get another pair soon (with rainy season everything is growing like crazy). And then this week a friend sent us a care package and guess what was inside... yep, clippers! </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They had mailed these out before I had even needed them, God had already provided for them before I asked.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Things like this just remind me home much my Daddy loves me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Schilinski Clanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13368566333750359553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490649657610282027.post-47627753740709431072015-04-01T20:09:00.000+02:002015-04-01T20:14:34.523+02:00March Marriages<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had never been to a court wedding before but this month I had the privilege of attending two. In Cameroon, most people actually have three weddings. The first is in the bride's village. The nervous fiancé meets all the family to whom he must pay the "bride price". The amount depends on the tribe, the age of the girl, the family position, etc. I would say the average amount paid is somewhere around $600 with it easily going up to $3,000. For a country where the average person makes about $2 a day that is a massive amount! It is a lot of stress on these young couples who usually start their married life penniless or in debt. But once they pay the money, the family blesses them. They all drink some palm wine and they officially give the women to the man. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Marriage number two is the court wedding which is the only one recognized by the government. Unfortunately some people skip out on this. Down the road many widows find themselves being evicted and their personal property</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> being taken away by their husband's family </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(even their children can be taken away!)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> as they have no legal rights. To have a court wedding, the couple both have to have blood tests. But more about the ceremony in a second.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The third wedding would be done at a church, where the pastor prays and blesses the couple. Most church have some form of marriage counseling before the big day. Generally most Christians wouldn't live together until after this final wedding. This is often an expenisve ordeal as big reception are held after with mountains of food. People spend so much money on funerals and weddings in this country !</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For those of you that have ever visited us, you will know our Joy. Joy started working for us just a few months after we arrived in Cameroon. Since any housework, shopping, paying bills etc. takes massive amounts of time in developing countries, most people have a house help. Even poor families have a girl from the village come and live with them to help out. Our first year here it was a shock to see 13 year-old girls doing most of the house work in so many places (washing nappies plus all the household clothes, cooking, washing dishes, keeping the house clean, and looking after baby). But generally when the baby gets a little older the family will pay for her to go to school so it is win win for everyone. Joy started working for us in her late teens. She has always been a wonderful help and blessing. Our children love her, she is so great with them. She keeps our house clean, and is always ready to babysit when needed. She also stays in our house while we return to the States for 6 months at a time. Joy is really like a daughter to us. When we moved up to Bamenda 7 years ago, she moved up with us. Because of her I don't have to spend hours ironing clothes (to kill all the mango worms), cleaning the never ending amount of dust, or line up for hours to pay the electric or water bill. I can focus on homeschooling in the morning, and ministry in the afternoon. So we were thrilled when she told us she had met somebody at church and they were going to get married. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We all entered a small office at the city council where everyone was presented to the secretary. She made sure everyone was present and tells the couple what to expect. We then headed to the hall where marriages are officiated by the mayor. When Joy and Obed were called forward, Joy was first asked if this is a monogamous or polygamous marriage (both are legal here). When Joy answered monogamous, the Mayor asked her why she is so selfish (he got a few laughs). He then turned to Obed and told him to make sure that he always listens to his wife's ideas, they may be little, but listen anyway. He told Joy that her responsibility is to keep the house clean and cook for the husband, and asked her if she was wiling to do this. He instructed her that she must never refuse her husband sex, and then he instructed Obed that he must never refuse to eat food that his wife cooks (the importance of food in this culture never ceases to amaze me!). After that they exchanged vows and rings, were pronounced man and wife, and kissed. It all took about 10 minutes. Then we headed outside for photos with the mayor. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then last week our main cook at Helping Hands Children's Home also had her court wedding. She had had her village wedding last year. Since her fiancé will be traveling to Dubai next month for up to two years, they decided to get their court wedding before he left. It was pretty much the same with another big meal at the end. So happy for each of these special couples!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Charlotte is someone I do Bible studies with and I've taught to drive. She's a good friend. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today is International Women's Day and in Cameroon it's kinda a big deal. Women all over the country unite and march in each town to show their significance in the society. Special "Women's Day" fabric is made every year and then organizations and business purchases it for all their female employees. As seamstressery is a thriving business in Africa, everyone gets to choose the design of their own dress . When the day approaches, the women pull out all the stops and are decked out to the max. As I</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> lined up with thousands of Bamenda women today, I was awed by the beauty of all the dresses, hairstyles, and smiling faces. It was truly a tapestry of colors where ever I looked. On the downside, we did stand in a very slow line (I use that term loosely) for about three hours in the hot sun with no shade. It was so crowded that at some points I could not have even turned around if I had wanted to. But thankfully Win Our Nations' time finally came and we marched in front of the bandstand filled with all the city's officials. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My Joy and Comfort (quite literally). They are an unmeasurable help to me in our house which enables me to homeschool better and be more involved in ministry. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last night we finished up our missionary homeschooling session with the graduation of the 8th graders. It was a memorable night as each graduate and their Dad gave a speech. Josh did a great job even though he was nervous. Jake's speak/challenge was awesome. As my husband reflected back over the last 13 years, he was brought to tears (which brought me to tears); it was truly a heartfelt talk. I really couldn't ask for a better dad for our four kiddos, Jake does a fantastic job of always being there for them, disciplining them, encouraging them, making them laugh, and showing them by example how to follow Christ. I am incredibly blessed, I sure know how to pick 'em! Below are some photos of the last two weeks. It is alway a lot of fun but I'll be happy to be back to normal schedule again on Monday. Only 10 weeks of school left! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The kids had the opportunity to make sculptures from brass. Uncle Basil was a great teacher, showing them how to form their creations out of bee's wax first. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ready to be covered in clay...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At Basil's house watching him take the items out of the kiln</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cracking open the clay to see the beautiful brass work inside</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Filing off any sharp edges...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The finished product! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The traditional way to communicate in the village; a large drum</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This pillar was placed in the ground when the Fon (king) took over from his father in 1968. This kingdom has been reigning since the 1500's with 11 different kings. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The tour was a good insight into the tribal beliefs of the NorthWest. These limbs are placed in the ground and then animals are sacrificed on them to appease the ancestors. Before colonization by the German, a child of each sex was sacrificed here annually. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A great spot for a group photo in front of the museum. No photos were allowed to be taken inside but it was full or carvings, elephant tusks, leopard skins, etc. There were even toby mugs that had been given to the Fons in exchange for slaves (many slaves came from this area). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These are the houses of the Fon's wives. The former king had over 40 wives, the current one has cut back quite a bit with just a meager eight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A stone where the princesses grind the red camwood into powder to cover their bodies. This rock has been used for hundreds of years for this purpose.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The central shrine in which only the Fon and his nobles are allowed to enter. They believe their ancestors talk to them in there. This whole area was destroyed by the Germans when they were battling for power in the 1900's. They later helped to rebuild it all when the Fon finally submitted to their authority. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And Josh recited the entire second inaugural address of </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Abraham Lincoln </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(yeah, you read it right). Amazing!</span></div>
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<br />Schilinski Clanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13368566333750359553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490649657610282027.post-26700184501649852412015-02-25T22:25:00.000+02:002015-02-25T22:36:36.905+02:00February Schooling<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We're right in the middle of Sonlight Christian Academy, the missionary homeshooling co-op we're a part of. For two weeks, us parents share the responsibility of teaching everyones kids (and of course try to make it all a lot more fun than regular homeschooling). This is the session we do swimming lessons (my favourite!), so far everything has been going smoothly. It is long days and we all go to bed tired but fulfilled. This is Josh's last year in the program as it only goes up to 8th grade (most MK's then go to the capital city to attend an international high school there). We're not ready to part with Josh just yet so I will be delving into the world of homeschooling a high schooler come August. I'm a little nervous but know since the Lord has placed us here, He will provide all that I need to do to get my children an adequate education. Thankfully Josh is a pretty smart kid and enjoys school.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Friday will be "graduation night" for the four 8th graders. Each dad will give a short speech and challenge to their child. Jake is putting together a slide show of Josh's 13 years. I know it sounds so cliche but it seems like yesterday I was in hospital in Iowa giving birth to him. I remember for the first week I just couldn't stop staring at him, hardly believing that he was all mine. Where does the time go? Only four more years before he will be going off to university and starting his own way in life. We are so proud of Josh and know the Lord has great plans for him. It's a good reminder to appreciate every moment we have with our special boy. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is why New Year resolutions are so good. I made one to blog at least twice a month and if I hadn't, I wouldn't be writing this write now. In about 30 minutes Jake and I are headed to our church's annual "Leaders' Retreat." It is up in the mountains at a small guest house and I can't wait. It will be a time of fasting, prayer, fellowship, encouragement, and planning for 2015. The kids are staying with friends, so I can totally focus on everything (and maybe get an extra hour of sleep in at night?). Should be good!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The finished product. They did an awesome job!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The best gift I received on Christmas day; fried fish and fish pies. These were given to us by a neighbour (a sister in Christ) who a couple of months ago was about to be kicked out of her apartment. She had been sick and had to spend her capitol for her little donut business. We got her some flour and oil to start up again and got her lights turned back on. We praise the Lord her business is doing well again and she had enough to spare on Christmas Day!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Right after Christmas, Jake put together a "father and sons" camping trip. Jake, our boys, and a bunch of other missionaries and their sons headed up to the mountains to ride horses, cook over open fires, and sleep in tents. They all had a blast even if they were REALLY cold. So proud of Jude who rode all by himself this time. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It gets chilly here at Christmas too! (in the low 60's :D )</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PS. I still need to upload photos from our camera of Christmas day at HHCH: hopefully once we get our computer fixed.</span><br />
<br />Schilinski Clanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13368566333750359553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490649657610282027.post-51283889518563032142015-01-08T21:23:00.000+02:002015-01-08T21:33:43.719+02:002015<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wow, I knew it had been a while since my last blog post but I didn't realize it was back in May! And people have still been checking my blog weekly, I feel so bad! Thanks to all you faithful readers out there. Well, I'm a firm believer in New Year Resolutions and one of mine this year is to blog at least twice a month. I simply have to make the time to do it. I don't journal so I feel like my blog helps me to keep track of family milestones, breakthroughs in the ministry, and God's miraculous work in our lives. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are a few more resolutions for 2015:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">#1 Simplify... in many areas of my life. I'm reading "Organized Simplicity" right now and it's making a big impression on me. I took an extra week off of school and the kids and I have been going through all our "junk." I feel like we are finally out of the "little kids that scatter everything in sight" stage (which we've been in practically for the last 12 years) thus I have no more excuses for having a cluttered home. So hopefully, my house will be much more organized next time you visit! It's already a lot better as I repainted the front room this week. Nice to have a fresh start!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">#2 Read my entire bible chronologically. And I don't just mean by book, I'm following a guide by Selwyn Hughes that starts you in John 1:1, then jumps to the first few verses of Genesis, then sends you to the prophets where it talks about Lucifer falling, etc. So it is a lot of skipping around, but I love it so far. Always great to see the Word of God in a fresh light.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">#3 Drink water (yeah, you read it write, not "more water" just "drink water")</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">#4 Allot times in the week for gardening, ministry finances, personal finances, and sorting out our digital photos. First my flower and vegetable gardens were terribly neglected in 2014. Being out in the yard is one of my favorite hobbies but I just couldn't find the time to work on it last year. During the rainy season I sometime wondered if triffids weren't going to come lurching out of our back yard. So I feel like if I say, Saturday afternoons are saved for the garden, I'll get it done. Next, since I'm in charge of the finances for the ministry (orphanage, bible school, animal farms, etc.) and the 5 business, it can get overwhelming at times. I am often up late at night on the computer sorting everything out from the many receipts staff keep bringing me. So Monday afternoons are going to be the time I work on it (and kids will know not to bother me). Then I will be free from the stress of it for the rest of the week. And then we come to our digital photos. We have soooooo many it is unbelievable We've had numerous teams the past 11 years, and we just copy everybody's photos when they leave. Plus Jake loves to take picture, and then add two iPhones into the mix, and we've quickly filled up a 1TB hardrive. For the last Furlough I made a digital photo book up and can't rave about it enough. The kids and visitors look at it all the time. Henceforth I would like to create one for each year and then delete the thousands of blurry, boring, or duplicate photos we have. I think it will take me all year but I'm setting aside a couple of hours each week for this venture. And we're implementing a strict policy that as soon as someone uploads photos, they have to delete the ones that are rubbish immediately.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">#5 Have a date night with Jake at least once month. I think we probably got two in last year... we need time together, even if it is just a walk down town for an hour or two.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">#6 Improve my French. Since moving to the English zone of Cameroon almost 7 years ago my French has really declined (I notice it when we go to Douala). I used to be able to teach Kid's Club in it but that would be quite a challenge now. So I am going to strive to spend an hour a week conversing with a francophone lady over a cup of tea (plus continue with duolingo.com). It is amazingly helpful to be able to speak it easily here, even though we are in the English zone. Most govement and police officials are francophones and we do travel a lot. Also good for my aging brain!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">#7 And last but not least, I started Crossfit this year. My brother is really into it and has been whetting my fitness appetite. It's right up my ally as it is lots of strength, lots of running, and pretty competative. My goal is to get stronger, faster, and fitter (and hopefully lose a few pounds along the way). I don't have all the equipment but we're good at adapting things here in Cameroon (we already have a weight made from a bar and two flywheels). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, I think that is it. I know the Lord has a lot instore for us personally and for the ministry in 2015, and I can't wait!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2015, here we come!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tomorrow will be the 10th, yes the 10th, anniversary of when we moved to Cameroon full time. Just a few months before Jake had quit his job, we sold our house and pretty much all our earthly possessions that we couldn't fit into 8 suitcases, and made the plunge of moving to Cameroon. The first year was by no means easy; adjusting to a different culture and language, living on very limited funds with two little ones definitely had its share of challenges. B</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ut it was all a growing experience and the Lord's hand was evident from the onset. We were working with Bread For Life in Yaoundé when we first arrived (a ministry we still partner with). Our main focus was assisting them with their church plants, primarily working with the youth and children. We also helped out at various orphanages in town. It's amazing to think how much we have matured and developed a deeper and more intimate relationship with the Jesus since then. I can honestly say that in the last 10 years there has never been a time when I've wanted to pack up and go back "home" (wherever that is). The Lord has given us such a love for this country and its people that we can't imagine not being here. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We say this a lot, but we truly mean it, we could not be here without such a great support system back home. We are so grateful for those whose partner with us through their prayers, encouragement, and finances. Since Jake quit his job, we have been living the life of "faith-based" missionaries as they say. This basically means that no one pays us a salary or wage, we rely on churches and individuals to support us. As I write this, I sit in a beautiful rented house, my fridge is full to bursting, my kids are strong and healthy, we have a reliable vehicle, we have EVERYTHING that we could possibly need. The Lord has blessed us abundantly. We serve a wonderful and mighty God who has been incredibly faithful. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jake and I are by no means the most educated, qualified, or experienced people to do the work the Lord has called us to do. During the hard times we remember Colossians 3:2 where we are instructed to keep our eyes on things above. We are grateful that God has chosen to use us, to play a small part in the expansion of His kingdom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Ehabe Family were a massive blessing to us when we first arrived. They allowed us to stay rent free in their apartment for the first few months till we found a place of our own.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think this is like our second day in Cameroon, the heat and jet lag took a toll on the kids!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was out first truck we shipped to Cameroon, what a happy day it was when we finally got it out of the port. We had been misinformed about how much taxes would cost at the port and it took every penny we had. Thankfully we had packed a bunch of brownie mixes in the car, because that is what we ate till the end of the month!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We did a lot of traveling around Cameroon that first year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Josh and Seth's first bedroom in Cameroon, I had a lot of fun painting this!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was our bath for the first year. We also used a rubbermaid tub for our coffee table and another as our bookshelf.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our first Christmas in Cameroon, my dad and mum came out. It was very special.... and they bought me a washing machine, the best Christmas present EVER!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was the planning meeting for one of the churches we helped plant: Yaounde International Chapel. Praise the Lord, it is still going strong.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Magnus was a MASSIVE help to us the first few months, showing us the way to do things in Cameroon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know this much have been early on; my hair is highlighted, straightened, and I'm wearing jewelry. Those days are long gone!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Shu Family was also an immense help to us that first year.</span></div>
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Schilinski Clanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13368566333750359553noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490649657610282027.post-46104311654180183222014-02-06T21:06:00.000+02:002014-02-06T21:22:02.356+02:00Pastoral Care, Super Bowl, and the Mount Cameroon Race<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This week we were blessed to be visited by the Pastoral Care Team from Commission To Every Nation, our sending organization. We spent an encouraging three days with Bob and Barb Nesbitt, as they make their way across West Africa, visiting, uplifting, and supporting missionaries. It was nice to take a few days off and just hang out, and show them all the work that is going on here. They were a true blessing and inspiration as well as keeping our kids entertained. It is always beneficial to have some outside eyes observe the work that is going on, and to be </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">encouraged and guided </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">from their past experience (such as reminding us how important it is to go out on dates ever so often :D ).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Tuesday we had our annual Super Bowl Party, I think this was our biggest one yet. There was well over 30 people squeezed into our front room. I'm glad we decided to borrow a projector so everyone could see the game well... and no electric cuts during the game, a miracle! The food and fellowship were awesome.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next week we head to Buea, a city located on the side of Mount Cameroon. Norbert and I are competing in the annual Race of Hope which will give us the opportunity to scramble up the graveling, steep face of the 13,250ft volcano (hopefully it will stay quiet while we are there). It is 12 miles up, 12 miles down. I have no aspirations of making it all the way to the summit before they start turning people around at the 4 hours mark, but I'm going to give it all I've got and have a great time while I do it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Friday afternoon the entire WON staff went out for a Christmas meal. It was a fun, relaxing time just to hang out together (and God bless the lady that babysat the 30 kids at HHCH!). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Here's a picture of our awesome co-labourers. All this year the Lord has been impressing on us the need to raise up additional Cameroonians to play a more vital part of the ministry. At the end of the day, they know their culture better, can relate to Cameroonians better, and this is their country. In 2013 we added five more people to staff. So let me introduce you to them, starting from the top left. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Goodness:</b> She is the secretary of Faith Bible College. She is also a student there, she'll will be graduating this summer. Goodness lives at the school (which is in a house), keeps everything spick and span, keeps track of the FBC bibles school, and makes a LOT of photocopies. She is such a sweet girl who loves the Lord with all her heart.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Charlotte:</b> She is the main cook for the orphanage. It is no easy feat to feed 36 people three times a day, but she does it. She is still young in the Lord but we have seen a real growth in her these last two years. We do bible studies together once a week and I'm also teaching her how to drive (hopefully she'll be taking her test soon!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Rejoice: </b>A lovely Christian lady that joined us this year as the manager of the new Helping Hands Car Wash (which brings in funds for the orphanage). She is still learning the ropes but trying hard. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Victorine: </b>She also joined us this year. She is the manager of the new Helping Hands Meat Market that opened this month. She has been working VERY hard and is learning the butchery business well. We praise the Lord for directing us to her. She talks about the Lord all the time and uses every opportunity to share the Good News of Jesus to those around her. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Odette:</b> She is our manager of our second car wash that opened last year. She is our star manager, she is an extremely hard worker and brings in the biggest profit of any of the car washes. She is a true blessing to have working for us. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Bridgette:</b> She is the wife of Pastor Bennet who will be introduced in a sec. Since meeting her 4 years, she has become a true friend to me. Sometimes in Cameroon it is hard to have deep relationships as we are just so different (in every sense of the word) that everyone else. And sad to say, people often put us up on a pedestal because we're from the West. Refreshingly, Bridgette treats me just like she treats everyone else and we get along great. In fact we just got back from a delicious meal at her house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next is me and then <b>Mami Elizabeth and Pa Genesis:</b> They join the Children's Home staff this year after Mami Anna had to rest due to health problems. They are still in training but are doing a great job. All the kids love them and they are trying hard to build a relationship with each and everyone of them. Pa had been a pastor for many years so it is great to have someone that knows the Word so well at the orphanage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Antoinette:</b> She joined us when Baby Willie joined our family. She was his main care giver. Now that Willie is bigger, Antoinette helps out in the kitchen, gives out meds to Blessed, and does the stretches and exercises with Sandrine. She is also a young Christian but is excited to learn about the Lord. I'm also doing a weekly bible study with her and teaching her to drive too. It was pretty scary to start with, but she is doing awesome now. (Video games must have some advantageous purposes, as no one had to teach me how to steer a car. With Antoinette, she just could not keep the truck out of the ditch for like a month!). I keep telling her, one of these days she'll be driving the bus.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Pastor Bennet:</b> He also joined the Won Staff this year as the Coordinator of Faith Bible College. This has been a HUGE blessing to Jake as it was getting to be too overwhelming for Him at the start of the year. Bennet has been a pastor for a number of years and is also a teacher by profession so he a great asset to have on our team. Currently he is working on how to get the Bible School accredited in country.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And on to the left of the front row...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Norbert:</b> Norbert joined us a teenager looking for work about 5 years ago. Since that time he has really matured in the Lord, become a responsible young man, and is the dorm parent of the boys side of the house at HHCH. Jake taught him how to drive and he is now our main bus driver. He is our fixer upper and in charge of overseeing the animals at HHCH. He is also going to school to be an accountant. Norbert's nick name at the orphanage is Emperor for some strange reason. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Pa Patrick:</b> Pa Patrick has been the father to the children from the very start with his wife Anna. He is a quiet, gentle-spirited man that is a rock at HHCH. He is such a hard worker and we are constantly telling him to stop sweeping the house, or to stop mixing cement or something. Often Jake will come in to the orphanage with a heavy bag of something, he'll rush to take it out of Jake's hands. He is such a sweet man and loves the Lord deeply.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Saidou:</b> Many of you already know Saidou story. He was a young muslim man who was a washer at the first car wash. He has always been very diligent and when we needed someone to fill in the place of manager, Jake thought he would do good. Jake built a strong relationship with him, and about 2 years ago he surrounded his life to Christ. He has been sold out ever since, despite some persecution from friends and family. This year he started attending Faith Bible College, we are just so proud of him. Also this year we made him the "business manager" of the WON. Keeping an eye on the three car washes was a taking a lot of Jake's time. Since Saidou has taken over, things have been flowing smoothly and it has taken a lot of pressure off of Jake. Saidou is also living at the new Meat Market which is big help.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Linda: </b>She is the manager of the first car wash. You may notice we have women managers for all the business. We've discovered that they are much more trustworthy and hard working that most of the men around. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I praise the Lord for the team that he has blessed us with here in Cameroon!!!</span>Schilinski Clanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13368566333750359553noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490649657610282027.post-27559510771776826332013-12-23T08:10:00.000+02:002013-12-23T22:41:14.252+02:00HHCH Christmas Outreach<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm back! We finally took the plunge and decided to pay a bit more for faster internet. Ours has steadily been getting worse to where it has been hard to Skype or upload photos. Jake is the one that does the ministry website so it has been frustrating in many ways. The new router was hooked up last week and it has been amazing! I can get so much more done on the internet now (or not get so much more done: I can watch all those videos ya'll post of Facebook now!). I'm hoping this will motivate me to get more blogs up as I shouldn't have to spend anymore</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> grueling hours to upload a couple of photos.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Each school break, Helping Hands Children's Home does some type of outreach. Our main goal in doing this is to teach our children the importance of reaching out to to those around them, to show them the love of Jesus. So often our kids are on the receiving end of things, we don't want them to take their blessings for granted, or to think that the ball stops there. This year we decided to visit CEFED, a home for mentally and physically handicapped children, which is about 45 minutes away from Bamenda. Ours girls got busy crocheting hats for everyone (yes, people love woolly hats here even though it is Africa). The boys made a bunch of wordless books, and we all worked on baking and decorating Christmas cookies. What an amazing morning it was! The children were so happy to see us and many became excited with the singing and drama. The hats were a hit as were the cookies. HHCH was able to bless them with clothes and toys too as they have been so blessed this past year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was a eye opening experience to our children to see how blessed they are to have a body that works correctly, that we really have nothing to complain about it. The disabilities at the home range from severe mental disabilities, children with no arms, blindness, and polio to name a few. I feel it was good for our staff to see how much easier they have it compared to the staff of CEFED. Most of the children there could not wash, dress, or feed themselves: it is a huge amount of work every single day, 365 days a year.</span></div>
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<br />Schilinski Clanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13368566333750359553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490649657610282027.post-80902044215522756312013-09-30T22:00:00.002+02:002013-09-30T22:06:55.684+02:00Heading to India<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For those of you that don't know, on Wednesday I'm flying to India for two weeks. Win Our Nations has a Florida based team heading there to visit the WON Orphanage and Bible School. It's going to be pretty amazing, my parents are leading the team so I will get to hang out with them (which doesn't happen very often). A close friend that visited us for a month last year is also on the team. So it is going to be totally awesome!! Can you tell I'm excited?! I have never been away from all my kids for that long before, in fact Jordan's current separation time is just one night... so that is going to be hard. I am also really going to miss Jake.... I fly on our on our 14th anniversary. But I am excited about flying by myself, who knows I might actually get to watch a whole movie, read a book, finish a sudoko puzzle, have a meaningful conversation with my neighbor (something I haven't done since having kids). I also have a six hour layover in Johannesburg. I told Jake last week that I could be eating a Big Mac in less then 7 days!!. It will be nice to experience a little bit of "development" (and by this I mean meandering around Duty Free trying out free perfume samples and thumbing through magazine at the kiosks) even if just for a few hours. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But most of all I am looking forward to experiencing India; the smells, sights, and tastes. I'm excited about meeting the WON staff that I have heard so much about, and communicated with only through emails. I look forward to hugging Praveen, an orphan that we have sponsored for the past seven years (plus the other 40+ children). I hope to observe how they are running the Children's Home and see if we can't improve on how things are running here. WON India bought land a few years back and is already building on it: they have a coconut farm plus a Water Buffalo venture. It will be great to see where WON Cameroon could be in a few years time too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am very grateful that Geri, the itinerant teacher with our home schooling co-op, will be teaching the boys school for the two weeks I'm gone. I won't feel like I have to catch up on anything when I get back. It is also a nice change for the boys.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know Jake is going to do awesome while I'm gone. I'm sure the kids won't even miss me as they'll probably be able to play Wii without time limits, throw footballs in the house, eat as much chocolate on their bread as they like, and in general, have an awesome time with their Dad. While the cat's away.... :D</span></div>
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Schilinski Clanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13368566333750359553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490649657610282027.post-14827064768461546682013-09-25T21:02:00.000+02:002013-09-25T21:31:45.909+02:00Scams and Scammers<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Over the last few months it has become obvious that someone is using Helping Hands Children's Home's name as a way to scam people out of their hard earned money. In July we started getting emails and messages from people in the States who had seen advertisements in Craig's List about a child that was up for adoption at our orphanage (who advertises for adoption on Craig's List?!). Since that time we have had a constant supply of emails, people desperate to find out if it was legit. Basically these scammers were saying that they could adopt a child through us, the contact name being Father Christopher. They are told to Western Union $500 to start the process, then another $3,900 after that to cover all the costs. You would not believe how many people have already given the down payment, and some even the final payment. And what is crazy is that the pictures the scammners are sending are of white kids... I'm not quite sure how people fall for this. If anyone did a second of research on Cameroon they would know it is pretty much impossible for a foreigner to adopt unless they are actually living in country and willing to give up months if not years to the process. But scamming is on the rise in West Africa (all those Nigerian princesses!). We've know quite a few people who have had some pretty crazy stings happen to them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It got really bad when we realized that these con men had copied our exact website, except for the mailing address and the donate button (it went to their own money website). Thankfully my internet-savvy-brother was able to get that shut down in a few hours but, at the end of the day, they could just make another one again. Their email address is helpinghandchildrenhome@gmail.com.... frustrating! Jake has emailed them a few times but to no great success. We have contacted the American Embassy to let them know too. Our biggest concern is that someone will think that we are the scammers and assume that there really is no orphanage. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For a few nights I was furious: how could someone be so base to scam vulnerable people wanting to adopt children in need (and using our name to do it!)? But I've let it go now. It is only by the saving grace of Jesus and His mercies, that I am not in the same pit. For now, we just cast our cares on the Lord and pray that these people will come into His marvelous light.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, if there is anyone out there that has been contacted by these people, DO NOT SEND THEM MONEY. Helping Hands Children's Home DOES NOT adopt out children. Cameroon, in general, does not allow children to be adopted out of country. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">This year, all but one of the kids at the orphanage headed to school. School in Cameroon is not compulsory or free. Students are responsible for providing uniforms, dress uniforms, sports wear, black shoes, white socks, pens, pencils, exercise books, and text books (plus, if they are taking a special exam they have to pay for that too). It can all really add up, most families can't afford to send all their kids to school, and rarely do children have all the textbooks that they need. The government schools are the cheapest so they are packed full, classes often have over 80 children with only one teacher (can you imagine teaching 80 five-year-olds!). Needless to say, the standards are pretty low. For that reason we send all our primary age children to a private school (it only has 30 to 50 pupils to a class) so that they can get a good foundation before heading to a government secondary school (equivalent of middle school). Now when you hear private school, don't think American private school, it still has a lot of room for improvement but they are better than most schools around. We are thankful for the three Helping Hands Car Washes in town whose income allows us to send the children to a better school. The last week of August was crazy busy making sure that all 29 children had everything they needed. I let out a great sigh of relief once they were all off to school!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Blessed's first day of school (Nursery 1)! He is just too adorable stomping off to school each morning in his little uniform. It is amazing to see how much he has improved in the last year. He was so weak and malnourished when he came just over a year ago. He is now on meds for the HIV in his body and is strong and healthy. Such a cutey!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I'm just so proud of these seven children (Nestor, Joel, Ocilia, Mirander, Kari, Tahirih, and Francis). They started Secondary School this year. They have come so far in the last four years. Most of them could barely speak a word of English let a lone read and write when they came to HHCH. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">We've completed week three of homeschooling (33 left!). It has just been going so well, I am really thrilled, I have a lot of peace in my heart about it. Last year was not easy being six months in the States, for most of which we were on the road. I am grateful that our kids got to see so much of the States plus tons of national parks and museums but once I got back to Cameroon it was all work and no play. So far this school year we have managed to finished by Thursday afternoon and then have fun on Fridays. Seth is studying about the Eastern hemisphere in history this year. Each week he focuses on a different region and then has to do a special project about it. The first week it was on the Pacific Island and he had to cook a meal from there. He went with a Hawaiian chicken-pineapple recipe and tropical fruit smoothies that were pretty yummy.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last week Seth was focusing on Australia. He had to draw an Aboriginal piece of art which I decided to make into everybody's art project for the week. After studying different pieces on the web, we had a go at it, it was a lot of fun. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For Jordan I traced out a snake and she painted it, not bad for a three-year-old!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I had to try my hand at it too, pretty fun. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We're into our third week of homeschool, and so far so good! I must admit I was a bit nervous about how to schedule all the boys in during the morning now that Jude is in Kindergarten. Seth has matured a lot over the summer and he is much more independent now (it's amazing the difference between 4th and 5th grade!). So the mornings have been going better than I expected. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is how a typical school morning goes chez Schilinskis: We start at 8am, Josh and Seth start on devotions and then Math and LA (which they can do by themselves). I begin devos with Jude and then get all his reading </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">out of the way</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (science, history, read-alouds, poems). Then Jude starts on his workbooks and he is all done by break at 10:30. After a quick snack (and a cup of tea for me of course), I start reading with Josh (history and read-alouds) and then do the same with Seth. We are usually done right at 1pm and if the boys have any workbooks to finish, they do that after lunch. They are also doing Typing Instructor and the French Rosetta Stone on alternate days. Fridays are our fun days with art, music, and sports. I'm seriously going to try and get them to the pool (which is a at hotel in town) once a month so they can keep improving on that (especially Jude who still isn't swimming independently yet).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's the curriculum we use for those home schooling mums who are interested; Saxon for Math, Sonlight for history, Abeka for LA and spelling, and I've started using Apologia for Science this year with Josh, which I am loving (and Josh too!). Then they have some work books as well: Wordly Wise, Map skills, MP Phonics. I am absolutely ecstatic about being back into a schedule with the kids, it just makes the whole household run much smoother </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(I've even been running/exercising more </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">consistently)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. I even got to spend a couple of hours in the garden this week. My poor garden has been severely neglected the last two month and for any of you that </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">know me, it is one of my favorite pastimes. I feel like I am back to the garden I had when we first moved into the house (ok, maybe it's not that bad) but I have a lot of weeding and pruning to do. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As some of you may remember, we always kick of the home schooling year at Sonlight Christian Academy (the missionary co-op we're a part of). It is two weeks of devotions, classes, sports, art, etc. with about 10 other missionary families. The kids had an awesome fortnight and so did I as I got to hang out with good friends that I don't get to see too often. I had a lot of fun teaching the Kindgarten class Math and LA (only two students), as well as helping out with sports; Presidential fitness testing and american football (I was a big help with that one). The theme this session was Scotland. An American family who is very "into" Scotland taught the kids about the country. Their son played the bagpipes which was pretty impressive. All in all it was a blessed two weeks to start the school year off with. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My close friend (missionary in the East) came over so we could make a cake for her son's birthday (she helped me with Jude's earlier this year)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So happy that Jordan had another little girl in preschool this time, they were inseperable</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All of the home schooling mums; a group of amazing women and a great source of encouragement to me</span></div>
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Schilinski Clanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13368566333750359553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490649657610282027.post-75086466927286142592013-08-11T00:29:00.001+02:002013-08-11T00:35:21.766+02:00Where to start....<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So much for the summer being a bit of a break. It has been absolutely nonstop since school finished in early June. I'm not complaining, it has been an awesome couple of months, just <i>very</i> full. We start up homeschooling again on Monday and I cannot wait to get back into a "normal" schedule again. So here is a quick overview of the last few months since I have severely neglected my poor little blog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We had Audrey Blake volunteering and staying with us for six months since December. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Early May Heather Yoder arrived from South Carolina for five weeks to volunteer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mid May our great friends from Iowa (Eric and Carrie Falk) came for two weeks to hang out and see the work the Lord is doing here (our house was pretty full at this point!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the end of May all HHCH kids finish school and move onto the next grade. Seven of them will be starting secondary school in September!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Early June we headed to the beach for a night before Audrey and the Falks flew home. Unfortunately a lot of us got sick so it wasn't as much fun as we were hoping.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Heather flew home mid June and we had two strange weeks of only having our family in the house (first time in over year). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">HHCH kids had the opportunity to sing at the American Embassy's July 4th celebration in Yaounde. First time for most of them to go to the capitol city, they all had a blast. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I started summer school at the Children's Home in the mornings. Not easy trying to keep 28 keeps kids busy at the same time, but they are great children and we managed it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We opened up a 3rd Helping Hands Car Wash in town (all profits go towards the orphanage). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the start of July the Eisenhuth family (Chris, Audrey, Kaylee & Dylan) arrive to stay with us for a month to help out wherever needed (especially summer school, yay!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Early July a team from Biola university volunteered at the orphanage for two weeks to help out with summer school (they made it so much fun!). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mid July 15 of the HHCH children headed to Teen Missions for six weeks of missions camp.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">End of July the Eisenhuth's flew back home and my Dad and his friend (Larry Conner) came to visit for 10 days. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We celebrated Faith Bible College's first graduation!!! Six people were commissioned back into their churches with a deeper knowledge and understanding of God's Word, so exciting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last week Faith Bible College had a three day pastor's seminar that my dad and Larry spoke at.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A couple days ago my dad and Larry flew out :(.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We had the US TMI team over for dinner two nights ago and Jake drove them down to the airport today. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So all together, I just figured out Jake has driven the 5 hour trip to or from Douala (where there airport is) 14 times in the last 3 months.... praise the Lord for a reliable vehicle! And this is on top of all the other normal busy ministry stuff that we do. So as you can see, I am ready to be back in a normal schedule!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We do feel very blessed to have so many people coming to help out and who are interested and supportive of the work over here. Please join us in prayer for more full time staff. Since our collegues resigned at the start of the year, we often feel overwhelmed and Jake is pretty much going non-stop. We are praying about bringing a Cameroonian pastor as full time staff to coordinate the Bible school. This would free Jake up tremendously. Keep us in your prayers please, thanks!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For those of you who may not have heard, on February 19th, a French family that worked in Yaoundé (the political capital city of Cameroon) were vacationing in northern Cameroon. They were visiting the Waza National Park; a dad, mum, 4 kids (ages 5-12), plus an uncle. Early one morning their vehicle was stopped at gunpoint and they were kidnapped. Later Boko Haram, an Islamist group, claimed they had taken them and were making demands for prisoners to be released in Cameroon among other things. This family is friends with two of our good friends in Yaounde; their kids went to the same school, hung out together, run races together, etc. So this was the closest I had ever been to something like this, where it was personally effecting people that I know and love. Cameroon is a relatively safe country (compared to our neighbors) but we still have to take precautions. We have bars on our windows, we have guards dogs, we try not to travel after dark, etc. In the North were Islam is stronger, people have to be even more careful. Personally, we have never felt threaten or in danger in all our nine years here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the "white" community, hearing things like this does stirs up worries and fears. We were actually discussing going to the precise spot next year for our family vacation. The French children were almost the exact ages of our kids and it is hard not to picture yourself in the same situation... how would I be feeling? how would Jude and the rest of our children handle those sort of circumstances? what are they going through at this exact moment? Through it all we just decided not to be led by fear (worry wasn't going to help anyone anyway, right?) and just lean and trust on Jesus for their safety. We lifted them up in prayer every night and encouraged our kids to do the same whenever they thought of them. I know that hundreds/thousands of other people were praying for them too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">During the first few weeks after their capture, a couple of youtube videos appeared of the family surrounded by mask men with machine guns. They were increasingly looking more thin, drawn, and worn. For the last month there had been no new news of them and I must admit I was starting to wonder what was going to happen to them. How were their faring? The North of Cameroon is extremely hot and they had mentioned in a video that they were suffering from the heat and they didn't know how much longer they could hold out. France had declared (and rightly so) that they would not negotiate or pay a ransom for the family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then on Friday, exactly 2 months since they were taken, we got news that they had been released!! I told the boys and everyone in the house at the time and we all hooped and hollered and offered up thanks to the Lord ( I also shed a tear or two). Aside from being extremely thin, they had been unharmed. They flew home on Saturday and we are just so thrilled that this story had a happy ending. I know they will have a lot of recovering and healing to do, but still, I get a skip in my heart every time I think of their release. We do serve a mighty God!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>20ft step ladder: </b>Jake had made us a wooden ladder which I couldn't use as I could hardly pick it off the ground let alone get it upright as it was so heavy. In the States we found the step ladder at a yard sale and toted it across the country on top of our RV which was highly embarrassing but totally worth it. I can now trim all my bushes, change light bulbs, and paint the ceiling without the risk of breaking my neck by standing on piled up chairs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>American size refrigerator:</b> My fridge here in Cameroon was on its last legs as we bought it secondhand over eight years ago. The thermostat was gone and it couldn't get fixed so it was on timer which never really worked; everything inside was either frozen or spoiling. We weren't planning on shipping another one but a few days before the trailer was shipped we still had extra space. We ran around for a morning looking at different appliances on sale and finally found this one at Best Buy of all places. It was super cheap as it has a scratch on the front and it was a display model. I stilled hummed and harred about spending the money but Jake insisted that we get it. I am sooooo pleased we did, it has been such a massive blessing. We have lots of people over all the time so I need to stay well stocked with food. It is also awesome to have a top freezer (my last fridge didn't); we can have cubed ice now (if we make ice in our deep freezer it tastes like the dog's fish in there). Little things like ice make life much more pleasant! I thank the Lord for the fridge each time I open it. If we had bought it here it would have been at least triple the price (if you look closely you might see your picture on it :D)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Larger generator: </b>Someone also gave us a much bigger generator than what we had before. Our last one would either run the fridge or freezer and a couple of lights. The new one can run both appliances, the washer, hot water heater and my tea kettle (makes this English women happy!) without any difficulties. This is truly helpful for when we have those long power cuts of a few days at a time. Our old one is heading down to the bible school so they can have lights and the projector on nights that the electric goes out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Popcorn seasoning:</b> Jake's cousin bought us a ton of popcorn seasoning. Popcorn is probably one of our top snacks here as corn is cheap and abundant. We generally sprinkle sugar or salt on it. Well, life has become a little brighter with the discovery of these little shakers bursting with flavour. I thought ranch was may favourite till we popped open the jalspeño one the other night. Only downside is that we're eating popcorn most nights now!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since the container came in, we have been sorting and boxing up all the clothes that we're donated for the orphanage. It has been quite the project, let me tell you! Last week I went through all the older girls closets at HHCH, took away things that were spoiled, passed garments down, and give out new clothes. It was a lot of fun, girls sure do love clothes! This afternoon I finally got a chance to sit down with the boys and go through their clothes. It was a different story with the boys, they weren't quite so willing to give up their old-stained-tight-clothes, but they were excited to get some new duds too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So what are we doing with all the stained, stretched out, old clothes you ask? Well, I am making my first rag rug with them! I youtubed it and am on my way to a beautiful rug. Once I have mastered it (or at least can make it look like something that resembles a rug) I plan on teaching the technique to the girls. It will be a good skill for them to know, it will give the orphanage some floor coverings, and who knows, maybe we could sell some to generate some extra income for the Children's Home. I'm thinking a rug made from scarps of African material would be pretty awesome!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blessings and Aruna were also busy this afternoon, they got a fence up around the new tomato garden that has been put in the front. The guard dog, Samson, loves to lay in the cool soil so a fence was in order. Jake got them started and told them he would be back in an hour or two to help but by the time he returned they were all finished. </span></div>
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<br />Schilinski Clanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13368566333750359553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490649657610282027.post-87567325282844944892013-03-13T17:08:00.001+02:002013-03-13T17:08:12.687+02:00Audrey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Meet Audrey, a young lady that is volunteering with Win Our Nations Cameroon for six months. When we were back in the States we got an email from her explaining that she had seen our website and that she was interested in coming to Africa to help. She is a friend of a friend; that is how she initially heard about us. Audrey had a bunch of confirmations about coming to Cameroon and one of the biggest ones was when she went to meet the missions director of her church to discuss her trip. Audrey found out that we were good friends with the director. In fact, she was a leader on a mission trip that Jake took to England back in '96. It sure is a small world! As we could not get the same exact flight on the way back to Cameroon in December, we met up with Audrey at Brussels Airport for a few brief minutes before we were herded into different parts of the plane. Then we were reunited on African soil about nine hours later. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Audrey has been such a blessing to have here. She is a preschool teacher by profession so she is great with kids. Everyone at the orphanage absolutely adores her. She is such a hard worker and I don't think I have heard her complain once (being a farm girl really helps!). It is a blessing to have an extra pair of hands around the house, she helps out a ton with our brood (particulary Jude's preschool). I do feel sorry for her sometimes as Jude and Jordan are constantly at her door when she is in her room. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the orphanage, Audrey is tutoring three specific children that are struggling in school. She is also doing some preschool with Blessed and Godwill, our two youngest. The girls at HHCH have LOVED the sleepovers that Audrey's had there. She is also helping out at the youth group at church and has even had the opportunity to assist another missionary family with their kids for a week in a village. She is willing to try anything! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And above I appreciate the spiritual maturity of this young lady, she has a real deep and intimate relationship with Jesus. She has been fearless in her street evangelism and the love of the Lord shines out of her. She has already hit the half way mark which is hard to believe as it feels like we just got back and are still settling in. We are planning on spending a few days at the beach before she flies out on the first of June. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Audrey was also a massive blessing when the container came in. She pretty much solely sorted the hundreds of books that were donated; whether they went to the orphanage, bible school, church, etc. She organized most of the clothes too. I would have to tell her to go to bed at a 11pm at night!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, having said all that, we are ALWAYS looking for more volunteers/interns... whether for a month or a year. There is never a lull in work here and we can always find you something to do. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The last few weeks have been super busy as we just finished our missionary home schooling co-op, Sonlight Christian Academy. It was an awesome two weeks where about 7 missionaries families came from all over Cameroon to the Baptist Center here in town, and us parents taught the kids different subjects. I had the privilege of teaching LA to the 3rd and 4th graders, helping out in music class, and instructing the dolphin swimming class (I got a lovely tan!). As always the kids had a fantastic time hanging out with all their friends and having someone else other than "boring ol' Mum" teaching them. It was also very tiring as we are out the door at 7:30am and not back till 5:30 most nights (I was hitting the sack at about 8:30pm). So it is nice to be back to normal schedule again. Pictures will be coming soon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today I finally got the chance to take down the hundreds of children's books that were donated to the orphanage while we were back in the States. It was a lot of fun to sort through them all and then get them up on the shelves. Of course the kids were very happy to have some fresh reading material and library time went extra long today. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We filled almost another whole shelf up today. A massive thanks to everyone that donated books! And this isn't all of them, I pulled some of the bible story ones out to use at our church for kid's club. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All these books have been donated over the years. I'm thrilled that even outside kids are now coming in and borrowing them. In a culture where reading it not a normal pastime, it is great to see kids excited about books.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Library time comes right after out weekly kid's club at the orphanage. Karen Jackson, a Wycliffe missionary in town, has been helping out with the younger class. She brings lots of children from her neighbourhood, it is great to see HHCH so full. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have been working on the rubbish system at the Children's Home. When we left in June there was a massive hole in the back yard that had been dug to throw trash into. When we got back it was more than overflowing. There is a truck that comes around once a week to pick up trash but you have to be at the side of the road as it passes to hand them your rubbish. So it is not the most reliable system, but at least there is something. But now we have a three bucket system; compost, scraps for the chickens, and fire. It has taken a bit to drill it into everyone but it seems that it is finally working and the kids are sorting their rubbish accordingly. The compost is overflowing and giving us plenty of good, rich soil to add to our farms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today we have a bunch of tomato plants, garlic, leaks, and onions sprouting. Looking forward to our first harvest!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, I told myself I wasn't allowed to write another blog until I got caught up on everything I needed to get done in the last month (i</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">n January we took back all the responsibilities that we had given to the Borns, our co-workers, when we left.)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. Praise God I have finally caught up on ministry finances including closing out all the accounts for 2012, completed all the sponsorship and update letters for the orphanage, got the HHCH animal records back in order as well as the HHCH kitchen records up-to-date and the shelves all stocked and inventoried. I also had a day of prayer and planning with all my children's workers from the church and we planned out the year. And I have just about replied to all the emails in my inbox. I feel a great weight has lifted on my shoulders as I'm not playing catch-up anymore. So I hope to be more faithful with my blog now!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">December was getting over jet-lag, getting our house back into working order, getting our truck going, getting all our utilities and contracts back up, and the other million personal things that needed to get done. Oh, and Christmas of course.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since getting back it has definitely taken a while to get into our normal routine. Finally, finally I am waking up at 5:30 again and it isn't like torture to drag myself out of bed. Jake is back to managing the two car washes, teaching at Faith Bible College, preaching at church, getting projects at the children's Home finished up, and making sure that the new bus for the orphanage is getting fixed and painted the way we want it. Home schooling has been going Ok and is definitely getting smoother each week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The much needed bus for HHCH. It is currently having an "extreme makeover." Should be finished this week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We had a lot of fun setting up decoration at the orphanage for Christmas, the kids had an awesome time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On December 20th we celebrated Seth's 10th Birthday! He had a bunch of friends over, Jake made a big slip 'n slide in the back yard (thankfully the water was on!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then it was time for us to find our own Christmas tree. We usually find a big Cyprus tree in someone's yard and ask them if we can lop the top off. This year we just couldn't find a good one. So finally just a day or two before Christmas we found a little one in a garden. It was more of a ball than a triangle but it worked. I let the kids decorate it all themselves this year (with the help of some of their neighbourhood friends).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jake's Dad's church, Grace Baptist Church, in Henreitta, Texas, sent presents back with us for each of the children. They were full of little goodies like candy, pens, coloring books, skip ropes, and balls as well as some practical things like toothpaste and toothbrushes, socks, soap, etc. It was so cool to see the kids faces light up when opening them. For five of our children this was the very first time to ever celebrate Christmas!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Usually we go camping on the beach for New Years with a bunch of other missionaries. We didn't feel we should go this year as we had just got back, so our awesome friends who we usually go with, decided to come up to Bamenda and celebrate the New Year with us here. We had a fantasitc week with them, hanging out, staying up way too late, eating way too much, hiking and picnicking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">New Year's Eve we made a massive fire, sang songs, played charades, and ate smores. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, I think that catches me up to just about now. Phew!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, we made it back to Africa and we are just about back to Cameroon time. Jet lag had us all in a headlock for a few days there. It was a LONG 3 days of travel to get here, never easy with kids, 12 pieces of luggages, and 12 carry-ons, but we all made it in one piece, praise the Lord! On the way back to Bamenda, the Landrover started having brake issues so we had to slow right down (welcome back to Africa!). We didn't get in till it was dark. And as we pulled into Bamenda, all the electricity was out over town (welcome back to Africa!). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some friends were waiting at the house for us (and a dinner had been cooked). As we pulled up, it was pitch black, we were trying to hug people, the dogs were going crazy barking and jumping up on us, it was absolute chaos! Then we decided to run down to the orphanage (we had already called to tell them that we were not coming as it was so late). They were in the middle of devos when we walked in and it took them a few seconds to register who we were (a combination of it being pitch black and them not expecting us). Then we literally got squeezed alive. It was so lovely to see all of them again, they have all grown so much. We headed back to the Children's Home the next day (when the lights were on) and they had a presentation for us with songs, a drama, and even two speeches, they are some special kids! Check out the link below to see their welcome song for us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lots of catching up to do with the house, ministry, and homeschooling ( I am ROCKETING away at school with the boys), so it is going to be go go go for the next few weeks. Still hoping to catch up on my blog, and post about the other States we visited while in the US. I need a few more hours in the day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our lunch stop on the way up to the NW; Soya, our favourite (grilled meat)!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can you believe it, it has been a whole year since we went on that long trip out to the village of Benadae to see tiny baby Godwill. Just 4lbs at three weeks old, we knew that if we didn't bring him into the Children's Home he wouldn't last much longer. He got some extra TLC the first few months of his life (from our co-workers the Borns who looked after him tirelessly night and day) and he soon started gaining weight. Today, he is a healthy, happy one-year-old! He is starting to cruise around furniture and I'm sure by the time we get back in December he will be toddling around. I can't wait to get my arms around him!! A massive THANK YOU to everyone that prayed for this little guy, gave us much needed advice on how to fatten him up with out making him sick, and for those that give financially to cover the extra cost of hiring a lady to care for him, formula, and all the expenses that comes from having a baby. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shortly after we got him, he had to spend the night at the hospital as he was so dehydrated</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Baby Godwill today!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To read the complete story of how we got Baby Godwill, read it in my blog post a year ago:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the start of September we headed to Muscatine in East Iowa to spend a week with Jake's Step-Mom, Heidi. She lives on the edge of town with about 4 acres. She has stables with a couple of horses plus lots of other fun animals; a pot belly pig, goats, dogs, cats, kittens, sheep, peacocks, turkeys and chickens (a regular petty zoo). The kids just loved it, it felt a bit like home in Africa with all the animals and open spaces (and plenty of chores!). Heidi gives riding lessons to local kids so the boys got plenty of time to ride and plus some great advice. It was a little different for them to sit on saddles and not use the horse's knee as a stepping stool to get up on the horse, but it was also nice for them to ride horses with a bit more "get up and go" than they are used to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I got to ride a lot too! This horse was amazing, you clucked to get him to walk, kissed kissed to get him to trot and told him to blow to canter! Very obedient and absaloutly beautiful. It was a little different for me to ride the "western style,' the horse has to keep his head down the whole time and I had to hold the reigns a little differently, but I had a ton of fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is what happened within the first two hours of getting to Heidi's. We put Jordan on the back of a horse with another little girl and led them around the arena. As they were getting ready to dismount, the horse sidestepped and off they both slid. Jordan whacked her chin on a rock and it just split right open. The other girl landed on her side, but other than being a bit sore, was fine. Thankfully the little girl's mother was a nurse who quickly ran home for supplies, cleaned out the wound, and cauterized it with silver nitrate which pulled it together nicely (saved us a trip to the ER). Jordan was a trooper and put up with it all very well, she's a toughie! She does have a nice scar though!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Heidi came out to Cameroon earlier in the year. She got the stars and the sign made by our welder friend while there. We're going to show him what his finish product looks like.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grandma Heidi and the kiddos (Jordan in her new cowboy boots)</span></div>
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