Good morning from N’gaoundéré in Cameroon.
Jack has departed already with Pastor Etienne Fomgbami for a village church ~ 25 kms away. Etienne is back from holidays – now Jack has his work cut out for him! Several short evangelizing trips with a few not so short – I may even get to at least one Pygmy village, as that is at least one of the proposed trips.
Myself/we are busy talking/meeting and planning with William Besem (Fanta has been off work caring for her baby, David. He is recovering and doing well). We met with William yesterday afternoon – just getting through protocol as to what will be best in the future, regarding the Hospital and the church. We meet with the children on Sunday again – plans are to make cards and take pics for their cards. We will buy another soccer ball – maybe we could find a badminton set – to play games. Actually our back yard is huge and flat, we could have games there.
This past week has had us doing many things… the weekends are always very busy. This past Sunday we attended our Cross and Crown Lutheran Church where Jack served as pastor from ’99 to ’03. The people were overjoyed to see us. Squeezing hugs! It was their ‘launching’ of four weeks of Thanksgiving offerings – Oh, how we remember them! Jack would have to watch his step not to step on roosting rooster or the dung of a goat while he preached – we all know how he moves around while presenting his sermon. Good memories – good times…
Intern: Grace Endah
The children sing between lessons
Let's get a piece of cake...
I’ve chosen to do a collage of walkabout photos to show you where we live – the rains have ceased, I wanted to capture the green lush looks of the mission station. Soon all will become dry as the desert! - with the red harmattan dusts from the Sahara. The funny part is the most blooming appears during this season, from the bare leafed Frangapani tree to beautiful firey colours of the Flamboyant trees, Jackaranda trees that spread a carpet of purple-blue blossoms on the ground, along with the many coloured Bougainvillea bushes, that are scattered throughout the mission homes.
On Friday AM very early there was much hustle and bustle outside in our front yard – the long awaited huge container arrived, after spending many months in Douala port! To watch the unloading is very interesting. There is not a space left to even fit a small parcel – most of the items sent from Global Health Ministries in Minneapolis, MN are medical supplies for the three hospitals in the area: Garoua-Boulaï – OS-EELC (Protestant Hospital, N’gaoundéré) and Goumbela. Some items are very large and very heavy.
Jack will be presenting a 2 hour bible study in a village called, MBbellang, on ‘How can I make the most of the rest of my life’’ on Saturday with a return on Sunday at 8 AM to preach at their service. We hope to be back by 2 for the Kids Helping Kids (KHK). Busy, we’ll be ‘bushed’!!
Our prayers are uplifted for Jeanne Fomgbami who is studying in a Seminary in Nigeria. She was not hurt last week when she was robbed (luckily not of much money) but she was traumatized.
We are excited that the first woman/women will be ordained on May 06, 2012. On Sunday, our long time friend, Grace Endah, theologian/intern preached at Cross and Crown (CCC). She is their intern. Jack worked with Grace for the four years he was pastor in CCC. She and Judith Takwi Mufuh were in this congregation and virtually were interns in training. Our prayers are with Grace, we have shared the joys and the grieving (the death of her 17 month old David) with her and her family over the years. We ask for prayers for all seeking ordaination in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Cameroon (ELCC) Eglise Évangélique Luthérienne Cameroun (EELC). We are all sisters and brothers in Christ, as we are, Companions in Synod, MNO/ELCIC with ELCC/EELC in Cameroon.
Until next time, Jack & Val
Life is like a library owned by the author.
In it are a few books which he wrote himself,
but most of them were written for him.
In it are a few books which he wrote himself,
but most of them were written for him.
-Harry Emerson Fosdick
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