I realize that I owe you all a post; however, with life settling into a routine here in Cameroon, I feel I don’t have much news to share. Of course, life in another country is not all about the adventure and danger, so I guess this post will just share life as it happens.
As I speak of life being routine, my housemate walks into my room, turns off my lights, and turns the head lamp (that’s on her head) to the strobe setting. Maybe I should rethink that comment about life possibly being boring. With the three of us in the house, it rarely is boring.
School continues going well. We are finishing up week number seven of the school year. It’s crazy how quickly life moves by! Tuesday I taught 4th grade for the other teacher while she went up to help with the prison ministry. I love all of the kids here. They definitely have made teaching an interesting, unpredictable experience. And they’re always good to bring me some laughs. My girls watch videos for most of their classes. Elizabeth has discovered that her history teacher often repeats certain words. So after each history lesson, she proceeds to share his most-used words of the day. Today, I think he said “then” 18 times. He also likes the words, “obviously” and “of course.” Naturally, we have started noticing each other’s idiosyncrasies in class now.
I think Cameroon has brought out my creative juices. Yesterday I was in a productive mood, so I decided to try to fix a battery powered lantern in my room. I figured out that a small metal piece had broken off, so the power wasn’t able to be conducted when the switch was turned on. I pulled out my tweezers and a paper clip and set to work. A few hours later (which included a break for dinner), I successfully turned on the lantern. Sam used it last night and said that it stopped working. I think it just doesn’t like her because the lantern turned on fine for me today. I think it will be fine as long as I don’t jiggle it around too much. The paper clip, of course, is very fragile.
Today I was able to attend the prayer meeting at the new church plant in Foumbot (a town about 30 minutes away). I went with C to a one-on-one Bible study she’s doing with a very new believer. It was so exciting to see how God is working to change lives. We were talking about baptism, and it was thrilling to hear Tatiana clearly explain back to us what one must understand in order to be baptized. Pray for the church plant. There are only about 4 or 5 regulars that attend on Sunday and on Wednesday. God is doing a work, but we must be faithful to continue to persevere.
