Category Archives: Cameroon
Hospital Part II
I arrived back to find DeAnna and Jonah and the nurse in the same waiting room; they were waiting for the room to be cleaned. The nurse went and waited in line to put the deposit down on the surgery … Continue reading
Hospital Part I
A little over two weeks ago I received a call that Jonah had an accident at school and I needed to bring the nurse to come get him. We found Jonah with another parent who was keeping him away from … Continue reading
Emergency Contact
DeAnna likes to scan the boys school work to eventually make digital memory books of their handiwork. This has been a huge blessing since we are so mobile and can’t keep a collection of their papers. While she was scanning, … Continue reading
Bats – Bon appétit
I recently was asked if it was OK if someone killed the bats that fly around our homes because they were making so much noise that it was making it difficult to sleep. I didn’t have a problem with it … Continue reading
Accident
Recently one of our members had a small fender bender on the way to work. I was called since I’m the first point of contact in an accident and another member who stopped to help her; accidently locked their car … Continue reading
Understanding submission to authority
Living in a different culture gives you the opportunity to view life with a different pair of glasses. There are many different stages to learning to live in the culture and we are way past the honeymoon stage but recently … Continue reading
CAM Cars
There is an annual Pinewood Derby race during the spring school session when all the children are together. David coordinated the CAM Car Race again this year, (Last year’s post) helping build, sand and paint cars, as well as … Continue reading
Goodbyes
I don’t know anyone who likes goodbyes. Everyone has a different way to deal with goodbyes; some try to avoid them, some start separating or even arguing in advance to try to avoid the emotional pain, some face it head … Continue reading
Take Out
When we lived in Independence, Lee’s Summit and Pleasant Hill, we had a drawer full of take out menus. We also had magnets from various restaurants on our refrigerator. We thought it was wonderful when restaurants started curb side to … Continue reading
What we love about Cameroon….
Fresh tropical fruit (super sweet bananas, mangoes, pineapples, papaya, avocado) Free coconuts on the tree in the front yard. It’s always summer weather with consistent temperatures and daylight hours. Smiles and excitement of children running up to us to shake … Continue reading
D squared + J squared = Anderson 