Category Archives: Cameroon
First day of School
School started last Monday and it’s so hard to believe our boys are in 1st & 3rd grades! Our school year starts with a time called FES. This is when families who live in villages and home school their children … Continue reading
Seeing clearly
Last week I misplaced my glasses. I couldn’t find them anywhere. DeAnna even sent out an email message to the entire Yaoundé based mission community with a picture of me wearing the glasses enlisting everyone’s help to search for my … Continue reading
Plants
I like to walk a soccer field in the morning when I can. I usually use this time to listen to the ipod, walk and reflect on my mental to do list. Yesterday Jonah asked if he could join me. … Continue reading
Pass it On
The song I sang often as a child rings through my head as I write this, Pass It On. It only takes a spark to get a fire a going…. that’s how it is with God’s love, once you’ve experienced … Continue reading
Opposite
Recently the boys were watching an Arthur DVD (the aardvark from PBS). The episode was opposite day and everything was the opposite, for example, they would say goodbye to greet someone instead of hello. That’s the best way to describe … Continue reading
Water
Before we lived in Yaoundé, I never thought about running water. At our first house we had some plumbing issues and the water would be turned off to fix a pipe, but it was only for a couple hours at … Continue reading
Getaway
David took the week off and we got away as a family. This is our first “vacation” in a few years. It was wonderful to just go somewhere as a family. We went to Kribi, about four hours from Yaoundé … Continue reading
Busy House
We have friends who are serving in the Philippines and recently I read one of her blogs about all the visitors who come to her door in a day. I would like to share how busy our door can be. … Continue reading
Rug
School was officially over June 3rd and I started homeschooling with the boys on June 6th. I wanted to focus on things they wouldn’t learn here, for example: Pledge of Allegiance, Symbols of the USA, etc… After homeschooling time the … Continue reading
D squared + J squared = Anderson 