We have added a new creature to our home, Fluffy. Fluffy was named before the boys even saw him but they both were in agreement that Fluffy is a good name for a cat. So we picked the kitten up in a borrowed car and placed the box with the kitten between the two boys. I’m pretty sure that the kitten had never been in a closed box or a car before and he was extremely scared and jumped out of the box and hid in the back of the station wagon with the cat food that we had just purchased for him.
The boys are adjusting to a new playmate by showing him that he can fit in almost any drawer in the house, trashcans and even the suitcase. Unfortunately, Fluffy got a little scared when they zipped the suitcase shut and he had a little kitty accident.
And in case anyone was wondering – the cat also likes the blue tape.
A few weeks after arriving in Yaoundé, we found a woman, Helene, who makes bagels and English muffins to sell. You place an order 2 weeks in advance and she delivers homemade bagels and/or English muffins to your door. (Most businesses here run like that and are word of mouth) No one goes anywhere during a downpour and several weeks ago she was caught in a downpour upon delivery at our house. She came in, sat down and we chatted. She explained her previous employer of 10 years left the country and she was in desperate need of steady work, because the bagel and English muffin business was only a side business. Last week a woman who works at the school placed a special order with Helene and the delivery was going to take place at our house. Helene arrived and there was some miscommunication with the order and an extra dozen bagels were here. Helene was very upset explaining she couldn’t be out the cost of the order. DeAnna purchased the bagels and walked over to a newly arrived family and gave them the bagels and explained who to order them from if they would like more. Well, they liked the bagels and made the call to order more and somehow got into a conversation with her and ended up hiring her to help them around their home.
I’m excited to hear how this type of technology is accelerating the pace and empowering the mother tongue translators. I also would ask for your prayers for this technology in Cameroon. I have been tasked with the coordination of implementing this type of system in Cameroon and the teams will be coming in a few weeks for the initial evaluations and I ask for your prayers for those that are coming and that I will be able to help them work out the various components to allow this to be a success.
When I got back to the site I looked for the ladder that I used last time I was there and it was nowhere to be found, so I looked around and I saw a desk that was sitting outside so I moved that over to the corner of the building where I needed access. As I moved the furniture I thought this is probably more secure than half of the ladders I’ve used. I hopped up on top of the desk, unlocked the network cabinet and disconnected all the cables and unscrewed the switch and as I tried to hold the switch with one hand and unscrew the last screw holding it in place three 6 inch lizards that were hiding on top of the switch decided to join me. As I dropped the switch and took 2 steps back on the desk the lizards fell into the cabinet and looked for a better resting spot.
D squared + J squared = Anderson 