HOMEY NEWS

Steve and I are having a fun day together. After eating banana pancakes, we watered the garden together. I planted more kale and spinach. Then we washed some clothes together.

Washing clothes by hand is crazy, but we have found a way to make it fun. We tell each other stories from our childhood. It’s fun reliving old memories!

Then I made lunch while Steve went across the street to the local bar----and gave a Bible study! Seriously, the owner has become a good friend and has given his heart to God! It is exciting to see him pour over the Bible and make decisions for a new life. It is extremely hard for people here to step apart from the family and make decisions that will set them apart, as in worshipping God on Saturday instead of Sunday.

A neighbor girl also came over and helped me with some housework. She peeled some coco yam and then picked some rice. Most of the time Steve and I do all our own chores, but sometimes the local young people like a little extra money. Today, the girl wanted to help me without pay. She did not say, but I suspect she was grateful that we paid for a Medical Clinic visit recently. She had some type of skin rash, but she is much better now.

Another mundane chore that can be fun is picking the hulls out of our “wild” whole grain rice. We did a little of that today also. Steve and I see a lot more of each other than in California, and we like it! God is good!

This last week we celebrated Youth Day on Thursday. The event actually included activities on every day Mon thru Thurs, and Friday was a holiday. So it was an interesting and fun week! Monday the school children did a community project—we swept the “compound” of a local ruler. On Tuesday running races and soccer games were held here in Lassin; our children ran but were some of the youngest runners. On Wednesday we made small Cameroonian flags for the children to carry while marching on Thursday. On Thursday we marched with all the other schools. It seemed like everyone and his brother was marching in a school or some kind of club. Our school received a small prize of a plastic bucket, plastic bowl, and some small notebooks. There was also a teacher get-together that day; that was nice and interesting. There was also a teacher get-together that day; that was nice and interesting. At that event, a heated argument began over the fact that a local education dignitary had been called away from our get-together to be hosted by another group.

Carol