Monthly Archives: September 2010

Yippee, we’re on the way to the beach!

9/9 Drove to Yaounde, about 320 miles, done in about 8 hours, a marked improvement over our travel on the same road last spring. We are so thankful for the road crews! This beautiful curve in the road maybe was …

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Maia Esengo

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Maia Esengo is here!

We received this message yesterday and received photos today and wanted to share our joy!!!!
Dear Family,
Maia Esengo was born at 3:43 am today, Sept. 13, weighing in at a whopping 8lbs 7 3/4 oz and stretching a full …

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Who is this? Tweedledum?


No, and not Tweedledee either. It’s not a pregnant lady, it’s our buddy Benoit, keeping his backpack dry in the downpour. We had 6 inches of rain Friday night in a heavy downpour, and then 3 inches on Sunday in …

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The container arrived!!

The container got to Douala, Cameroon, the second week in June. Because the customs papers are handled by a very very busy company from long distance (our agent/helper in Bangui, CAR), it can sometimes take a long time. Well, due …

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and 2 minutes later…


So I just finish posting about the millipede and I step outside on our back porch to go to our kitchen (yes, our kitchen is out back, not connected to the house except with the continuous roof) and I spy …

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Yikes, a night visitor!!!

There I was, peacefully reading by flashlight under our mosquito net at about 4am because I couldn’t sleep (sound familiar, all you over 50-ers?) when out of the corner of my eye what do I see? A millipede. He wasn’t …

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The buddies are back!


Kim & Jan – sorry, Jan isn’t looking as happy as she might in this photo, but I caught them in the midst of work and snapped the photo quick!

Ann, trying to open a well used and well secured …

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