The trip back from Yaounde

We thought we’d have an uneventful trip back home to Gamboula.  After all, wasn’t there enough excitement for us on the way there??  Sorry, no.  We had a flat tire about an hour out from Yaounde.  It was a good …

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Celebrations!

We had another church service celebrating our local women’s group’s achievements in wonderfully basic things like memorization of verses and the books of the bible.  There is always alot of pomp and circumstance as they are awarded their ribbons to …

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Dentistry ala Africa

What do you do when a crown falls off and you live in Gamboula which is a long day’s drive from the nearest dentist?   I made an appointment, thankfully conveniently coinciding with our next big trip to the big city.  …

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Packing up for a ride on a Cessna – single prop 5 passenger mission plane

Lori & Josh and their 2 year old are going to live in the boonies, and they opted to fly 2 hours or so rather than drive 14 + hours to their new home.   They will be studying Fulfulde and …

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Screench – crunkle – wumpety

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We had a plan.  We were going to drive to Yaounde in the usual approximate 9 hours.  We were going to get our friend, Johanna, into town in time to catch her midnight flight to Sweden.  We were going to …

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Passing on knowledge

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After rearranging the surgical suite, I’ve been having inservices with all the hospital employees, to insure that they see and understand the changes.  I’ve had some great questions asked of me and there have been a couple of suggestions that …

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The DHCPgives the IP and then there’s the MASK and the NIC but never forget the DNS

We’ve been blessed with our own personal nerd this past month.  Last week, he gave a few of us classes every afternoon, so we can try, and believe me, the operative word is try, to troubleshoot our satellite internet problems …

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Quiet time

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How about this cute little old man??  It’s early morning, and for some, there’s a chill in the air, enough to warrant a jacket or sweater.  You’ve gotten your machete (leaning up against the house) and your rake out, …

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Please keep praying for this troubled country

You might think from our blog posts that things are okay, but the fact remains that we are in a protected bubble of peace in our area, and many other parts of the country continue to suffer.  We will keep …

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Whoo hooo!!! Internet out at the farm!

Thanks to Josh and Timothy and Marius and their tree climbing adventures, we have internet available in our house out at the farm, 3 miles over hilly terrain from the satellite dish.   Josh masterminded a plan to attach a relay …

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