{"id":1566,"date":"2012-10-14T06:16:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-14T05:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=1566"},"modified":"2012-10-14T06:17:40","modified_gmt":"2012-10-14T05:17:40","slug":"in-the-big-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2012\/10\/14\/in-the-big-city\/","title":{"rendered":"In the BIG city!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, so we drove from our little podunk mission station\/town in the bush to the bustling metropolis of Yaounde on Thursday. \u00a0It took us about 9 hours to cover about 315 miles over roads that evolve gradually from very rough, barely two lane dirt to very smooth, amply two lane asphalt. \u00a0We left a sparsely populated COUNTRY of about 5 million people to a densely populated CITY of about 2.5 million. \u00a0At Gamboula, our home, we are absolutely spoiled by having electricity and potable tap water 24\/7. \u00a0The true blessing of this was emphasized when we arrived to the BIG city and were greeted with many hour long gaps in the electricity and a half day without running water.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/10\/blog-Yde-hairwash-10.12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1567\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/10\/blog-Yde-hairwash-10.12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"322\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/10\/blog-Yde-hairwash-10.12.jpg 322w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/10\/blog-Yde-hairwash-10.12-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/10\/blog-Yde-no-elec-10.12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1568\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/10\/blog-Yde-no-elec-10.12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/10\/blog-Yde-no-elec-10.12.jpg 360w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/10\/blog-Yde-no-elec-10.12-300x280.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ron &amp; Janet Ziegelbaur, our Yaounde hosts, thankfully have buckets of rainwater and candles galore available for use. \u00a0They are accustomed to these shortages, and have sometimes gone for many days (even a week or more) without water and\/or electricity. \u00a0You can see me using our two laptops for desks and Roy helping me wash my hair outside with rainwater. \u00a0Didn&#8217;t my sister especially try to get rainwater to wash her hair when she was younger because it is supposed to make your hair soft??? \u00a0Never mind that the bucket had a bit of algae in the bottom, and never mind that the dog came and drank out of it as we were finishing up. \u00a0A little dog saliva is a good substitute for gel, right??!!! 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