Ron can make anything look good. Maybe it’s his German background, maybe it’s his excellent organizational skills, maybe it’s just that he has an eye for what looks good.
He transformed the trash burning area at RFIS from this messy …
Month: January 2011
Sweet Language Learning
To earn some money and get started in small business, often guys here in Yaounde will purchase a small supply of things like pocket kleenex, or candies to sell on the street. As they earn money they can buy more …
The Latest Visitor With a Need
Here’s a gentleman who has been to our house a couple of times — looking for money for medical help. He was in a motorcycle accident that damaged his leg. I spared you the close up view, in which you …
Ron’s Outdoor Shop Class
Ron gets to teach a class this semester! Just as he’s been wanting to do, and as the school had been hoping for, he will teach woodworking two days a week. He and his 3 students (one was not able …
Teachers Coming & Going!
There have been big changes in the teaching staff both at Rain Forest International School (RFIS) and at the Elementary level Parent Run School (PRS) already this year. When a school depends on volunteer short term or long term missionaries
… Hiking Mt. Nkolbisan
Unlike other places we’ve lived in Africa, there are many big hills around Yaounde. Every once in a while Ron says, “One of these days we gotta go climb one of those hills.” So Christmas break was the perfect opportunity.…
Happy Quiet New Years
Ron got a great idea for a New Year’s Eve party. Actually it was motivated by a desire to find a quiet place to sleep!
For New Year’s Eve we invited the missionary community to an afternoon of games followed …
Christmas in Cameroon
I can’t really call this our “first Christmas” in Cameroon, since we were here for Christmas in 2002, after evacuating from Central African Republic. But that’s a different story!
This year season got off to an international start Dec. 3 …