As I write this, it’s Feb. 2 and snow is blasting Midwest USA. We’re in hot dry season, but just got a cool breeze and a few drops of rain – the first in WEEKS! Whether you’re enjoying warm sunny …
Pray for Patience
No, not the character quality; I know better than to suggest that! Praying to become a more patient person usually results in circumstances demanding great amounts of patience. No, I mean pray for the woman named Patience.
She came to …
Fire!
Edna, our house helper was the first to notice the smoke coming up from the neighbor’s house. She alerted our day guard Emmanuel, who went next door to investigate. The fire started in a cook house which is made of …
Plans For New Hostel in the Works
We appreciated a visit from Mark Post of Post Associates Architects, Inc. last week. Mark who is a long time member of our home church in Grand Rapids, helped us think through possibilities for building a new hostel and housing …
Trash – Not Trashy
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 …
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.…