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Category Archives: Fun
Everybody wants to be cool
Big or little, for real or pretend, everyone wants to be cool, to fit in, all in the name of what? To what end? To be noticed? To be special? To be loved?
Or maybe we’re just having fun, really …
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Sights from our trip to the big city
We had to travel to Yaounde, a mere 10 hours’ truck drive away, to take care of various items of business, including getting our truck repaired and having a new timing belt put in. Yes, we hit the 100,000 …
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Along the road on my weekly trip across the river
You never know what you’re going to see! Sometimes it’s tragedy that makes you offer prayers for possible injured people
Sometimes it’s a big surprise – this was my first horse sighting in this area!
Sometimes it’s a good …
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Snails, anyone?
Yup. The whole thing. Pop it in your mouth, antennas and innards and all. Yum. Roy & Timothy enjoyed them. Timothy said they tasted a bit like liver, and Roy said they weren’t that strong. I just watched and ate …
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Hot off the press! Google Earth just updated!
This is where we live! This photo had to have been taken in the last month or so. If you want to go to Google Earth and get a closer view, just enter these coordinates:
4º06’20.73”N 15 º11’33.66”E
Here is …
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Yippee! Internet for the next year!
We are thankful and excited; we will have satellite internet for the coming year. It is still not particularly fast, but it is a whole lot better than our other option, which is an almost non-existent dial-up system through …
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To market, to market to buy a fat…
Okay, so it’s not a pig. But isn’t this silly and sad at the same time? The cow is skinny and tired enough that it’s okay with sitting down for the ride to the market. What self respecting cow would …
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Trimming the palm trees
It’s time for trimming the palm trees – they’re harvesting the palm nuts for oil and also clearing off the dead branches; cleaning up just in time for the big church conference next week. It’s a looooong way up …
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It’s a bird!
What in the world?!?!
It’s a bird!
It’s a plane!
It’s a stack of roofing sheaves! Probably quite a trick to balance, though motorcyclists out here push the limit:
Taking manioc to market
Putting as many on as possible! Crazy! …
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Mr. TLC -Timothy L Chapman
Let me tell you a little bit about our next door neighbor at the farm. He’s been an encouragement to have around, whether he’s making juice for watching the world cup soccer matches at Westers’ house (green, yellow, and red …