Category Archives: Fun
Yippee, we’re on the way to the beach!
9/9 Drove to Yaounde, about 320 miles, done in about 8 hours, a marked improvement over our travel on the same road last spring. We are so thankful for the road crews! This beautiful curve in the road maybe was …
Who is this? Tweedledum?
and 2 minutes later…
So I just finish posting about the millipede and I step outside on our back porch to go to our kitchen (yes, our kitchen is out back, not connected to the house except with the continuous roof) and I spy …
Yikes, a night visitor!!!
There I was, peacefully reading by flashlight under our mosquito net at about 4am because I couldn’t sleep (sound familiar, all you over 50-ers?) when out of the corner of my eye what do I see? A millipede. He wasn’t …
The buddies are back!
Kim & Jan – sorry, Jan isn’t looking as happy as she might in this photo, but I caught them in the midst of work and snapped the photo quick!
Ann, trying to open a well used and well secured …
The Björklunds are gone!
Our Swedish missionary buddies, Dr. Isac & Karin, Hanna & Signe, left Gamboula for home last month. They are looking at probably 3 years of specialty training for Isac, and then they will be thinking about maybe coming back to …
Funny car!
This is the head garage guy’s car, sometimes it runs, but I think most of the time it doesn’t. I’m sure there are a few of you out there who would love to fix it up!!!
Local orchid
Roy found this orchid locally, growing on a tree. Many of the local orchids are smaller and light colored. Looks sort of like a waterfall, eh? Thank you Lord, for your amazing creation.
Make an appointment at the hair place for me!
There’s a nice cool place on the grass near the hospital storerooms where Fulani women from the hospital gather in the afternoons. They chat and giggle and do each other’s hair, watch their small children, and do their two afternoon …
World cup soccer rules
Roy has been going to a friend’s house to watch the some of the world cup soccer matches. A few of our friends here have satellite dishes to receive just a couple of channels. This happens to be Simeon’s house, …