Update from Joan:
Busy last 2 days. Yesterday we drove 3 hours to Mboula which is
the sight of the first Lutheran missionaries in Cameroon. Best roads yet- like being in the US on the paved part and the
Dirt part was not too bad. It is safe to say we were in the bush. When we got
there they rang the town bell & many people greeted us. They had a short service;
served us breakfast and then we got started painting. It had been raining
fairly steadily since 1 a.m. and we were supposed to paint the inside and the
outside of church. Well guess what I learned, you can paint outside in the
rain. There were women dancing, men helping us paint and 80-100 kids hanging
out. We finished the whole thing along with the menfolk. They served us lunch
part way through. Afterwards we gave out gum to the kids –that was a big hit. Katie Sauer almost got run over
when she had the last gum. After, we hiked up to the original mission site and
then went back to the church for a thank you and prayer. Then we went back to
Ngaoundere, showered and had dinner. It
was a great day over all.
Today we painted the outside of the hospital church that we had
painted the inside of on Wednesday. Tomorrow we pack, have lunch with the
Bishop and get on the train back to Yaoundé at 6 p.m. our time, 10 a.m. your
time. Please pray we make the journey in
12 hours this time.
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