Monday, June 23, 2008

Trust vs. Hope

We trust in God and believe that He can heal Jenny at any time if He so
chooses. But in reality we do not have that hope/expectation, because
it might not be God's will now or ever. So are we being disobedient in
not "hoping in God"? Are we realists because we don't want our hopes
dashed? But if He does heal Jenny right now, I don't think I would be
surprised; but I sure would be grateful!!

Sunday, June 22, 2008

A Day for Memories

Yesterday was a great day for the kids. One of the benefits of being
back in Canada is being able to participate in community events (vs.
community work days in Bekondo like fixing the village road).

We enjoyed the Kneehill Museum open house, including home-made ice
cream, rides on a horse-drawn wagon and old-time cars, and a petting zoo
(Laura is petting a baby alpaca - VERY soft!! They also enjoyed the
soft black baby bunnies, the guinea pigs, the pug puppies....).

Sunday, June 01, 2008

Our amazing body

God our Creator has done an amazing job with our complicated bodies.
This has been brought very vividly to my attention these last few days
as we have seen our 11-year old daughter, Jenny, deteriorate before our
eyes. Possibly having PANDAS syndrome, she is now unable to walk, get
dressed, or eat without help; we are on our way to get her some help,
which might mean leaving Cameroon for the time being. Contrast this to
our 3 other children who are, at the moment, very healthy. It's amazing
just to watch 4-year-old Laura at effortless play, when every movement
is such an effort for Jenny right now!

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Internet comes to Big Bekondo!

It's here!!!! Today we were able to get on-line at our house in Big
Bekondo! We're all celebrating!!!

A furry baby

Holding this baby chimp was a lot of fun! A hunter finally gave some of
our missionary friends permission to give this little gal to a zoo; he
had shot the mother and wanted to sell the baby.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Presenting . . . the first book

The Oroko translators were proud to present a copy of the book of Ruth
in Oroko to the translation consultant, Urs Ernst, and his wife, Gerd.
This is the first complete book of the Bible in Oroko to be published.

Reptile Pets

Here is a picture of Buddy, the chameleon that Jenny had as a pet for a
few weeks. She let him go when he started shedding his skin - in case
we were harming him in some way (diet, etc.). She wants another one soon.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Sawhorses on top of the Roof Rack?

Yes, Mike (on the right), with the help of Dan and Bob, is pictured
working on our solar set-up. We especially appreciated Bob's help (he's
the TALL one) as well as his vehicle. We were changing the set-up so it
could hold 12 solar panels instead of 10, which meant taking the mounts
down, transporting them to Kumba (about an hour's drive on muddy roads),
getting additions welded on and different holes drilled (several hours),
coming back from Kumba (another hour), and putting it all back up (the
next morning). But it's done!!

Thursday, March 06, 2008

8th Grade Graduation

After being delayed a couple of days because of unrest in Cameroon,
Christy's 8th grade graduation went well. Here she is giving her speech.

What kind of animal??


Here are some cute civet cats from one of the plays the kids were part of during the home-schooling gathering. Christy (top right) was the mother civet cat, and Laura (bottom left) one of the babies.

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Surprise

Becky said I should post something and surprise her. Well I don't know how much this will be a surprise, but it has been really fun and productive to have good internet access these last few weeks. We're still not that much closer to getting satellite access ourselves, but hopefully within the next few months it will be a reality. Oh, and I also changed the color of this blog--