tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24533973484168569882024-03-19T03:47:52.389-07:00Dwight and Jan's MissionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07513932441650775439noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453397348416856988.post-25462631578460977682014-01-19T12:42:00.000-08:002014-01-19T12:42:58.201-08:00Street Vendors in Douala<br />
Jobs are impossible to find in Cameroon. There is a 70% unemployment rate. People sell anything on the streets to buy food for the day. These are a bunch of random pictures of different ways people try to make a living.<br />
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Before Christmas, we saw this man selling beach balls. I love his glasses and nose. He is walking down the middle of the very crowded street.<br />
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This is a fish shop. The man wanted us to pay him to take his picture, but we finally got him to hold up a fish so we could take the picture.<br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-rjvQzJd7Tz0/UtwhZn_oqNI/AAAAAAAABys/Yk4OQh86C2o/s1600-h/Large%252520Fish%252520shop%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Large Fish shop" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-won5nAwGjYo/UtwhcMeZO3I/AAAAAAAABy0/x0-3JZEt84U/Large%252520Fish%252520shop_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Large Fish shop" width="644" /></a><br />
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This lady does hair, sells palm oil, phone airtime credits, bananas and many snacks at the one little booth.<br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-QSMvCfmK8UQ/Utwhe6Ol0MI/AAAAAAAABy8/QjwjEtn9p6o/s1600-h/Braiding%252520Hair%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Braiding Hair" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-OCIh6W7FoHI/UtwhhMl324I/AAAAAAAABzE/iA4bznpmC3s/Braiding%252520Hair_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Braiding Hair" width="644" /></a><br />
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This man pulls his flip flop store with him all over town. He has quite a variety.<br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-bkoeGvrRH9U/UtwhkP7-HQI/AAAAAAAABzM/0hlrT-5r6QA/s1600-h/Flip%252520flop%252520vendor%252520%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Flip flop vendor " border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-oX__L_ZfqiA/UtwhlluGgYI/AAAAAAAABzU/hcdpVbrydeM/Flip%252520flop%252520vendor%252520_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Flip flop vendor " width="644" /></a><br />
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This is an outdoor grill where they sell shiskabobs. We haven’t dare try them, but the look and smell really good. They are cooked over an open fire.<br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-0FCeBhZZfhI/UtwhoMzlWjI/AAAAAAAABzc/It6mYehxkZo/s1600-h/Chicken%252520on%252520the%252520grill%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Chicken on the grill" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-6rpCSUMka88/UtwhrM-uUdI/AAAAAAAABzk/5FdoRIagVJk/Chicken%252520on%252520the%252520grill_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Chicken on the grill" width="644" /></a><br />
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A popcorn and water vendor<br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-lYvriDQd14w/UtwhtZidGPI/AAAAAAAABzs/sHugDKgP28I/s1600-h/Popcorn%252520Vendor%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Popcorn Vendor" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-fVcP27GKiQ0/UtwhuxuFnBI/AAAAAAAABz0/bLkGYD6Psrg/Popcorn%252520Vendor_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Popcorn Vendor" width="644" /></a><br />
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Large avocados for sale.<br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-wmaELGRJurI/UtwhxtpIweI/AAAAAAAABz8/QmTE5dQWFrA/s1600-h/Avacodos%252520for%252520sale%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Avacodos for sale" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-RuTltBECZc0/UtwhztoU6II/AAAAAAAAB0E/UhUtnyIsr-4/Avacodos%252520for%252520sale_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Avacodos for sale" width="644" /></a><br />
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Potatoes and other vegetables for sale.<br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-mJFkXg73IW8/UtwpIYf14-I/AAAAAAAAB0c/M6jLb_9D_DE/s1600-h/Market%252520-%252520Copy%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Market - Copy" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-cNQPGgvT3kg/UtwpKVNVACI/AAAAAAAAB0k/bay63ZCxVSs/Market%252520-%252520Copy_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Market - Copy" width="644" /></a><br />
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More Shiskabobs for sale over an open fire.<br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-4tNrKFgx-HY/UtwpL0VC4gI/AAAAAAAAB0s/IAwRsD_BwrM/s1600-h/Grilled%252520Chicken%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Grilled Chicken" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-WB2TL4vmVbw/UtwpNallrsI/AAAAAAAAB00/LqKX9xswNrU/Grilled%252520Chicken_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Grilled Chicken" width="644" /></a><br />
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Shoes for sale on the side of the road.<br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-zbauEcHVvok/UtwpPrQZ1BI/AAAAAAAAB08/I45Va5_Xueo/s1600-h/Shoes%252520for%252520sale%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Shoes for sale" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/--fU6Fan4Qkc/UtwpRBBkX8I/AAAAAAAAB1E/_00kCMFuI9U/Shoes%252520for%252520sale_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Shoes for sale" width="644" /></a><br />
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Home Depot on a cart.<br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-QOHolzWSyMo/UtwpTS-5_fI/AAAAAAAAB1M/tMlCsbYt-_k/s1600-h/Plumbing%252520cart%252520%2525282%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Plumbing cart (2)" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Tpyta0w50b4/UtwpU3qlaUI/AAAAAAAAB1U/qfJXtxhc6rk/Plumbing%252520cart%252520%2525282%252529_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Plumbing cart (2)" width="644" /></a><br />
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Fresh fish straight out of the Wouri River.<br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-D-jSEWNz3F4/UtwpWS_dhXI/AAAAAAAAB1c/nlGRBPTDBdg/s1600-h/Fish%252520market%252520%2525282%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Fish market (2)" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-AtLrKuF3eB4/UtwpXWrOHPI/AAAAAAAAB1k/l7xykfIysCk/Fish%252520market%252520%2525282%252529_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Fish market (2)" width="644" /></a><br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Gzoi4gssDYA/UtwpZTJXA0I/AAAAAAAAB1s/hjuW-yA8YxI/s1600-h/Fish%252520market%252520%2525283%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Fish market (3)" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-h7n2Qf9ompM/UtwpalcUmSI/AAAAAAAAB10/YKTnbSz-FFM/Fish%252520market%252520%2525283%252529_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Fish market (3)" width="644" /></a><br />
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Our peanut ladies. They didn’t want us to take the picture, so we told them no more sales unless we could. They were then eager. We drive up and roll down our window and 5 of them will be shoving bottles in our faces. We pay $4 for a bottle of roasted peanuts.<br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-eKtiiroK4M4/UtwpdDZfbHI/AAAAAAAAB18/zYl8eMARe0s/s1600-h/Peanut%252520Ladies%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Peanut Ladies" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Ev_UzgVujoU/UtwpfOCzd0I/AAAAAAAAB2E/WLpmi8DtCWc/Peanut%252520Ladies_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Peanut Ladies" width="644" /></a><br />
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Auto Zone<br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-TX-yOxlnb6A/UtwphXaMHbI/AAAAAAAAB2M/nTDorVoVVUc/s1600-h/Auto%252520Parts%252520store%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Auto Parts store" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-5e5GR0XAyDM/Utwpj2f-XXI/AAAAAAAAB2U/UUNoyP57t1k/Auto%252520Parts%252520store_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Auto Parts store" width="644" /></a><br />
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Fresh pineapple is available all year round. We eat it until we get sick of it and then wait a few weeks and start eating it again.<br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-6nueJMPzI5g/UtwplkXp1nI/AAAAAAAAB2c/5ULIuGKeRy8/s1600-h/Pineapple%252520Stand%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Pineapple Stand" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-WzzDiH-odyA/UtwpnMLNFDI/AAAAAAAAB2k/pn2_JDzQw-Q/Pineapple%252520Stand_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Pineapple Stand" width="644" /></a><br />
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This is taken from our truck as we drive through the central market where the locals do all of their shopping. We pay a lot more in places where you can move. This road is two way traffic.<br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-mF5xGqu091s/UtwppI67aMI/AAAAAAAAB2s/4GhJ-UXD0n4/s1600-h/Market%252520Road%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Market Road" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-tkwlpTvIvwU/Utwpqn8nVzI/AAAAAAAAB20/LtL0dHFq-tw/Market%252520Road_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Market Road" width="644" /></a><br />
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This lady sells many different kinds of beans.<br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-tsOa-rOHxao/Utwps2z7-jI/AAAAAAAAB28/X-uFft6ioEU/s1600-h/Lady%252520Selling%252520Beans%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Lady Selling Beans" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-IcbO6bzz9JE/UtwpuQNvIeI/AAAAAAAAB3E/CufrRql2FPw/Lady%252520Selling%252520Beans_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Lady Selling Beans" width="644" /></a><br />
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This is a little souvenier market by our apartment.<br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-l2DNMmL9RlA/UtwpxQ3ot-I/AAAAAAAAB3M/rsQKDR4JdXI/s1600-h/Mini%252520Market%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Mini Market" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-PRXFvqXpDN8/Utwpzfo8pOI/AAAAAAAAB3U/drVlSjTNnlo/Mini%252520Market_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Mini Market" width="644" /></a><br />
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Backpacks and school supplies<br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-O7Iw3org7Aw/Utwp2ASvnyI/AAAAAAAAB3c/aC85b_nMgAw/s1600-h/DSCN0097%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSCN0097" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2gNyaEEeA2k/Utwp3-m5dZI/AAAAAAAAB3k/1NNMnnogs7w/DSCN0097_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSCN0097" width="644" /></a><br />
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Wicker furniture is made from bamboo poles that are stripped into strips. They along with most other furniture is sold sitting in the dirt on the sides of the road.<br />
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We helped our Elders help one of their investigators move this past week. She was living in a little two room apartment with out electricity with her boyfriend and he made her move out. As we drove to her new apartment, we took these pictures to give an idea of the sights we saw along the way. Everything is very typical of any neighborhood here in Douala.<br />
When we think of Africa, we often think of people carrying things on their heads. It is so common here. They carry everything on their heads and their babies on their backs.<br />
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They move a lot of things on these little two wheeled carts that they push called “puse puse”. We’re not sure how they spell that.<br />
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This man was pushing a cart with bags of cement up this hill by himself. He stopped to rest. The missionaries often jump our and help them up the hill. <br />
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If we hadn’t helped this sister move, she would have had to try to put it in the back of a Toyota taxi, or on a tricycle like this one who is moving someone else.<br />
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This is a close up of the same tricycle. It drives us crazy to see the Africans with beanies and heavy coats on when we are dripping wet with short sleeves and light weight clothes on.<br />
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It is so humbling when we help people move and everything they own fits in the back of our little Toyota truck. Elders Beutler, Kampoy, Gailey, and Leavitt with the sister’s brother who helped us find the new apartment. We had 7 of us in the front of the truck.<br />
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This is the house that she moved out of. It is a little deceiving because several different families live in different parts of this house.<br />
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We drove up this dirt road for about 15 minutes after leaving the main road. The hill was pretty steep, and there were large rocks in the road with ruts and mud, so we parked here and walked about 100 yards up the hill to the place where we left her belongings.<br />
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We paid these two young boys 30 cents each to help us carry the stuff. When we were ready to leave they were eating some candy they had bought on the side of the road.<br />
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When we came up the road these ladies were in the middle of the road filling their water containers from a pipe that was broken. Usually they fill them by dropping a bucket into a hand dug well about 10 feet deep. <br />
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This is looking back down the road we drove up. They have a pretty view of the valley below.<br />
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These next two pictures show the typical homes we drove past on the way. The sister was moving into a similar home. We didn’t see inside it. It was locked, so we just set her things by the door. She couldn’t fit in our truck, so she was coming in a taxi.<br />
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These ladies were out in the yard washing dishes and cooking over charcoal, literally pieces of wood. We walked past several people as we were carrying the things up the hill. I think they really thought a bunch of whites were moving into the neighborhood.<br />
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This is so typical of the vehicles here in Cameroon. They never repair anything until it stops going. This Honda lost it’s front wheel and it did some more damage to the front end. The wheel didn’t just come off, but the front end broke. They put tires or weeds in the street to warn drivers that there is a break down ahead. They won’t tow this car. Someone will come on a motorcycle taxi with a bag of tools and will tear it apart and repair it right where it sits.<br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-9GqM82EFgmM/UtrbWv83H9I/AAAAAAAAByE/QeK-_z37hmE/s1600-h/DSCN3167%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSCN3167" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-pLvWkA2PXR0/UtrbX-GIp6I/AAAAAAAAByM/TJsIkaEz2_8/DSCN3167_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSCN3167" width="644" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07513932441650775439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453397348416856988.post-63472194196775085272013-11-19T02:13:00.000-08:002013-11-19T02:14:43.799-08:00An experience of a lifetime!!!<p> </p> <p>On Saturday November 16, 2013 we were invited to attend the wedding of the niece of Dr. Samuel and Sister Caro. We had taught and baptized Sister Caro and had spent a lot of time in their home. Their niece, Sidoni was living with them and going to school and had sat in on a few discussions. We have grown very close to their family and felt honored that they would want us to come to the wedding. Weddings here, are an all day affair. We had a zone training with the missionaries in the morning and got there just as they were coming out of the mayor’s office where he married them. Branch presidents in Cameroon don’t have authority from the government to marry.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ACYDH3xUg-g/Uos4WZqgGDI/AAAAAAAABq0/EaR1tYbYz-U/s1600-h/Sidoni%252527s%252520Wedding%252520Dress%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Sidoni's Wedding Dress" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Sidoni's Wedding Dress" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-irkVs1wOD3E/Uos4X99ZNqI/AAAAAAAABq8/SuYb-YZQUTo/Sidoni%252527s%252520Wedding%252520Dress_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="484"></a></p> <p>This is the bride, Sidoni and her two nieces who were flower children outside of the court house. When someone else takes the picture, it is hard to know when they will snap it, so most of us weren’t ready.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Q5GecGusQpE/Uos4aOIKtlI/AAAAAAAABrE/CqzqQZft-14/s1600-h/Wedding%252520music%252520group2%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Wedding music group2" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Wedding music group2" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-QYgZ_C4dkxo/Uos4bsGypWI/AAAAAAAABrM/TsFkE8ZMyjY/Wedding%252520music%252520group2_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="484"></a></p> <p>I’m not sure if they are hired or just show up, but these men were playing music when the wedding party came out. They play flutes and small drums and parade around.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-tqq4gZKl-P8/Uos4d6XBBeI/AAAAAAAABrU/DOqBJI-mWbM/s1600-h/6%252520Ladies%252520in%252520the%252520back%252520of%252520our%252520truck%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="6 Ladies in the back of our truck" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="6 Ladies in the back of our truck" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-CcJYTX8z2Yc/Uos4fGuelDI/AAAAAAAABrc/2DuLkleWIY4/6%252520Ladies%252520in%252520the%252520back%252520of%252520our%252520truck_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="484"></a></p> <p>Transportation here is a huge problem. Taxis are plentiful, but money to pay for them is not. People actually skip meals to save the 40 cents to come to church. These ladies asked if they could ride with us. Six of them climbed into the back of our small Toyota truck. We also had 7 people, including 2 younger children in our back seat. Jan and I were quite comfortable in the front seats.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-H9iArWByhIw/Uos4hccktcI/AAAAAAAABrk/r-HrN_18ShI/s1600-h/Sidoni%252527s%252520wedding%252520line%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Sidoni's wedding line" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Sidoni's wedding line" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-tXVETRmAEGM/Uos4i0RnMsI/AAAAAAAABrs/feCTq_UV5io/Sidoni%252527s%252520wedding%252520line_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="484"></a></p> <p>We drove about 20 minutes to a little park in between two lanes of busy traffic to take pictures. Pretty places like this are rare in Cameroon. It is near our apartment and we often see wedding parties taking pictures here. This is Sidoni, her husband and the wedding party.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-atC_4zifvIA/Uos4kjv5MXI/AAAAAAAABr0/XiYh_ZhVRhg/s1600-h/Road%252520to%252520Sidoni%252527s%252520Groom%252527s%252520house%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Road to Sidoni's Groom's house" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Road to Sidoni's Groom's house" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-doHXiBYT5jY/Uos4m_yL7gI/AAAAAAAABr8/IpEztMckTA4/Road%252520to%252520Sidoni%252527s%252520Groom%252527s%252520house_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="1028" height="772"></a></p> <p>After wedding pictures, we drove, with all the same people in our truck, out to the village to the home of the groom for the wedding reception and the church wedding. It was about 45 minutes away but took us 11/2 hours because of the traffic. An evangelist pastor then married them in behalf of the church. Dr. Samuel and his family are Anglephones which means English speakers, so everything was in English. It was really nice to be able to understand most of what was being said. We drove along this road until it looked to steep for the small cars to make it back up, and then we parked and walked about 1/2 mile to the home of the groom.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-gBzMy0-oEfU/Uos4ovb4srI/AAAAAAAABsE/YLF_9ZFOBxo/s1600-h/Pushing%252520stuck%252520vehicle%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Pushing stuck vehicle" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Pushing stuck vehicle" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-5Nxfn-Kx6fU/Uos4pzyP4MI/AAAAAAAABsM/z9U5LD1UrbQ/Pushing%252520stuck%252520vehicle_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="484"></a></p> <p>On the way, we pulled over to let a large truck pass and one of our cars got stuck. This is a Toyota Corolla and it had at least 8 people in it. Everyone piled out and we soon had it back on the road.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-KQgmWXd79fA/Uos4rkXMCCI/AAAAAAAABsU/24OwK-M5Zy0/s1600-h/Dark%252520clouds%252520Storm%252520Sidoni%252527s%252520wedding%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Dark clouds Storm Sidoni's wedding" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Dark clouds Storm Sidoni's wedding" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-XpfxAiLMw74/Uos4s2ZHA9I/AAAAAAAABsc/j9q03liDa5U/Dark%252520clouds%252520Storm%252520Sidoni%252527s%252520wedding_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="484"></a></p> <p>As we started walking we looked up and noticed these very dark clouds coming our way. They were very black and we knew it would soon start pouring rain. Jan had hurt her knee and we were walking very slowly down a large hill when we felt the first rain drops start to fall.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-pMr2uRDlFCo/Uos4ufx6xII/AAAAAAAABsk/5hOmVk6wYCg/s1600-h/Rainbow%252520at%252520Sidoni%252527s%252520wedding%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Rainbow at Sidoni's wedding" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Rainbow at Sidoni's wedding" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-1ra8QCh7F7k/Uos4vR3A_pI/AAAAAAAABss/GMEQI7Xuy0s/Rainbow%252520at%252520Sidoni%252527s%252520wedding_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="484"></a></p> <p>We paused just long enough to take a picture of this beautiful rainbow that was just ahead of the rain hitting us. We would have loved to video the storm, but were afraid to ruin the camera. Lightening and thunder were all around us and we were seriously worried about being struck with the lightening.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-9Cwg-SFmWb0/Uos4xZuOCKI/AAAAAAAABs0/Fql4PgpkvI0/s1600-h/bridge%252520to%252520Sidoni%252527s%252520groom%252527s%252520house%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="bridge to Sidoni's groom's house" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="bridge to Sidoni's groom's house" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-8maY3udZfuA/Uos4yucQZ_I/AAAAAAAABs8/nLrtM7n66sE/bridge%252520to%252520Sidoni%252527s%252520groom%252527s%252520house_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="484"></a></p> <p>Just as we came to this little bridge over a stream, the rain started to fall in buckets. By the time we crossed the bridge we were very wet. We looked for shelter and could only see the small building on the left. It had about a 1 foot overhang and we huddled next to it. I had my back pressed against the wall and Jan had her face buried in the corner trying to keep her mascara from running in her eyes. The wind started blowing and the overhang did no good at all. We were both soaked to the skin and water was dripping off our noses. We both just started laughing out loud. After about 20 minutes a little girl came from the house looking for us. She had one little umbrella and told us to come with her. We started walking up the hill in front of us and it was a river. The water was 4 inches deep coming down the road. I was holding onto Jan and we were trying to stay under the umbrella when Jan went down, face down in the mud, and I fell on top of her. She had on her huge African dress and the front was all muddy. I was better off because I was on top.</p> <p><img title="Under the tent in the rain at Sidoni's wedding" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Under the tent in the rain at Sidoni's wedding" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-0yJOiIgzNQM/Uos4z1PtEEI/AAAAAAAABtE/GYunx6BP8eI/Under%252520the%252520tent%252520in%252520the%252520rain%252520at%252520Sidoni%252527s%252520wedding_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="484"></p> <p>We finally arrived at the home and they had this tent set up out in front. Most of the other guests had gotten there before the rain and were sitting under it. When we arrived, they made a path right down the middle and we marched through. It was so embarrassing. I’m sure they were thinking, “you stupid white people”, but they were so nice to us.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-4rkZrifK63o/Uos42Bv3zUI/AAAAAAAABtM/JSU6eKA5zEc/s1600-h/Caught%252520in%252520the%252520rain%252520%252520Sidoni%252527s%252520wedding%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Caught in the rain Sidoni's wedding" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Caught in the rain Sidoni's wedding" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-mcZDMSbOUvc/Uos43iwfn1I/AAAAAAAABtU/WcEC-ohZw6Q/Caught%252520in%252520the%252520rain%252520%252520Sidoni%252527s%252520wedding_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="484"></a></p> <p>They led us into the house, right in the middle of the ceremony, two people jumped up, right behind the bride and groom. and insisted that we have their seats. We sat down looking good. We laughed, everytime they took pictures of the couple, knowing that two soaking white people would be in the background. We sat there for 3 hours and they insisted on feeding us first. We had chicken, rice and some stew looking stuff. It was all very good.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-tSeAEqJ4igw/Uos45OqosQI/AAAAAAAABtc/a7RATNoHElg/s1600-h/Sidoni%252527s%252520Wedding%252520cake%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Sidoni's Wedding cake" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Sidoni's Wedding cake" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-wZ34kI6v43o/Uos46VMYowI/AAAAAAAABtk/_MxNSoLocsg/Sidoni%252527s%252520Wedding%252520cake_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="484"></a></p> <p>This is the wedding cake.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-v3ILLJcZ77o/Uos48OKGjXI/AAAAAAAABts/M87y-Gc9c-U/s1600-h/Sidoni%252520and%252520her%252520Husband%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Sidoni and her Husband" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Sidoni and her Husband" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-bkxKpidp5II/Uos49AnURUI/AAAAAAAABt0/y_HP8B_a9Mo/Sidoni%252520and%252520her%252520Husband_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="484"></a></p> <p>This is the happy couple. I hope they are happier than they look. They were all very nice to us and we felt like honored guests. As we drove through the village all the children would look at us. We finally rolled down our windows and said Hi to them. A little girl in our truck said, “you are probably the only white people they have ever seen.” It was probably true.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-gTM5lz6y-Bg/Uos4-39CvNI/AAAAAAAABt8/ABdpSkosRBQ/s1600-h/Jimmy%252520at%252520Sidoni%252527s%252520wedding%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Jimmy at Sidoni's wedding" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Jimmy at Sidoni's wedding" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-wDcper5tGNQ/Uos5ARTU0rI/AAAAAAAABuE/Z0e3VMZhjYw/Jimmy%252520at%252520Sidoni%252527s%252520wedding_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="484"></a></p> <p>This is Dr. Samuel and Sister Caro’s smallest child Jimmy. He sat on our laps for a long time and was very content. We finally decided that we had better get going about 8:00 that night. It was dark and we knew we would never find our way home. They arranged for 5 people, complete strangers to ride with us and show us the way. We walked back down the same path by the light of the moon, the fire flies and our lights on our phones. They were very nice and spoke enough English to get us back. We dropped them off one at a time along the way. We got back to where we knew the way and it was just the two of us driving home. We got home at 9:00 and it felt so good to get into the shower and get some dry clothes on. My shoes were wet for two days.</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07513932441650775439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453397348416856988.post-38801944889973589512013-10-26T12:08:00.001-07:002013-10-26T12:08:52.454-07:00Children of Cameroon Africa<br />
We have fallen in love with the children of Africa. They are so cute and innocent. They seem a lot less inhibited and less afraid than children in America. Total strangers will come up to us and sit on our laps. We consider it a tender mercy that helps compensate for being away from our own grandchildren.<br />
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Jan holding a new baby in her blessing outfit.<br />
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We were at a catholic church for a wedding of one of our member’s brothers, and this little girl was sitting with her parents across the isle from us. She came right over and climbed up on my lap and stayed there for about 15 minutes taking things out of my shirt pocket.<br />
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This is our branch president’s new little baby. His name is Moroni.<br />
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This is DiaBell Dim, our good friend and one of her nieces at a wedding.<br />
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The children love touching our hair. They say we have kitty hair because it is softer than theirs. I love to pat them on the heads and feel theirs too.<br />
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Jan in her African Caba dress and a darling baby.<br />
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Three of the children who are members in our BonaBeri branch. They had the primary program and little 6 year old kids were taking turns leading the songs without a piano. They would sing the first line and then say 1,2,3 sing and the others would join in. It was so cute.<br />
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Children getting water for their mothers out of the community well.<br />
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I’m not sure she wanted her picture taken. This is on the steps to her home.<br />
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It wasn’t this little boy, but one of the member's little sons came up to us and told us he had asked him mother if he could go to America with us and she said yes.<br />
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This little girl, a child herself, carries her little brother on her back. All the women carry their children on their backs so they can do their work. There are a lot of bow legged adults here, probably from being carried this way when their bones were still soft.<br />
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There aren’t any nice parks or yards for the children to play in, so they mostly play in the streets.<br />
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There are some sad things in Africa. This is an intersection close to our apartment. Every time we stop at the light these children come up to our windows and beg for food or money. Their faces are so sad. Their moms, some of who are crippled, sit on the island between the lanes of traffic and send their children out into the streets to beg.<br />
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At another intersection we always see these children begging. We sometimes give them a little money or cookies or bread. As soon as we roll our window down there will be 10 other children come out of nowhere.<br />
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I’m afraid, for some, begging becomes a way of life. This girl is probably 12 and still on the streets begging.<br />
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We are in Douala, Cameroon, which is about 21/2 hours by plane away from our mission home in Kinshasa DR Congo. It is a separate country with a different Visa. North American missionaries who are called to this mission come directly here to our city, or Yaounde or Pointe Noire, which are the other two outlying cities. We are there to pick them up when they arrive and we put them on the plane when they go home. They use our computers to Skype with the mission president for their first interview. We have always said that the best part of our mission is our association with these young Elders. Sister Gailey calls there moms when they arrive to let them know they have arrived safely. She lets them know that they have a nice apartment and that we are here to watch over them. They seem to get a lot of comfort from the calls. <br />
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Every 6 weeks we have Zone Conference at our apartment. They come for a couple of hours of training and then we feed them. The mission president comes to it about every other time. It is amazing how much these growing young men can eat.<br />
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One of the hardest parts of our calling is when they transfer or go home. Some of them are with us for up to 10 months before they leave our two districts. We get very attached to them. Elder Andrimamonjy is from Madascar and went home a few weeks ago. They don’t get to go to the mission home for a farewell dinner, so we have one for them here at our apartment. We have a testimony meeting and their favorite meal. The testimony meeting is always very tender. They have their exit interview with the mission president on his last visit before they go home.<br />
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We love picking up our new missionaries at the airport. We picked up our first 18 year old a couple weeks ago. On the left is Elder Wright from St George. He is 19. Next to him is Elder Beutler from Mapleton, by Provo, and is 18 years old. We try to be waiting for them when they come out of the airport so they see some white faces. We remember how scary it was for us when we saw the sea of black faces.<br />
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This is the missionaries saying goodby to Elder Andrimamonjy. We will all miss him. He was such a cute fun Elder and a great missionary. His girlfriend from Madagascar is serving in Salt Lake City.<br />
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Elder Andrimamonjy and Elder Colindres, from West Valley, walking to a teaching appointment on a typical road in the neighborhoods.<br />
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Of course, the main reason all of us are here is to bring people to Christ. Here are our Elders with the Branch Mission Leader at a baptism next to the font. The sister was baptized by Hermann, who is now on a mission himself in the Ivory Coast.<br />
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It is really hard for the Elders to keep their shoes shined when they walk in these conditions every day. They never complain, even when they show up to church soaking wet from a sudden rain storm.<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Mm97BitCqoQ/UiYZDEimfsI/AAAAAAAABik/QSkzEKif8b0/s1600-h/Goodbye%252520dinner%252520with%252520the%252520Jamesons%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Goodbye dinner with the Jamesons" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-KUOfd0nFTsU/UiYZFfE6gHI/AAAAAAAABis/TfoJOwl9Y2U/Goodbye%252520dinner%252520with%252520the%252520Jamesons_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Goodbye dinner with the Jamesons" width="644" /></a><br />
Pres. and Sister Jameson are from Phoenix AZ. They served for 18 months in the Congo as a couple missionary and then went home for 4 months to get ready to come back as the president of the DR Congo Mission. They were here for the first 9 months for our mission. We really loved them from their first visit to our home. They took us all out to eat for pizza the last day they were in Cameroon. We were very sad to see them go, but were so happy that they could spend time with their family after 31/2 years in Africa.<br />
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Pres. and Sister Cook are our new mission president and his wife. They are from Providence, by Logan. We are enjoying getting to know them. <br />
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Our missionaries love to play soccer with the Africans here. They make a lot of new friends that way and invite them to church. Many times they come. It seems like it rains every time they play. They fields are dirt and turn into mud which makes it even more fun. They are too intense for us to play with them, so we just watch.<br />
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Transfer days are always crazy for us with trips to the bus station, the airport and to the apartments to get them situated. When we are short an Elder, a local young man is called as a branch missionary and serves full time for 6 weeks. Bartholemew on the left is a branch missionary. Elder Gelinas is from Canada. On the right of me is Elder Leavitt. He was suppose to go to Yaounde, but got off the plane in Douala before it continued on to Younde. He spent a couple of days with us before we put him on the bus with Elder Graham who is next to him. He will hear about that for the rest of his mission. He was a real good sport about it, but had us pretty confused when he called at 10:30 and asked why we weren’t at the airport to pick him up.<br />
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Elder Thibault, from Provo, finally caught an unwelcome house guest that would run across the floor while they studied. He was released to the outside world. I think.<br />
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On Pres. Jameson’s last visit to Cameroon, he was on a really tight schedule, so we had the 10 Elders from Yaounde, along with the senior couple, the Whitesides, ride the bus to Douala and stay with us and the Elders here. We had a combined Zone Conference with all of us in our apartment. There were 24 of us in our living room and Sister Gailey fed them all sloppy joes and chips.<br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-0AbWIY7VD6I/UiYZ49OZ4gI/AAAAAAAABkE/bG5SzGnxZP0/s1600-h/Hermann%252520and%252520Yannick%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Hermann and Yannick" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-S8q_nP5n7kw/UiYZ7XfmiRI/AAAAAAAABkM/SqIIB47JFlk/Hermann%252520and%252520Yannick_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Hermann and Yannick" width="644" /></a><br />
We are so excited that missionaries are now going out from our mission to serve in other countries in Africa. This is Hermann and Yannick. We had the privilege of teaching the temple prep classes to help prepare them for their missions. Hermann is in the Ivory Coast and Yannick is in the Congo. They will be such strong leaders when they return from their missions.<br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-XPE5W6VoD34/UiYZ_i2Td7I/AAAAAAAABkU/eEMD92Dq1Gw/s1600-h/Elder%252520Zurcher%252520Elder%252520Garland%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Elder Zurcher Elder Garland" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-7IjuqpbzCYA/UiYaB_dVaNI/AAAAAAAABkc/UspZB3bsZPM/Elder%252520Zurcher%252520Elder%252520Garland_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Elder Zurcher Elder Garland" width="644" /></a><br />
Our missionaries are always looking for opportunities to serve. We were on our way back from helping a family move and Elder Zurcher and Elder Garland saw this man with a cart of lumber he was struggling to pull up this road, so they jumped out and helped him up the hill.<br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-4ujh5o7Bp2g/UiYaEITHBXI/AAAAAAAABkk/E9460z1GJMY/s1600-h/IMG_0459%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_0459" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-O_hR7oDskz8/UiYaGP4wBnI/AAAAAAAABks/gjpuy2Usm9E/IMG_0459_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="IMG_0459" width="644" /></a><br />
Elder Zurcher, from Providence Ut.,carries a load of bananas on his head like the Africans would carry them.<br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-lxTJCfWo3G8/UiYaK5ccXGI/AAAAAAAABk0/LNN8LV0yfiA/s1600-h/Miss.%252520Kribi2%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Miss. Kribi2" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-h9dlPiPN_vI/UiYaOAl9l_I/AAAAAAAABk8/Aa-sLzaa5Js/Miss.%252520Kribi2_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Miss. Kribi2" width="644" /></a><br />
There is not a lot of fun things to do here, so every 6 months we do an excursion with the missionaries to the ocean in Kribi or in Limbe on their p-day. They need a break from the craziness once in a while too. They can’t swim, but love to play frisby and football on the beach.<br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-sjYlWg-3DCQ/UiYaRJlgtEI/AAAAAAAABlE/P7BGflPsDpI/s1600-h/Elders%252520Gelinas%25252C%252520LaFluer%25252C%252520Graham%25252C%252520Mpungu%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Elders Gelinas, LaFluer, Graham, Mpungu" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-XvNWGJF0dWg/UiYaTM1mNOI/AAAAAAAABlM/3XwfNPD47KQ/Elders%252520Gelinas%25252C%252520LaFluer%25252C%252520Graham%25252C%252520Mpungu_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Elders Gelinas, LaFluer, Graham, Mpungu" width="644" /></a><br />
Elders Garland, Graham, Lafleur, and Mupungu coming to the church for teaching appointments.<br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-qqhdLL_acHc/UiYaVm0QTPI/AAAAAAAABlU/GZZWFi_txhs/s1600-h/Us%25252C%252520Elders%252520Rambelosoamand%252520Porter%252520on%252520Mt.%252520Febe%25252C%252520Yaounde%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Us, Elders Rambelosoamand Porter on Mt. Febe, Yaounde" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-FXaSSAQaMeA/UiYaXvHjBRI/AAAAAAAABlc/Xgg2Ce1L54k/Us%25252C%252520Elders%252520Rambelosoamand%252520Porter%252520on%252520Mt.%252520Febe%25252C%252520Yaounde_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Us, Elders Rambelosoamand Porter on Mt. Febe, Yaounde" width="644" /></a><br />
Every 6 months the Elders have to go to the capital, Yaounde, to renew their visas. We took Elders Ramgelosoam and Porter on this trip to renew theirs. We drove up to Mount Febe which over looks the city of Yaounde. Elder Holland was here just before we came, last year and dedicated Cameroon for the preaching of the gospel from this rock where we are standing.<br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-uVr9jUVfXJA/UiYaaTWEHiI/AAAAAAAABlk/EBoNUugoMIk/s1600-h/IMG_0679%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_0679" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-IhLE_Hwe48k/UiYacOls2aI/AAAAAAAABls/tPd51y2vMj0/IMG_0679_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="IMG_0679" width="644" /></a>Our Elders are still young men and they are a lot of fun. The people here just love them and feel as bad as we do when they leave the area.<br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-aQKZKfquu8k/UiYafBBCwYI/AAAAAAAABl0/WSOx5tN429E/s1600-h/DSCN0446%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSCN0446" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-sh20a93TpqU/UiYag-MiPVI/AAAAAAAABl8/7iIPRiGLZTY/DSCN0446_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSCN0446" width="644" /></a><br />
For the missionaries, the best part of us being here is the meals that Sister Gailey prepares for them. We normally only feed them at Zone Conference, but when ever they come over Sister Gailey pulls out cookies or banana bread to give to them. They are so cute. They tell us they love us, and are always telling us how much they appreciate all that we do for them. It doesn’t seem like we do that much, but they appreciate every thing that we do. We do repairs on their apartments also and buy supplies for them so they don’t have to do it all in a taxi or on foot.<br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-OIlxGd2jK1Y/UiYakDygyII/AAAAAAAABmE/lOeB7hVAhyI/s1600-h/Jan%25252C%252520Elders%252520Porter%252520and%252520Prince%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Jan, Elders Porter and Prince" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-SkrUJShdbwU/UiYamyD9RmI/AAAAAAAABmM/KsXwGaEGbJE/Jan%25252C%252520Elders%252520Porter%252520and%252520Prince_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Jan, Elders Porter and Prince" width="644" /></a><br />
We sometimes go out teaching with the Elders. Elder Porter and Elder Prince took us to the Elle family, because they wanted us to teach them how to have a good marriage since we have been married for 37 years. They act so honored that we would come to their humble home in the background on the left. Sister Gailey taught Gabrielle how to make chocolate cake in a dutch oven over some coals and they thought it was wonderful.<br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-DJSMwQQeK2M/UiYapiEXXxI/AAAAAAAABmU/J1FHU1O_Y8U/s1600-h/Elders%252520Hoiland%25252C%252520Rambelosoam%25252C%252520Porter%25252C%252520Addington%25252C%252520LaFleur%25252C%252520Prince%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Elders Hoiland, Rambelosoam, Porter, Addington, LaFleur, Prince" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-wDUyAZclYjQ/UiYaroNmueI/AAAAAAAABmc/6RyGON6K3v4/Elders%252520Hoiland%25252C%252520Rambelosoam%25252C%252520Porter%25252C%252520Addington%25252C%252520LaFleur%25252C%252520Prince_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Elders Hoiland, Rambelosoam, Porter, Addington, LaFleur, Prince" width="644" /></a><br />
Elders Hoiland, Rambelosoam, Porter, Addington, Lafleur, and Prince were our very first missionaries. Elder Schmid and Lavering are not in the picture, but these 8 missionaries helped us adjust to life in Africa. We would not have survived with out them. We have had 22 different Elders that we have served with in Douala. We are constantly amazed at what noble young men they are and how dedicated they are to serving the Lord. Their white shirts become much less white as time goes on. They are often wringing wet with sweat and have mud on their pants and shoes. They eat things that we won’t and brag about it. They never complain and are so obedient that we never worry about what they are doing. They are doing a great work here and bringing many of our brothers and sisters into the gospel and saving their souls. We are so proud to serve with them.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07513932441650775439noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453397348416856988.post-19486242002154252352013-08-19T06:17:00.000-07:002013-08-19T06:17:12.539-07:00Random Sites in Douala<br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-2KkirVkv8qI/UhIE8QxwhbI/AAAAAAAABcE/g4KL2IOWNAw/DSCN2728%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800"><img alt="DSCN2728" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ddjnszPFXtg/UhIFl4OBegI/AAAAAAAABcM/PypBvj5LvBU/DSCN2728_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSCN2728" width="644" /></a><br />
All these 50 gallon drums are loaded on a three wheeled motorcycle that is like a mini truck. I think I count 25 of them.<br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-UstD1hOiP9U/UhIF_PXMbwI/AAAAAAAABcU/ODBRYeKU5Ts/s1600-h/DSCN2730%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSCN2730" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-c4E-Zb6WRxs/UhIMRHnKIII/AAAAAAAABck/1A-m_asgQCA/DSCN2730_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSCN2730" width="644" /></a><br />
Dozens of eggs being delivered to marked. They are transported in the sun and then put on a shelf at the store without refrigeration.<br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-xpLuksSohhI/UhIMS_8-pdI/AAAAAAAABcs/hVOX_VgiwO4/s1600-h/IMG_0386%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_0386" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-w398wXTISfg/UhIMUd5T0QI/AAAAAAAABc0/3JfZzblM5gc/IMG_0386_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="IMG_0386" width="644" /></a><br />
These will be our hamburger tomorrow. They drive them down the streets and they eat grass and weeds in the fields along the road. With all the foliage, you would think they would be fat, but they are always really skinny. The one is eating from a dumpster. I’m not sure how he got on top of it.<br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hPAFxz7zVXE/UhINEI7fReI/AAAAAAAABc8/ojMisn0j938/s1600-h/Lady%25252C%252520Baby%252520on%252520Back%252520Sack%252520on%252520Head%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Lady, Baby on Back Sack on Head" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-KwC9NZvOXm8/UhINNhNKM8I/AAAAAAAABdE/lcANj9KBb7E/Lady%25252C%252520Baby%252520on%252520Back%252520Sack%252520on%252520Head_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Lady, Baby on Back Sack on Head" width="644" /></a><br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-YKV91MW9eCA/UhINQhCnXYI/AAAAAAAABdM/7NCPK_qG_-0/s1600-h/Large%252520load%252520on%252520head%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Large load on head" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-WzcExvRhu58/UhINSLbdUwI/AAAAAAAABdU/gnqZ2YH_-Vs/Large%252520load%252520on%252520head_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Large load on head" width="364" /></a><br />
People still carry all kinds of things on their heads and their children on their backs. Their balance is amazing.<br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-m3y0Fd1od3U/UhINVz9W-RI/AAAAAAAABdc/oBjazxZcZTA/s1600-h/Local%252520water%252520well%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Local water well" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-aZKzjsqHJHA/UhINaDNVyPI/AAAAAAAABdk/S9b_8suhb54/Local%252520water%252520well_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Local water well" width="644" /></a><br />
Children getting water from the neighborhood well with a rope and a bucket. <br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-upftPAu5e3c/UhINyj2zD7I/AAAAAAAABds/an8ZCxkYrhE/s1600-h/Dirt%252520road%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Dirt road" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Uf9LYaUG5IA/UhIORUa3VXI/AAAAAAAABd0/DRk2zYSbcuc/Dirt%252520road_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Dirt road" width="364" /></a><br />
This is one of the roads we drive on. The main roads are paved, but the side roads are mostly dirt when you get out of the city.<br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-SjSeFfcddTM/UhIOmgvNXoI/AAAAAAAABd8/QTkUwkcVkIU/s1600-h/container%252520on%252520head%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="container on head" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-29S9jJ9q4jA/UhIOod3_DwI/AAAAAAAABeE/xQ6l8fqLjo8/container%252520on%252520head_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="container on head" width="644" /></a><br />
People walk around with all kinds of things on their heads for sale. They try to sell what they can, to get food for the day. They do work very hard every day, although not very productive.<br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-NZf324ZlkZM/UhIOy7lqPrI/AAAAAAAABeM/Kz8QPvfljhg/s1600-h/Pots%252520on%252520heads%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Pots on heads" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5OZgrj1FPuw/UhIO5vKfQ9I/AAAAAAAABeU/EK6nepvv9GY/Pots%252520on%252520heads_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Pots on heads" width="644" /></a><br />
Two ladies carrying dinner on their heads.<br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-QpkWjpVMnYQ/UhIO866oq1I/AAAAAAAABec/x8O0lqs4Pow/s1600-h/Moto%252520Taxi%252520loaded%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Moto Taxi loaded" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-BQO2lStUwAI/UhIPAp2xRbI/AAAAAAAABek/qAWihuL8R2w/Moto%252520Taxi%252520loaded_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Moto Taxi loaded" width="644" /></a><br />
A mototaxi with a large compressor tied on the back of it. It’s amazing what they transport on the back of a motorcycle.<br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-OYJcgkgHfFg/UhIPCe22pvI/AAAAAAAABes/ap_z7rZ4mX8/s1600-h/Moto%252520taxi%252520carwash%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Moto taxi carwash" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-KcBiikWAQZM/UhIPDpXdQEI/AAAAAAAABe0/gRIKa5WY1Jc/Moto%252520taxi%252520carwash_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Moto taxi carwash" width="644" /></a><br />
This is one of the favorite washing holes for the mototaxis. We are always amazed that they spend a lot of time washing them just to turn around and drive on the muddy roads when they are finished.<br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-iAofoVl4jPo/UhIPFRNVB2I/AAAAAAAABe8/KZQnTPBnvWg/s1600-h/Local%252520%252520transport%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Local transport" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-mxqmsG_-0S8/UhIPGmhsQMI/AAAAAAAABfE/DZUshqEvydA/Local%252520%252520transport_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Local transport" width="644" /></a><br />
This is one of the main means of transportation in the cities. They pile 5 or 6 people to a row on benches without backs in a small van. One guy rides in back and jumps off and collects money and adds new riders to the van. They transport their good from the villages to the city on the top of the vans. Our favorite is live goats tied on top.<br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-7FKeCl9UV6U/UhIPI96gybI/AAAAAAAABfM/JAMc6zUjieM/s1600-h/Flood%252520Streets%252520Douala%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Flood Streets Douala" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-sAf2oMyEdTA/UhIPSl3LSAI/AAAAAAAABfU/bu6x89_3GOw/Flood%252520Streets%252520Douala_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Flood Streets Douala" width="644" /></a><br />
Sometimes when it rains it really rains. The roads turn into rivers. This was taken from our truck as we drove down the main road from our apartment.<br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-BnbHdWUxP5Y/UhIP0_zNnEI/AAAAAAAABfc/s8tjpr41j-k/s1600-h/Moto%252520Taxis%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Moto Taxis" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-7kKOq8EoD2Q/UhIP3VQxlcI/AAAAAAAABfk/1yUHpdgWY1M/Moto%252520Taxis_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Moto Taxis" width="644" /></a><br />
This is what we drive in a lot of the time. The motorcycles obey no rules. They weave in and out of traffic and even go the wrong way down the street. We think they are a lot like ants. It’s especially crazy at night, because most of their lights have been broken out from crashing.<br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-PKRwhwd4Zg4/UhIP5pUDAfI/AAAAAAAABfs/K90wO4QErJY/s1600-h/Douala%252520Airport%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Douala Airport" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-oS18Imalhxk/UhIQC9LYhUI/AAAAAAAABf0/JdH2Wq7Km3Q/Douala%252520Airport_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Douala Airport" width="644" /></a><br />
This is the airport in Douala from the outside. We go there every few weeks to pick up missionaries that are transferring or the mission president or others that are coming to visit. <br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-eCTcg5ORwz8/UhIQGgCEEHI/AAAAAAAABf8/w-4zoHMd_gc/s1600-h/Typical%252520Neighborhood%252520%2525286%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Typical Neighborhood (6)" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-F0ytSsd96n8/UhIQOr4TCxI/AAAAAAAABgE/W9G33BxAzXg/Typical%252520Neighborhood%252520%2525286%252529_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Typical Neighborhood (6)" width="644" /></a><br />
This is a typical neighborhood in Douala.<br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-z8u8ZGtlv6I/UhIQpPAWvxI/AAAAAAAABgM/CI--MKwClA0/s1600-h/Furniture%252520Market%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Furniture Market" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Rq4FMNJdjVs/UhIQr9ud5PI/AAAAAAAABgU/0_l4_3Lgcr0/Furniture%252520Market_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Furniture Market" width="644" /></a><br />
This is an outdoor furniture store where they make and sell wicker furniture. Most of the shops are just out in the open. They cover things with tarps when it rains.<br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-RUe6ejRCnUU/UhIRcr-qCMI/AAAAAAAABgc/E5lALW-Rm7Q/s1600-h/Typical%252520Home%252520%25252813%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Typical Home (13)" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-mCNyr77Jpfo/UhIRkGVMpxI/AAAAAAAABgk/FP5XydKgeMs/Typical%252520Home%252520%25252813%252529_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Typical Home (13)" width="644" /></a><br />
Another typical home in Douala. The lady is doing laundry and hanging it out to dry.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07513932441650775439noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453397348416856988.post-88713129590965371062013-08-19T03:58:00.002-07:002013-08-19T03:58:57.281-07:00Goodbye to Pres. and Sister Jameson June 4, 2013<br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-r3wp_2bFzfQ/UhHxpfZT3uI/AAAAAAAABZw/sDYyEk6Bd8A/s1600-h/Last%252520Zone%252520Conf.%252520with%252520Jamesons%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Last Zone Conf. with Jamesons" border="0" height="419" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-faovNxW_i5I/UhHykOdWapI/AAAAAAAABZ4/DXbbITmF82U/Last%252520Zone%252520Conf.%252520with%252520Jamesons_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Last Zone Conf. with Jamesons" width="644" /></a><br />
President and Sister Jameson came to Douala for their final visit on June 4th and 5th before their release on July 1st. It was a very tender visit. We had all grown to love them so much. The Elders bought these Cameroon soccer shirts and had signed their names on them for the Jamesons to take home to remember them.<br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-aiFim1WcHUk/UhHypFwzATI/AAAAAAAABaA/O4K59jq80H4/Our%252520names%252520on%252520Sister%252520J%252527s%252520quilt%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800"><img alt="Our names on Sister J's quilt" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-b2zpyFoPHMo/UhHyugFlVMI/AAAAAAAABaI/MVmZUNAwLdw/Our%252520names%252520on%252520Sister%252520J%252527s%252520quilt_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Our names on Sister J's quilt" width="644" /></a><br />
Sister Jameson had been having every missionary that had served with them, sign little squares of material during their entire mission. She had sewn them into this quilt to take home with them.<br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-wLB97MAlIJo/UhHyxNafiiI/AAAAAAAABaQ/IisNSR2BTCA/Red%252520Ties%252520%252520Symbol%252520of%252520love%252520for%252520the%252520Jamesons%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800"><img alt="Red Ties Symbol of love for the Jamesons" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Bktxqv4U8o0/UhHy2gj4yBI/AAAAAAAABaY/6AiYAuzx5UA/Red%252520Ties%252520%252520Symbol%252520of%252520love%252520for%252520the%252520Jamesons_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Red Ties Symbol of love for the Jamesons" width="644" /></a><br />
The Elders got together and decided to all wear red ties as a sign of their love for the Jamesons. Sister Jameson just happened to have on a red blouse. It meant a lot to them.<br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-AR_fgUDfXyg/UhHy7GPb_kI/AAAAAAAABag/5c91lm6JU8M/s1600-h/Last%252520Zone%252520Conf.%252520with%252520the%252520Jamesons%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Last Zone Conf. with the Jamesons" border="0" height="461" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-FoP57AIE6tw/UhHztmZ6x9I/AAAAAAAABaw/5huTf4XDhWs/Last%252520Zone%252520Conf.%252520with%252520the%252520Jamesons_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Last Zone Conf. with the Jamesons" width="644" /></a><br />
These are our 8 missionaries who were serving in Douala at the time. From the top, left to right: Elders, Gelinas, Colindres, Morin, Graham, Garland, Andriamamonjy, Thibault, Zurcher, Us, and Pres. and Sister Jameson<br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-_kWqnjvMx-A/UhHzzPUYMYI/AAAAAAAABa4/oJkHPitDMGM/Last%252520Zone%252520Conf.%252520%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800"><img alt="Last Zone Conf. " border="0" height="461" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Njtdpmo55AU/UhHz5HPjV2I/AAAAAAAABbA/wih9ikPyE7k/Last%252520Zone%252520Conf.%252520_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Last Zone Conf. " width="644" /></a><br />
For our last Zone Conference, Pres. and Sister Jameson took us all out for pizza after the conference. It was fun to relax with them and hear more about them. The Elders loved to ask them questions and they shared a lot of personal things about their lives and gave advice to the missionaries.<br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-a3QaftlF_e0/UhHz7lKtPRI/AAAAAAAABbI/5Fld0D5xm_Q/Elder%252520Collindres%252520and%252520Sister%252520Jameson%252520Goodbye%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800"><img alt="Elder Collindres and Sister Jameson Goodbye" border="0" height="431" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-vHqM4VJDDOQ/UhH0Ak_Ft5I/AAAAAAAABbQ/8VDMoS-PcWc/Elder%252520Collindres%252520and%252520Sister%252520Jameson%252520Goodbye_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Elder Collindres and Sister Jameson Goodbye" width="644" /></a><br />
Sisters are not allowed to hug the Elders. Sister Jameson made an exception since they were leaving and this would be the last time she would see many of these young men in this life time. Here she hugs Elder Colindres.<br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-bufy2jsKFe0/UhH0F7SZS_I/AAAAAAAABbY/5hdml2OTvGA/Elder%252520Garland%252520and%252520Elder%252520Thibault%252520Goodbye%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800"><img alt="Elder Garland and Elder Thibault Goodbye" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-_-csR9O3dvI/UhH0xhiGmyI/AAAAAAAABbk/ZEP3BrrOv84/Elder%252520Garland%252520and%252520Elder%252520Thibault%252520Goodbye_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Elder Garland and Elder Thibault Goodbye" width="587" /></a><br />
Pres. Jameson hugs Elder Thubault and Sister Jameson hugs Elder Garland.<br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-r3qIy2k5d_Y/UhH00jCM-8I/AAAAAAAABbs/joQ0CBg2rog/Elder%252520Zurcher%252520and%252520Pres.%252520Jameson%252520Goodbye%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800"><img alt="Elder Zurcher and Pres. Jameson Goodbye" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-IqmttR53slM/UhH06dIUXSI/AAAAAAAABb0/FlyhT9D0JVU/Elder%252520Zurcher%252520and%252520Pres.%252520Jameson%252520Goodbye_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Elder Zurcher and Pres. Jameson Goodbye" width="463" /></a><br />
President Jameson hugs Elder Zurcher for the last time. Pres. and Sister Jameson had such a huge impact on the lives of the people here in Africa. They served 11/2 years in Lumbumbashi as a couple and went home for a few months to prepare to come back as the mission president in Kinshasa for 2 more years. They sacrificed so much. They were so dedicated, gave so much and were wonderful teachers. We learned so much from them. They appreciated what we did so much that we were honored to serve them and with them. We miss them a lot, and continue to stay in contact with them through email. We have committed to visit them at their home in Arizona sometime after we get home.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07513932441650775439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453397348416856988.post-82129670777306996742013-07-07T11:59:00.002-07:002013-08-19T02:37:55.300-07:00Kribi with Romeo and Irene<br />
Our good friends, Romeo and Irene Dim have been asking us to go to Kribi with them for a few months now. We finally found a couple of days when we could break away and we left on Friday morning and returned home on Saturday evening. They think that we have done a few things to help them and they insisted on paying for everything. In reality, we should have been paying for them because whenever we get in a bind, we call them and they drop everything to come and help us.<br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-d6S2Xs-Wrz4/UdmyHKUbuzI/AAAAAAAABTI/ggfoHka1FrI/s1600-h/Fishing%252520boats%252520bring%252520fish%252520to%252520fish%252520market%252520by%252520restaurant%252520Kribi%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Fishing boats bring fish to fish market by restaurant Kribi" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-oS9MEZ0n0B8/UdmyJJTAf0I/AAAAAAAABTQ/5jUn0wgiRSw/Fishing%252520boats%252520bring%252520fish%252520to%252520fish%252520market%252520by%252520restaurant%252520Kribi_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Fishing boats bring fish to fish market by restaurant Kribi" width="644" /></a><br />
We drove across this bridge where the river comes into the ocean. We stopped at a little village where the fishermen bring in their fish to sell at a marked and restaurant that is right on the ocean. Here they are unloading their boats and mending their nets.<br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-4G6XbGSfQOQ/UdmyLz7lwJI/AAAAAAAABTY/My9O9MBrlgw/s1600-h/fishing%252520boats%252520by%252520restaurant%252520Kribi%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="fishing boats by restaurant Kribi" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Zaxv_VfcNU4/UdmyOX-hCSI/AAAAAAAABTg/fD5_mOG8NfQ/fishing%252520boats%252520by%252520restaurant%252520Kribi_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="fishing boats by restaurant Kribi" width="644" /></a><br />
This is their boats tied up to the market along the coast where their fish are displayed to sell.<br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Va-Oe6WIKz4/UdmyR_gQhOI/AAAAAAAABTo/xDWHMryDo3w/s1600-h/fish%252520market%252520next%252520to%252520restaurant%252520Kribi%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="fish market next to restaurant Kribi" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-3-V4V34mgSQ/UdmyT72MXII/AAAAAAAABTw/1oCmAKJ5dbA/fish%252520market%252520next%252520to%252520restaurant%252520Kribi_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="fish market next to restaurant Kribi" width="644" /></a><br />
This shows the fish laid out for the people who live nearby, and the restaurant, to pick out what they want to eat or cook. There are several types of fish, crabs, and shrimp. They use nets and bring in whatever gets caught in their nets.<br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-fz33s6uG7lU/UdmyWPgmmHI/AAAAAAAABT4/LqI82tOAWjw/s1600-h/Lady%252520cooking%252520fish%252520in%252520restaurant%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Lady cooking fish in restaurant" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-6s1EylaY4Zk/UdmyXubuX9I/AAAAAAAABUA/BpBgFiYLj8M/Lady%252520cooking%252520fish%252520in%252520restaurant_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Lady cooking fish in restaurant" width="644" /></a><br />
We picked out our fish and they take it to a little work area where the gut it, clean it, put spices in and on the outside of it and then put it on the little wood grill and cook it. This area was about 6 feet away from our table and we watched the whole process. Jan wished that she hadn’t watched before she was going to eat.<br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-IvOl_cl7KAk/UdmyaWpRA6I/AAAAAAAABUI/E2jKwQJOIuk/s1600-h/Fish%252520for%252520dinner%252520with%252520Romeo%252520and%252520Irene%252520Kribi%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Fish for dinner with Romeo and Irene Kribi" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ntOJ6EJAjGw/UdmycsfqATI/AAAAAAAABUQ/u-lLDjIf2d8/Fish%252520for%252520dinner%252520with%252520Romeo%252520and%252520Irene%252520Kribi_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Fish for dinner with Romeo and Irene Kribi" width="644" /></a><br />
This is our friends, Romeo and Irene, with the finished product on the plate. We had fish soup, three large fish that you pick off the bones, plantains and fries with pop to drink.<br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-X5bfHqwGV-I/UdmygWBwGuI/AAAAAAAABUY/bbdMp2FxT3o/s1600-h/Kribi%252520Hotel%252520Fedelie%252520%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Kribi Hotel Fedelie " border="0" height="484" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-bcTuh75bPTk/Udmyia-foqI/AAAAAAAABUg/q3eUBwF6U8E/Kribi%252520Hotel%252520Fedelie%252520_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Kribi Hotel Fedelie " width="644" /></a><br />
This is the Fedelie Hotel where we stayed. It was across the street from the ocean. We were guests of Romeo and Irene and it was a weekend so many of the hotels were booked. Romeo took Jan in to look at the room to make sure it was ok. It seemed clean and was much better than most Africans live in every day. I hurried and told them it would be fine.<br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-qwSwlvgtDv4/UdmykVOQBwI/AAAAAAAABUo/llQMef_kPQE/s1600-h/Bathroom%252520in%252520our%252520hotel%252520room%252520Kribi%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Bathroom in our hotel room Kribi" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Rgj8lAuxAac/Udmyl5_lwJI/AAAAAAAABUw/s1srAz5AtAI/Bathroom%252520in%252520our%252520hotel%252520room%252520Kribi_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Bathroom in our hotel room Kribi" width="644" /></a><br />
This is the bathroom in our hotel room. We were grateful that the room had air conditioning. We slept well after a long day driving and walking along the beach. Romeo had us fill up the bucket first thing in case the water was off later in the day.<br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-fJU6yZa-0PA/UdmynkXB2sI/AAAAAAAABU4/jq6UFNyqHJs/s1600-h/Dwight%252520and%252520Jan%252520on%252520rocks%252520by%252520ocean%252520Kribi%2525202%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Dwight and Jan on rocks by ocean Kribi 2" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-X8Mnurziu1M/Udmyq8jsdFI/AAAAAAAABVA/bvppRLJYV9I/Dwight%252520and%252520Jan%252520on%252520rocks%252520by%252520ocean%252520Kribi%2525202_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Dwight and Jan on rocks by ocean Kribi 2" width="644" /></a><br />
Kribi is the most beautiful place that we have seen in Africa. The city was smaller and less crowded than Douala and the ocean was very beautiful. We walked along the beach and walked in the water. We always wear our missionary badges and wear our church clothes when we are doing anything except exercising.<br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-M3HtQWroGr8/Udmys3_aJCI/AAAAAAAABVI/j4ZhhfnadcM/s1600-h/Irene%252520and%252520Romeo%252520on%252520Rocks%252520by%252520ocean%252520Kribi%252520%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Irene and Romeo on Rocks by ocean Kribi " border="0" height="484" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Go8G3jn2W70/UdmyuVwtAqI/AAAAAAAABVQ/RHdBrzi_bgg/Irene%252520and%252520Romeo%252520on%252520Rocks%252520by%252520ocean%252520Kribi%252520_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Irene and Romeo on Rocks by ocean Kribi " width="644" /></a><br />
This is Irene and Romeo. They have been a member of the church about a year and a half. We are helping to prepare them to go to the temple in Johannesburg in a few months. We hope to be able to go with them and their 4 children. That would be the highlight of our mission.<br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2GABTg_vKNI/UdmywUQ6OoI/AAAAAAAABVY/spHxBVaEsSI/s1600-h/Dwight%252520and%252520Jan%252520standing%252520in%252520ocean%252520Kribi%2525202%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Dwight and Jan standing in ocean Kribi 2" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-PqbxNYZ3Rqc/Udmyx8Oq9SI/AAAAAAAABVg/oQdvELkJigc/Dwight%252520and%252520Jan%252520standing%252520in%252520ocean%252520Kribi%2525202_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Dwight and Jan standing in ocean Kribi 2" width="644" /></a><br />
There were these huge rocks in the ocean without a mountain any where in sight. We all wondered how God was able to set them there.<br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-8wFizsPR0W4/Udmy0WsUj-I/AAAAAAAABVo/d4_FGuIf7S8/s1600-h/Jan%252520and%252520Romeo%252520and%252520Irene%252520by%252520huge%252520tree%252520roots%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Jan and Romeo and Irene by huge tree roots" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Wum9YZ7886k/Udmy2KCEjsI/AAAAAAAABVw/_D6J-Ck4Id0/Jan%252520and%252520Romeo%252520and%252520Irene%252520by%252520huge%252520tree%252520roots_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Jan and Romeo and Irene by huge tree roots" width="644" /></a><br />
Jan, Romeo, and Irene sitting on the beach under a huge tree whose roots are exposed from the ocean eroding the beach away around the tree.<br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-VT57uhbkZiE/Udmy4E1E_CI/AAAAAAAABV4/JNHxTxuLDxs/s1600-h/Cameroon%252520President%252527s%252520retreat%252520Kribi%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Cameroon President's retreat Kribi" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-K4WxsE5WVaI/Udmy5ve00PI/AAAAAAAABWA/U9WX-Tba0V8/Cameroon%252520President%252527s%252520retreat%252520Kribi_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Cameroon President's retreat Kribi" width="644" /></a><br />
This is a point on the beach where the president of Cameroon has a vacation home. It has military guards guarding it around the clock.<br />
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While we were walking along the beach at 9:00 in the morning, there were many fishing boats that returned from fishing all night out on the ocean. The boats are all hand made out of thick planks and weigh a ton. They fish with nets and bring in what they catch to sell across the street. They go out every night rain or shine. <br />
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They walk the boats up the beach by turning them end for end until they get up out of the tide and close to the road.<br />
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These are the fish that they caught after fishing all night. There are two of them per boat to work the nets.<br />
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The last 20 feet of the beach, they turn the boats strait and everyone comes to help push them up the last part of the beach. Jan and I jumped in to help and they clapped for us,when we got the boat up to the road. With 20 people pushing it was still very hard work to move the boats. For all those who came from the village to help put the boats away they gave them a couple of small fish for their food for the day. They would help several boats and go home with enough food for the family for the day.<br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-JcBD68hq-Vs/UdmzPYSc2LI/AAAAAAAABXI/4ABEGwiVA3o/s1600-h/Little%252520church%252520at%252520Kribi%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Little church at Kribi" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-JukUPlCK1_k/UdmzQ6z1C9I/AAAAAAAABXQ/ibVTgl_6KDs/Little%252520church%252520at%252520Kribi_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Little church at Kribi" width="644" /></a><br />
This is a little church that we passed on the road. It looked like it would only hold 10 people, but Romeo told us they would put chairs outside for the overflow crowd.<br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-a_7zaFhEzZQ/UdmzTAwPmdI/AAAAAAAABXY/MEpvvudJ4CU/s1600-h/Jan%252520and%252520Dwight%252520at%252520Kribi%252520Falls%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Jan and Dwight at Kribi Falls" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-MeboBG67ma0/UdmzUZCVGNI/AAAAAAAABXg/7Y-VbCoDqs4/Jan%252520and%252520Dwight%252520at%252520Kribi%252520Falls_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Jan and Dwight at Kribi Falls" width="364" /></a><br />
In Kribi, there are rivers that flow into the ocean. We went to this spot where there are some waterfalls. It was very beautiful. There were shops where we bought some souvenirs. Romeo bought us a hand carved pineapple with coasters inside. We told him we would think of him and Irene whenever we have a Coke at home back in Utah. They really want to come and see us in Utah. We hope they can. We told them if they can get the airfare we would take care of everything else and show them a lot of neat things like all the temples and conference center in SLC.<br />
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The Falls<br />
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A village across the river from Kribi. People live like they have lived for hundreds of years.<br />
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Jan and I with our very very good friends Romeo and Irene. Irene had just bought that hat to wear at Romeo’s brothers wedding in a couple of weeks. I told her she was like the Britts with her new hat for the wedding.<br />
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These young men were bathing and washing their clothes by the falls. We were glad to see that they still had on their under wear. That’s not always the case.<br />
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We hiked up a little trail to get closer to the falls and we found this lady washing dishes and brushing her teeth in the water. We weren’t sure if she would like us taking her picture, but she smiled when I said “Bonjour Madame”.<br />
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On road from the falls, as we were leaving, we passed this man and woman on a mototaxi with this huge fish strapped on the back. We assume that they were taking it home to cook for their family. We worry a lot about food not being refridgerated he in Africa. The milk, eggs, fish, and most everything else, are just left out in the open. So far, we have only had minor stomach problems from the food.<br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-6iwUQ0RhC48/Udmz-Vi9j8I/AAAAAAAABZY/uZrg62OECfM/s1600-h/Mud%252520House%252520Kribi%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Mud House Kribi" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-aFZ2guSz940/Udm0AofBu0I/AAAAAAAABZg/rtoIm7bd8wQ/Mud%252520House%252520Kribi_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Mud House Kribi" width="644" /></a><br />
This is a mud house that we passed on the way to the falls. Many of the older homes are completely like the bottom half of this house. It is made with poles, sticks and mud. Notice the windows, or lack of.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07513932441650775439noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453397348416856988.post-46141824314268107012013-06-17T12:07:00.001-07:002013-08-19T02:32:13.475-07:00A Traditional African Wedding<br />
We were invited to attend a traditional African Wedding with Romeo and Irene, our best friends in Douala. Romeo’s youngest brother was getting married and it was held at Romeo’s parents home. We have been to their home before and they were so nice to us. The day after the wedding they had Romeo bring us some cooked fish and plantains for dinner, to show their love to us. That was after feeding us two meals at the wedding.<br />
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When we arrived the relatives and neighbors were busy cooking a huge amount of food in the alley by their home. The feast would be sent home with the bride’s family as part of the bride price. These are plantains that are large bananas which they boil or deep fry. They are a little sweet with a consistency of potatoes when they are boiled.<br />
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Jan wanted to help cook, but they told her she would light her dress on fire. They were very nice to us and let us take all the pictures we wanted.<br />
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We did get to help in the kitchen. We made sandwiches with bread, butter and salami.<br />
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We think this is called minindo. It is a dough that they make and roll in little rolls and then roll it in large leafs. It is allowed to ferment for a couple of weeks and turns to the consistency of soft taffy and is rubbery. It has little flavor but the Africans love it. They sell it on the streets to cars that drive by.<br />
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It used to seem so strange to us to be the only white people in a room full of black people, mostly men. Now we don’t see color anymore. We just look at each other and say we are really in Africa at an African wedding. Here they are getting ready for the ceremony. They all shook our hands and welcomed us. We all introduced ourselves later in the program. It wasn’t a whole lot different than our wedding breakfasts in the US.<br />
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Romeo asked Sister Gailey to wear her African dress, that was made for her, by the relief society for an activity they had where they all dressed alike. The ladies did let her stir this pot, but were keeping a pretty close eye on her.<br />
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Here Jan is grinding pepper on a rock with a round stone. They really still use this method to grind spices.<br />
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Behind the main house was a traditional home that has been there for a long time. I guess it is a guest house now, or where the husband sleeps when he doesn’t behave himself.<br />
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The bride’s family gives the groom a list of what they want him to bring, for them, to the wedding. As you can see alcohol is huge on their list. The jugs have a homemade brew in them. Here, a representative of the family checks things off the list if they are acceptable. They pile continued to grow for an hour as things were brought in to add to it. The father of the bride, in the colorful shirt, is checking out the tobacco that they brought.<br />
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They have now added plantains and two 100 pound bags of rice and some bottled water will be added to the gift pile.<br />
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We went outside to check out the goat that was on the list. They kept smacking it to get it to bleat. It would’t and was too skinny, so they rejected the goat. It was later accepted and will be taken home with the rest of the loot, to the bride’s home where they will kill the goat and cook it. They will take the huge pots of food, prepared by the family of the groom, and all the alcohol with them and will invite the neighborhood over for an all night feast and celebration.<br />
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These are the plantains that have been pealed and are being washed prior to boiling them.<br />
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This is the groom and bride and the spokesman for the grooms family. I guess he serves as a witness to the ceremony. We didn’t think it was appropriate to take pictures during the wedding ceremony, so this is the best we have. We will show the chief that performed the ceremony in a picture with Jan and me.<br />
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This is the tribal chief. He was a huge man. When we were introduced to him he sent someone out to buy us a coke as a gift for us. He was gracious enough to let us take his picture with us.<br />
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This is our best friends in Douala, Romeo and Irene. They joined the church about 11/2 years ago. They have 4 children and always others staying with them. They are such a source of strength to the branch and have taken such good care of us, since we arrived. Their English has really improved and Romeo and I speak our own language. 1/2 English and 1/2 French.<br />
Whenever we have a problem or need anything, we call on them. They do the same with us. We have been in their home many times and feel just like family. I like Romeo’s short sleeved suit.<br />
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When we get missing our grandchildren too much we adopt some of the beautiful children here.<br />
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Shortly after arriving on our mission in Douala, President and Sister Jameson came to visit us. They told us that they had been on a safari on their first mission here, and they highly recommended that we go on one too if we could afford it. Pres. Jameson even mentioned that the General Authorities had said that a safari would be a wonderful opportunity since we are so close and may never be this way again. Since that day early in our mission we have planned to make it happen. We decided to go on our 9 month anniversary which would be half way through our mission. This week, the long anticipated day finally arrived.<br />
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Our good friend Pam Atwood, in Morgan, helped with the arrangements and everything went very smoothly. Here we boarded a Kenya Airways 737 for a 4 hour flight to Nairobi Kenya. Sister Whitesides is sitting behind us. She and Elder Whitesides from Yaounde and Layton Utah, have shared everything here in Cameroon with us and we were so glad that they were on the safari with us also.<br />
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We spent the night in Nairobi in a Hilton Hotel, and then got on an 18 passenger plane and flew to the Mara Intrepids where we would spend 4 days and three nights. We made two stops and let passengers off and picked up new passengers at two other camps along the way. We flew over some beautiful country and could see wild life as we came into the dirt landing strips near the camps.<br />
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After a brief orientation and a fruit drink, we were taken to our tent. It was very nice inside and had this nice deck that overlooked the river below. The tent had a hardwood floor, a four poster bed with a mosquito net, and a nice bathroom with a large shower. More pictures of the inside will be coming later.<br />
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As soon as we arrived at out tent, we looked down at the river, about 30 feet away and there was this huge hippo sunning itself. He was there most of the time we were there. An elephant also walked down the river bank one afternoon while we were watching.<br />
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Every morning at 6:30 we would go out on a game drive until 11:30. They would pack a breakfast for us so we didn’t have to come back to camp. The first animal we saw was this Gazel which had just had this baby. She was still licking him clean and we saw him take some of his wobbly first steps.<br />
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Coming into camp after getting off the plane we were greeted by this baboon.<br />
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We saw a lot of Elephants just grazing in the meadows. They are so huge when you are only about 10 feet away. This one started walking toward our Land Rover and Jan was ready to bail out the other side. They seemed so much different in the wild than they do in the zoo. They just roam free and don’t seem to have a care in the world.<br />
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Many of the pictures we took were while bumping along the road and some of them are a little blurry. The ostriches were running away. They are even bigger than they look<br />
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One of our favorites was the Cheetas. They are so pretty. We saw a mother teaching her son how to hunt. They caught a small gazell and the little one kept pouncing on it and then letting it go and then catching it again. They eventually ate it. The food chain is very evident in the wild.<br />
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This is a hyena. They are scavengers. They hang around a kill until everyone else is finished eating and then clean up the bones and scraps that are left.<br />
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This is a wilderbeast. There were only a few left because every year 11/2 million of them migrate to the Serengeti for new grass lands. Then in 6 months they migrated back to the Mara for the new grass here. Our guide said this one was left behind and now he is a bewildered beast.<br />
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These are the strangest animals we came across. We rode in these open Land Rovers and could stand up and see all around us. This is us with the Whitesides and the Gills who were with us for the 4 days. The Gills are from England and we loved their accents.<br />
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The giraffes were some of the easiest to spot. With their long necks we could see them from miles away. They are so majestic. Jan thought I should have posted one with him looking at us.<br />
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We drove up to the river and looked over the edge and there were 20 hippos swimming together right below us.<br />
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There are 1/2 million Zebras in Kenya, but they also migrate every 6 months. There are a few that stay behind and we saw about 30 of them. They have very weak backbones and the lions sneak up on them and jump in the middle of their backs to bring them down.<br />
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There are a lot of beautiful birds and a lot of vultures. This is one of the prettiest birds we have ever seen. It has brilliant blues, purples and greens. There were 3 of them on this tree.<br />
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Many crocodiles live in the Mara River. They can go for up to a year without eating and when the wilderbeasts migrate they hide and attack them as they cross the river. This one was probably 15 feet long. His head is by the tree.<br />
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This little baby Hippo was so cute that I had to include it on our blog.<br />
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Rhinos are very rare. There are only 30 left in the whole park. Poachers have almost killed them off, to cut off their horns to sell. We were very lucky to find this one and to get within 30 feet of it. He just eventually wandered off after resting in the shade for w few minutes.<br />
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We crossed this river a lot. One morning as we crossed, we looked upstream and saw all of these elephants getting their morning drink.<br />
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This has to be one of our favorite finds. We were a couple hundred yards away from a small tree. We saw a male lion stand up and stretch. We drove over to the tree and there were 4 huge male lions sleeping under the same tree. They would yawn and stretch and roll over and then go back to sleep. We parked 10 feet away and watched them for 1/2 hour. By the time we left the tree was circled with other Land Rovers that had come to see our find.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07513932441650775439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453397348416856988.post-46402785061811218762013-05-23T12:52:00.000-07:002013-08-19T02:26:42.638-07:00Dr. Samuel and Caro’s Home<br />
We have talked alot about Dr. Samuel and his clinic for orphans, street children and underprivileged people, so I thought you would like to see where he lives. His clinic is on the ground floor on the right, and behind it up three flights of stairs is his humble home.<br />
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Sister Gailey is just ready to head up the stairs to the right to go to his house where we will teach his wife Caro. We sometimes teach their daughter and her cousin when we can catch them home from school.<br />
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This is the second floor of the building. It caught fire at some point and has just been abandoned and left as it was when they got the fire out.<br />
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I am starting up the stairs to the third floor.<br />
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At the top of the stairs on the concrete floor they have a little fire pit where they cook food in large pots over the fire and coals. They are so kind and almost always try to feed us something. Usually we have just eaten before we get there. <img alt="Smile" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-xFW_o3QBJKY/UZ5eIP0qtDI/AAAAAAAABGw/FUJre9LF8Oo/wlEmoticon-smile%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" /><br />
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Sister Gailey on the third floor by their front door with their laundry hanging out to dry.<br />
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Looking down from the third floor to Dr. Samuel as he come out of the clinic to join in our lesson.<br />
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Inside the home we find the beautiful children waiting to climb up on our laps. This is Jackson their son and his cousin Favo. They are two years old. I told Jan her number one responsibility during the lesson is to make sure my scriptures are protected. They love the sound of tearing paper and love to write and color on anything we bring to them.<br />
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This is the rest of the family. Joy, 6, Jimmy, 1 and Caro. We have been teaching Caro and she is going to be baptized in our pool on Saturday May 25th. Her husband will baptize her and I will confirm her on Sunday. Dr. Samuel has been waiting 5 years for her to join him in the church and we had the priviledge of teaching her. They both are English speakers. She will be Jan and my first convert in Cameroon.<br />
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This is their older daughter Lydia. We have taught her a couple of times and she has a lot of questions. With school out for the summer, we hope to be able to teach her and her cousin more often.<br />
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This is a look inside their front door and into the kitchen. It is literally 6 feet square.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07513932441650775439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453397348416856988.post-2838409382334469702013-04-25T13:55:00.001-07:002013-08-19T02:24:10.381-07:00A Man’s Blog<br />
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Bro Ebere is my mechanic and this is his shop. He is in the Branch Presidency and speaks English. My truck was making a terrible noise and he found out there was a loose part on the air filter box. He heated up a wire with a torch and pushed a hole in it to put a screw in to hold it tight. It fixed the rattle.<br />
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There are many cars in various stages of disrepair. He dropped everything to work on my truck. As I walked around, his yard looked like a salvage yard in the US and none of the vehicles would have been thought worth repairing, but he will fix them.<br />
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Brother Ebere is building a home on the corner of the lot where his car repair business is. It will be nice when he gets it finished and he will be closer to his family when he works. I haven’t seen the home he is living in now.<br />
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We took a taxi across town to get the parts we needed to replace the clutch on the truck and I took some photos as we were riding in the taxi. This is a portable plumbing shop that sells all kinds of plumbing repair parts. It is pushed around town by the owner.<br />
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The store on the right is a plumbing store. Notice the sinks hanging and the pipe in the roll.<br />
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This is another plumbing cart. It is a little blurry, because we were driving by pretty fast and the road was very rough.<br />
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This is a large building under construction. They pour cement collums and then fill in the rest with home made cinderblocks. We pray that they never have an earthquake here. It takes years for anything to be completed and often they get to this stage and then the owner runs out of money and they just sit for years.<br />
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Brother Ebere and his helper are putting a new clutch in our truck. For those of you not mechanically minded, that means they have to take out the drive shaft, and the transmission to get to the clutch. In the US they would put it on a hoist and stand under to do the work. Here they raised up the front a few inches and put some old engine blocks under to support it and then lay underneath on some cardboard and drop everything to the ground. I watched the whole process and was amazed what they can do with a sack of tools. They didn’t even have sockets and of course no air tools.<br />
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This is the waiting room. I would watch out in the sun until I got too hot and then I would sit on these old car seats and study my French. It took about 6 hours for them to change the clutch. <br />
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In the taxi on the way to buy the new clutch, I saw this guy on the back of a mototaxi with two weed eaters up in the air. They do all the trimming along the side of the roads with weed eaters. I was expecting him to hit a low wire and to come rolling off the moto.<br />
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There are thousands of old abandoned vehicles along the roads. They drive them until they stop and then a mechanic comes with his little bag of tools and rebuilds the engine or transmission or puts the front end back on. He does it where ever it dies. I asked my mechanic about preventative maintenance and he laughed at me.<br />
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On our trip to Yaounde, a city 4 hours away through the jungle we often see critters hanging on the side of the road for sale. We have seen monkeys, and other animals. We finally got the courage to stop and ask if we could take a picture. The one on the right is a porcupine and the one on the left I’m not sure what it is . There was a turtle hanging with them. It is below and was alive at the time we took the picture. These two were not alive.<br />
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People still carry a lot of things on their heads. When they unload trucks they haul it in on their heads. We have seen many times men with two 100 pound sacks of cement on their heads. This guy has a huge bag with scrap plastic and metal parts that he will recycle I assume.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07513932441650775439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453397348416856988.post-47667261873372497842013-04-08T02:31:00.000-07:002013-08-19T02:20:52.670-07:00Zone excursion to Kribi<br />
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For P-day we took our missionaries to a resort town 21/2 hours away called Kribi. It is on the Atlantic Ocean. We are at the bus station at 7:00 a.m. to leave and finally left at 8:30 after stopping to get gas and to get a new spare tire for the one that was flat.<br />
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At Kribi we saw these beautiful water falls that empty into the ocean. We rode in taxis for about 20 minutes from where the bus dropped us off in the center of town. This was by far the most beautiful place we have seen in Cameroon. It was a refreshing change of scenery.<br />
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Elder and Sister Gailey sitting on the trail that lead to the falls in an old boat made from hollowing out a log.<br />
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The missionaries changed into their p-day clothes after we arrived. They always wear their name tags. It drove them crazy not to be able to get in the ocean and go swimming. When the frisbee went into the ocean the native below would go out and get it for them. He played soccer with the missionaries and he was a lot of fun.<br />
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This young man played soccer and frisbee with the Elders. He found this little sand crab walking along the beach and put it on his head where it would show up better. We were having so much fun just getting away that we didn’t even take a picture of the ocean. On the way home we were crammed into a 18 passenger small bus that had small fold down seats added in the isle that expanded the capacity to 34 people. We were 11/2 hours late getting back to the bus because our taxis didn’t come on time. We had 24 people sitting on the hot bus that were not very happy to see 10 white people show up and squeeze in between them. We handed out pretzels and that seemed to help. The ride back took 31/2 hours because the traffic was so bad. My back was sore for a week.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07513932441650775439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453397348416856988.post-44415963326204494512013-03-18T11:03:00.000-07:002013-03-18T11:03:00.656-07:00A Baptism at our Apartment<br />
We had a baptism at our apartment. We had a baptismal font at our other building but the new building we moved into doesn’t have one yet, so we have had a couple of baptismal services at the pool at our apartment. We never go swimming in it, but it looks clean and works well for baptisms.<br />
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The pool is about 5 feet deep and they try to perform the baptisms on the steps but usually end up falling in when they put them under the water.<br />
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Elder Graham, from Layton was serving as a witness for the baptism of Aldrich, who is Romeo’s son’s friend. Romeo performed the baptism.<br />
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Brother Joseph is engaged to the young women’s president in the branch. He is a bouncer at a club and his life has changed so much. He wanted the smallest person who could, to baptize him as a sign of his humility. Junior baptized him. He is a priest.<br />
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This little girl Joy, was bored at the baptism, so we gave her some markers and she climbed up on my desk and drew pictures and fell asleep while coloring.<br />
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Joy is the cutest little girl. We are teaching her mom the gospel and when we go to their house, she always runs to us and gives a big hug.<br />
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We had over 40 people in our apartment from the branch for the baptism. We ran out of chairs and the Elders had to sit on the floor.<br />
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This is Dr. Samuel and his wife Caro. He has been a member for 5 years and moved around a lot in his studies to become a doctor. He was never ordained to the Aaronic priesthood, so last week he was ordained a priest. Sister Gailey and I are teaching Caro and their two older daughters Sidonie and Lydia. Joy is their daughter and they have two little boys, Jackson (2) and Jimmy (1). We hope they will be ready for baptism in a few weeks and Dr. Samuel will be able to baptize them.<br />
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On Saturday March 16, 2013 the BonaPriso and BonaBari branches had a combined relief society birthday party like they do all over the church. These sisters spent hours preparing the food out in the sun on the hot concrete behind the church building. They had rice, beans, fish heads and some other things that I’m not sure what they were. They cook it over charcoal which is pieces of burn wood that they re-light.<br />
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The women got together a few weeks before and tie died some fabric and then made matching dresses from the material. Sister Gailey doesn’t have a sewing machine or much desire to sew, so they made a dress for her. It is kind of one size fits all with these dresses.<br />
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The sisters spend two hours before getting everyone dressed and looking just right. They make hats out of fabric that they tie in many different ways to give it a different look.<br />
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This is the finished product. Jan came home and skyped some of the family in her new outfit. Alek didn’t know what to think of his grandma.<br />
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With her new dress and hat Sister Gailey fit right in. It is a little hard to tell which one she is. Good thing she has her name tag on. They had all the sisters go up in front and model while they plaid modeling music. Sister Gailey got the biggest applause and cheers. <br />
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On the drive home, we got a lot of really weird looks. Here I am with my African Queen. Jan has gone from being a princess at home to a queen here in Cameroon.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07513932441650775439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453397348416856988.post-2410383220961411042013-03-18T08:14:00.000-07:002013-03-18T08:14:46.293-07:00Tie Dying Material for Dresses for the Relief Society Birthday Party.<br />
The sisters got together to tie dye material to make themselves matching dressings. I’m not sure what used to dye the material, but all the sisters were holding their noses so I think it was toxic.<br />
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The Elders stopped by after playing soccer just in time to provide the muscle for wringing out the fabric for the sisters. This is Elders Morin, Zurcher, Andriamamonjy, and Garland.<br />
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We ordered some new couches from Oscar. He is in the branch presidency in BonaPriso. He made 4 couches for us and the Elders in about two weeks. The dark one behind the two chairs is one of them. He made them in the little shop behind us. We are right on the side of a very busy highway that runs through Douala. We had to dust them off when we brought them home.<br />
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This is a bird that was walking around one of the shops in Kinshasa. We don’t usually see birds like this just walking around.<br />
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This is a fish market on the side of the river. They go out and fish with nets, and then come in here and sell the fish fresh. At least as fresh as they can be sitting out in the 90 degree heat all day.<br />
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We live in an apartment with a gate. We pull up and honk and Isidore our guard, opens and closes the gate for us. He sleeps on a piece of cardboard on the concrete when he is not working around the apartments. He is being taught by the Elders. He has paid 4 cows to his in laws and has to pay two more before he can get married and then baptized.<br />
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This is a typical neighborhood here in Douala. The children play in the streets and at night everyone comes out and sits in the streets and visit.<br />
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This is a popular swimming hole near us. The water looks much greener in the picture than it really is. Many of the young men swim without swimming suits and they love to stand on their heads in the water with their legs and other things out of the water when we drive by.<br />
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We buy bottled peanuts from these ladies. We told them we would only buy if we could take their picture. They blow the skins off the peanuts that they have roasted and pack them into water bottles. We pay about $4 for a bottle of peanuts packed like the lady in the picture is packing them. The really are delicious. We’re not sure how sanitary, but we haven’t gotten sick from them yet.<br />
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There are hundreds of these vans on the roads. They will put about 30 people in them and then pack their stuff on the top. The springs are shot and some of them lean so bad we can’t see how they don’t fall over.<br />
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When you buy chickens, you get the head and feet inside. We didn’t realize it until Sister Whitesides cooked one and started eating it and pulled out the head with the comb and the feet.<br />
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This is another picture of one of the bus vans. There are 5 rows of seats with at least 6 people on each bench. One or two more are added by standing on the back and the side by the sliding door. It is the cheapest way to get around Douala.<br />
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They transport all kinds of things on push carts. They will pull them for miles. You can see the guy is soaking with sweat. We have even seen a car being pulled on one of them. On the right is a mototaxi. They haul up to six people on a Honda 125 motorcycle and normal traffic laws do not apply to them. They just drive around cars and through red lights. <br />
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This is a logging truck hauling logs to the sawmill. We pass a lot of them on the road to Yaounde, when we go to visit the Whitesides. You can see they are as big around as the car that is passing. Much of the lumber goes to China.<br />
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This picture is taken through our windshield. We are driving down this street. Busyness like this is not at all unusual where we drive. My truck was repainted just before we got here and it has scrapes down both sides from driving through these areas. My mirrors keep getting folded in from hitting things and people. We just keep going.<br />
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We may have posted this before, but this larger pictures shows just how much you can get on a push cart.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07513932441650775439noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453397348416856988.post-18925838110856305822013-02-24T10:14:00.000-08:002013-02-24T10:23:56.380-08:00Couple’s Conference in Kinshasa<br />
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On Feb. 11 Pres. and Sister Jameson invited the three outlying couples to come to Kinshasa for a conference, to see the mission home and meet the other 3 couples in the office. We flew to Pointe Noire, had an unexpected 3 hour layover waiting for more passengers to fill up the plane and then flew on to Brazzaville. We stayed overnight at a really nice hotel and got on a small boat with about 10 people to cross this Congo River. The city across the river is Kinshasa. It has 12 million people, and now has 7 Stakes. We were met at every stop by church leaders who made sure we got where we needed to go safely.<br />
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Elder Billings, on the left, has been called to start a pilot program for the church. He was a teacher at Salt Lake Comm. College in construction. He has been called to teach young men, returned missionaries, construction skills. His wife teaches family history and researching family name to the members. The students learn to make their own cinder blocks and how to construct buildings. Sister Gailey is trying her hand at cinderblock making. They are actually building a building for the church here in these photos. The church is trying to teach RM’s skills so they can earn a living and provide for their families. There is one sister in their group.<br />
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This is one of the buildings they are building with handmade cinderblocks. They can make up to 3oo in a day when they really get going.<br />
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Of course, I was most interested in checking out the plumbing. Here they are pouring concrete that they mix by hand.<br />
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The next day Elder and Sister Moon took us on a field trip to see what they are doing for humanitarian work in our mission. We drove along a road for about 30 minutes out of Kinshasa to a water well project that the church did a few years ago. As we drove we started waving to all the children along the way. They started following and the adults had to part them for us to drive through. When we stopped we started shaking their hands and they just mobbed us. It was so humbling to see how they lived. They were so anxious to touch us and have their picture taken with us. I don’t think they really knew who we were, or that our church had provided them with clean drinking water.<br />
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Sister Gailey was hesitant to touch them at first, but they soon were crawling all over her and she was loving it. They are so beautiful and loving.<br />
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We parked the cars and walked a little way down a path to where the well was. There is a large tank built up on concrete legs that a well 120 feed in the ground pumps water up to. It then comes down a pipe and underground and up to these spigots. There were many women filling jugs with clean water and carrying it off to their homes on their heads. We were told that water borne illness in the area has dropped by 40 % since the well was provided. Before they were drinking out of ditches that were filled with garbage.<br />
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In the same area, the church has build some restrooms for the people to use. The name of the church is on the building.<br />
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As we loaded up and drove away, the children ran after us. We left, never to be the same.<br />
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In Kinshasa, they created 2 new stakes this past year, bringing the total to 7. There are now as many here as there are in Johannesburg, where the church has been for a lot longer. This is a chapel on the main road to the airport. It has been named the Nauvoo temple by the American missionaries. It has parking under on the first floor and the chapel is on the 2nd floor.<br />
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This is the three outlying couples, who with us, live hours away from the mission home, The Wheatleys, on the left, who are from Clinton, Utah, live in the Central African Republic in Pointe Noire, and The Whitesides, on the right, are from Layton and live in Yaounde in Cameroon about 4 hours drive from us in Douala. We have 5 different countries in our mission. Right now we have 8 missionaries living in Douala and they are from 5 different countries.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07513932441650775439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453397348416856988.post-3705138490954400342013-01-14T02:02:00.004-08:002013-03-18T10:59:27.050-07:00The Mbengue Family<div style="text-align: center;">
We have been teaching Victor and Laure Mbengue and their six children temple preparation classes to help prepare them to go to the temple. The father,Victor speaks English and translates for us. They have three children of their own and have taken in and adopted 3 more. They will all be sealed in the Johannesburg temple then end of March if everything goes well with the temple scheduling. The temple patron assistance fund set up by the church which members contribute to helps with the finances for families to go for the first time to be sealed. Without the assistance of church members in other parts of the world, most people would not ever be able to afford to be sealed as eternal families</div>
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Victor and Laure invited us and our 4 missionaries over for dinner. They had 3 other people staying with them also, so they had to feed 15 of us. It was probably their food budget for the month and Sister Mbengue had to have spend the whole day cooking. Laundry is also a full time job for her. They wash their clothes by hand in a bucket and hang them out to dry.</div>
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We have met a lot of wonderful people here in Douala Cameroon. We thought we would show a few and tell why they mean a lot to us.</div>
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These are our current Elders at our apartment for Thanksgiving dinner. Elders Gelinas,Zurcher,Prince, Hoiland,Lafleur, Porter,Lavering, Andriamamonjy, Rambelosoam, and Eboue who is a branch missionary. They can eat as much as our own family of almost 30. We played games and watched the movie "Remember the Titans" about integration in the 60's in the US. We shared our blessings and have become each other's families. </div>
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We love the children of Cameroon. They are so beautiful, loving and happy. They have nothing compared to children in the US, but don't need things to be happy and have fun. They run to us and hug us and are so excited that we will shake their hands. Those in the gospel have a much brighter future ahead of them.</div>
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We have shown these people before, but we have really grown to love them. Gregoire, Gabrielle and their son Messie are on the left by Elder Porter from St. George. Sister Ange and her son Edon are on the right with Elder Prince. Elder Prince returned home to Centerville on Nov. 29th. These two families invite us to their home every two weeks to teach them how to have eternal families, thinking we are experts because we have been married for 36 years and raised 6 children.</div>
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Elder Holland came to Kinshasa DR Congo a month ago to dedicate a new country called The Central Africa Republic, right between our two countries, for the preaching of the gospel. Pres. and Sister Jameson, our mission president and his wife, are in Gabon interviewing for the first branch presidency this very day. Our priesthood leaders all got to shake his hand. They didn't invite us missionaries in the outlying areas to come to see him, because of Visas and cost but they did invite our branch presidents. </div>
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Pres. Njampou on the left and Pres. Ngueti in the center reading, are our branch presidents. They are amazing men and were so excited to go to Kinshasa to be with Elder Holland. It is so amazing that members of the 12 Apostles are going into every corner of the world to be with the members. The members are so honored that they would do that.<br />
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This is the Ebere family. They came to our home to welcome us right after we got settled. They came on a Sunday evening and stayed for 4 hours. Sister Gailey asked Sister Ebere how she braided her girls hair, and she showed her by doing all 4 of them while we watched. We had treats and the children jumped up and cleaned and washed everything without being asked. We were impressed.<br />
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Romeo, Iren, Manuel, Diabel, Hope, Katie, and Flora Dim have adopted us. They call almost every week to see if we need anything. We have been to their home several times for grilled fish and plantanes. They came to our house for shepard's pie. Whenever we need anything, we call on them. They have only been members 11 months, but are so strong. Romeo is spending every day overseeing the remodeling of a new building that our BonaPriso branch will move into the 1st of January. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07513932441650775439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453397348416856988.post-60024239233718434652012-12-09T06:16:00.000-08:002013-08-19T01:56:56.172-07:00Proselyting with the Elders<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07513932441650775439noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453397348416856988.post-49993469397618182412012-10-28T11:12:00.001-07:002013-08-19T01:53:42.525-07:00Missionary Temporal ServiceSaturday morning we got up at 6:00 to do a service project for Sister Christiann. She needed a lot cleared of weeds and garbage for an addition to the old family home. Most of the work was done with machetties. I used it for about 15 minutes and had enough. The lot was about 75’x75’ and it took us 2 hours to get it cleared off.<br />
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A bridge we drive across on our way to BonaBeri the other branch we serve with.<br />
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Brother Gaeton is working the machettie. I am hauling weeds.<br />
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The neighbor children came out to watch us work.<br />
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Sister Gailey working with the machettie.<br />
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Elder’s Andriamamongi, Lavering, Brother Gastone, Elders LaFleur, Gaileys and Lurcher with Sister Christiann in the middle.<br />
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After our work, Sister Christiann took us to her house and fed us rice and stir fry after we washed our hands with alcohol and hand sanitizer.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07513932441650775439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453397348416856988.post-78388499166941534322012-10-28T11:02:00.001-07:002013-08-19T01:48:56.857-07:00Gregoire, Gabriel, and Ange and Their Children<br />
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After church for three weeks now, we have gone to this home to teach Gregoire and his wife Gabriel. They have been members of the church for about 8 months. They got married so they could get baptized. They want us to come over and teach them how to have a strong marriage and how to raise their 6 year old son Mesi. Elder Prince and Elder Porter go with us and translate for us. Tonight we talked about Eternal Marriage. Their friend Ange has been meeting with us and the Elders and is getting baptized this Saturday. She left her boyfriend that she has been living with for several years to join the church. They are so gracious and always say how honored they are that we will come to their home. We are the ones that are honored to be in their home where the spirit is so strong. They have so little materially, but have such great faith.</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07513932441650775439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453397348416856988.post-81301884092944546352012-10-19T10:46:00.002-07:002013-08-19T01:48:17.049-07:00 Six People on a Mototaxi Who needs a van when you have a mototaxi.<br />
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