Unusual birds take over Douala.

 As we walk to the Post Office in the morning, we would see hundreds of birds flying above one of the homes.  There are large trees and the birds would fly around and land in the trees.  It is 8:00 in the morning and they were making alot of noise. Upon closer inspection we realized that they weren't birds after all.

There are many clusters of bats on this tree.  They are a little hard to see, but the clumps are bats.

You can see the clusters of bats a little better in this picture.  I was a little nervous looking up.  I didn't know what might fall in my face.

Flooded Streets

It was raining really hard for a couple of hours on Thursday.  We drove along many streets with a foot of water on them.  On some streets we had to turn around because people were walking in them with water close to their waists.  We are suppose to be about out of the rainy season and it will now get hotter.

Round-A-Bout Art in Douala

There are many round-a-bouts in Douala.  This man is in the center of one of them.  He is probably about 40 feet tall.  He is made out of all sorts of spare parts welded together.  We think we know where we are and then we take the wrong road out of the round-a-bout and see things we have never seen before.

Douala Baptisms

We have baptisms in our branches about every other week.  This is a 27 year old woman and two 9 year olds that were baptized on October 6th.  They all have other members of their families that are members.  Jackie’s father was baptized two weeks before.  It is hard to get all the family ready at the same time.  Those found by the missionaries are somewhat posessive of the missionaries teaching them first and then their families.  It is hard to coordinate schedules to teach them together also.  The Elders are Elder Prince the Zone Leader and Elder Hoiland and Elder Rambelosom.

Jackie, her father and her children.

This is the baptism of  Brother Alex Eboa.  He was baptized on Sept. 22.  His daughter, Jackie looks 18 but is really 27 and has 3 children.  She has never been married.  Jackie was baptized two weeks later.   The gospel will make such a difference in her life and the lives of her small children. The elders are Elder Rambelosom who is from Madascar and Elder Hoiland who is from Idaho.  They taught Ales and Jackie.