Friends For Christmas

Thankful for friends and the time spent with them.

Christmas Tree

The decorating begins with everyone on chairs putting up garland

and continues...


Beth putting on the tree topper



Tree trimming crew

I like it





The flag


Ornament my Grandma made from her old jewlery

The pumpkin "snowman"

The chicken

More garland please

Mr. Rabbit

Corrie's turkey

Beth's dollar - she thought the tree needed it.

The finished tree

Thankful for Faithful Friends

Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort,

of feeling safe with a person;

having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words,

but to pour them all out just as they are,

chaff and grain together,

knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them,

keep what is worth keeping,

and then,

with the breath of kindness,

blow the rest away.

---George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)

Cameroon

My older brother, Don, and I went to Cameroon to serve along side missionaries, the Needhams. Don goes to Cameroon once a year to do an annual on Tom's airplane. I was able to spend lots of time with the natives, help with translation work, and was even allowed to help with the plane.

One of the many bridges...

In a taxi in Yaounde with Godlove

Flying to Yaounde

Don and I getting ready to leave for Yaounde

Gideon, the pet chamileon

A dung beetle

Me and a tree

Anna and April in the bamboo forrest

Taking off the grass strip

Walking in the village with baby in tow

Cows and their keeper

One of the many beautiful rainbows

Inside one of the native homes

Children coming to see us

Giving a Bible to a fellow believer

Need the umbrella in case it rains

Sister Regina and me

Man coming to see new airplane

Barb, Anna, April, Kathy (Ginger the dog)

On our couple hour hike up the mountain to visit a Fulani family

Deciding how April wants to cross

Me and Mosa

Kathy

Main street in Bamenda

Giving quilts and tracts to needy children

Talking with a Fulani woman and her son in her kitchen

Typical home

Missionary Family: The Needhams

Tom & Barb, Kathy, Daniel, Anna and April

My brother, Don, and me

Local church

Kathy and I ate lunch with this family. We had fufu (cornflour and water) and bitter green leaf soup.

Judith making the fufu.

Playing with the kids.

These men wanted their photo taken with the new airplane.

I love this photo of the Fulani women

While we were there, a new airplane Don helped build arrived from America. This was a big event in the village. Here is part of the welcoming committee.

After the arrival there was somewhat of a church service. Here is the church choir. The Gospel was clearly presented to a captive audience.

Tom and the airplanes