Happenings of the First Week

Glitch-free arrival; a huge praise (no seizures, all luggage); thank you for your prayers

• Assigned to an unexpectedly nice, just-refurbished mission apartment

• Two power outages (1 short, 1 long)

• A roach and a few ants in the kitchen (not too bad, actually!)

• Meeting many ex-pat and Cameroonian staff

• Heidi forging relationships quickly, ministering to kids and some folks in need

• David at new-teacher orientation at RFIS; many hours, more to come

• Learned that Wycliffe finished 3 New Testament translations in the extreme north of Cameroon last year (Boko Haram area), one amidst a Muslim community.

Communication info:

Our internet access is, at least for now, fickle and slow (uploading lots of photos is not possible at this point.) Also, only the laptop (not phones or tablet) are connectable with our loiwly (cellular via USB stick, i.e., cheap as possible) internet connection. Since I need the laptop at school, it has been hard to get the perfect storm of working-internet, laptop-available, before-bedtime time for kids particularly (but even Heidi and me) to email/facebook/web. Luke is especially frustrated because the blog he put hours into preparing before arrival is somehow blocked (the entire Weebly.com site) in Cameroon due to one user’s abuse of the site for criminal activity. We are likely going to have to spring for a more robust internet connection, though the options are limited and either very expensive or probably only marginally better.

Overall:

We are delighted to be here and amazed at the providential assembly of details that has brought this all about. The kids are adjusting well, making friends, and in general feeling very positive about life here. Yet we miss family and friends greatly!

Prayers and lots of love,

David & the gang