In a nutshell...

We are swimming in quite a whirlpool of teaching (Bible and Physics), nursing (Heidi now officially the branch nurse and getting lots of "business"), music (e.g., leading in chapel), coaching (boys' soccer) and a slew of medical issues (see below)! But great praise amidst all this is due the Lord.

Thank you for you many, many prayers for the rental of our house. We indeed landed renters--ones who first looked at the house the very day before we left for Cameroon. A huge, huge answer to prayer. We continue be deeply grateful to Heidi's cousin-once-removed(?) who stepped up so graciously to take care of our dog Sierra, and to dear family and friends who have done gobs of labor to pack up our house, close and prep the pool for winter, etc., etc..

Teaching here is a delight. Both my physics and Bible classes are going well, though the labor to prep for them is, as I make a habit of saying, non-trivial. I do feel the crunch, especially on top of my coaching duties for this sports season. There is a break in my schedule coming up since some of my team-teaching duties change in a few weeks.

The "tough nut" for us to crack right now is some puzzling health issues for me (David.) I'm on blood thinner medication for a few months to clear up a DVT (blood clot in my calf.) These can be rather frightening, but the size, location and age of my particular clot are such that the doctors think it is quite stable. The medication(s) are very expensive (currently $20/day injections!) and are proving hard to procure in Cameroon. My arm is a bit more troublesome; there is some "cording" (calcifying? not sure what the medical description is) of a lymph vessel that prevents me from extending it all the way, as well as some nodules on tendons in my palm. Still have no definitive diagnosis, so it all weighs a bit heavy on my spirit.

Even so, THE reason we are here, the most joyful occasion for the Wycliffe/SIL branch here occurred yesterday--the dedication of a new Bible translation. The translation into the Mekaa language was finished in 2014 but the printing is now done, copies shipped...and the exuerbant dedication ceremony was thus able to take place. 80,000 speakers of Mekaa now can say, "God speaks my language!" We'll try to post pictures soon. Praise the Lord.