Amazing story ( Read more... )

Advance warning...now that I have a laptop at home, it’s much easier to make ridiculously long and nonsensical entries. Read on ( Read more... )

just so everyone knows, i survived the journey and i'm in yaounde. more to come later...

I went yesterday to the immigration office to get instructions on what papers I needed for a residency permit. Next thing I knew, I was being whisked around, making photocopies of my passport, and 500 dollars later I have my temporary residence permit, with the real one coming in two months. I didn't even have to provide any proof of my ( Read more... )

Yikes, has it really ben almost a month since I've updated?? Things here are crazy, we're having another conference next week and I have been absolutely nutso getting thins together. But it's good to be busy. NOthing else really to report--things here are normal and wonderful and rainy. Really rainy ( Read more... )

So, I forgot to mention that I found the Jews here. Yep, Jews. They have a synagogue-esque place right next to my room/apartment/home. And they are some crazy Jews. Apparently it used to be a church and then the pastor had some kind of revelation that he should be Jewish. So now there are a whole bunch of Cameroonian Jews. It's not really ( Read more... )

A bit of a sad post today ( Read more... )

After a loooong pause, I'm back! Douala was great. Shana ended up coming for a long weekend, which was really fun to have her. We did all kinds of touristy stuff and saw the city. The biggest probem was the heat there--I forgot how stifling and unbearable it was. It was so good to see Ben's family again though, and I got some cooking lessons ( Read more... )

OK, I'll try to make this quick, but there is a lot to talk about ( Read more... )

Life here is...slow. FOr the most part things are ok. I've been helping my disorganized organization get ready for their youth leadership conference next week. It's a bit trying at times, but I just try to keep smiling and know that I actually really am doing something. After the conference is done and the reports are written, I'll go visit ( Read more... )