Family
Arrival in Cameroon
We’ve had some requests for pictures, so if this publishes, I was able to get some out this way. We don’t have bandwidth to send out pictures individually, but hopefully this will be enough.
Family
Tired
We’ve been back in the states over six months now, so this update is long overdue; sorry. A couple months after our return, and we were having trouble thinking through how to communicate, and someone saw us in church and said Wow, you look tired. This turned out to be Read more…
Church
Transition, again/still
We’re behind on getting news out, but we’re starting a furlough/home assignment year. Part of the news issue is that we’re much in need of rest. So if you haven’t heard from us, please don’t take it personally; most haven’t. So we’re trying to get some rest, but can’t seem Read more…
Cameroon Culture
Celebrating Our First Rule of Tone Writing
We took this photo at the end of the day today, to celebrate our first tone rule, resulting in our first rule about how to write tone in this language! It took us awhile to get there together, but I think it was worth it. We found eight different tone Read more…
Cameroon Culture
The Relativity of plumbing
This is a post for my engineer friends. I took a shower this morning for the first time in days, because couldn’t figure this thing out. This is my second stay in this compound; before I stayed in a flat that had a nice hot water system, I think from Read more…
Anthropology
Out and About in Cameroon
The last post focused on workshop issues; this one will have more other life issues. This was the longest workshop I’ve done in Cameroon, and my first time flying within the country. For instance, we stayed at a Benedictine monastery, so we were able to buy fresh milk, from the Read more…
Cameroon Culture
Chufie’ workshop
I just got back from a workshop where we tested out AZT in a longer workshop, and things went well. I say “longer”, because it was supposed to be three weeks, but we had to isolate after the first day, because of a COVID-19 exposure (the first in our whole Read more…
Cameroon Culture
Indeterminate Culture Shock
I’ve written before about triviality, but I’ve been thinking a lot lately about its application to our current times. That is, for missionaries and others working cross-culturally, there is always an element of adjusting to a new environment and culture. This includes how to find your bedroom light switch in Read more…
Thoughts
International travel through covidland
Our trip to Paris was fairly uneventful, apart from being told we had to take off our beautifully created cloth facemasks, and put on “surgical” masks, which get wet and dirty easily…. Then we saw that our trip to Atlanta was late, currently by three hours. Air France (from whom Read more…
Family
Ships, Patience, and Long Longing
Several of our dear Texas friends helped us catalog our shipment to move here to Cameroon, carefully tucking and packing things knowing the great journey they would travel. That was in late May and early June. Several asked, “When will this arrive in Africa?” I would reply, “Hopefully by Christmas.” Read more…