We started our last week in Africa with a big hike up the mountain to the big falls we didn't make it quite to last year. There is not a path that goes all the way to the big falls, but it gets close, so with the same spirit as last year, I figured we could make it.
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| Handmade 2x4 on way up |
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| We stopped to share some love with kids up the hill that don't get as much attention as the close in kids.
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| Toby on had one brief lapse, where he talked Pastor Mendy into carrying him. |
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| Grace was not really impressed with the path, the height of the grass or her group leader (Dad) |
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| View from the top, almost to falls |
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| Top, still have to decend into valley of falls. |
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| Pastor Mendy just kept repeating "God is Great" as he couldn't believe how much he could see!!! |
After about a mile of "bush wacking" we made it to the falls.
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| Grace still wasn't happy even after we made it back to the top, had conquered the falls and were on the way home. :( |
Managed to make a visit to the children's ward... I'm pretty sure this is Amy's favorite activity..
So Funny to see things done on African Time. This is view of graduation dinner at 6:35, dinner was to start at 6:30.
This is the very formal graduation that occured Friday, 3 graduates. But they had everyone from the tribal chief, the regional mayor, the district health doctor, the regional director of labor and safety, and all the big wigs from the CBC (Cameroon Baptist Convention) Was pretty good (long) afair, short apparently for their standards but 3 hours to graduate 3 residents, holy cow!!
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| UMKC connection (Me, Dr Palmer, Dr Reisz) |
I wanted Joe to do some work, so I had him help Nari pick up the grass clippings, before it was all done, Amy jumped in and we used the soccer goal to move a big quanity of the weeds.
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| Susan (Blue Top and Skirt) 2 weeks and 1 day out from 20 screws in her back!!!!! Amazing |
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| Joey and Big Collins |
Some of the Neighborhood views, the kids, the rooster on a leash and 7 year old Josie with 1 years old Collins on her back, who was there all afternoon, including when she pulled the clothes off the line when it started raining...they are tough.
1 comment:
Beautiful children, both yours and theirs! Joe, love the one with the buckets on your head...very funny. The view from the top is amazing in these pictures, and I am certain the pictures don't even begin to capture the magnitude. So happy to see all of this through your stories and pictures. Enjoy your last week - praying for you each, and for your work, every day. Love ya -
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