Easter weekend

I found out on Thursday that I had Good Friday off of work. Friday morning, my friend Helen (who lives on the other side of town) called to ask if I would be home so she could bring her daughter to visit. I was, so they came for a couple hours in the afternoon. Her daughter Elisabeth (16) wants to be a pilot. She got hooked somehow during a two month stay in California and is still planning on it. But there are no flight schools in Cameroon. So maybe I’ll become involved in researching foreign flight training. Elisabeth has two years left of high school.

Helen’s husband is a doctor, currently in South Africa for training that has become complicated and extended. In his absence she’s trying to make ends meet- she has a farm, raises rabbits to sell (as pets or food), and makes yogurt to sell. I get my yogurt from her once a week but I haven’t had a need for rabbit yet. They have four daughters. She brought her second oldest and her youngest (Nevic-7) to visit. She encouraged me so much. She is an amazing Christian woman with huge faith who believes the Bible means what it says- especially about being persistent in prayer, fasting, and God’s timing. And can she pray! It’s so intense you feel like God must have all His attention directed toward her. Don’t you find this often to be the case? That you are ministered to the most in the places where you’ve gone “to minister.” I’m excited to visit her at her house in a couple weeks and continue this relationship the rest of the time I’m here (and hopefully after I leave!).

My morning today looked like this…

Cara and Jena came over for three and a half hours to make and decorate sugar cookies, decorate Easter eggs, put together Easter baskets, and make cards. We had macaroni and cheese, fruit smoothies, and jello jigglers for lunch. We had great fun and made a great mess.

I also had my first mango this week. It’s almost mango season! Our neighbors have a huge mango tree that I can see out my bedroom window…