Praising the Lord!
A couple weekends ago I was able to travel out to Bafanji to visit for a few days. That was where I lived with the Hamms almost five years ago when I first came to Cameroon. I was very happy to see everyone again. My how the kids have grown! Monday, I experienced my first long-ish taxi ride. Jenny and I took it from Ndop to Bamenda. Four adults in the back, four in the front. I wasn’t quite sure at first how we were all going to fit in until they put two of us in the drivers seat, two in the passenger. It was fun!
The Wycliffe Associate Team came up a few weeks ago. Eight people including the architect and his wife, Peter and Sunny Oh. The original plan was to visit the new land site that afternoon, but a downpour changed our plans. The next day was perfect and from the new site you can see many of the surrounding hills. The Ohs will return to stay this September/October, but before then we hope to begin building a road and wall around the property.
Two weeks ago the Ndop team taught the Grammar Workshop in the town of Ndop. It was been very successful. There are eighteen people in attendance, three from six of the language groups. Praise the Lord!!! At the end of the first day we asked if they would share anything new that they had learned that day. One lady stood up and said that she never realized that her language had a grammar. Another man stood up and said until now he did not think his language was important (compared to English and French, the national languages). Praise the Lord for understanding!
In my last update I asked prayer for my left ear. Well, this last Sunday it didn’t bother me at all! Praise the Lord!!!
In order to start the linguistic work off on the right foot in any village it is very important to meet all the officials in the area. So last week Marinne took Jane and me to be introduced to the Gendarme Commandant, the Chief of Security Police and the Mayor of Ndop. There are still many more people to meet, field Pastors, the Fon (chief), Traditional Council, the rest of the Language Committee, etc. But it was a nice start.
Last Thursday I had my first language learning session for Kenswey Nsey (spoken in Bamessing)! One of the local pastors, who is from Bamessing, introduced me to three other Bamessing believers who live here in Bamenda and all three are willing to help. Wow!
Please Pray…
· That my walk with the Lord will continue to grow each day.
· For comprehension during my language sessions. And that we will be able to meet multiple times a week.
· I came down with a sinus cold this last Sunday. Blah! Please pray for healing.
· That I will be glorifying to the Lord in my work and ministry.
Thank you for your prayers. Many Blessings!
Janelle