Praising the Lord!

      

                 The Bamenda Regional Office completed two successful workshops in June. The first on Scripture Use: how to implement scripture through mediums that are accepted by the culture and that will help reach more people with the Word of God. And Paratext: computer development skills to enable the community language project workers to  work develop  dictionaries and other reading materials. Over the next  few weeks we will also be hosting and teaching a Translation workshop and Dictionary Introduction workshop.

I have now met with my three language helpers. I am especially thankful for Venatius and Janet, the couple that has come more regularly. Language Lessons are formatted more like visiting...well visiting with a child. Half the time I point and they tell me what the object is. My favorite word is ‘Bɛlɛy’. It sounds like ’Belly’ and when translated means groundnut, or peanut. Yum! As I said, it’s like visiting a child. *smile* We do have fun chatting and they are more then willing to share their knowledge about their culture and language as well as teach me new words, greetings and commands.

A couple weeks I realized that I’m finally starting to learn my way around town. Venatius was telling me where  he and his wife go to church and I easily followed his directions! It’s a nice feeling. Makes it more like home.

The cold is long gone. Praise the Lord! My co-workers are not able to tease me about my squeaky voice anymore. *smile* Thanks for your prayers. It’s never fun being sick on a sunny day.

This last week the Dibbits, my host family, myself and another family traveled down to the coast and  hung out on the beaches of Kribi. Got a little sun, enjoyed playing in the warm ocean, and relaxed… It was a very refreshing time after the busyness of the last six months. Now, I’m diving into work again and enjoying every bit of it. *smile*

Please Pray…

· That my walk with the Lord will continue to grow each day.

· That the Lord blesses Venatius and Janet and that our friendship would grow. 

· For comprehension during my language sessions. And that  we will be able to meet multiple times a week. Since I am only here for 2 years I will only be focusing on language learning for 4 months. So till mid October.

· That I will be able to manage my time well between working in the office and on my language project.

· That I will be glorifying to the Lord in my work and ministry.

Thank you for your prayers. Many Blessings!

Janelle