November-December 2010 Prayer Letter

June-August 2010 and September-October 2010 Prayer Letters

New Family Member

First of all to update the water situation: after about a month without water, it finally came back on and has been relatively consistent (for here) since then.

Now for other news: we added a new family member a few weeks ago. After much discussion and debate, he was named Dodger.

No water

It has been more than three weeks since we have had running water in our house. We have been surviving thanks to the spring water our guard gets for us every night and thanks to the rainwater we have been catching. Pray that the water starts running again soon.

Also pray for those who are going to camp this summer. Last week was the camp for girls ages 10-15, and we had 7 go from our area. This week has been the camp for boys ages 10-15, and we had about 10 go from our area. Next week is for girls 16 and over, and the following week is for boys 16 and over. Pray that those who are not saved will get saved. Pray that those who make decisions will be faithful to them.

Pray for us as our coworkers the Loeschers are leaving for furlough next Friday. The only other missionary that will be here for about 3 or 4 weeks is Ellen Doyle. Pray that we survive until the Mossmans return August 10.

April-May 2010 Prayer Letter

Update

We have been busy the last few weeks. We finished the school year at the institute, and the twins finished kindergarten. Jimmy will finish first grade this week. Amy has been walking more and more.

We also spent a week in Northwest Cameroon at the annual camp for Fundamental missionaries throughout Cameroon. It was good to get away for a few days and to spend some time with other missionaries. It was also good to be encouraged by the preaching of Dr. Craig Scott from Denver.

Several of our co-workers recently left for the States. Mark and Rachel Barilla will be on furlough for a year, and Ellen Doyle will be gone for six weeks. Pray for them as they are there and for us as we are here.

Death in Cameroon

One of the ladies in our church died today. Death is handled a little differently in Cameroon than it is in America. After the lady died, it was up to the family to transport the body to the morgue. As in America, those in the church with pick-ups must always be ready when someone in the church is in need; so our co-worker took her truck to the hospital to transport the body.

When we got to the morgue, we first had to wait until the man that runs the morgue got there. Then someone went to the pharmacy to buy the formaldehyde. It was then discovered that the cooler at the morgue was full; so there were several options: 1) move the bodies closer together to make room for one more; 2) move a small body to the floor to make room for the new body; 3) leave the new body on the floor until space opens up tomorrow; and 4) take the body directly to the house. In the end, they decided to leave her body on the floor and put it in the cooler tomorrow when one of the other bodies is taken.

People often wait a long time before the funeral to allow family member to travel in from out of town (I guess that would explain why the morgue was full). Next Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings, the church will go to the family's house to sing, pray, read the Bible, etc. Next Friday the family will pick up the body from the morgue and take it to their house. The funeral and burial will be on Saturday.