Village Life:
A three week test (March
2000)
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During Africa Orientation Course, part of the experience is spending 3 weeks in a village setting. A one day drive from Yaounde brought us to the north-west provence of Cameroon, not far from the border with Nigeria. We traveled in what they call bush taxis. This one is a nice 29 seater, Toyota, but dust was still able to find it's way in somehow! |
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We were welcomed by the village council with traditional music and dancing. This xylophone is made from hard wood pieces laid over banana tree trunks. |
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This is our host family. While we were there we lived, ate, worked and did almost everything with them. We thank God for placing us with a family who were so kind and easy to get along with. |
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The father, Leo, is a farmer, hunter and trapper. Andy made a sling shot to go bird hunting with Leo. This small animal below is called "cutting grass" and it tastes a little like rabbit meat. Leo is burning off the hair over the wood fire in the kitchen house. |
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Kristen learned a lot of village kitchen skills from Mommy Paschaline. Here Kristen is pounding yams. Its hard work! |
We really enjoyed life in the village. We are praying that God will prepare an equally warm and welcoming host family where He sends us in the future. Until we are assigned to a specific tribal group, we are serving in the administrative offices in Lome, Togo.
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