What a sweet summer this has been…though busy. We had 2 ½ excellent weeks with Sue Sue and Paw Paw. We did everyting from lots of games, to lots of laughs, to lots of travel to Kribi and back. It was really a God led time. (We are shooting for 3 weeks next time!)
Then we welcomed Dave and Julie Heiliger to come hang with us for a week. They are real troopers. They had just come from a three week missions trip in Bulgaria. They sent the team home to the US and they braved the wilds of Africa with us for a week. Besides lots of games (especially Settlers of Catan) they were absolutely invaluable in all they did to help us brainstorm and plan for the youth camp the following week. Having just spent time in Bulgaria leading a camp, they came fresh with ideas and things that worked and things that bombed. We opted only to use the things that worked! J Their time spent talking through all of this with Gilles really gave him a sense of being better prepared. What special friends!
Gilles and the US missions team are off in Kribi leading the camp. There are 37 Cameroonian youth that have come to the camp and we are excited about that. The US Team, from Grace Community Church in Columbia MD arrived the 27th of June. Their arrival and process through customs was so smooth, only God could have done that. All 12 of them arrived safely and all 23 suitcases/trunks arrived too!!! Now, that is truly a miracle here in Cameroon.