Dear Family and Friends,
We are reminded these past few days that we have been working in Cameroon for a long time. Last weekend we attended the 25th anniversary of the beginning of the Central Pharmacy. Dennis was the original director of the program because of 
his background in pharmacy. They began with four employees; one has retired and the other three still work for the Health Services.
From a humble beginning at Banso Baptist Hospital, the CP has grown into a large program now based at Mutengene (at the coast), with nearly 100 employees. It handles all of the drugs, hospital supplies and White Cross supplies used throughout the Health Services and also manufactures the IV fluids we use. Here at Mbingo, we were recently able to begin offering peritoneal dialysis to our patients with acute kidney injury using solutions produced by the CP. The smooth functioning of the CP is essential for the hospitals and health centers.
Today, in our church we celebrated the recent home-going of two of our former missionaries who had worked at Mbingo. Fran Jones served at Mbingo with her husband, Dr. Ken Jones, as the first physician couple posted here (1953) to care for patients with leprosy. Fran was always known for her compassion and cheerful spirit in meeting the needs of the many leprosy patients cared for by the hospital.
Geraldine (Gigi) Glasnap, nurse-midwife, served at Mbingo, Belo, Mbem, and Banso. In 1962-63, she was the first principal at the girl’s school Saker Baptist College, Limbe (then called Victoria). We met Gigi when she traveled with us to Cameroon in 2003 for the 50th anniversary of Mbingo Baptist Hospital. When we visited Belo Health Center together, the midwife giving us the tour helped us look up her birth record in the ledger book from the year that Gigi worked there.
When Rev. Ncham, the General Secretary of the Cameroon Baptist Convention spoke at the memorial, he challenged the expatriate missionaries and others in attandance to consider how we will be remembered when we are gone.
Dennis & Nancy