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Ministry Update of the Cameroon Baptist Convention Education Department
When the missionaries first came to Cameroon and the national church took its roots, the mission/church was the first to open schools and provide formal education. The goal was to train Cameroonian children in a Christian context as a tool for evangelism and to prepare them with the life skills for adulthood.
Continue ReadingThe Blessing of Walking with the Lord
During our time in Colorado, we had the opportunity to walk to a nearby coffee shop one crisp afternoon. It was about a mile walk from where we were staying. On the way back, one of our kids said, “I can’t wait to get home so I can warm up.” Interesting, isn’t it?
Continue ReadingWe Know Our Redeemer Lives
This verse helps us keep perspective during times like COVID and social unrest in both the US and Cameroon. It seems that the Lord continues to teach us lessons of how to live in unstable, unpredictable, and unprecedented times.
Continue Reading“Not My Will, but Yours Be Done”
“Take this cup from us Lord . . .” such is the travail of many believers today. This “cup” of tribulation called COVID‑19 has become so bitter that the deaths and desperation, the many losses and frustrations, and the things we can no longer do freely have been so difficult to swallow by so many.
Continue ReadingSecond Semester of a Crazy Year
“I always felt like I was never enough,” stated Desma Abbott as she spoke to the Rain Forest International School kids.
Continue ReadingHe Gives and Takes Away
The start of 2021 brought some of the best and some of the worst days we’ve had in Mbingo since we’ve been here.
Continue ReadingA Season for Everything
During a video chat with one of my sisters, we were talking about how the BCCL ministry is doing and she suddenly said, “I still can’t believe that sister Mayette is gone.” We have recently lost some of our students as well, and it got me reflecting about how life can be so fleeting…
Continue ReadingOur Only Hope
On November 28, the hospital held a joint graduation ceremony for the graduating residents of both CIMS (Christian Internal Medicine Specialization) and PAACS (Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons). It was a celebratory time wherein CIMS graduated two Internal Medicine physicians and PAACS graduated one surgeon. Our CIMS graduates have been posted to two large hospitals in the cities of Douala and Mutengene, where there is need for Internal Medicine help and oversight.
Continue ReadingTHE JUST A SECK TIMES
So, what do we do with our time? We have been stuck at home in Phoenix now almost five months because of this pandemic. Much of that time we have been on home lockdown due to the spikes of COVID-19.
Continue ReadingSHAN IN JAPAN
Maybe some of you recognize the set up in this picture. When Osaka prefecture’s COVID-19 cases increased again in December, Komyo Christian Church once again had to decide how to hold our worship services.
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