Week in Review

Wow, this week like most weeks was super busy but a wonderful change of pace for us as well. On Monday, Chrysanthus and I finished our World Cup themed tracts in the market of Ndop.  Unfortunately for Cameroon, they lost their first two games eliminating them from the tournament.  The last game they play will not matter for them.
I am teaching Chrysanthus on Tuesdays on the book of Revelation.  I enjoy my time spent with him.  Pray for his continual growth as a preacher.  He is a great co-worker.  Abby is teaching his wife on occasion as well.
On Tuesday, we "moved" to Sabga to wait for the arrival of our new baby.  Sabga is at an elevation of 5,800 feet, so for one thing we are enjoying the much cooler climate!  It is nice to be cold on occasion for a change.  Also, if Abby goes into labor, we will not have to climb the road that we dubbed "car killer."  The mountain road from Ndop up to Sabga literally slays any car not up to the challenge.  Some it kills through slow death as they climb the road day after day.  Our little red beater is not to be trusted on that hill if Abby was having a baby.
On Wednesday, I was supposed to fly two students back into the bush and pick up a few sick people.  However, I was uneasy with the weather on Wednesday, and after about 1 hour of thinking, planning, and praying, I decided to cancel the flight.  Not more than 30 minutes later, some wicked looking fast moving clouds literally rolled up from the valley and down from the sky and in through a nearby mountain pass.  The house was covered in a matter of minutes with clouds.  It was absolutely stunning to watch it all happen.  I have never been so glad to be on the ground as the rain lasted for hours.
I completed that flight the next day on Thursday.  On the way to Akwaya with these students I flew over a cloud deck and was praying for a hole to drop through once I got to the village.  On the way, I looked below me to see the shadow of my plane moving along the clouds.  Surrounding my shadow was a beautiful circle rainbow...God is good!  We arrived in Akwaya to find an awesome hole big enough for me to safely circle down and have an awesome approach to land.  It was a little bumpy and windy and hard work to get the plane down, but were thankful to get these people back home.  When I got home, Abby and I made a run into Bamenda for groceries and airplane fuel.  She needed to get out of the house, and we had a great time.  We took the kids with us as they had not been to Bamenda for a while.  They always love it!
On Friday, I headed back to Ndop with Ezekiel to finish some projects on our house.  We then watched USA draw in their second World Cup match.  They still have a chance to advance.  We all watched a video together in Sabga that night and had a nice relaxing family time after a busy week.
On Sunday, we headed down the mountain to Ndop for church.  We then went to our own house to eat and rest.  Abby fixed an awesome Father's Day meal of beef enchiladas.  We were all going to go to the Bible study in Babungo, but the kids were asleep and had had a rough night.  I went with Chrysanthus.  We ended up walking through and around the village today for several miles of absolutely stunningly beautiful countryside.  We picked up the new bamboo benches for the Bible study and headed back with the man that the Lord seems to be calling out for himself.  Please pray for this man to be raised up as a leader and used to reach his own people.  I usually withhold names at least for a while until they are well established with us to protect their privacy.
Now for the surprising news about our car fund...  I was expecting a call from America though I was not told the reason for the call. Terry Rushing lined up a Skype conference call with our home church, Wyldewood Baptist.  In the middle of nowhere Babungo I talked to our assistant Pastor who was in charge of last week VBS for the church.  They chose us as their missionary to support for the penny parade and raised $2,600 for us!  We are very near now to be able to purchase a car.  Please pray for us to  make the right selection and that it would last us for many years.
Hope you had a wonderful week as well!