A couple of postcards for you...wish you were here :)

Just a couple of pictures from the last week or so...

We went over to the Yeiters for lunch with all the Northwest missionaries.  It is always fun for everyone to get together for a few hours! 

Tom and I flew a Yaounde delegation of four out to Akwaya on Thursday and picked them up today.  We have been flying their technicians out there off and on for about 8 months or so.  They are putting in a communication center in an area that doesn't have a way to reach the outside.  Communication is essential when trouble arises out there due to fightings, serious illnesses, and such. 

Election Day in Cameroon

Today, election day, the markets are quiet and the churches have finished their early services.  This happens every seven years in Cameroon.  Elias and I were at church a little after seven this morning thanks to a refreshing two mile motorcycle ride.  Abby and the girls pulled in around eight in the RAV4.  We had a full crowd for Sunday School which bagan promptly at 7(:40)!  We were finished with church by around 10 am today.  I preached a message on the Legacy of the King James Bible, and how is has had the power to change a culture, give birth to a nation, and spread its influence to dozens of English speaking countries.  Winston Churchill quoted that over 760 dialects had a Bible translated from the King James Version.  The new country of Southern Sudan is one of those.  Sudan happens to be Christian and English speaking.  I marvel at how English and the Bible have traveled the globe and changed cultures.  William Carey, Baptist missionary to India, put end to the practice of burning surviving widows with their husband's corpse.  Alfred Saker, Baptist missionary to Cameroon, rescued numerous infants doomed to be buried with their dead mothers.  Today, I thank God for Cameroon, and her willingness to hear the gospel.  Please continue to pray for people to take heed to the Word of God.  They plaster sayings of the Bible all over their cars and motorcycles, but many still have to personally accept Jesus Christ as their Saviour from sin.  Praise the Lord for several Muslim ladies who have trusted Jesus Chirst in the last few weeks.  Please pray for the peace of Cameroon in the month of October, especially in a few weeks when election results are known.  Many African nations have erupted into war this year.  Pray it is not so with Cameroon.

"thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers..." (Exodus 18:21)
"Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people."  (Proverbs 14:34)
"And he [Jesus] hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS." (Revelation 19:16)

Believer's Baptism

It is always a wonderful day to watch a believer follow the Lord in obedience by being baptized.  It is even better to be able to counsel, teach, and then baptize them.  Most of them we had a part in directly or indirectly seeing them trust in the Lord Jesus Christ as their Saviour.  One of the young ladies was led to the Lord by my mother on her trip here earlier this year!  One trusted Christ at Camp Joy.  One trusted Christ in our baptism class after being invited to church by her friend.  One trusted Christ last year on our front porch with Pastor Chrysanthus.  One trusted Christ so many years ago but had never been biblically baptized.  Praise the Lord for allowing us to have a part their lives!