February Update

Here are some February picture updates...

 Elias and Moses making a hoe with an old tool they found.

Work on the new church property

 A street view of our two buildings.  The one on the left will be used for Sunday School and library.  The other will be our main meeting room. 

 We found an old bow on the property...look out! 

 The high school down the street from us. 

 Second church work day.  The front door being installed in the building. 

 The view of the meeting room from where the preacher will stand. 

Bum Update

We continue to go to Bum, and we ask for your prayers for direction in our efforts there.  Be sure to click on the links below to learn about the area where we live and travel.

 The Menchum Falls on the way to Bum on the Ring Road

 Cameroon has lots of these types of signs posted espcially in various offices. 

 Distributing New Testaments at a high school in Bum

 A view of part of Bum on the outskirts of Fonfuka

 Bottom of the lake view looking at Lake Nyos

Top of the hill view overlooking Lake Nyos

Happy New Year from Cameroon! January Update

Way late, but Happy New Year anyhow! 

We spent New Year's lunch/afternoon with a sister from church who lives close to  us.  She is a great cook as you might suspect from the picture!

Elias watching Ty weld Pastor Felix's dirt bike.  I am sure Elias will be working with all these tools in a few years! 

Send-off service at Gateway Baptist for Pastor Ernest and family heading to a neighboring country to start churches. Pastor Godfred is next to Ernest and is the next pastor here. 

Tom Needham and I flying together on a medical evangelism/spiritual retreat effort in Akwaya.

 The above three pictures are of Tom giving me a familiarization flight at a new airstrip. 

Pastor Felix, missionary in Akwaya, and the GlaStar. 

Part of the medical evanglism, spiritual retreat team in Akwaya

Coming back from the local high school having checked on the progress of the basketball court project. 

 Elena and Abby Thebeau

 Nate and Elias

 Chloe and Hannah 



First work day at new church plot

We had an excellent turn out and accomplished a lot of work on the new church plot today. The plan is to use the two buildings already there and fix them up for church use until we outgrow them...hopefully soon. 

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from the Sanderlins in Africa!  Yes, we celebrate Christmas in Africa and enjoy now the way it is celebrated here.  Today, we had our own family Christmas, because tomorrow is a big day for church and going to friends' houses.   Many will come to our house in the afternoon.  We plan to have a service at church, then a few of us will go to the prison for a brief service, then we'll go to Pastor Chrysantus' house, then in the afternoon people will come to our house.

Here are some pictures of our day today.  Thank you to Grammie and Grandad, as well as Grandma and Grandpa and family as well as others for the things you sent!

 Abby and I bought this tree in Oshkosh soon after we were married in '05.  We are still using it!

 We do a traditional "Sanderlin" early morning Christmas...we were done by 7:30.  Abby then fixed a great breakfast!

 Found a second hand DD coffee travel cup in Bamenda along with some new Maxwell House coffee for Christmas!  Thanks to those who sent some DD coffee with the Falls team that came out earlier.

Chloe was playing with her new dolls and singing her favorite Christmas tune to her own words later in the morning.  She is always singing.  Lately, when she is crying or disturbed about something, she'll break out with "Gloria in excelsis Deo!" to comfort herself :)

Elias playing with some of the legos he got today.

 Elena playing with a "Leap Frog" book machine.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Cameroon!