The March Team!
An open letter to all our friends at Temple Baptist in Kenosha, WI:
For months, when the kids would ask about some American candy, or we would think about possibly getting some things fixed around the house, our standard answer was, "Well the March Team will be here soon..."
The March Team is here! And glad we are, too. As I write, Pastor Matt is meeting with the Masters students and Philemon, for introductions and plans for the class. Barry and Tony are wrestling with the washing machine, which was leaking (they fixed it with the cap to a Sprite bottle) and loose spigots at the bathroom sink. They said not to tell you that they broke something that was actually ok before they started to fix it... Barry is also making plans with our gardener to spiff up the yard. Dave is preparing his talk for this evening's session with the youth group at our church, Emmanuel Baptist. Tom and John are huddled with the CBTS station headman, Martin, mapping out the campus electrical system and labeling the main electrical arteries so that some order could be made. All report feeling useful!
We are also having rich times of fellowship over meals. They have lots of questions and it is fun getting to know each other. The menu is less exciting: this morning they tasted some of Philemon's pap (corn meal pudding sort of like cream of wheat.) Some liked it, some were polite. So far we've had spaghetti, coffee cake, eggs, Ovaltine, green beans and carrots, homemade pizza, tropical fruit, and BBQ beef on rice. They want something a bit more exotic, so I'm working on fixing some goat, jama-jama and fufu. I'll let them report on that later in the week!
Some got the chance this morning to watch a jigger with its egg sac being removed from Samuel's big toe! Matt unfortunately was not present; I'm told he would have really loved to be there. See our blog site entry for a more full treatment of the critters here.
And now I'm off to make arrangements for a tailor to measure several of them. A few days from now they will have some new duds. Market is on Friday, and they will buy cloth and then Emmanuel can get to work on their shirts.
Thanks for sending them! Whether it is giving us some much needed pastoral care, or working on the computers, or doing plumbing and electrical repairs, these guys are great and we are thoroughly enjoying them! Thanks too for the many many presents you sent. The chocolate is going down well...
Love to you all,
Linda, for all the Yongs
_____________________________________
Dr. K. Philemon and Linda Yong
Cameroon Baptist Theological Seminary
P. O. Box 44, Ndu
North West Province, Cameroon
W. Africa
Phone:
(237) 793 7826 (Philemon)
(237) 723 2862
blogspot: www.yongfam.blogspot.com
For months, when the kids would ask about some American candy, or we would think about possibly getting some things fixed around the house, our standard answer was, "Well the March Team will be here soon..."
The March Team is here! And glad we are, too. As I write, Pastor Matt is meeting with the Masters students and Philemon, for introductions and plans for the class. Barry and Tony are wrestling with the washing machine, which was leaking (they fixed it with the cap to a Sprite bottle) and loose spigots at the bathroom sink. They said not to tell you that they broke something that was actually ok before they started to fix it... Barry is also making plans with our gardener to spiff up the yard. Dave is preparing his talk for this evening's session with the youth group at our church, Emmanuel Baptist. Tom and John are huddled with the CBTS station headman, Martin, mapping out the campus electrical system and labeling the main electrical arteries so that some order could be made. All report feeling useful!
We are also having rich times of fellowship over meals. They have lots of questions and it is fun getting to know each other. The menu is less exciting: this morning they tasted some of Philemon's pap (corn meal pudding sort of like cream of wheat.) Some liked it, some were polite. So far we've had spaghetti, coffee cake, eggs, Ovaltine, green beans and carrots, homemade pizza, tropical fruit, and BBQ beef on rice. They want something a bit more exotic, so I'm working on fixing some goat, jama-jama and fufu. I'll let them report on that later in the week!
Some got the chance this morning to watch a jigger with its egg sac being removed from Samuel's big toe! Matt unfortunately was not present; I'm told he would have really loved to be there. See our blog site entry for a more full treatment of the critters here.
And now I'm off to make arrangements for a tailor to measure several of them. A few days from now they will have some new duds. Market is on Friday, and they will buy cloth and then Emmanuel can get to work on their shirts.
Thanks for sending them! Whether it is giving us some much needed pastoral care, or working on the computers, or doing plumbing and electrical repairs, these guys are great and we are thoroughly enjoying them! Thanks too for the many many presents you sent. The chocolate is going down well...
Love to you all,
Linda, for all the Yongs
_____________________________________
Dr. K. Philemon and Linda Yong
Cameroon Baptist Theological Seminary
P. O. Box 44, Ndu
North West Province, Cameroon
W. Africa
Phone:
(237) 793 7826 (Philemon)
(237) 723 2862
blogspot: www.yongfam.blogspot.com
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