Hello everyone! Well the kids have their first week of homeschooling done and all is well! The kids and teacher have not lost their minds yet!! Both had tests today and did really well! Jen has her first week in at the hospital and she is finding her groove. She was in the OR today and did surgery on a 4 year old boy who was hit and dragged by a motorcycle!! He is going to be okay but has a long recovery! I never tell my sister this enough but I am amazed at what she can do! Randy has been getting the hang of going into town to get our supplies! It is a very tiring job because it is an all day trip and very stressful! Besides helping the kids with school work and playing games, I have been working on my rugs. Megan is making one too. When we get them done we will post pics of them!
This was in Douala. Our first day here. We left here and traveled by car 6 hours to Mbingo. No that is not a banana tree, for some reason they had the bananas tied from the branch of the tree!
This is our home for the next nine months! It is a very nice house much nicer than we expected. It is very roomy! 3 Bedrooms, a school room, living room/dining room, and a kitchen The kids have already decorated their rooms! Elliott has half of a bedroom decorated as Star Wars of course. Megan has the other half decorated with flowers, a guitar, and lots of peace signs. Gretchen and my room is decorated with Mickey Mouse. Both rooms found space for the Steelers Stickers that Uncle John gave us!!! (and they didn't save me any stickers for Randy and my room so ours is bare)
Everyone likes the Star Wars room!!
This is after we decorated our room!
This is the view from our front patio!!! We can go hiking to see waterfalls on these mountains! We have not done that yet, but soon!
Here is one of the cockroaches that welcomed us to our house on our first day!! We are happy to say that we have gotten them under control!! Maybe one or two a day instead of 100 like the first day!!!
(this is the best kind of cockroach----dead)
We have gone on little hikes or walks! This is a road out past the hospital and the church.
Meg made friends with a local girl. Her name is Chi-Livette. She is deaf and does not speak. She knows some sign language but she communicates by reading and writing!! Meg and Chi are learning some signs together. She lives in a small town not to far from us.
Jen and Randy bought the kids some musical instruments! Gretchen loves the drums!! It looks like the Eckenroads have another person that would like them to teach them how to play the drums!!
Well, I better stop for now!! I have so much more I would like to show you all but there will be time later!! Thank you for all the prayers! Please continue to pray for our journey and that God uses us as he sees fit!
