Hello All,
I'm up at school and the network is down so unless it connects soon, this isn't going to go out until Monday am.
Another week has passed and things are very busy. My World Geo class has been playing my Race for Africa game. They seem to be having a lot of fun and learning a lot about different resources and business ventures that were in place across Africa in the late 19th century. I have 2 German students and of course they wanted to represent their home country. What I didn't tell them is that not far into the game Germany goes to war with everybody. So far they have beaten England for 2 colonies and France for another. We finish on Tues and we'll see how it comes out. Portugal has a lot of money in the bank and could make a big move but I think they are too chicken to start something. The 2 girls on the Spain team were both taking AP French exams one day so I had to find 2 replacements for them. They could also make a move but they probably won't.
Betsy had one of her small groups, all 9th graders, over for an all-nighter on Friday after the choir and band concert. I lasted until 1000 but they were up doing girl stuff and watching movies until at least 2am. One girl is an American MK who grew up in Spain and Equatorial Guinea where her parents still have their ministry. She is fluent in French and Spanish and does really well in school. The other 2 are Cameroonian girls who also do very well. One was on the basketball "A" team and loves to play. She never played before this year but has grown to about 6'0" and is still going. If she learns how to rebound she will do very well. Her dad is a pastor and went to college at Oregon State. I really don't know much the other girl but she is very soft-spoken and polite. I had to head out before the girls got up so I could get a group back out to Ekoko II to work on our projects there. We finished the screen windows and started on the screen doors. I got an idea for putting on some rain gutters that would empty into a barrel they could use for a water source. Right now, they just put a bunch of buckets under the edge of the tin roof and wait for it to rain. With a reservoir, they could get water anytime they want. I have a design and I know a welder who can make the brackets for the fascia real cheap. I have to run it by the Madame but I think she will go for it.
Many of you have probably heard on the news this past weekend that there was a plane the crashed not far from here. It was a Kenya Air flight that originated out of Abidjan, Ivory Coast and stopped in Douala, Cameroon on its way to Nairobi I believe. It crashed not far out of Douala in the middle of the night and everybody on board was killed. One of the parents of 2 RFIS kids was on the plane as far as Douala. 2 other ladies that were here working for the Field Education System heading back to the US were scheduled to be on that flight so they could catch a jet to Paris and be on their way home. They cancelled at the last minute instead waiting until the next morning to fly out of Yaoundé. I think there were about 115 people on board and it is really heavy on the hearts of people here. Many of the missionary people here that do project work fly all over all the time. It crashed so far out into the rainforest that I heard they had to make a road for the airline cleanup crews to get to the site.
Betsy wants to share about her Drama Evangelism from Saturday.
Look, me two weeks in a row
wow. Thank you all for praying for the Drama Evangelism teams. We had our first outreach on Saturday. There are a bunch of guys from the community who get together every Saturday morning at RFIS and play basketball or and volleyball. There are some teachers who have used this as an outreach for the last few years. Usually they have a bible study and prayer time at the end of the morning. Well, these teachers invited the drama teams to come and be their bible study. It went great; in spite of some technical difficulties. All of the dramas were very well received. After the teams finished their dramas, one of the men from the group shared a very basic gospel message (in French) and then the kids passed out some tracks (the Roman Road and the Gospel of John all written in French). This week, on Wednesday, we will be going to one of the local prisons. Keep the kids and their message in your prayers!
We are officially booked to arrive home on 09Jun late in the evening. We have been working on booking speaking engagements at churches and have a few down already. If any of you all would like us to come to your church we would be happy to any time. We can do a weekday evening or a Sunday but Our Sundays are filling up fast. We would love to share with you all the marvelous things we have been able to do here. Our future here is uncertain because of funding issues so we will be actively raising more financial support to be able to come back and fulfill our commitment. We would like to see as many people as possible while we are home but if there is a special event you want us to come to, please let us know so we pencil it in.
Thank you all for your prayers and donations throughout the year.
Brian & Betsy
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