WU 22sep07

Good Day All,

 

Not a whole lot of news this week. It has been dry the last few days after last Sunday's rain of 130 mm. That comes out to be about 5 ¼ inches in 4 hours. About 2 inches of that fell in 1 hour. Our roof started leaking like crazy and we had to sop up about 2 gallons worth of drips in various rooms. We got it fixed (supposedly) yesterday. We'll see.

 

I had planned to take a group of students to an new (to us) orphanage tomorrow but it seems as though the kids there have something else going on. The place in Soa was cool but it was an hours drive and everybody spoke French. This place is only about 15 minutes and it is all Anglophone. We are going to try to get out there one Sat a month. We are also going to try to get out to Ekoko II for some more projects if we can gather some funds.

 

I am not sure how much the US news is covering the story about the Fulbe refugees in Cameroon. I found one site that goes into the situation a little deeper.

www.unhcr.org/news/NEWS/46b855b54.html

 3 colleagues of ours went to the East Province to visit these camps and lend a hand. I have included a portion of their letter and some pictures.

 

These events affect many here in the city and hit the Fulfulde language bible translating teams especially hard. There are quite a few agencies here that are working on plans to help the relief effort. Unfortunately, it is not the only place in Africa with a refugee problem.

 

Thanks and God Bless.

 

Brian & Betsy