WU 07Dec07

Good Day All,

 

Greetings from Cameroon. It seems that another semester is winding down and we are busy as ever.

Betsy's history class is studying the US Civil War and was seen last week reenacting Pickett's Charge from the Battle of Gettysburg. Because explosives and muskets are not in the budget this year, they had to settle for squirt guns and water balloons. The grassy hill behind the library served well as the Confederate students charged the Yanks. It was rather amusing when the whole class came in to assembly soaking wet. Including the teacher.

World Geo is in Latin America. I always like to have primary sources come into class so our lone Latin American representative will come in next week. She is a senior and her family is from Colombia even though she hasn't been back there for 8 or 9 years. It gets her out of Chemistry for 20 minutes.

PE finished a unit on self-defense. The last day I had them practice flipping someone who comes from behind and gets an arm around their neck. I set a mat on the grass and asked for a girl volunteer to flip and a boy attacker. My favorite former next-door neighbor from the Nwest agreed to be the victim. To say that she is in shape would be an understatement. She is about 130 lbs and can bench press more than most of the boys here. After I explained how to safely and effectively flip an attacker I had her try on a boy who is about 6'0" and 170 lbs. It's a good thing he is a good sport because she not only flipped him, but flipped him over so hard that he bounced back up a good 6 inches. He laid there for a second trying to refocus his eyes and reinflate his lungs. He got back up and was ok but a little less willing to volunteer for anything else.

We had the annual Girls Bball game vs. the SIL Women last night. Our school director was a real good player in her day and even after double digit knee surgeries still plays well. Another RFIS alumni who teaches at ASOY came over and she really played well. The girls team came out on top by 12 or so but the women put up a good fight. I had spent the last week or so brow-beating a few of the women teachers into playing. They all had a good time.

We are very much looking forward to Christmas and time away from school. Betsy's friend Conie is coming for 2 weeks to visit and we plan to keep her busy. We have been invited up to Oliver and Alfred's village of Binka in the Nwest for a few days. We also want to get down to Kribi for a little beach time and maybe some fishing.

Every year about this time the rains stop and is starts to heat up and it seems like everybody gets sick. We have been battling head colds and sinus problems for a few weeks now. Just when she started to get back to normal, Betsy came down with a stomach flu a few days ago. She missed a few classes and has been very weak. She was looking better this morning but we just ask for your prayers in getting her back to health.

 

That's it from here. Take Care and God Bless. And Happy Birthday to Imy.

 

Brian & Betsy