Friday

Hello everyone,

We had another full day today. I've got some good news. The sun  did come out for a short time today and the solar oven got up to a little over 200 degrees. We didn't get a chance to cook anything because our schedule was too full. We went to another clinic and then went back to Mbankomo where we met with the chief of the village who gave us his blessing to build the orphanage. After the meeting with the chief we did home visits and prayed for many individuals in need. We capped off the day with a visit to the orphanage we visited on Wednesday. We donated supplies for the children at the orphanage and visited with the administrators.

We have an interesting story to share about Bella. She is one of the children that we sponsored during last years Night in Cameroon. She was supposed to go to college (high school) this school year, but her father passed away only a month ago. Her mother has five children that she is now raising on her own. So she hasn't been going to school this semester. Once we found out about her situation we immediately paid for her tuition for this year with money we had on hand.   Bella's family was one of the families that we visited today and we were happy to see Bella come back from her first day of school at college. At her previous school Bella passed the college entrance exam, but was kept back because of a lack of funds. It looked like she would be held back again because of the death of her father, but because she has been sponsored she is able to continue with her schooling.

God bless and keep us in your prayers