First Night in Cameroon

Hello everyone,

I just wanted to let all of you know that we arrived safely in Cameroon. We will give you some more information on Tuesday, but I can tell you today that the trip went very well. We're excited and looking forward to getting well rested for our adventures on Tuesday. Oh, one more thing we ran into a family who are moving to Cameroon for two years as missionaries in charge of an Orphanage here in Cameroon (in a different region). We had a wonderful conversation with the couple and their six children. It is wonderful how God works to get his people together in different situations. What are the odds that such a meeting would happen by chance?

I'll send more info Tuesday, but don't forget to keep us in your prayers.

God bless.

Fred H.

In France

Hello everyone,

We are one step away from Cameroon. We're in the terminal waiting for our connecting flight. All of the bags made it on to the flight now we are praying that they will all make it to our destination so we can perform our mission work. As we get closer all of us are getting more and more excited. I can't wait till we have our first report. God Bless all of you.

Fred

Kids Church 2

All of the children at the Wednesday night service came forward to lay hands on Elisha, John, and the bags that we are taking with us. We are blessed by all of the prayer and support we have received leading up to the trip and we are grateful for the prayers and support we'll receive while we are in Cameroon.

Kids Church

What a blessing. Our youth pastor decided to incorporate our mission trip into tonight's service. The children used fabric markers to decorate 50 canvas draw string backpacks that we will take with us to Cameroon. The children here colored only one side of the bags, so that the children in Cameroon can color the other side. Part of the design for the bags is a map of the world. He had the children here print their names on the section of the map representing the United States. When we get to Cameroon we will have the children print their names on the section representing Africa.

Mission Trips

Only six more days till we leave for Cameroon. Now is the time we get the bags packed and make sure that we don't forget anything. Please keep us in your prayers and we count down the days.

Pray for us.

Please Pray for us as we get ready to go to Cameroon in September.

Things we will be doing include distributing food to the poor, home visits, street ministry, and working with students at the community schools. We will have the opportunity to work both behind the scenes and with people in the heart of the town of Mbankomo.

In the city of Yaoundé we will be doing street ministries to people on the streets with disabilities. We will provide meals to prisoners. In Cameroon the prisoners depend on their family members for meals and many prisoners do not have families that are able to visit them. We will also minister to patients in several hospitals.

We will be traveling to three different villages in Cameroon. In Mbankomo we will distribute food to less fortunate families, pay tuition for the children of Mbankomo II, and distribute clothes and school supplies.

In Bano we will distribute rice, oil, and salt to families in the community. We will minister to families in Bano as well. Elisha our daughter will read Christian story books to the children in all three villages. We will minister to the students in the public school of Bano.

In Kekem we will distribute clothes and shoes to the children, and conduct youth groups for the teens in the area.

September Trip

Five of us will be going to Cameroon, the last two weeks of September. We will be laying the groundwork for our upcoming large group mission trip and visit several villages throughout Cameroon. We also have planed several outreaches for the trip. We will have more details posted soon.

Fred