Cameroon = familiar faces from home, what a treat!!

Rob traveled to Cameroon last July with John to visit Leo and Florence and see how the training center was coming along.  The trip was great, but if you remember, he returned with mango worms.

This time Rob was able to travel with Tate and Austin and we are happy to report NO MANGO WORMS.  The main purpose was to meet up with a group from our home church and do some more construction on the training center.  Below is a picture of the group.  This group did a daily blog on the Grace Community Church website, if you want to learn more about their daily activities click here.

The group was able to put the second floor in the dormitories of the training center.  The team also did some work to add another office/schoolroom to an orphanage/school.  They also had the privilege of spending some time with the youth.  Below is a short video of everyone worshiping together at the training center.  What a blessing to see all of the hard work that Grace Community Church has been a part of, and to witness it getting used to glorify God.  Rob was chatting with one of the young men there, and he shared that he had previously given his life to Christ at a youth retreat that had been held at this training center.

I stayed back with Tanner, Hudson, Dana, Karabo and Nathi.  Although it can be more difficult when a family is divided between two different locations, I was very blessed by Dana, Karabo and Nathi.  They helped me daily prepare for the group that will coming soon from the states.  Rob and the boys returned on Thursday and Saturday morning we will head to the airport to pick up our friends!!  We are so very excited.

Lastly – we wanted to THANK Tom and Glenda for all of their dedication to furthering God’s kingdom over the years.  They have been a HUGE blessing to so many through missions club, short-term mission trips, one-on-one discipling, MOPS, and many, many more avenues.  There are lots of people who wouldn’t be where they are today without the guidance and leadership of this amazing couple.  Rob and I have often look at their lives and see such an unselfish, loving couple.  The treasures that are stored up in heaven for them will be many.