We're on the final lap of our mission preparations and we're heading into the mission home on December 1st.
We must admit, learning French has been a bit challenging. At this point, we know a few words and simple phrases, and we're learning more each day. At one point, we were out running errands one day, and I asked Brent if he had his keys with him. He responded, "What?". I repeated myself, "Do you have your keys". He again responded with, "What?". A third time I emphatically asked, "DO YOU HAVE YOUR KEYS?". To which he responded: "Oh, I didn't understand. I thought you were talking to me in French."
As you can see, we're going to need all of your faith and prayers.
We're really excited to go out and serve the Lord and the people of Douala. We have been spending the last week visiting our children and grandchildren in Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and Montana. We're on the home stretch, and we will say our last goodbyes to the kids at Thanksgiving.
Thanks to Paul and Whitney for helping us setup this blog and encouraging us to actually use it to communicate.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Friday, October 3, 2008
How it Came to Pass
It all started while visiting our daughter Whitney and her family in Boise, Idaho. Whitney's friend Darcie emailed a link to her uncle's mission blog. We enjoyed reading about the mission experiences they had and the impact it had on the people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa mission. We were touched by what we saw and read.
We have been planning on serving a mission for a while now, and with Brent retiring from his more than 50 year career in road construction this year, the timing was perfect.
Through a series of events, including putting in our missionary application, we received our call to serve in that very mission.
We received our call exactly one week ago today, on October 26, 2008. We will be serving in the city of Douala, Cameroon. Douala is a modern seaport city of 1.5 million people. There will be 8 young missionaries from North America serving in the city. French and English are both spoken in the area, and we will be working hard to learn the French language before we arrive.
We are excited to begin this new chapter of our lives serving the Lord as missionaries.
We have been planning on serving a mission for a while now, and with Brent retiring from his more than 50 year career in road construction this year, the timing was perfect.
Through a series of events, including putting in our missionary application, we received our call to serve in that very mission.
We received our call exactly one week ago today, on October 26, 2008. We will be serving in the city of Douala, Cameroon. Douala is a modern seaport city of 1.5 million people. There will be 8 young missionaries from North America serving in the city. French and English are both spoken in the area, and we will be working hard to learn the French language before we arrive.
We are excited to begin this new chapter of our lives serving the Lord as missionaries.
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