Dear Friends and Family,

Waysakey? (How are you?) Well, Pa seems to be doing a bit better. I stopped by his home a few days ago to visit him and assess his condition. He is still unable to speak or move his right side very well, however, he is walking with more confidence and his mood has improved. I have to be very careful in this situation. Cameroonian people are very dependent, and therefore see a westerner as a means to their financial improvement. This is what experienced missionaries are telling me. I agreed to pay Pa for the full month, and have decided to pay half his salary for the remainder of my time here in Ndu, or atleast until he is back to full strenght. During my visit with him and his family a few days ago I was presented with a small piece of paper. Pa had handed to me with no reservations. I opened to discover it was their electric bill. Again, it was the equivalent of about $3.00, not a big hit finacially my any means, but I have been told to expect this type of thing much more often in the future. It seems that I have taken Pa's family under my wing. Pray that the Lord would give me wisdom in this situation and that not merely my actions but my words as well would communicate the love of Christ Jesus. Also, I had my first meeting with Ngala this past Saturday. He came by the house about two hours early, which was fine, and we spent about an hour drinking tea and looking at two chapters in Matthew and two chapters in Mark. He seemed to be very interested in the life of Jesus being that much of what I had read to him was new information. I emphasized the deity of Christ and spent time looking at some of the divine perogatives in operation via Jesus, i.e., forgiveness of sin in Mark 2:1-12. After reading through the Bible I took him to sura 23:102-103 of the Koran where it speaks of the day of judgment and the scale by which man's good deeds and evil deeds will be weighed. Muslims believe that if just one more good deed is found than bad deeds then one may safely pass into paradise. I spoke to him of the holiness of God and how because of just one sin committed by man we are unable to enter into God's presence. This led to the sharing of the gospel, whereby i was able to speak to him of God's ultimate sacrifice on behalf of sinful mankind, the substitionary atonement. After our time together he appeared once again at my home, a few hours later, to watch our football team play in the afternoon. We played "New Generation" who was victorious, 4-3. Our team played well but was unable to come away with the "W." It was still a great time of fellowship, and more blood and pain--due to the merciless battle field we play on. Saturday night there was a staff dinner due to the presence of the General Secretary of the Cameroon Baptist Conference. It was a great feast, however, it caused me to be late to my youth meeting. As soon as I was dismissed from the meal, i rounded up all the kids and we headed to my home. We continued our journey together and Mark 1 and spent the rest of the night outside around a camp fire drinking some strange African cola and eating strawberry cookies. One of the kids asked me if I had any country music on my ipod. I was very surprised to hear this, but immediately begin playing some George Strait. She loved it, which made me laugh hysterically. Lastly, my classes are going great. I'm really enjoying my Hebrew class to my surprise. The students have done very well on the first two quizzes. There is one student who is struggling, but I greatly respect his effort. I tutored one of the students Sunday after church which went very well. Well, i have to run.

For His glory,

Chris

P.S. I'm preaching 3 days next week. please pray for me--woooo!