Book Of Hope Distributions

Here we are getting ready for a Book of Hope distribution at a school in our city.



Here are some of the kids after the distribution.


Here they are with there Book of Hope books. They were so happy to receive them.


Here's the kids waving goodbye to us as we were leaving the school.


This was another Book of Hope distribution that we did in our community for a children's crusade.

Ma'an Tabernacle

This is the road to Ma'an, a village about 2 and half hours south of where we live. At the end of December we had the opportunity to put up a tabernacle for the church there. The pastor, Isidore, is a really good friend of ours and we always tease him because he really lives in the jungle.


Here's the men pushing up the steel frame truss.


This is Joel with Pouma, who is not a Christian yet, but still wanted to help with building the church because he saw it as a good thing. He is very open to the things of God so we are praying he will give his heart to the Lord really soon. We will be having an evangelistic campaign at the church in Ma'an at the end of March. Please pray the Pouma will come and give his life to Christ.


Here's the guys loading up our STL truck with sand to mix with cement for the posts of the tabernacle. We are so blessed to have our STL truck!!


Joel bolting the frame together


Here is Joel with Isidore, who is the pastor of the church in Ma'an. He is a good friend of ours and worked with us when we were here before.


Here's Joel standing in front of a typical Cameroonian village house. They build them with mud bricks.


The ladies from the church cooked us a typical African meal for lunch. They made chicken, rice, and peanut sauce. It was Yummy! Joel and I love African food!

Here's Kristen with some of the ladies from the church. The ladies had just made lunch for all the workers. This is how they carry everything here.


This one of the cute little boys from the church.

Here's Joel helping put the roof on the tabernacle.

This is the framing and roofing of the tabernacle finished. The church is responsible for putting up the walls so that they have ownership of their church. We put up the posts, frames, and roofing in a day and a half.

Monkey Business

I took this picture in the Nakuru game park about a 2 hour drive from Nairobi.

It's been about two months since we returned from Kenya. It was a really awesome trip! We spent some time with other AG missionaries from central, east and southern Africa for some food, fun and fellowship at a campground about an hour north of Nairobi. It was a really great time of fellowship and encouragement for all the missionaries involved. With Kenya being quite more developed than Cameroon we flew in a couple of days before the retreat and took advantage of some of the malls and eating places which was really a nice treat. After the retreat we flew to the coast in the city of Mombasa where we were able to take a mini vacation on the beach. It was a great time of r and r for us and a couple of other missionary family's from Cameroon.

We just wanted to share a few photos of some of the things we were able to do and see in Kenya. If you ever have the opportunity, I say go for it. It was a really awesome trip. Enjoy!

Joel and Kristen

Safari Pics

SAFARI TIME



Joel and his monkey friend. Before our safari we took a pit stop and while we were away from the van several monkeys climbed in the windows and stole all our breakfast food. When we walked out of the bathrooms we saw the monkeys eating muffins and bread and thought, "Hey that looks like what we had for breakfast." Little thieves!


Kristen and Amelia enjoying the safari.
These are some huge birds!

We saw a lot of gazelles out there.

This is an elk.
The zebras are so cute. I love their skin it is so interesting.

All I can say is that God is so creative. It is awesome to see how diverse each animal is.

Just a scenery pic. There were actually some giraffe way out there but you can't see them in this pic.
This is Lake Nakuru, which is known for having a pink flamingo migration.

Here we all are in front of the lake. From left to right: Jim, Cynthia & Michael Lemons, Kristen and Joel & Amelia.

There were so many flamingos there that half the lake looked pink. It was really pretty.


We spotted some gi gi's taking their afternoon break.
These were some huge birds in the top of this cool looking tree.
This is a white rhino. Everyone said we were lucky to be able to see one during our safari.


This is a lionness, which had just made a kill. You can see the carcass of the dead animal next to her.

This is one of the most beautiful birds I have ever seen. His color was just amazing.


"Everybody's got a water buffalo, yours is fast and mine is slow, where do you get them, I don't know but everybody's got a water buffalo ooooowwwhooo!"


Here we are in front of Lake Nakuru again.
This was another really cool bird that we saw. He was really bright blue.