Pictures from Northern Cameroon

Here's some random pictures from our trip up North. What a beautiful and interesting place!


























Just Chillin'


We threw him a fig to eat for posing for us.


We saw these guys just hanging out on the side of the road.






Scenes sur la route (on the road)


This is the mountain outside of Ngounderie. They say it looks like an "outie" belly button.

Waza National Park

While up north, we had the opportunity to go to Waza National Park. It is like a safari but in your own car and much more "in the wild" in my opinion. We saw lots of different animals, but we didn't get there early enough to see the lions at the waterholes or to see elephants. We drove 80 kilometers inside the park. It was really fun! Some of the pictures seem blurry, but it was just really dusty.



Driving through Waza.


Elephant tracks


Kristen in an elephant track.






They were looking at us.


This is a beautiful blue bird. Sorry the picture is a little blurry.


This is the back of the same type of bird. He is my favorite!





This was a pee break by a water hole. I sure am glad there weren't any lions around!


These birds were so beautiful! There are so many cool birds here in Cameroon.





We saw several heard of giraffes while driving through Waza. It is so cool to see them in nature!


I love GiGi's! They are so cute!


Some ostrich were running by. Our friend Jeremy had never seen an ostrich and he was amazed at how huge they are.

Tchatibali--a village in Northern Cameroon

On our trip to the North, we were able to visit the home village of one of our closest African friends, Jeremie. We enjoyed getting to visit his and his wife's family there in Tchatibali. They were so friendly!





This is one of the churches in Tchatibali.



Kristen taking a nap in our beautiful hotel room in Tchatibali. It's always an adventure in Africa!


Here's the entry way to our room.



Here's where we bathed in our luxurious room. And, No, there was not even a hole to pee in. We had to go outside and ring a pipe in the ground in the open in front of the bar. Needless to say, we tried not to drink anything that night!



Up North they harvest a lot of millet (It tastes kind of like corn). This is how they store it.


This was one of Jeremie's really good friends house. It was so interesting to see how the cows were just in a little bity pen by the house.


Jeremy and Kristen gettin' their grub on! We love African food and enjoyed one of the
Northerner's favorites--millet couscous.


Kristen in front of one of the family's huts.


Brigitte's mom wanted to make us some coffee so she went to get her pot out of storage. Yes, this is where they store things! She went up a ladder and climbed in to get her pot.


This is our friend Brigitte's parent's house.

This is a picture of us with Brigitte's family in her village. Yes, it was cold in the morning with the wind blowing. It is very deserty there.

Hello, everyone! Yes, we are still alive and kickin' here in Cameroon. I know it's been a really, really long time since the last post, but our internet it not quite up to par with the rest of the world.

We are doing good and ministry is going well for us here. We had the opportunity to take a trip up North last month and it was great to see a different side of Cameroon. It is like a totally different country up there and the people were so friendly. It was a 3 day drive to the city of Maroua and when I say three days, I mean three 10 to 13 hour days of driving. All I can say is that I can't wait to see interstate when we get back to the States! I praise God for a husband who loves to drive and is great at it! It was definitely an adventure driving instead of flying but it was great to see the countryside and how the people live. Well, I will post some pics and let you see it for yourselves.

For other news, we will be arriving back in Bama in June for our time of furlough. We look forward to seeing everyone.