Week One
Well the first week is over. All the students are here now. All of them are from Cameroon except Kahlia (Aussie) and I.
The subjects this week have been Praise and Worship and the founding values of YWAM.
We have been given Loren Cunnigham's book "Is that really you God?" to read.
There are four guy students ( and one staff) and four girls (and one staff) and the director his wife and little girl. There are five guys in the room which is pretty small.
It is VERY hot here and this part of Douala is pretty poor the roads are all dirt roads. I get lots of looks walking down the road with my African bodyguards
There is an internet Cafe and a market fairly close.
I have had one game of football but i couldn't keep up with the African kids. They are very fast and very skilled.
The classes this week have been in French and translated into English. Most of the conversation in the base is in French or broken English. All though it has been good to have someone who is a natvie English speaker from Australia to talk to in normal speed.
Both the director and his wife are fluent English speakers except they have been away at a wedding this week. Of the eight Camerunese here at the moment four are pretty fluent in English, that is you can hold a conversation if you are patient and concentrate. I can pick up a few words here and there in the French and can say the simple stuff.
Quite a few of the students want to come to New Zealand to ski, learn English, play rugby and find wives that dont need dowries ;)
The food has been pretty good lots of bread, fish, beans, rice, African Tea, differnet sauces and fruit. The fruit here is quite different - the "oranges" are green and not as acidic as Kiwi ones.
In terms of African wildlife i have seen lots of lizards, mosies, cockroaches, frogs and goats and not much else.
The subjects this week have been Praise and Worship and the founding values of YWAM.
We have been given Loren Cunnigham's book "Is that really you God?" to read.
There are four guy students ( and one staff) and four girls (and one staff) and the director his wife and little girl. There are five guys in the room which is pretty small.
It is VERY hot here and this part of Douala is pretty poor the roads are all dirt roads. I get lots of looks walking down the road with my African bodyguards
There is an internet Cafe and a market fairly close.
I have had one game of football but i couldn't keep up with the African kids. They are very fast and very skilled.
The classes this week have been in French and translated into English. Most of the conversation in the base is in French or broken English. All though it has been good to have someone who is a natvie English speaker from Australia to talk to in normal speed.
Both the director and his wife are fluent English speakers except they have been away at a wedding this week. Of the eight Camerunese here at the moment four are pretty fluent in English, that is you can hold a conversation if you are patient and concentrate. I can pick up a few words here and there in the French and can say the simple stuff.
Quite a few of the students want to come to New Zealand to ski, learn English, play rugby and find wives that dont need dowries ;)
The food has been pretty good lots of bread, fish, beans, rice, African Tea, differnet sauces and fruit. The fruit here is quite different - the "oranges" are green and not as acidic as Kiwi ones.
In terms of African wildlife i have seen lots of lizards, mosies, cockroaches, frogs and goats and not much else.
posted by Steve-a-saurus at
8:30 AM
4 Comments:
Hey Steve!
Wow, cool to browse through your page.
No toothbrush for three days... hmmm. Not much fun.
Hope the mosquito net's serving you well - feel free to leave it behind at any point if you get stuck for luggage space or weight. Or get another one if a different style suits you better. 'Laik bilong yu.'
Looking forward to seeing how your experience unfolds.
Enjoy the fruit! (I know what you mean about green oranges.)
Lee
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Anonymous, at 8:00 PM
Da Mutha again - Always great to hear from you! An interesting experience to be on the receiving end of oral translations - is it the sort of stuff you can makes notes from, or mainly listening and interactive? Do you have to submit assignments? Interesting food and animal life ... from your links to Cameroon photos, looks like they have BIG lizards - like PNG and Thailand! That's intriguing that you have bodyguards - are they the other student participators acting as your minders or are they actually designated heavy-duty bodyguards?! Anyway, we are praying for them and the big and musclely angel versions with swards in arms as well! The first thing Ross C said to me on Sunday was about the dangers of getting around in D too ...! Have you been over the river and bridge in Douala yet? How do you cool off? Dad's started doing up your bedroom! Luv ya. Mum
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Anonymous, at 8:40 PM
you have african bodyguards? cool! i can't think of any exciting news to tell you except that it is easter soon, but i'm sure you knew that.
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Ruth, at 5:37 PM
No my bodyguards are just from the base but they are real Africans or at least they look real.
Mum - relax im fine Gods taking good care of me. This part of D is safe if i go out with others and i havent been into city yet.
Ruth - guess whqt they have Easter here too! Cept with out the eggs.
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Steve-a-saurus, at 5:58 AM
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