Here I am

I am Alive! The last three weeks have been very challenging for me. I had a problem with an in grown toenail, it was not healing, and I had to get it removed (the nail not the toe). I didnt tell anyone back home because i did not want people too freack out with a case of minor Africian surgery.
My experience of the Africian health system was very interesting. They put me under general anesthetic but I thought it was going to be local so I got quite a shock when I woke up! I was in a bit of pain for a day or so but then it stopped. I was unable to do lots of walking not because of the pain but because I had to let the wound heal.
The good news it is fine now and I was able to join the team in evangilism again, I have been with the team but resting and not involved in some of the activities. I have been incredibly bored, home-sick and distracted with nothing to keep me busy.
This last week we have been at an orphanage it has been very interesting all of the children speak French and a little bit of English. It has been good sharing with a few of them. Felix and I had the priviledge of leading one boy to Jesus. I did evangilism yesterday and Felix and I were able to lead a husband and wife to make a commitment to recieve Jesus.
One of the boys from the orphange ran away from the orphange and took a very expensive cell phone with him! Just a reminder that I need to be careful with my things. Most the older kids have been on the street and they have picked up some bad habits.
Anyway I have to go love you guys heaps.
Hey congratulations to Lanie and the All Blacks who I hear are both having good seasons.

Long post for Dad!

Sorry Dad that my posts have not been long but I have not had much time at the internet cafe. Today i have nineteen minutes so here is the long update!
Buea - the first week we were at the YWAM base, we spent the time doing door to door evangilism and helping to repair a section of road. Buea is on the side of Mount Cameroon in the South-West province it is one of the Anglophone provinces so most people understand English. Cameroon is bilingual but it effectively has an Anglophone area and a Francophone area people learn both languages at school but very few people are effectively bilingual.
Many people in the area are members of one church or another so we were encouraging them in their relationship with God. The next week we were at the Mission Evangilique Eglise de Cameroon (Evangilicial Mission Church of Cameroon) again the main focus was evangilism door to door. The church was beside the Univeristy of Buea so most people around where students. We were in groups of two or three my group we had one person accept Christ for the first time and two make recommitments.
After Buea we went to Mbambou a small village south of Douala, we were doing evangilism door to door and open air. For the open air they got me to do the haka in an Africian market place apparantly it attracts attention! After Mbambou we returned to Douala where we spent one week at the YWAM base working on the team and developing areas of our character (fruit of the Spirit).
After the base this last week we have been working with the Grace of God Mission a Nigirian based (Anglophone) Church in Douala, it is a very 'interesting' church very pentecostal and a too much into prosperity doctrine for me. We are maybe working with them for another week maybe not not we are waiting to get the programme of the Pastor.

Is that long enough Dad?

Steve