Whenever I want you all I have to do is dream.

Hey everyone! Wow, it's nice to finally have an internet connection again. Shirley and I have pretty much been without a steady internet connection for a little less than a week. We have had enough to send a few e-mails, but not enough to load anything like this fancy blog, haha. Things are still going really well. We took a trip to the Northwest last week to Bamenda. We visited a nun there who was doing psychosocial memory work with a support group that is similar to the program we want to implement here. The drive up was possibly one of the scariest trips of my life. Of course, I had nothing but faith in our driver, Clement, but I was still scared out of my mind. I mean, 100-120km is the usual speed on windy, narrow, on bad roads where it is common to have to slam on the breaks quickly for a speed bump, children, or cows. There is some sort of organization behind the chaos, I just don't quite get it yet. I got a little more use to it as we went along. We stopped at a small roadside area that had some stands to get food. I had plantaines for the first time, delicious. I've had them about three times since then and I'm sure will have many more during my time here. While walking around the stands US music was playing, and the song that the title of this post came from was playing. I loved it. It reminded me of driving around in my old Toyota Tercel listening to KOOL108 in St Paul. Usually the music playing around here is more the stylings of KDWB, which I also happen to like. So, we met the nun and everything went really well. We stayed at a church center which had nice rooms and a really nice cook staff that made us food. We even had beef stew one night which reminded me of home. I also bought some fabric at a market there to have some dresses made, so I will look like a Cameroonian in no time. Haha, should be hilarious. By the time we drove home the driving didn't bother me too much at all. I don't even slam on the imaginary break in the backseat any more. So, I was proud of myself for learning some patience and being able to take a chill pill a little bit.

Things have been good since we got back from our trip. We had a couple chill out days at Shirley's which was nice. Now our usual routine is to go to work, come home, eat dinner, then cuddle up and drink wine and watch a movie. It's really nice. Jill, you especially will appreciate that Shirley and I made beans, cheese and rice last night and I have already eaten them twice. Church this past Sunday was really great. It was three and a half hours sitting on a wooden bench and I was engaged the entire time. These Cameroonians definitely have the church thing figured out. Everyone was dancing, singing and worshiping, so fun! Now, we are back to the normal work day. We traveled to Limbe today to have a meeting with some people at a church there. We went out to lunch with the minister and the rest of the people who were at the meeting which was fun. It's nice getting to know all these new people and everyone is really friendly and forgiving when I don't understand customs or pidgin (uncongigated English mixed with local language and slang). I ate Ndole which is this green vegetable stuff with meat in it and then had plantaines again. Of course, the minister and Shirley are good friends and he insisted that she get a beer. So, I shared it with her. A normal beer here is the equivalent of maybe three beers back home. So, we just drank beers for lunch. Haha. So hilarious. Now we are back at the office finishing up some work.

We are heading to Kumba on Wednesday to meet with the staff at the hospital and plan out my position and the program. I will also get to see where I will be living and everything which will be cool. On Thursday, they are holding a wake keeping for a Cameroonian Westminster member who arrived from the US on the 29th of August. So, Shirley and I are going to attend to pay our respects. We might head to Limbe again on Saturday to see the coast and all that good stuff since we just had to go to a meeting there today. So, that's the plan as of now. Please forgive all of spelling errors, I can't be quite the perfectionist here that I am at home. I hope you all are doing well. Send updates, I like them.

Adam, I definitely listened to you sing the temptations alone in your room all hours of the night. Unfortunately, not that song. I really hope you got over that habit.

Jenni, no prize unless you get all of them right when I get back. So, good luck.

Everyone else who has written comments, you are so sweet and I love hearing from you! Keep them coming. You can send me e-mails also.

Love you guys! Be happy and safe. I will write again when I get the chance.