A Little of This and a Little of That

So I haven't really been in the mood to write in a while, mostly because i've been having a bout of upset stomach, no scratch that it's more like an irate stomach, for the past couple days, and last week there's was no power so ya that's my excuse for the delay. Nothing all that new and exciting has been happening in bankim so i'm just gonna throw a little of this and that at you for this weeks entry.

#1

Mat surfing. This has become Beamer's favorite past time as of late and I'm fairly certain it will be sweeping the world by storm in no time at all. Basically all you do is get a running start and then leap onto a prayer mat and enjoy as you slide across the living-room floor. Now, in my house seeing as how there are no rugs or carpets i have chosen an interior design centered around a few of these mats and the dog loves nothing more then spend an evening surfing between them.

#2

Cameroon has some of the most Beautiful rainbows i have ever seen in my entire life! Here they call them "roug-vert-jaunes" (red-green-yellows). I thought it was funny.

#3

Who would have guessed christmas bingo would have been such a smashing hit in June with a bunch of kids who've never heard of candy canes of Santa Clause?

#4

Bernadette is officially a grandma! Her oldest daughter Daisy gave birth to a healthy baby girl two days ago. I went to deliver the customary gift of soap and well wishes today and am happy to report mom and baby look great!

#5

I love the Men's group i work with. There just awesome! this a picture of them playing a sharks and mino/freeze tag "ish" game a couple of weeks ago. The best part about it was that they were decked out in their Alhaji boo-boos and still went for it.

The rest are just random pictures i've been trying without luck to upload on to facebook. Enjoy!

Madina, Samira, and I hanging out eating some cous-cous.

This was from last week. At this point we were out of the ditch but still stuck in the mud

Under a tree en brousse, getting ready to do a health lesson.

Independence day celebration in The Darle

this is the closet thing cameroon has to a clarinet, unfortunately for my ears it sounds a lot like a middle schooler learning to play the oboe

This is a Ju-Ju. you know when people tell you they're sending you good ju-ju or they say don't do that it's bad ju-ju? This is what they're talking about. The guy told me this was a good one.

Horse portion of the parade i was telling you about.

Gold robe and a cane... Baller.

Distributing the snake-be-gone sticks around the compound.

Me and Raschid hanging out.