Our Journey Thus Far: March 10th

So today we once again didn't go to the morning service.  We thought someone was going to come pick us to go shopping again, since we didn't go long yesterday.  But, Elizabeth tried to call the guy and couldn't get a hold of them.  Christy came over, I don't know if I have mentioned her yet in these posts but she is from Michigan and with Wycliff Translators and she is a long term missionary here.  She has been living here for over 7 years, she is fairly young and people keep mistaking her and I for sisters because we both have blondish curly hair and are white!   Anyways she came over and then we (Nat, Elizabeth, Christy and I) walked over to the Missionary Kid school here in Yaounde.  It was pretty nice, especially considering it's surroundings.  It is run by the same people who run where we are staying so it is very safe and is surround by a wall with a guard.  There were only two classrooms, because it is just Elementary children and the classes are small because there really aren't that many missionary kids.  Christy was telling me that I should think about coming back over here after I graduate and teach in the MK school for like a year or something.  But that is something that I would have to pray A LOT about before making a decision! It would definitely be quite the experience!  After looking around at the school we hired a taxi and went downtown.  We had said that we wanted to get traditional African dresses, and Christy told us that she could take us to the material store and then maybe we could get someone to make us  a dress from the material because she does it all the time.  So we went and picked some material, some for Nat and I and then some for Mom and Dad.  Later we took it too a seamstress who lives right down the road from where we are staying. We got to pick what we wanted the top and the bottom of the dress to be like and then she measured us.  It was a fun experience! Mom and Dad were sleeping while we got fitted so then later we walked down with them and they decided on what they wanted.  I gave the seamstress candy and she was thrilled, she asked me if I had more.  She only spoke French so that made the experience more interesting!  Thankfully Christy was along the first time and Elizabeth was along for the second.  The evening service was as good as it normally is, I counted about 85 more people who accepted Jesus! So that was exciting.  Then Pastor Robinson prophesied over a bunch of people.  Tomorrow a pastor is coming from Nigeria who we heard at Pastor Robinson's church a few months ago.  We are excited to hear him again!