We left on Friday morning for the Beloved Ebel- Abonga. Ive wanted to go all summer. It was planned that I would go to Cameroon... til I got sick. Still I had peace about staying back because I knew that God must have had a better plan for me.

We had plans to go and stay in a village and do a clinic on Friday, then stay overnight until Saturday. For whatever reason we weren't able to go, and at the last minute plans changed for us to go to Ebel- abonga. Ebel is the village that we got to stay at for four days, and dug a foundation for a church. We left early and stopped to get bean sandwiches, which are basically amazing.

We got there early afternoon, and walked up to see the work that we had done at the church last year. When we had left last year, the property was bare dirt, and the foundation looked great. When we got back there on Friday, the first thing we see is weeds and manioc plants. No foundation. It made me laugh if anything, even though it was pretty frustrating. The reason that no work had been done in over a year was because there wasnt enough money for building materials at the time.

We went back and told people in the village that we were going to be playing the Jesus film that night. Most people seemed interested, others were too drunk to care. We ate hot dogs over a fire and by that time they had already started to film. While the film was playing, I just walked off and talked with God for a while. I'm so thankful that He brought me back there. When I was there over a year ago, I thought that I would never be back. To top it off, last year when we were in the village, we went to go play the Jesus film, only to find that the projector bulb was broken, so it seemed like a failure. How amazing is it that He brought us back to Ebel, to see the film be played in the village for the first time? Not only that, but about ten people prayed to receive Jesus after the film was over. I now understood why He let me get sick to stay from Cameroon. He's a pretty cool redeemer of situations.

After the film we all went to sleep outside under mosquito nets. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that a three day party was going on right across the street... all night long. Funny thing is that I slept through it all. Not everyone else was so lucky.

We got up early and packed up our camp, then went and drove to the church property. I was thinking that the work was going to take forever, and that we were going to have to re dig all the trenches. We took machetes and cleaned up all of the vines that were everywhere and covering everything. Surprisingly we were done in about an hour and a half. No need to re dig the trenches again. Not only that, yet work on the foundation will begin this week. Once again God shows Hes the best at redeeming.

So. I cant believe that this summer is just about over. I have about three days left. Yesterdays church service at Nzeng Ayong really makes me sad to leave. The people have such a love and passion for God that you dont have to speak their language, you can just feel the Spirit moving in them. This summer went too fast. Im going to miss the people that we got to work alongside, like Pastor Jacob, Mama Janine, Pastor John Mark and the list goes on. Ill miss the kids at the Hope House : Mboumba, Moussounda, Christopher, and lastly Emmanuella who is going to break my heart when I have to say goodbye. I'll miss living in the community of young adults who want nothing more than to see Christ glorified through their lives. They have become my brothers and sisters. Ill miss Tim and Meredith who put up with the craziness for a whole summer.

Dont get me wrong, I can't wait to see you all. Im just torn. Once again, ill fall back on the Redeemer who knows every detail, and always has our best interest in mind. Hes pretty Good at taking care of things like this.

Love you all.