Helping Hands
Children’s Home, Bamenda
School was out for the missionary children in Yaounde. Where
does an educational missionary go on a missions trip when there is desire to
serve beyond their assignment? There are various possibilities, but
scriptures about caring for orphans kept coming to mind. My heart leapt at
the idea of serving at Helping Hands Children’s Home in Bamenda, seven
hours away. HHCH is a Christ-centered orphanage that provides a secure and loving home to orphans that have come from desperate and destitute situations.
In July, I
spent 2.5 weeks at this Christian orphanage (facebook.com/pages/Helping-Hands-Childrens-Home/273109682721899) assisting with summer
school, tutoring children in reading, presenting a storytime on 5 days (4
days joined by two area missionary families), processed books and streamlined
library organization. Other teaching opportunities included the neighborhood
Kids Bible Club held at HHCH and Children’s Church at Calvary Chapel of
Bamenda.
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Reading Tutoring:
Godwill practicing
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Nkeh
practicing reading
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Sandrine practicing reading with canine companionship
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Teen gals after African folklore session and little Willie
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Monitoring
math worksheets
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Storytime:
singing with frog puppet, seeing who could jump highest
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Storytime:
“David” talking with children
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Baby
Promise
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Two
youngest of HHCH family – baby Promise and “Willie”
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Uh oh!
Baby Promise is not a happy camper. She is so used to being held by children
and staff from the front.
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David following boy reading a Bible verse
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Kids Club
@ HHCH, with neighborhood children
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Boys
assist me in put color code paper strip labels on spine for various types of
books (board books, easy readers, chapter books, Bible/devotional, science,
history, etc.)
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Around YAOUNDE
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Carolyn Partridge and I visited a Bible study at the Association La
Solution, a center caring for children living in the street.
This is a ministry of Hope Social Action Association, Odza Baptist Church.Please join me in praying for God's special blessings on the papa and mama of the center and on Nzeuga Lankio Hugue Robin, President of Hope Social Action Association who faithfully leads the Bible study and coordinates other outreach ministries. Also for needs of Hope Social Action: Bibles, food, clothes, meds, school fees and school materials, and professional training.
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While
waiting for the boys to arrive for Bible study, the ‘mama’ at the Association La
Solution center caring for street children looked straight at me and
spoke to me. Via translation I learned that she mentioned difficulties she
experienced and that it was an encouragement to her to have another mama
(older woman) to visit. Hmm…sometimes just our presence speaks volumes of caring
support. Thankful God helped me push past two sets of circumstances that day
which could have deterred me from getting there.
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David wasted no time after his arrival at Odza Baptist Church in chattinng wuth the children. |
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I love
critters. Feeding Lily, our local sitatunga (anteloge) after a game of playing pickleball with our 'Healthy Choices' group.
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Lily the
antelope likes big leaves.
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Listening
intently to fellow missionary share at our Fourth of July Picnic.
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Celebrating a family getting to their missions assignment. Gabrielle Jones (3rd from left) joined me in welcoming Chris and Lori Gassler and children Noah, Ben, and Kristin to Cameroon following their language studies in France. We all participated in Wycliffe's Equip #10 Orlando training in spring of 2011...a mini-reunion.
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