Jessica Morgan’s Blog

The latest few days here in Kumbo!

Thank you to Colin there for our first blog over here at Banso Baptist Hospital!!

For those of you who don’t know me, I’m Elinor, the artist on the team and I’ll be taking you through the last few days and what we have all been doing.

Two nights ago we were invited out with a team who have set up an evangelism project known as “The Jesus Movie” project led by a local man, Pastor John. Jess and myself drove (or bounced in the back seat due to the exciting roads!!) out of Kumbo to a small farming village called Mendzem. There, both of us helped Pastor John, a young bible college student called Godlove and a third ministary worker set up a projector and screen (a bed sheet nailed to the wall)  in Mendzem Church to show a film of the Gospel of Luke in their native language Lambso.

The bell sounded for church and around 20 people arrived from the village. Two hours later the film came to a conclusion and the building was so packed with hundreds of locals that they were crammed around the church doorway looking in!

After the film finished there were about 20 people wanting to know more about Jesus and remained behind for a time of discussion and prayer. It was so encouraging to see how something as simple as a film in their native language could create such a powerful impact on their lives.

We ended our evening with an invitation for dinner of Fou Fou and Jamma Jamma at the Pastor’s house in the village. The Journey home was a late one but Jess and I felt glad all the same that we had the opportunity to experience it and Colin and Kerr are looking forward to going out with “The Jesus Movie” project next week!!

Last night was the first bible study for the girls up at our house. We studied the first two chapters of Esther with a group of local teenage girls and had so much fun and fellowship that we cannot wait for them to come back for the next session on Tuesday! 

Painting has officially started in the Intensive Care Unit! Kayleigh and I first used a projector to get the designs drawn onto the walls and Kayleigh, Colin and I have spent the last few days with paintbrush in hand whilst the others have taken time out in between other activities to get the first coat of our paintings on! Jessica has settled in with the medical staff and beginning a little earlier than the rest of us with ward rounds and Kerr has been working very hard in General Supply putting together all of the equipment we had flown over.

The reaction of the patients, their families and the staff has been nothing short of wonderful. We have been told every morning when we walk into Childrens Ward just how much we are welcomed and how grateful they are for the work that we are doing. It is a joy to come in and see nothing but smiles greet you for the working day. 

But we could not have achieved what we have done so far without the help and support of everyone who has had a heart for this project. So please let me take this opportunity to thank you all on behalf of the Cameroonians for the wonderful changes that are happening over here. God has made his prescence known to us ever since we stepped off the plane in Douala and we have all felt so blessed each day.

A prayer request though: It’s been a week now and we still have no news of Kayleigh’s Luggage. Please pray for its swift arrival (although Kayleigh is still smiling!!)

Thank you and God Bless. Elinor