One month home!
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Greetings! I can't believe that the team have been home for a month now! How time has flown! It feels to me like we only just left our friends in Cameroon, and at the same time that we have been ...
Home at last!
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »So, finally you get to hear from me (Jess) again. I thought it would be fun for you to hear from the team over the two weeks in Cameroon and I truly believe that they excelled themselves in their descriptions ...
Opening Day !!
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Hi Kayleigh and Elinor here!!! It is our last full day in Kumbo today! We have been very busy over the past few days getting the Children's Ward ready for the Opening Ceremony. This has involved various activities! Building beds, lights, oxygen concentrators. ...
An Update from Kumbo
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Thank you for standing with us! God has been very busy among us this week and we have made huge progress with our project. We must apologise for not blogging as regularly as we would like - if we have electricity here ...
Just over half way!!
Saturday, July 11th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Hi, Kayleigh here! We are just over half way now, over the past few days we have been finishing painting the walls and building the rest of our equipment. The staff at the hospital have been really excited each time ...
The latest few days here in Kumbo!
Thursday, July 9th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »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 ...
We Have Arrived!
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »"Look around the nations and see; wonder and be utterly astounded." (Habakkuk 1:5) Our team has arrived safely in Kumbo, albeit slightly tired and missing some of our luggage (hey, this is Africa!). Two of the three missing bags were driven from ...
The final fortnight
Monday, June 22nd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Its true! In less than a fortnight the team will be in Cameroon working on a project that has been planned for over a year. There is not much more news to add as most of the major planning and preparation ...
Less than 4 weeks to go!!
Monday, June 8th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Indeed, in less than a month, the Gate's Cameroon mission team will be leaving bonny Scotland and travelling to Banso! Finally I can write a piece of news in the blog that I have been hoping to write for months ...
5 more weeks
Friday, May 29th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Some brilliant news this week - on many fronts! Firstly, the equipment is in Cameroon. We are still waiting for clearance through customs but it is now in the right country! The nebuliser, that was not in the shipment, has ...