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It has been a month since our return to Yaoundé, Cameroon. We've finally settled back into our former home on the historical Presbyterian hill of Djoungolo. Tonight we've once again been able to enjoy the roaring cheers rising up above the city after Cameroon's win over the Ghanaian soccer team in the semi finals of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations.

It means that this Sunday we'll have to make special arrangement to follow the Cup finals between the Indomitable Cameroonian Lions and Egypt's Pharaohs as we hope to celebrate the long awaited inauguration of the Presbyterian Girls Secondary School in Limbe. For our daughters, Salome and Naomi, this will be a great opportunity to connect with Presbyterian ministries serving their Cameroonian peers and experience another part of Cameroon's beautiful natural inheritance.

On the way back, Jeff will stay in Douala to catch a plane to the Democratic Republic of Congo for consultation with our Presbyterian partners in Kinshasa. He might fly up to Kananga afterwards, but that is not sure. Now that we have this blog set up, we will try and keep you abreast of his experiences there and anything particular that may be up for the girls and me here in Yaounde or with our son Matthias, who is studying in Wageningen, the Netherlands.