Thanksgiving

My last week here. The more I start to think about heading back to the States, the more excited I get. It’s going to be hard to leave, I’ll miss Cameroon. But I’m ready to be home. I figured out that my journey back to Sioux Falls is going to take approximately 55 hours or so. At first I was really not looking forward to my 11 hour layover in Switzerland, but then I talked to a couple from Switzerland and they printed out a map of Zurich and told me what things I can go see (the Alps!!). The map looks pretty easy to follow, so I’m hoping that I won’t get lost.
October and November are known as Harvest or Thanksgiving time in Cameroon. What they do is that they donate some vegetables or fruit from their gardens to the church. After the church service, they auction the food off and the proceeds go to churches that are in very rural Cameroon that do not have enough money to support itself. And that’s Thanksgiving for the Cameroonians. Not getting to eat a lot of food, but donating their own so that others can eat. After yesterday’s church service, I went to a co-worker’s house and met his wife and children. I ate sweet yams and avocados while watching African dance videos. They loved having snaps (pictures) taken of them.