A day in the village life of Ricard. :)

Today I had a great day! This afternoon I went for a walk out of the village into the countryside. I met a motorist, I asked him where he was going, and he said he was going to "the palm trees". So I offered him the equivalent of less than a euro to take me there and back to the village (I had already walked a great deal). He accepted readily. The place was even further away from the village!

He stopped the motorbike at the edge of the road and we hiked in the bush for about 15 minutes. It was lovely, I took many pictures and chatted with Guy, who is my same age. He asked me specifically if I knew the Isaacs, so that made me trust him and his machete. He used the machete to cut a slim slice off the edge of a palm tree. Then he put back a funnel made of leaves that went in a container. The funnel covered the edge of the palm tree, which produced this palm tree juice. I tried a bit, and it was pretty sweet! I took many pictures, and will put them up on the web soon.

Then we went back to Deuk, the village was coming from, and it seems he had a small bar where he had some avocados. I bought 6 of them (beautiful avocados) for an equivalent of less than 50 cents. Then he gave me his adress so I could send him a letter from Spain (a packet, he hinted), and I used the "packet" thing to tell him about a "packet" or present that God was waiting for him to open. He listened. I found out previously that he was catholic, because he wrote down the PO box of a nearby Catholic mission, so I asked him if he was catholic. Then I bought the avocados.

I may be going back to Yaounde on Sunday or Monday, I'm not sure. I'll first go to a nearby city (Bafia) either with Kendall or on a motorbike, and then I'll take a taxi to Yaund'e. I'm still not sure what I'll be doing after that. Maybe I'll call the Swedish lady and offer her to be a few more days in the Northwest region, in the same village I was before.

Please pray for a safe journey back to Yaunde and for wisdom as to what to do after that, as I still will have a bit more than a week left. A huge hug for you all! God bless.

Ricard.