Bambalang

Happy Sunday, everyone! I would wish you happy weekend, like they do here, but Monday is nearly upon us again! Today was quite full, for us anyway - we had church here, like always, then Chris, Karen, Sarah, I, and Elsie, a missionary woman here in Bamenda who's been helping us with the lessons, all went out to Bambalang. There we did a teacher training for our lessons in Luke! Bambalang is where the Groves live and work, and where Chrambo is the mother tongue; today was the first day in the training series, and we'll continue it in two weeks.

We first drove out to the Groves' house, which was quite a ways away, but on a road that went through miles and miles of grassland... lion country! Used to be, anyway. Apparently there also used to be elephants, giraffes, gazelles, and other animals there, a long time ago! It looks just like the Africa you see in pictures and movies. Oh so beautiful. As always, the roads weren't so great... especially the paved ones haha! They were so riddled with potholes that the dirt road we took part of the way was actually much better... though extremely dusty! Dry season has come. 

The training itself was really interesting; Chris and Karen switched off teaching, and Elsie and Annette, another missionary in Bambalang, got up and told stories now and then. We also sang some songs (including "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" in Chrambo!), but the bulk of it was teaching the Sunday school teachers who came (over twenty in all!) to teach the lessons we're writing, and how best to teach children. After finishing up we drove back and had road food for dinner. :D I tried bobolo for the first time tonight - it's a white, sticky paste-like food, encased in long stalks and leaves. Very good, actually! I didn't think I'd like it because of its odd appearance, but it's actually kind of sweet. Sorry I have no pictures (of either the training or the food); both my computer and phone died this morning, and it's Sunday, so no power!  It had come on by the time we returned, though, so here I am! And now I shall go, so have a lovely day, everyone!