Greetings from Yaounde... yes, still. We have gotten back into our school and work, as much as we can do while we're here, anyway. After Chris got here last week, we all drove down to the beach at Kribi for a few days to rest and hide from all the people and stress and endless questions about "the program." It was a wonderful weekend just resting and swimming and spending time together after such a crazy week, and now we have returned, with some semblance of a plan and program. Karissa and Catherine are due to arrive tonight, and the memorial in Yaounde will happen Monday afternoon, followed by another one in Bamenda the Saturday after that. Meanwhile we sit and sweat here in Yaounde! Us Bamendians aren't used to such heat, especially when it's finally starting to get cool and rainy up in the North West. But we'll be back there next week, and I'm pretty sure all of us are looking forward to that.
Right now some big prayer requests are for safe travel – for Karissa and Catherine, us when we drive back to Bamenda, and everyone who is or will be traveling. Thank the Lord that the family can be together again for a little while, but the next few months will be difficult as the Jacksons readjust to life without Mama Karissa. Please pray for all of us here, but thank you all for everything you've done. We are just glad to be together, even though there will always be a Karen-shaped hole in our midst that we all feel.
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