Cameroon News – January 2006
HAPPY 2006!!!!!
We are already in almost the second month of the year and the time if flying past. We want to share with you our news, thanking you for your support during 2005 and encouraging you to continue to lift up our arms (Exod 17:12) as we continue with the work of Lord in this part of the world.
FAMILY
Anna began her second quarter of classes in the first week of January (we do not yet have holidays here!!!!) She continues progressing in her learning the same as Joshua who is learning all that that his sister teaches him.
During these last days we have all come down with a bronchial virus (because of the climate). Thanks to God we are already better.
If you remember our corn plantation, we rejoice in already having gathered and eaten from this wonderful fruit of our work (unfortunately there are no pictures). Although it was an experiment as it was the first time that One and I had ever planted, we gained a lot of experience for the next sowing season in March.
MINISTRY
From the 16th to the 19th of January One was sharing in Duala, teaching in the School of Biblical studies. January 27th-29th we had our third national encounter for leaders of YWAM CAMEROON. It was a time of searching before the Lord and of making decisions for the future of the ministry in this country. For us as hosts, it was a real blessing to have been able to receive our brothers and sisters in our newly pioneered base.
OUR FRIENDS
Martin, the youth that we talked about previously, if you remember he went to take a group of brothers from his church in Sweden to work with another church in this country, had to send the team ahead of him as his mother was admitted to hospital due to diabetes that she was suffering. Let us pray for them.
Some friends of ours have also received their diplomas in the University of Buea that has approximately 8000 students. At first they were not going to give out the diplomas to this group of graduates because of the disorder that the students caused last year in the university which ended with the death of around 8 students and which destroyed the part of the public lighting efforts that had begun in the city.
However God honors his children and on January 28th, many of our friends and brothers were able to receive their diplomas.
PRAYER POINTS
Thank you for working alongside of us and for helping to sustain us through these points of prayer:
- As a pioneering base, we need to keep praying for land.
- We continue praying for office equipment and materials such as a computer (for we have been told by the technician that ours is irreparable) we are also praying for the installation of a fixed telephone line since we are having many communication problems with our mobile phone.
- We are also praying for bilingual staff and above all for the ability to translate our documents from Spanish to French, and French to English, and we are praying about the upcoming School of Discipleship.
- We continue praying that the public lighting in the area would begin again, and continue, and that we can count on the light in the main entry area for the city.
We say goodbye yearning to receive your news and we rejoice together in the work of our Lord. Until soon,
Onesime, Gabriela, Anna and Joshua Betsin
P.O.Box 578 S.W.P.
Buea Cameroon
e-mail: betsin4@yahoo.fr
ywamlimbe@yahoo.fr
www.jucumnorte.com.ar
If you want to sustain the ministry here in Cameroon or our family in a particular way, please communicate with Graciela Astarloa in Argentina (proyecto_africa@yahoo.com.ar), and specify if your offering is for the ministry or our family. Or you can deposit it directly from within Argentina to the Bco. Frances, Caja de Ahorro, in Pesos. Account Number: N 407885/4 Suc. 301 en the name of Gabriela del Rocio Romero, or by mail you can specify the focus of your offering or by telephone: (+54) (0) 3783 455568 (Graciela Astarloa)