T-minus eight days and counting until I head back to the US.  It has been a great ride here – full of ups and downs, a lot of hard work, and too many cold showers to count.  Today we’ve finished up our video filming section and waiting on my replacement to bring new cameras for them ...

When I was growing up my mother was never one to stand into the crowd.  She made sure that we didn’t either.  When I was kicked out of girl scouts, unfairly mind you, she started a troop of her own for me to join.  When she started a community garden she came to church dressed in a tomato costume.  When I wanted to be a genie for Halloween and we couldn’t afford a bought costume like the one from “I Dream of Genie” my mother did the best she could to make me what can...

There’s a bar near my house called “The Best is Yet to Come” – it’s a common phrase on taxi cabs, road signs, and even the occasional building or chop shop.  It would be ridiculous of me to pretend like my time here in Cameroon has not been filled with ups and down; but in my l...