So the rainy season is definitely here! Late yesterday afternoon it rained so hard I could scream and barely hear myself over the rain on the metal roofs. The humidity is back in full force as well. This is a very busy and exciting time here. Our break starts next Friday and our grades our due for this quarter on Tuesday morning. So I am finishing up tests and grading. It is also the weekend for our school play. They are performing a play called Reunions, written by Kevin Chilton one of our English teachers here. The kids have worked hard and done a great job. I have been involved in the beginning and end. I helped cast students at the beginning and this last week I have been helping give notes on acting and character development. Opening night was last night and I helped with hair and makeup. It all takes me back to high school and my high involvement in theatre then. I am really enjoying it. On top of that the 10th grade class I advise is doing a fundraiser at the show. They are selling dessert and drinks at intermission and after each show. This means I have to help set up and supervise and clean up and sell coffee (my specialty) all at the same time. I am exhausted and dreamed of coffee and hot chocolate last night. But I just need to make it through next Thursday, then I get to go to the beach the for a week the following Tuesday!
I was just talking with a co-worker today about how fast this year is going. I can’t believe I am almost ¾ done with teaching here. It is amazing and sad all at the same time. I remember when I didn’t know if I would make it through the first quarter! I year goes by so fast, yet so much can happen in a year. I think I have grown more these last two years of my life then the 4 before that combined. I have been challenged, stretched, broken and God has built me up, saved me, used me and taught me so much. What a blessing these struggles have been. I don’t know what will come next year. But I know that God will walk me through it and amaze me in the midst of it and on the other side of it as He has done for me again and again.
Things are still calm here. The President will speak Saturday, which will hopefully be a good thing for the people and not stir up any problems.
You can pray for energy for me these next few days as well as a restful break with lots of relationship building with both God and others.
I hope this finds you all well and looking forward to spring. Thank you for your words of encouragement and support. As always, I love to hear from you. Please feel free to post a note or send me an email (amyoxendale@gmail.com)
I pray you may see and experience God’s goodness around you in both the peace and the pain.
Sending you love from Africa,
AMY
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Thank you to all those who supported me!
Thank you so much to all of you who supported me in my year as a missionary in Cameroon. I have been truly blessed by your support and involvement in my life.