It was a sweet, sad time as we gathered together at the mortuary to assist in the "removal of the body" ceremony.  Papa Lobe, our friend and the very first employee at the U.S. Embassy here in Cameroon, has gone home to Glory.  All of his adult children were there, some coming from as far away as France and from Eugene, OR, U.S.A.  Death is part of life.  And death is the future of all of us.  While we miss our friend, we do not sorrow as the world does.  We have the bright hope of being reunited in Glory some day soon.