The Canadian High Commission phoned.  Said he had heard about us from the Baptist.  Wondered if we would be able to take in an elderly Canadian lady for a few days.  She is being repatriated back to Canada just as quickly as transportation could be arranged.

She arrived yesterday and things have been quite lively every since.  She's elderly to the point of needing to check into a rest-home. She needs nursing care.  She gets lost between the dining room table and her ground floor bedroom.  She's had several spills these last three months.  She cries when she talks about it.  She lived with a Cameroonian lady who treated her badly.  Her Cameroonian partner in an association she started seems to have gotten hold of considerable funds from her bank account.  She was hospitalized with her last spill.  He took her from the hospital straight to the High Commission.  She has been in their care ever since.  

We phoned the High Commission this morning to tell them we are very concerned about this dear lady.  She is confused and disorientated.  She could not possibly return to Canada without someone helping her.  They agreed and have quoted us as they talk with airline officials.  We said she should be put in a wheelchair.  That automatically comes with an attendant.  She's not steady on her feet.  Truly she needs all sorts of help.

But she's coming back.  Well, in her mind she is.  The High Commission is barring her return.  We think they ought to confiscate her passport in Montreal.  So she's trying to figure out how to pack for a week or two.  Should she take it all with her, or leave the things she will need when she comes back?  But first someone needs to go back to the ladies house and get all her stuff.  That has to be tomorrow.  We don't know how this will all work out.

The High Commission phoned a short while ago to say they have her return flights all worked out.  She leaves Cameroon at 5:30 a.m. on Friday.  But she will have to leave Shiloh at 2 a.m.  Yawn.  We will have to get up and help her.  She'll never make it on her own.  

Did we ever mention that life at Shiloh is never dull?  We never know who God is sending next.