This afternoon Jean Magloir from a Manguisa village near Eyene showed up at Shiloh.  And six hours later he went back to his mother's house!  That's our guy.  He does this in Eyene, too.  It has been five years since he came to Yaounde.  His mother was injured in a motorcycle accident so that is why he is here.

He brought us lots of food from the village:  a regime of plantains, a whole bunch of lemons, some grapefruits, and some casmangoes, which are a wild mango.  They have long spines all over the large pit, so they are a challenge to eat.

Jean Magloir told us how he spends two or three nights at his house and then hikes into Jean Claud's and spends the night at his house.  Then back home for two or three more nights and on and on it goes.  He is really very lonely.  He is from a dying village.  There are a number of very nice houses in the village, but they are all empty.  He is the only one who lives there year round.  He talked about having a wife.  He needs one.

We talked about the church and the things he is doing to encourage people to get baptized the end of this month.  Getting baptized was very significant for him. Life changing actually.  He is on his way to becoming a leader in the church.  He talked about how much his life has changed.  The things he used to do that he can no longer do as a baptized believer.  It was a blessing to have him in our home.