Well, Wednesday morning started early with a hot shower!  Amazing!!  We did not eat breakfast in the canteen as we wanted to get an early start.  We were all eager to get back home.

We phoned Pastor Eugene as we drove out of Mbingo and agreed on a meeting place.  He too was coming down to Bamenda for the day.  Thirty minutes later we arrived at the junction where we were to meet and a few minutes later he drove up.  Guy and I jumped out of the car and greeted him warmly.  It had been some time since we had seen each other.  Eugene was happy to finally meet Guy's wife.  We gave him an envelope containing money from aprons we had sold for his wife.  And we got to see his car.  We had helped pay for that car.  We used to sell a lot of aprons at the U.S. Embassy.  But things have changed now, for which we are sorry.

Back into the car and off again to Bamenda.  It took us some time to find a place where we could find something to eat.  But finally we went to a bus station and had eggs and tea leaves. The roads in Bamenda are dreadful so it was slow going when we were once again on our way.  But eventually we left Bamenda, climbing to the top of the hills and starting back down to the lowlands and Yaounde.  About a half hour out of Bamenda we stopped again at a roadside stand to buy produce.  The region is very fertile and prices are good.  We stopped several times and filled the trunk and car up.  And then Marie began seeing rats for sale alongside the road.  That's right, rats!!  Turns out she grew up eating them and loves them.  I asked her if she had ever fed us rat before.  She assured me that she had not.  But I still wasn't sure I wanted to eat at her house again.  I began taking a survey and discovered that everyone eats rats.  They were large (about the size of a cat) and dead.  (OH ICK! was all I could think to say!)  After stopping several times and buying the larger rats, we cam upon some young men selling porcupines.  Turns out this is another favorite.  You live and learn.  One of the porcupines was fairly ripe, as we discovered after it was purchased and in the trunk of the car and we were again southbound.  Well in about 30 minutes we arrived at Makenene for our bathroom break and meal stop.  Guy bought plastic bags and double bagged his porcupine, which cut the odor considerably.  

When we crossed the Senega River the weather dropped noticeably.  About two hours later we arrived back home, tired but happy to be back.  Thankfully we had both water and electricity at Shiloh so I headed for the shower.  Jim had a meal waiting for me.  After eating and catching eachother up on all that had happened, I headed off to bed.  We had talked by phone each day, but there is nothing like a face-to-face.