Dear Blog Followers,

On 13 September I promised you lots of stories from our time in the village.  I have since reneged on that promise.  A word of explanation.  It seemed more appropriate to write a lengthy prayer letter to all our prayer partners.  Said letter contained all the promised stories.  My assumption is that if you read this blog, you also receive (and maybe even read) our prayer letters.  If this is an incorrect assumption, let me know and I will happily send you the prayer letter in question.

I blogged on 15 and 16 September and have not blogged since.  A word of explanation. In addition to our normal busy life here at Shiloh, we have been addressing security issues.  (If you do not receive our prayer letter, you do not realize that we had yet another attempted break-in a week ago.)  Each robbery, each attempted break-in, makes us increasingly vigilant.  The "Bad Guys" teach us much.  For many years there was no obvious drug problem here in Cameroon.  But in recent years, drugs have arrived with all the attending problems.  Since the drug problem is here to stay, we will continue to experience more and more attempted break-ins. So we've been trying to think like a druggie, and trying to anticipate and prevent their next move.  We know we will not enjoy 100% success in this endeavor, but we must be wise.   We must be vigilant.  We must do our part.  And above  all else, we must continue to put our trust and confidence in Almighty God, Who is our Protector.