Well travelled suit cases.

In the middle of this week, we had a fun surprise. We were expecting some of our things to arrive that were a little delayed in following us from Cameroon. We left Cameroon so quickly that we ended up leaving most of what we owned in Cameroon. I think we came back with 5 bags but we had gone there with about 10 bags and also had 3 or 4 bags worth of things shipped in advance. What we said then, and what we still say, is that it is just stuff. BUT we were really thankful for the Webers (LBT missionaries in Cameroon) who were willing to sift through everything in the village, pick out things we really wanted (Christmas gifts sent to us- by sea- by family, Sam's kindergarten curriculum for homeschooling next year, and a few keepsake items like quilts made by my mom for the kids), and get it back to us. It is really nothing short of miraculous that it all got to us in our living room in Chicago (Think: a trip from Indy to Minnesota, then from Minnesota across the U.S. going east, then across the ocean, across a good portion of Cameroon, into a remote village, back from the village to the capital of Cameroon, on a plane with stops in Europe and Boston, and then by land from Boston to us. Whew!)