New Year Resolution

VATICAN CITY — When Pope Francis met before Christmas with Vatican employees, mostly lay people with families, he asked them to do 10 things. The list sounded remarkably like suggestions for New Year’s resolutions:

– “Take care of your spiritual life, your relationship with God, because this is the backbone of everything we do and everything we are.”

– “Take care of your family life, giving your children and loved ones not just money, but most of all your time, attention and love.”

– “Take care of your relationships with others, transforming your faith into life and your words into good works, especially on behalf of the needy.”

– “Be careful how you speak, purify your tongue of offensive words, vulgarity and worldly decadence.”

– “Heal wounds of the heart with the oil of forgiveness, forgiving those who have hurt us and medicating the wounds we have caused others.”

– “Look after your work, doing it with enthusiasm, humility, competence, passion and with a spirit that knows how to thank the Lord.”

– “Be careful of envy, lust, hatred and negative feelings that devour our interior peace and transform us into destroyed and destructive people.”

– “Watch out for anger that can lead to vengeance; for laziness that leads to existential euthanasia; for pointing the finger at others, which leads to pride; and for complaining continually, which leads to desperation.”

– “Take care of brothers and sisters who are weaker … the elderly, the sick, the hungry, the homeless and strangers, because we will be judged on this.”

Happy New Year 2015

What a joy that to be journeying with the Lord! We praise the Lord for the New year. We look forward to continuing our journey with our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. We are here because of our family and friends like you. Thank you for being there for us, supporting us financially, spiritually and emotionally.
As we set out in 2015, we are asking that the Good Lord will make his face to shine upon us and produce this kind of fruit in you and our lives: Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self-control.
Happy New Year!
Today we set out to enjoy God's creation in Lake Bambili but while at the mountains getting closer to the lake, our vehicle developed some problems so we decided it was better to not go too far if we end up with a serious breakdown as it might be difficult to find someone to help out. By the way, we enjoyed the mountains and the sunset in the background.

Learning that LASTS

Learner-Centered
Action with Reflection
Solving Problems
Team-work
Self-direction/self-discovery
December 1-5, 2014 at BRTC Guest house in Bamenda. It was my first time to participate as a staff in the Learning that LASTS workshop. It was a wonderful experience to have people from different backgrounds and levels. We saw various teaching skills and methods. We worshiped God and worked together as a team. We were indeed blessed and everyone left with their expectations met which were primarily:
- How to design teaching events
- How to teach adults

Praise the Lord Singing and Music

What a joy to sing and praise the Lord in the Language and with the instrument that one understands so well.

Part of the Bible Translation Process

I am training two Mother Tongue Translators (MTT) from Bafemen (Mmen) on how to use a computer application program called AdaptIt it and Paratext. With these programs, they will AdaptIt Scriptures from Kom (Source language) to Mmen(Target Language). The Scriptures were translated in Kom 11years ago so this will facilitate the translation of Scriptures in Mmen given that the languages are closely related. Pray that the training will go well and that they will be able to apply what they have learned immediately. These men ought to understand the source language so as to work well. They also have to understand English so as to do a back translation at the end so that they consultant can check their work to be sure that it is of standard.

Bad Roads in Bamenda III

These days it has really been difficult to get to our office (BRTC). Even four wheel drive vehicles find it difficult to get through. Good enough there is a back road and we can also leave our vehicles in the neighborhood and trek to the office. We are hoping that the Major of Bamenda III will do something about the roads in this neighborhood.

The place of Instructional Materials in Teaching and Learning

I enjoy teaching or reteaching so that students can better understand. I have realized that the place of instructional materials cannot be underestimated in the teaching/learning transaction.
When the learners understand the lessons better, their faces will beam up and likewise that of the instructor.
In one of my classes, my student told me that their teacher had taught them about a wooden cup. To them this was very strange as they've not seen one before. I dashed into our kitchen and brought a few things that they are familiar with but in another form. For example they know of clay pots and so on but have never seen a clay tray or clear teapot. I also showed them wooden spoons and things and they were able to understand.
One of my student had learned in her physics class about dry cells and electricity. I showed her a dry cell, we measured the voltage together and she was really excited to have done that. So instructional materials must not be lacking in the teaching-learning process if at all any meaningful verbal learning is going to take place.