Before Christmas we had the chance to travel to Mutengene to meet the family of our Cameroonian day crew electrician - Denise. Denise is amazing in that she has managed to train as an electrician in Cameroon and maintain her integrity. As a woman it has been very difficult for her to get a job and she has also trained as a seamstress plus was working in a high school as a physics teacher before joining the Africa Mercy. We have become good friends and she invited a bunch of us to visit her family in Mutengene.
We met her mother Vivian who lives and works in Douala selling huckleberry and cassava.
We met her father Michael who was an electrician for 20 years and quit to become a pastor. We met his wife and Denise's step mother, Gwendalyn who has a small hair salon next to the house. We met her sister, Hilda who studied petrochemical engineering but works as a high school math and science teacher. We met her 3 half sisters, Karen, Esther and baby Joanne.
We were honoured guests and they prepared a beautiful feast for us. It was a joy to meet them all and to gain an insight into life in Cameroon.
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| Monica stiring the fufu corn |
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| Me having a turn |
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| Emerson taking a turn |
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| Auntie Gwen showing how it is done |
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| A feast prepared for us |
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| Monica, Esther and Karen |
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| The whole family |
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| Family and guests |
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