Today the students finished their report. The faculty polished it off, including a report regarding the mosquito net distribution. We all piled on the bus to visit the branch office here in Douala of the American Embassy in Yaounde. The head of the office, an American recently posted here, was very informative about the mission of foreign embassies. He started by asking, “Who is our boss?” I popped off with “Hillary Clinton.” So I won a little pin of American and Cameroonian flags crossed. One of the students took this picture of Barb and Joe and myself standing in front of the branch embassy. I'm wearing a "ready-to-wear" dress I bought at the market.
There was a lot of coming and going to the market and the students went swimming at a motel. In a gathering of all of us, Ruth thanked the students eloquently for all they did. The students expressed something of their learnings and how much the experience has meant to them. Several of them said they hoped to return here or to another developing country to provide nursing care. After dinner they all loaded up and left for the airport. I hope they have a good time in Paris for a couple of days, in spite of the 36-hour transportation strike there.
The tailor came back with our dresses. This is the second I have had made, one of a violet color, with a top and flared skirt. I ordered another dress with my last piece of fabric. It will be done before we leave next week.
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