By Gideon, Celine, Will and Richard, | Presidents and Chairperson of the Board
Subject: Good News, Our Trip from Africa to the USA !! I am back on line!!
Greetings everybody!
As a member of the displaced family group in the NW and SW Region of Cameroon we are happy to share our story and experience. We are grateful for the support and donations which allowed us to obtain the necessary papers and cover the expenses for us to be able to leave Cameroon and begin to start a new life in the USA. We are one of many displaced families who had to leave their home and village to escape from the shooting and killing that was happening in the NW and SW Regions of Cameroon almost three years ago. It has taken almost three years for us to find supporter, donor and sponsor for us to safely get out of Cameroon. Words cannot express our love for the opportunity to make it out safely. However, we are praying for those friends and family members that we had to leave behind and we are committed to keep them in mind and help them to find a new a better way of life.
Let this report/ meet you in good spirit and health. On the 18 of November 2019 the JRCCA NGO Base in Cameroon Africa located in the North West region of Cameroon, Africa sent it intern student volunteer to it sister organization NGO in the United state of American Known by Name John Retreat Foundation International JRFIUSA!! They took off at the Nsimalen Air-port in Cameron located in Yaoundé at 12;30am and arrived Njomo Kenyata at 6;45pm from Njomo Kenyata from where they took another fly at 12;00am to Doha.They arrived Doha at 6;45am from this end they took their final fight again at 8;00am from Doha to Atlanta airport in Georgia, USA and arrived at 5:00pm :
It was a safe and successful journey and the JRCCA Advance Team arrived at their new and promised land; United States of America!!!
At this point upon our safe landing at the Atlanta Airport, our sister organization JRFIUSA NGO Foundation Chairman and our JRFIUSA President, warmly received us and our family of four to the USA with great joy and we sang our songs of praises to our loving and faithful God.. etc.. at this respectful time and they took us to the great and beautiful town of Tyrone where we received outstanding reception by the big Family in the USA !!!
As now JRFIUSA intern students we are now on our face to face training now ! Just 37 days since the day of our arrival here in USA our JRFIUSA chairman, the President and their family in the USA are the one providing our needs from food, water, to cloths , medication , health check up etc..and also we will forever remain thankful to this powerful NGO, JRFIUSA that have sponsor us from all the expenditures cost from Cameroon to USA.
LOVE for our JRCCA Displace Family in Cameroon and helping us to resettle in our New Home in the USA ! From this end they have look for my wife and I job which we are now working and will be willing to join hands to start the process of restoring and healing our lifes and as well as looking back and forward to building resettlement low income housing in Cameroon and the USA for both our families, friends and the displaced families facing the ongoing crisis in which two of our JRCCA volunteers were killed on the 11 of august 2018 as one of them was preparing to attend our Global Women Empowerment workshops seminar and Conference that was scheduled at our official HQ in Kwojeoh Mbengwi capital of Momo Division in the North West Region of Cameroon .
In fact, below as you will see we continue to add our great experiences and our big news and continue to share our experiences in a new culture, new home, interaction with the good people in the great state of Georgia and USA!!
I am Executive Director/Human Resources with JRCCA in Cameroon! First off I must say sorry for not been online for a while, but let me present to you briefly what the situation has been with me for the past one month: What follows below is a brief report of my activities for the past 35 days of being in the United States from the Jungles of Meta Cameroon, Africa!
My family and I have been 35 days on the ground, as student volunteer of JRFIUSA we have done a lot of activities and research as shown below.
1. Our daughter has been enrolled in school in the junior high school and she has started medical check up.
2. Met with our new friends and exchanged email. She welcomed us and gave us good advice and recommendations, to remain grateful, and keep learning to always do the right thing and feel free to contact her for any career guidance. We also explained to her that part of our JRCCA Displaced Families in Cameroon, especially women, youth, girls and dissable people that we support need lots of health care, sustainable shelter, food etc..
Next we were invited to attend the Army family celebration at Fort Gillem,Dec. 7th 2019. It was a blessing and a time of families and good friends getting together and learn a lot of good things and support for our families.
3. We were also well received by the Evergreen church in Peachtree City, from Day one when we first arrived. Loving and good heart people of God. They are prayer warriors for Chris as i observed. People whose prayers work. John 3:16. We learned that family are also founding members of the Church! Dece 24th 2019 we had our first and excellent Christmas worship at Evergreen PTC in the great State of Georgia USA with the founders of JRCCA NGO Foundation . We also received gift from our friend. Friends and many people asked us questions like what is your experience now, do you like it here so far? what do you do? How Children do you have and they going to school?
4. We were invited to attend our first Rotary end of year party and we made some contacts,Dec 20th 2019.
5. I met with the representative of Bank of America in peachtree city ,and I explained the need for a bank in Meta to support, provide personal and financial services to the people in the region in need.
6. I visited the peachtree farmers market as part of my internship, I met face to face with farmers and asked questions on how to connect with farmers association in Georgia.
7. On 28 November 2019 we celebrated Great and our First Thanksgiving in Tyrone, in the great state of Georgia, USA with family and friends!!!! Great time of family celebrations!!!!
8. December 23, I visited Warlmart, and Staples!!
9. On December 25, 2019, my family and I had our First Christmas in Tyrone with friends and Family !!We had our first
10. On December 27, 2019, I started my First Job in the USA!!!!!!!!!!and will enable me to be able to support our JRCCA Displaced Families in Cameroon!!!!
Very Grateful
JRFIUSA Student Intern
Displaced Family
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