Dear friends at Crescent Hill Presbyterian Church,

Warm greetings from Yaounde, Cameroon. In 2010 Christi and I celebrated twenty years of service as mission co-workers with Presbyterian World Missions. Not counting earlier volunteer service, we began in beautiful Njombe, Tanzania. From there we headed west to Zaire, which later regained the name Congo. Now, since nearly 12 years, we’re in Cameroon. We arrived in Tanzania with a two-year old son and it looks like we’ll see our youngest, Naomi, graduate high school in Yaounde, as did her older brother and sister. We are truly blessed to have been able to serve in Africa these past 20 years with our children. We are thankful for the support and encouragement of Presbyterian World Mission over the years. We know that alongside World Mission has been an untold number of presbyteries, churches and individuals supporting the mission work of the PC(USA). It is in that light, and with much gratitude, that we recognize the financial and moral support your church has given us through World Mission.

Christi and I sincerely thank you for the $1,600.00 you gave as financial support in 2010 through ECO 200314. We hope you are willing and able to continue supporting us in 2011. We are thankful that we were able to spend time with you in August, albeit far too short. Please know that in the second half of 2012 we hope to be in the US visiting churches. As that date gets closer we’ll send you details so that we can arrange a visit. Hopefully, we’ll be able to be based in Louisville as was the case in 2007.

As we consider the work for 2011 we ask that you pray with us for the following:

+ The threat to the well-being of many as food prices rise world-wide. In communities where we work in Central Africa food often consumes the majority of the monthly budget. It is not that people eat a lot, or eat richly; it is because they get paid so little that they have little left over for other necessities – like rent, school fees, health care, helping neighbors, buy cloths, etc.

+ The change in leadership in RELUFA and in the Joining Hands program. The coordinator from RELUFA is leaving Cameroon to be the International Coordinator of the Presbyterian Hunger Program, overseeing the Joining Hand program. A RELUFA colleague is filling in as interim coordinator. At the same time RELUFA is reorganizing.. There are a lot of changes and with them come challenges, also for Christi.

+ Efforts to assist our partners to respond effectively to the increased need for comprehensive reporting about shared ministries.

+ New openings for collaboration with the Eglise Presbyterienne Camerounaise (EPC). Jeff is assisting the EPC as it looks for way information technology can benefit its ministries.

+ For our three children as they each concentrate on their studies and making strides toward independence.

Again, we thank you for your encouragement and support.

May God bless your involvement in God’s mission near and far.

Sincerely,

Jeff and Christi Boyd

B.P. 5239

Yaounde, Cameroon, Africa

Phone: +237 9931 2986

Skype: jcmnsboyd

email: jcmsnboyd@gmail.com