November 6 13, 2006

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?November 6 13, 2006
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to
gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliott,
missionary
Douala
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?Pastor Bernard Modo
Bernard with his wife
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?The Douala church
Bernards church in Douala, Communaute
Evangelique De Partage, now has over 100 members
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?The Yaounde church
The first members of the Yaounde church
Bernard sets in the pastor for a church plant in
Yaounde
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?Welcome to Douala!
The inside of the airport well be flying to
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?Douala, Cameroon
Population 1,200,000 Looks pretty normal by
night, huh?
The night skyline of Douala
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?Douala in the Day
Douala is Cameroons largest city, but Yaounde is
the national capital
City planning? Whats that?
A busy city intersection
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?Doualas Streets
Cameroon has 1 TV station. The US has over 1,500.
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?The Cameroonians
Area 183,568 sq mi (slightly larger than
California) Population 17,340,702
(2006) Official Languages French and English 286
other African languages spoken in Cameroon 250
distinct ethnic groups
Most Cameroon villages look like these
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?The Cameroonians
30 unemployment rate 48 below poverty
level 2,421 avg. yearly income
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This generation will be remembered for three
things the Internet, the war on terror, and how
we let an entire continent go up in flames while
we stood around with watering cans. Or not.
Every era has its defining struggle and the fate
of Africa is one of ours. - U2s Bono
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?The Cameroonians
13 dying of AIDS Average Life Expenctancy 51
years, 2 months
A group in Lara that helps AIDS patients
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Sympathy is no subsitute for action. - David
Livingstone,missionary to Africa
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?The Cameroonians
Cameroon uses 2.8 billion kilowatt-hours of
electricity every year. New York City alone uses
20 times this amount.
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?Working in Cameroon
70 labor force is in farming The nation produces
coffee, cocoa, cotton, and rubber
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?Working in Cameroon
Fishermen
Women going to market
Construction workers
The best mechanic in Rhumsiki
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?Major Religions
20 Indigenous Spiritism
Douala sorcerer
Witch doctor
Rhumsiki crab sorcerer
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Not called! did you say? Not heard the call, I
think you should say. Put your ear down to the
Bible, and hear him bid you go and pull sinners
out of the fire of sin. Put your ear down to the
burdened, agonized heart of humanity, and listen
to its pitiful wail for help. - William Booth,
founder of the Salvation Army
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?Major Religions
40 Islam
Muslims during Ramadan
An Islamic chief
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Some wish to live within the sound of a church
or chapel bell I want to run a rescue shop
within a yard of hell. - C. T. Studd,
missionary to Africa
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?Major Religions
40 Christian
Church choir
Kom people receiving the first Bible in their own
language
A worship service
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We've lost Africa. The Christians there are
healing the sick, raising the dead, multiplying
food...We can't compete with that! - Islamic
evangelist in Cairo, Egypt(as overheard by
Roland Baker)