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►November 6 – 13, 2006
Douala
“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to
gain what he cannot lose.”
- Jim Elliott, missionary
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Bernard with his wife
►Pastor Bernard Modo
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Bernard’s church in Douala, Communaute Evangelique De Partage, now has over 100 members
►The Douala church
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The first members of the Yaounde church
Bernard sets in the pastor for a church plant in Yaounde
►The Yaounde church
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The inside of the airport we’ll be flying to
►Welcome to Douala!
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The night skyline of Douala
►Douala, Cameroon
Population: 1,200,000
Looks pretty normal by night, huh?
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City planning? What’s that?
►Douala in the Day…
Douala is Cameroon’s largest city, but Yaounde is the national capital
A busy city intersection
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►Douala’s 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 groupsMost 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.”
- U2’s 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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70% labor force is in farming
The nation produces coffee, cocoa, cotton, and rubber
►Working in Cameroon
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►Working in Cameroon
Fishermen
Women going to market
The best mechanic in Rhumsiki Construction workers
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►Major Religions
20% Indigenous Spiritism
Witch doctor
Douala sorcerer
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
An Islamic chief
Muslims during Ramadan
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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
A worship service
Church choir
Kom people receiving the first Bible in their own language
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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)