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Mission to Cameroon 2014: Evangelism
in Douala
We
had several programs in Douala. We started with the preparation of the
International Bible Camp planned for 2016 in Cameroon with young people of
Martinique an Guadeloupe. Pastor Emmanuel KOUM had gathered the pastors of
churches that participate in this project ad we discussed its organisation.
Later we had a meeting with the young leaders to refine all aspects of the
project including tourism.
But
the most important part of the mission in Douala will be the implementation of
the “Douala For Jesus” project. It was about an evangelistic rally that was to
cover five districts of Douala from December 15 to 30, and an evening of prayer
with all participating churches on December 24, in a large public square. This
night watch prayer was planned to be my last intervention since my commitments
forced me to return the next day, December 25th, to France.
This
project was originally to be conducted with 200 evangelists from different
churches including about 40 young people from YWAM. We had met before our
departure to Tibati for training. They were ultimately about 120. They all had
“camped” during the first part of the mission to the pastor Emmanuel Koum’s
compound. Women in the rectory living room transformed into a dormitory and men
in two flats also transformed into dormitories. We had all of us to be up at
6am to start a personal meditation before joining together at 6:30am for a time
of praise and exhortation up to about 7:15am. While I was going for my morning
jogging few minutes later, the evangelists were having their breakfast before
proceeding to the neighbourhoods of the place where the evangelistic meeting
had to take place. The Churches of the invested district had in charge to feed
them for lunch and the evening meal were taken at pastor Koum’s where we were
all staying. When back from the evening meeting and before diner, we had some
debriefing focussed on the actions of the day, which allowed to prepare the
following day.
The
districts invested were:
The
Lion District of Bali from 15 to 17 December 2014, preacher Daniel Mpondo
The
7th District Bepanda New Route from 18 to 20 December 2014, preacher
Emmanuel Koum
The
District Makepe Roundabout from 21st to 23rd December
2014, preacher Papa Samuel Mahop
The
Night watch of prayer was also to take place at Makepe District on December 24th
with Daniel Mpondo as preacher. And that was my last intervention in the
“Douala For Jesus” project. The last two Districts to be invested were the
Bilonguè from 26 to 28 and the Angel Raphael from 29 to 30 December.
The
work was harder in the South who was Christianised before colonisation that in
the North strongly Islamic. While more advertising media were used, Christian
Radio broadcasted and mass distribution of flyers, banners held in main axes in
the city, we did not have an evening audience we had in the North. It reminded
me somewhat countries in Europe. Nevertheless, dozens of people came to the
Lord, many lives had changed and were saved.
At
the time I make this report, I still have no echoes of what happened in the two
last areas where I did not participate in evangelism. But I know that the Lord
has supported His work and added to the churches many souls. His Name be glorified!
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