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Rep

ort F

rom

Cam

eroo

n

In

Ca

mer

oon

ther

e ar

e th

ree

mai

n op

erat

ors

in th

e la

w

enfo

rcem

ent a

rm o

f th

e go

vern

men

t: th

e ar

my,

the

gen

darm

erie

an

d th

e po

lice.

Aba

siam

a ha

d to

app

ear

befo

re

the

drea

ded

Cam

eroo

nia

n G

enda

rmer

ie b

riga

de in

rel

atio

n to

cer

tain

alle

gatio

ns

of w

itch

cra

ft in

itia

tion

. I

ha

ve th

e gr

eate

st jo

y to

bri

ng to

you

r a

war

enes

s th

e ba

ttle

tha

t my

fam

ily a

nd

I alo

ng

with

the

chur

ch h

ad

to e

nga

ge in

dur

ing

the

rock

y bu

t re

wa

rdin

g m

onth

of J

une.

In th

e m

idst

of

this

ant

i-W

AM

atta

ck, t

hree

rug

ged

soul

s w

ere

rea

ched

for

Chr

ist.

Per

mit

me

to id

entif

y w

ith th

e pr

olifi

c N

ew

Tes

tam

ent w

rite

r a

s I h

ave

com

e to

rea

lize

tha

t "i

n al

l my

pra

yers

for

all

of y

ou,

I alw

ays

pra

y w

ith jo

y be

cause

of y

our

part

ner

ship

in th

e go

spel

from

the

first

da

y un

til n

ow,

bein

g co

nfid

ent of t

his,

tha

t he

wh

o be

gan

a go

od w

ork

in [u

s] w

ill c

arry

it o

n to

com

plet

ion

until th

e da

y of

Chr

ist

Jesu

s".

Now

I w

an

t you

to

know

, de

ar

WA

M p

artn

ers,

tha

t wha

t ha

s ha

ppen

ed

to m

e (u

nfo

unde

d a

llega

tion

s, th

rea

t to

life,

em

bar

rass

men

t an

d h

umili

atin

g pe

rsec

utio

n)

ha

s re

ally

ser

ved

to a

dva

nce

the

gosp

el i

n L

imbe

. A

s a

resu

lt, it

ha

s be

com

e cl

ear

thro

ugh

out t

he

wh

ole

city

an

d to

eve

ryon

e el

se th

at I

am

per

secu

ted

for

Chr

ist.

Bec

aus

e of

my

hum

iliat

ing

per

secu

tion

s fo

r pr

each

ing,

m

ost

of t

he

brot

her

s in

the

Lord

her

e in

Cam

eroo

n h

ave

bee

n e

nco

ura

ged

to

spea

k th

e w

ord

of G

od m

ore

cour

age

ousl

y a

nd

fea

rles

sly.

Y

ou m

ay

be w

onde

ring

wh

y I

have

to

soun

d P

au

line

in th

is r

epor

t. T

o th

at I

resp

ond

by s

impl

y st

atin

g th

at th

e m

onth

und

er r

evi

ew c

am

e a

lon

g w

ith

adv

ersi

ties

tha

t ord

inar

y pe

ople

wou

ld c

onsi

der

a re

aso

n to

qu

it h

era

ldin

g th

e go

odn

ew

s. W

e a

ll kn

ow th

at p

ropa

gatin

g th

e go

odn

ews

som

etim

es p

rodu

ce

pers

ecut

ion

s w

hich

cou

ld b

e se

en a

s ba

d n

ews.

But

in c

ompl

ian

ce w

ith th

e P

aul

ine

prin

cipl

e, w

hat

ever

the

enem

ies

of t

he

cros

s m

ean

t for

har

m b

eca

me

a

hel

p to

adv

ance

the

gosp

el in

this

sin

ful c

ity o

f Lim

be.

T

he

stor

y of

my

eva

nge

lism

in J

une

is a

mix

tur

e of

joy

and

sorr

ow.

Joy

tha

t so

uls

have

be

en s

ave

d; s

orro

w t

hat g

ospe

l opp

oser

s ha

ve r

ema

ined

ada

man

t in

thei

r op

posi

tion

and

pers

ecut

ion.

Rem

embe

r th

at th

e M

ile o

ne c

hur

ch h

as

hija

cked

the

air

wa

ves

of r

adi

o pr

each

ing

from

den

omin

atio

nal p

ast

ors

wh

o ar

e n

ow v

isib

ly a

nd

aud

ibly

frus

trat

ed a

nd

angr

y th

at th

e "C

hurc

h of

Chr

ist"

gos

pel

is c

oun

ter-

prod

uctiv

e in

rel

atio

n to

thei

r va

riou

s de

nom

ina

tiona

l obj

ect

ives

. It

a

ppea

rs th

e gi

ving

of t

ithe

is o

n th

e de

clin

e in

som

e of

thes

e m

an-m

ade

rel

igio

us

thea

tres

. Los

s of

de

vote

d m

embe

rs t

o th

e C

hur

ch o

f Chr

ist

ha

s eq

ually

infu

ria

ted

thes

e pe

rsec

utin

g pa

stor

s. O

f cou

rse

you

know

our

cri

me:

pre

ach

ing

unde

nom

ina

tiona

l Chr

istia

nity

. B

ut h

ow c

an

we

stop

pre

ach

ing

wh

en n

ew

con

vert

s lik

e B

ro.

Ced

rick

Aso

ngu

cam

e to

kn

ow a

nd a

ccep

t th

e tr

uth

by m

ean

s of

our

eva

nge

lism

? H

ow c

an

my

con

scie

nce

not

be

rupt

ured

wi

th g

uilt

if a

piou

s yo

ung

man

like

Ced

rick

gro

pes

abo

ut in

Ca

thol

icis

m w

hen

all

the

wh

ile I

ha

ve

been

en

trus

ted

with

wha

t it t

ake

s to

sec

ure

his

tran

sla

tio

n in

to t

he

kin

gdom

of

God

's d

ear

Son

? T

han

k G

od th

e yo

ung

man

is n

ow a

Chu

rch

of C

hris

t mem

ber

and

the

vide

o of

his

ba

ptis

m is

ava

ilabl

e.

Apa

rt fr

om C

edri

ck,

we

now

als

o sh

are

the

sam

e fa

ith w

ith s

iste

r Jo

y w

hos

e ba

ptis

m

in J

une

gave

ris

e to

on

e of

the

mos

t sy

ndi

cate

d pe

rsec

utio

n I h

ave

eve

r h

ad

to

endu

re in

my

entir

e pr

each

ing

care

er.

Ha

vin

g h

eard

the

gosp

el, t

he

youn

g la

dy n

am

ed J

oy

deci

ded

to g

ive

her

life

to

Chr

ist.

I per

son

ally

ba

ptiz

ed h

er in

the

pres

ence

of

witn

esse

s a

t ou

r us

ual b

apt

ism

ven

ue. T

he

even

t oc

curr

ed

on a

Sun

day

afte

rnoo

n. E

very

one

wa

s fu

ll of

jo

y th

at d

ay,

incl

udin

g si

ster

Joy

her

self.

Litt

le

did

I kn

ow th

at o

ur ju

bila

tion

wa

s go

ing

to b

e in

terr

upte

d by

a v

iole

nt a

ttack

by

som

e of

Jo

y's

fam

ily m

embe

rs w

ho

stor

med

my

resi

den

ce th

e fo

llow

ing

Tue

sda

y a

llegi

ng th

at

I had

initi

ate

d Jo

y in

to a

cul

t of w

itch

cra

ft.

Th

ey

equa

lly c

laim

ed th

at t

he

bapt

ism

wa

s do

ne

in th

e m

idn

ight

just

bet

we

en m

e an

d th

e sa

id y

oun

g l

ady.

I w

as

shoc

ked

to

her

e th

at I

ba

ptiz

ed h

er a

lon

e in

the

nig

ht,

just

the

two

of u

s. I

thou

ght t

hey

wer

e ki

ddin

g bu

t soo

n I

rea

lized

I w

as

in tr

oubl

e th

at d

ay.

Tw

o w

omen

of J

oy's

fam

ily

wer

e th

e fir

st t

o ca

rry

out

thei

r th

reat

s to

life

, de

fa

mat

ion

of m

y ch

ara

cter

an

d a

nea

r ph

ysic

al a

ssa

ult a

s th

ey a

lmos

t sl

app

ed m

e bu

t fo

r th

e kn

eelin

g do

wn

of m

y w

ife t

o a

ppea

se th

e ir

ate

wom

en.

In m

y ow

n r

ente

d ap

artm

ent

, my

wife

, ch

ildre

n

and

I w

ere

terr

ibly

har

ass

ed a

nd v

erba

lly a

buse

d w

ith th

e th

rea

t to

bri

ng

thug

s(

stre

et b

oys)

from

Ne

w T

own

to

man

han

dle

me

and

burn

dow

n th

e h

ouse

. Th

e tim

ely

inte

rven

tion

of b

reth

ren

like

bro

. O

fon

Pet

er

wh

o al

erte

d a

bout

the

dist

urba

nce

hel

ped

the

hig

hly

ten

sed

situ

atio

n th

at I

foun

d m

ysel

f in

just

for

lea

din

g a

soul

to C

hris

t. T

he

wh

ole

nei

ghbo

rhoo

d w

as

brou

ght t

oget

her

by

the

com

mot

ion

onl

y to

hea

r th

at I

wa

s a

"w

itch

-pa

stor

" w

ho

ha

d in

itiat

ed th

eir

sist

er,

daug

hter

, co

usin

, etc

. in

to a

cul

t. S

ome

belie

ved,

som

e di

sbe

lieve

d, a

nd

oth

ers

wer

e co

nfu

sed.

All

of t

his

lea

vin

g th

e be

wild

ered

cro

wd

with

diff

eren

t op

inio

ns

abo

ut y

our

Cam

eroo

n m

issi

onar

y. T

wo

day

late

r, a

noth

er c

ontin

gen

t led

by

a b

ruta

l loo

kin

g m

an s

aid

to

be J

oy's

un

cle

inva

ded

my

hou

se th

rea

ten

ing

to

bea

t m

e up

and

to d

rag

me

to th

e po

lice

if I

did

not

trut

hfu

lly e

xpla

in w

hy

I ha

d to

ba

ptiz

e hi

s re

latio

n. I'

m a

frai

d th

e de

tails

of t

his

sto

ry is

be

yon

d th

e sc

ope

of

this

rep

ort.

But

suf

fice

it to

sa

y th

at v

icto

ry is

on

ou

r si

de a

s si

ster

Joy

(h

erse

lf w

as

seve

rely

an

d se

vera

lly b

eate

n b

y th

is s

o-ca

lled

uncl

e be

caus

e of

th

e ba

ptis

m)

has

been

wor

ship

ping

with

us.

Tha

t is

our

con

solin

g jo

y in

the

mid

st o

f all

thes

e tr

oubl

es.

An

oth

er g

ood

new

s is

that

the

gove

rnm

ent i

s n

ow

inve

stig

atin

g th

e a

llege

d w

itch

cra

ft in

itiat

ion

an

d th

e a

ssa

ilant

s ha

ve b

een

ord

ered

to

desi

st fr

om

hara

ssin

g m

e an

d m

y fa

mily

or

risk

impr

ison

men

t. T

he

thre

ats

ha

ve c

ease

d.

Sis

ter

Joy

is w

orsh

ippi

ng.

Th

e m

atte

r is

bei

ng

inve

stig

ate

d by

th

e G

enda

rmer

ie(

"Ca

mer

oon

FB

I" )

. M

y ce

ll ph

one

has

been

tem

pora

rily

co

nfis

cate

d by

th

e in

vest

iga

tors

sin

ce it

wa

s us

ed to

ta

ke s

naps

hot

s of

the

alle

ged

initi

atio

n. T

hat i

s w

hy

the

pict

ures

of J

oy's

ba

ptis

m is

not

am

ong

the

pict

ures

sen

t for

this

rep

ort.

In

all

we

bapt

ized

thre

e pe

ople

in J

une:

two

youn

g m

en (

Ced

rick

an

d B

en)

and

sist

er J

oy.

Ple

ase

, be

fore

you

beg

in t

o sh

ed y

our

tear

s of

sym

path

y, r

emem

ber

that

Chr

ist,

wh

o ha

s be

en m

y se

curi

ty,

wen

t thr

ough

som

ethi

ng

inco

mpa

rabl

y gr

eate

r th

an m

y Ju

ne

expe

rien

ce. T

o h

im b

e a

ll th

e gl

ory

in a

ll of

my

tria

ls.

As

touc

hin

g th

e st

ate

of t

he

Chu

rch

at M

ile O

ne,

an

d co

ntra

ry t

o ru

mor

s, th

e pe

ace

-lov

ing

con

greg

atio

n is

won

derf

ully

co-

oper

ativ

e an

d ca

rin

g fo

r on

e an

oth

er, m

ore

so in

this

per

iod

exte

rna

l per

secu

tion

.

In

beh

alf

of t

he

chur

ch, m

y fa

mily

, th

e w

idow

an

d th

e or

phan

s, w

e w

ish

to

con

vey

our

prof

oun

d gr

atit

ude

for

your

fin

anci

al s

uppo

rt, p

raye

rs a

nd

good

will

. T

han

k yo

u fo

r n

ever

letti

ng

us d

own

. Ma

y G

od c

ontin

ue t

o ke

ep

us t

oget

her

in

one

love

as

we

wor

k tir

eles

sly

toge

ther

to o

verc

ome

eve

ry h

urdl

e in

ord

er

to c

onve

rt e

very

adv

ersi

ty in

to a

n op

port

unity

to

witn

ess

for

Chr

ist.

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r yo

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