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July 18
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Aba
siam
a's
June
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.
I hea
r yo
u sa
y A
men
.
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e –L
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ls,
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od
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r, C
ans,
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icin
e B
ottle
s C
alen
dar
for
July
-on
back
pew
.
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eetin
g –t
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orr
ow
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ht
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day
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xt w
eek
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