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More pictures from Cameroon

By lessan | Published: June 12, 2007

Pictures from the trip can be found here: http://lessan.info/gallery/browse/Travel/2007 Cameroon/ Video clips here: http://www.youtube.com/vaezi More stories coming soon, as I get time to write them up.

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Back from Cameroon

By lessan | Published: May 27, 2007

It was a great trip, two and a half weeks. Briefly, the highlights are: Reviving childhood memories, meeting old friends, seeing the changes of 13 years Seeing the progress of the Faith, experiencing community life and the joy of sharing the message Being touched by the sacrifices people are making, and their staunchness and heroism […]

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Cameroon: Njen

By lessan | Published: May 16, 2007

Towards the end of my stay in Bamenda, I went for an overnight trip to Njen, a village to the west of Bamenda, close to the border with the south-west province. I went with Nabil, with whom I had been hanging out for some of the activities in Bamenda. As David was leaving for an […]

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Cameroon: Bamenda

By lessan | Published: May 14, 2007

Bamenda is a city in the north-west province of Cameroon. It is famous because – well, I was born there for one thing. And I attended many wonderful summer schools close to Bamenda as a kid. And it says “Place of Birth: Bamenda” on my passport (Australian passports only show the city, not the country) […]

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Cameroon: Bamenda, Gillett home

By lessan | Published: May 10, 2007

In Bamenda, I stayed with the David and Manal Gillett (Ramin their son being in the States at the moment, but who will be going to Tanzania soon), a pioneer family with whom I grew up. They are staying in what used to be the Frooghi’s house, which I remembered from my childhood. The house […]

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