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Guinea where we received a warm welcome at worship in the Buenas Noticias Church in Bata.<\/p>\n<p>It is wonderful to reconnect with &#8216;old&#8217; friends and make new ones too.<\/p>\n<p>We made one quick trip into &#8216;the interior&#8217; where we were able to visit folks in 3 village churches.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll make a longer trip in the coming week, then finish up our packing of things for Congo before heading back to Cameroon.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We are scheduled to fly by mission plane to Gemena, D.R. Congo on July 30th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/smith?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=168&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Praise God for safe, smooth travels back to Africa via Cameroon! We just spent one night in Yaounde and then drove south to Eq. 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