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It went against everything I’ve taught our kids about internet safety, but I answered the message anyhow. \u00a0This woman in Germany wrote a message on the International Christian Church of Yaounde’s Facebook page, of which I’m an administrator. \u00a0She was asking help to find a cheap place in Yaounde for her Cameroonian friend to stay.<\/p>\n

The goofy questions that ran through my skeptical head! \u00a0Is this really a woman? \u00a0Is it a trick? \u00a0What’s the scam? \u00a0Is this a terrorist group posing as a kind woman so they can target Christians? \u00a0Oh my! \u00a0I’ve been reading too much bad news.<\/p>\n

So I contacted the church elders, who suggested the guest rooms at the translation training center for SIL<\/a>. \u00a0So I replied to the woman in Germany, and we began a long and very interesting text conversation through Facebook messages. \u00a0Keep reading only if you want to know what happened next.<\/p>\n

Through our conversations I learned that the woman in Germany is Sue. \u00a0She met “H” a Cameroonian woman when she went to a local refugee center to encourage Syrians who’d escaped persecution. \u00a0H, from the English speaking NW Region of Cameroon has been living in Germany for 10 years. \u00a0Initially she was brought there by a tourist who said they’d help her find a job in Germany. \u00a0I don’t know what job she ended up finding, but it is possible that she was trafficked, a common practice. \u00a0It seems in the past year people in Sue’s church have been trying to help H in a variety of ways. \u00a0Sue was concerned for H’s safety flying in to Yaounde late at night. \u00a0She understood that H was not familiar with Yaounde, and didn’t know where to go.<\/p>\n

So I reserved her a room, arranged for an honest reliable taxi driver to pick her up at the airport. \u00a0She had an appointment on a specific Wednesday at the German Embassy in Yaounde where she was to begin a process of gaining legal status in Germany. \u00a0All seemed well planned. \u00a0We even exchanged photos of H and of the driver. \u00a0The driver had a sign with H’s full name on it.<\/p>\n

So it came as a surprise to get a phone call from the taxi driver late on the Saturday night of her expected arrival saying that she did not show, was not in the airport, and her name not on the manifest (he knows people inside the airport). \u00a0We figured she must have missed her connection in Brussles. \u00a0So we messaged Sue, “met” on skype, we contacted people we know in Belgium thinking she may have changed her mind 1\/2 way, or got really lost.<\/p>\n

Sue contacted a lawyer and a social worker who had been working with H.. \u00a0Their advice: Wait to see if she shows up for the appointment on Wed.<\/p>\n

We set praying friends in motion, I skyped with Sue, we prayed together leaving H and her future in God’s hands. \u00a0It was quite a faith journey for us all.<\/p>\n

And then word came through that H had indeed arrived in Yaounde, she went to her appointment. \u00a0When she arrived and where she stayed is still a mystery — maybe she knew people in Yaounde after all. \u00a0So we contacted friends in Belgium informing them that H was not lost in Brussels. \u00a0Thanked God for protection & provision. \u00a0And praised God for allowing us to get to know Sue, an American living in Germany for 20some years, married to a German. \u00a0And HER testimony is another story completely! \u00a0Sue shared with me in our skype conversation of her being healed from leukemia after being given just months to live… 24 years ago! \u00a0Praise God!<\/p>\n

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The Church: One Body, composed of many races, ages, nationalities, and languages.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What fun it was to participate in communication in the huge international network of the Body of Christ, His Church. \u00a0Sue only contacted us looking for Christians in Yaounde who might be willing & able to give assistance. \u00a0And now we have friends in Germany! \u00a0Our friends in Belgium were willing to help out, and Cameroonian friends & colleagues were also ready & willing with transportation and lodging services. \u00a0It really is amazing to be a part of the Family of God!<\/p>\n

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