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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

In more detail:

Douala
Bamenda, Gillett […]

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 NSA […]

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) […]

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 […]

Arrived in Douala on the 8th of May, in the evening.
Everything was pretty straightforward, until we got to the baggage collection area. There is only one exit - the “something to declare”, red doorway. The green “nothing to declare” route is permanently blocked and has some mobile phone sales desk planted infront of it. […]

I dug up some pictures from the time when we were in Cameroon, for the benefit of those who have been there.
When I was really little:

My sister Martha:

At a summer school near Bamenda: Lessan, Martha, Ramin, Vafa:

At our home in Kumbo:

In Nkongsamba, i believe:

In Ngaoundéré:

In Buea:

In Limbé, at the National Centre: