Planet Hotel Douala

... and Malaria, and Tuberculosis, and jaundice and unknown diseases that bloat or shrink. My case was very commonplace, and I could function just fine, nothing to speak of (although I guess I just spoke of it...). All that to say I skipped lunch. We took a group photo after lunch and before we started the afternoon sessions. Several attendees said they felt this conference was the most helpful of the four we ...

... With the heavy heat and humidity it's a challenge even for me as the speaker not to yawn at times. After lunch we continued with the fundamental beliefs explanations and then for the last presentation of the day, started our presentation on temperaments. That took about 90 minutes; I answered quite a few questions about vocabulary. Some of the concepts from the original English profile exam required translation into unusual French ...

... illustrate it once again. Services lasted about 90 minutes. Right afterwards I showed the video of the African youth camps last summer. Everyone, young and old seemed happy to see it. There was laughter and teasing again which was pleasant to hear. After the video, those attending the seminars had a nice meal of chicken, igname (think a tuberous cross between a sweet-potato and a potato) and a slightly ...

... to the point. -What do you have for me? -I'm a pastor, I'll pray for you. -Yes, pray for me, but what else do you have for me. I joked to the other agent. -Your friend will not be healthy. That's not the way to celebrate holidays. The other agent laughed and agreed. That was my cue to pick up my things and walk into the departure lounge. They let me go. The flight was half an hour late arriving, not too bad. We were only about 10 passengers who ...

... to get to have a look at the way people live here; it's hard to imagine for those of us who've grown up in the West. Before heading out Daniel and Cindy brought their luggage to my room, since we'd only keep the one room until evening (there is a supplement to be paid to keep a room until 7:00 pm), and we weren't sure they'd be back by the 12:00 checkout time. I worked on my laptop all morning, taking care of office work, and Bernard rested in preparation ...

... of the Bible, asking lots of questions as we went. Bernard spoke on understanding parables in the Bible. Later in the afternoon one of our longtime members came to me and said with a smile "do you think you're only helping the young people with your presentations? No, we adults are learning things we didn't know either! This is very good to have several days of classes like this." It's true that most of the Douala congregation that ...

... this trip, but it was worse this time. Still Cindy decided she preferred to come to the hall rather than rest at the hotel. Mr. Mabout met us at the hotel at 7:00 and we drove to the hall. We had our Christian Living class from 8:00 to 9:00, and then we distributed the camp T-shirts and took our camp photos. Next campers and staff walked down the dirt road (that leads to the hall from the blacktopped road) for about 5 minutes, to a level area of dirt where ...

... with an interested person, while I showed PowerPoint slides of the Youth Corps project in Jordan and Israel that ended earlier this month. They were able to see many of the historical sights we visited in the holyland, and I explained what happened at each site. After that I showed a video update of church activity in the francophone world during 2007. It included scenes of the congregation in Douala and the Feast of ...

... at the airport and back in the security area at 7:15. We waited. I left my three traveling companions at the hotel, since there was no need for them to come and sweat this out. To kill time I started reading the notices posted on the walls. There was the code of justice written in "français facile" (simple French). It took several posters. There were memorandums and instructional documents from various ministers. One I found interesting was from the ...

... we would all sit in the business class lounge and have a coffee. Actually Daniel and Cindy had to share. I offered to pay for an extra coffee, but the waiter said we couldn't pay - we could only use the voucher I had been given for two drinks only.... The 737 left on time and the flight to Douala lasted about 2 ½ hours. About 20 people disembarked in Douala, the rest were going on to Nairobi. I had been told and had called to verify before leaving that entry visas were now ...