One Africa Team missionaries Daniel Kroll and Daniel Witte recently visited the country of Cameroon for three busy weeks. They met with several national leaders from both Cameroon and Nigeria at the Baptist Mission Guest House in Douala, Cameroon.
Week One
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church is a new outreach contact. One Africa Team has been working with them for some time. Missionary Kroll led Bible studies with Pastor Julius Nkwetta, Mr. Rigobert, Mr. Benjamin, Mr. Eloden, and Mr. Jefferson.
In conjunction with Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, One Africa Team offers a Bachelor of Divinity Program to qualifying national pastors. The program enhances the perspective and capabilities of men that have already been through our worker training programs. Missionary Witte coordinates this program through One Africa Team’s Confessional Lutheran Institute.
Week Two
Pastors Edward Obi and Michael Egar from All Saints Lutheran (Nigeria), Pastors A.P. Udo and Idorenyin Udo from Christ the King, and Pastors Mesue Israel and Ngalame Gervase from the Lutheran Church of Cameroon are the teachers of their respective church bodies’ worker training schools. Together with Missionaries Witte and Kroll, they evaluated a new curriculum before the beginning of the new school year. Some of these teachers are stepping in front of the classroom for the very first time. One Africa Team missionaries make themselves available to assist with teaching programs and lesson plans.
One Africa Team missionaries are careful not to plan for their brothers. As Pastor Israel says, “Our students are Africans. Who knows them better than their fellow Africans? It’s up to us as teachers to prepare appropriate questions and discussions.” It’s pretty hard to argue with that. That kind of ownership will lead to excellent learning at WELS’s West African partners’ worker training schools.
In the midst of this busy week, Missionaries Witte and Kroll had the honor to meet Chief Ndongue, Quillaume. Chief Ndongue was hoping to sell a piece of land to the Lutheran Church of Cameroon.
Week Three
The Seminary instructors from WELS’s Mission partners in Nigeria spent an extra week in Cameroon. They gained firsthand experience with new teaching methods. Missionaries Kroll and Witte introduced Dialogue Education (DE) to these men. They also taught this method to the seven new pastors in the Lutheran Church of Cameroon. DE is a relatively new method of teaching adults. When participants participate in their own learning, they will assimilate the new ideas more deeply. Pastor Obi expressed his confidence in this new method saying, “It looks like this can really work to teach well.”
Three very busy weeks in Cameroon – what an opportunity and a blessing to serve the Lord in this way. One Africa Team missionaries continue to support WELS’s Mission partners in West Africa through the internet. However, nothing builds relationships better than a few weeks of face-to-face busyness!
Missionary Dan Kroll lives in Malawi and serves as the One Africa Team liaison to West Africa.
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