He was ushered into the presence of his Lord and Savior this morning.  And all over the city, and indeed, all over Cameroon people are mourning his loss.

He started life in a village outside of Bamenda, in the English speaking part of Cameroon.  Somewhere along the way he put his faith and trust in the risen, living Lord of Lords and King of Kings.  God blessed him with a good wife and four children.  He became a successful printer.  Soon he was able to purchase his own printing press and open a shop.  The business grew and he was hiring young men and training them in the printing business.  In fact many professional printers in Yaounde today owe their start in business to this man.

God began tugging at his heart.  After much prayer and soul searching, and will the full support of his dear wife, he sold his business and his machinery, and went to seminary to become a pastor.  He was one of the oldest men in school.  It was not easy to land back in the classroom at his age.  And it was a struggle to find the means to support his family.  But God's call was on his life and he never looked back.

He was ordained a pastor and sent to an town just outside of Yaounde to begin a new work for our Lord.  He and his wife and their growing children rolled up their sleeves and went to work.  It was not easy, but God was faithful.  Little by little people were coming to know the Lord and a Bible study was started.  In time it grew into a full fledged church.  Eventually the church started a new church in another neighborhood without a gospel witness.  And the pastor's church once again went from small to large and another new church "hived" off from his church.  This happened many, many times.  Some of the churches that started from his church were now starting other churches.  The Gospel was spreading.

A humble man, he was devoted to his wife and a good father to his children.  Unless you really got to know him, you would never imagine he was used  by the Lord in such a mighty way.   He was still in his 50's when the end came.  He quietly and faithfully accomplished so much for the Kingdom in his short life.  

He is gone from this life, and we miss him terribly..  But he has entered into the fullness of life.  One day soon we will be reunited in Glory where we will spend eternity together in the presence of our Lord and Master.