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Meet Vincent Nwana

Vincent Nwana,from Cameroon, Northwest Province is one of my classmates here in Thailand. Just to get the visa he had to travel to a neighboring country that had an embassy, push a car 2km when it broke down and deal with corrupt border guards . As I've learned getting an African citizen into Chiang Mai is nothing short of a miracle. This past week I went on a field trip with Vincent and 4 other classmates to remote regions of Thailand to see how various Christian entrepreneurs are using business to bless the people of Thailand. One group is operating tilapia fish farms, greeting card production, and lychee orchards in order to fund a boys and gilrls home and a vocational training center for children rescued from prostitution and/or at-risk of enslavement. Surprising to me, the greeting card business is the most cashflow positive of all the projects. One powerful and pragmatic lesson I've learned is that God doesn't grant shortcuts to experience. Every newbie entrepr