We missed sending you an update in September. Sorry for the delay. It has been a busy month!
Many of you emailed to say you were praying for Mai, the recently converted Muslim girl. Thank you. The spiritual battle is on, so continue to intercede for her steadfastness and safety. She has not been beaten since August, but often her family hinders her going to church by making her work in the fields on Sunday morning.
Christians have advised Mai to respect and obey her family in every way possible, only refusing if it means something like offering sacrifices or praying to Allah. She goes to the fields when told to, and tries to see Christian friends during the week for encouragement. Her hope is that when high school starts back in mid-October, she will be allowed to return from Goumere to Bondoukou. Away from her immediate family, she can worship at church freely. Pray earnestly that she will not be sent to Ghana where her Muslim father lives, apart from all familiar Christian influence.
This Friday is a big day for the CHE team in the village of Krako . Up until now, the team has spoken regularly but informally with various groups and leaders in the community, all who say they want CHE (Community Health Evangelism). October 6, though, is the first joint meeting with the whole village and the CHE team.
Romeo, Corbin's French tutor, is growing in his newfound faith in Christ. September was a difficult month. His parents divorced, and this leaves him even more isolated from his family. His time tutoring Corbin is over, and now he helps input and format lessons for CHE. With something close to an associate's degree in computer science, he is a great asset. Cason and Verlin are further training him on the computer.
Cason also is designing a website for our family. Within two months, or so, we hope to have a site where you can learn detailed information about our family, ministry, and locale. This has been a goal of ours for some time, and we are grateful to have a son who took a high school class in Webpage Design. He is doing a great job, and the rest of us are learning a lot along the way!
While many of you enjoy the beauty and chill of autumn, our rented house has transformed into a penicillin factory. As we near the end of rain season, mold appears in the most undesirable places. Our clothes and books grow the green and black stuff; our closets, shelves, walls, and dressers smell like a swimming pool since we clean every possible surface with bleach and water. In addition to regular laundry, stored clothing and linens have to be washed and hung out in the occasional sunshine. Our family, who suffers from allergies and asthma, much prefers the dry season that usually begins in October.
It is always true that when people are saved and ministry moves forward, the enemy sends situations to try to hinder the gospel or discourage the laborers. Thank you for battling with us on your knees. Our strength is nil against the flaming arrows of the evil one, but “greater is He that is in us, than he that is in the world.”
Cinching our spiritual armor tighter,
Verlin, Debbie, Cason, Cara, and Corbin
Prayer Request Summary
- Mai: new convert from a Muslim family (steadfastness and safety)
- CHE village meeting in Krako on October 6
- Romeo's spiritual growth and adjustment to job transfer
- The Anderson family: pray that each of us will stand firm (Eph. 6) in whatever battles come our way
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