If Only...

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Sad news. Heartache. If only.... We have a special request for an Ivorian pastor this week. Verlin learned of this tragedy while dining Tuesday night with Pastor Doukoum of the Abengourou FWB Church. It is his family's picture you see here, and they, by the way, are expecting twins. Doukoum received DMM (Discipleship Making Movements) training this summer at Verlin's encouragement, and he has an active Bible study group at church. Five from that group are determined to begin their own Bible studies with friends and co-workers, and so multiply followers of Jesus! As they ate, Doukoum shared with Verlin the sad news of a fellow pastor working in a remote village.

About two weeks ago the wife of Doukoum's pastor friend died in childbirth. She was actually packing to move to a town with a hospital for the delivery, but she went into labor that night and bled to death. The child survived and is living with family. These stories are all-too-common. Our hearts burn with the desire to help prevent them. We were particularly grieved as we thought of lessons from the Women's Cycle of Life (WCL) training that help pregnant women learn indications that their pregnancies may be at risk and when to seek medical help early. If only this precious sister could have had that instruction which shines with the Gospel. Pray with us that a strong team of Ivorian women can be trained in WCL to teach their sisters these life-changing truths. Two Christian ladies who were trained at the university last week are prayerfully considering becoming WCL trainers. We will meet with them in months to come. (Each WCL link describes a different Women's Cycle of Life program or training source around the world).

Your prayers and financial help make a huge difference in some of those "if only's." By faith in Christ, the eternal destination of souls is transferred to heaven. Others learn to take dominion of the earth, as the Lord commanded in Genesis, to see the health of their families and communities transformed, crops increase their yield, addictions healed, and marriages strengthened. Thank you for being faithful partners as we direct Ivorians to the One who did everything necessary to give them hope.

Prayer and Praise:

• Pray for the pastor whose wife died, and for Pastor Doukoum, his family, and the Bible study he leads. Also pray for another believer and good friend in Abengourou who owns a mechanic's shop. He, too, is having a Bible study with some of his workers and looks to DMM to provide a step-by-step format to lead them. (A link to an explanatory DMM video and webpage remains below.)
• Ask the Lord to build a team of women WCL trainers who can share with their Ivorian sisters.
• Continue to pray as Debbie sees her Nashville doctors about the cellulitis.

Your partners in the Gospel,
Verlin and Debbie

Christian Health Service Corps (CHSC) is a mission of dedicated medical professionals who participate in the CHE Global Network. Together, in a loose affiliation of individuals, churches, denominational and nondenominational agencies, we share God's Light and Truth through Community Health Evangelism (CHE). Verlin and Debbie accept donor partners to contribute as led to maintain support as we resume residential ministry to expand CHE ministries in Cote d'Ivoire under the auspices of CHSC & Ivorian partners. Tax deductible contributions by check are to be made payable to the CHSC with Andersons #0118 written on the memo line. Mail to CHSC - PO Box 132 - Fruitvale, TX 75127. Give online via the CHSC @ www.che4a.org (3% fee) or TDF (0% fee).

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The fourth CHE university training is history! Eighty-six participants were

inspired in two TOT1 (Training of Trainers 1) sessions, one TOT2 (Training of Trainers 2) session, and two workshops. The workshop on microenterprise was led by Dayo, a proven CHE leader from Nigeria. The other workshop was led by Alice, our guest from North Dakota, who has worked closely with the Director of Public Health for that state. She previously led CHE teams in East Africa before developing the CHE form of ministry that leads to Christ being shared in work and public health locations. Her insight to

those in Ivorian healthcare gave specific answers to complex questions. This sharing has been invaluable, and very appreciated. The university and trainers are pleased with the outcome. Planners for next year anticipate 100 participants. This yearly event has helped a reported 130 trainers of CHE (Community Health Evangelism) be trained in other locations this year. May it result in thousands of lives being transformed spiritually and physically across the nation as the truths of abundant life in Christ are shared in days to come. Thank you for praying and giving to see that done!

Saturday, September 17, was the fourth annual meeting of the Ivorian Association of CHE (AISEC). Sixteen participants exchanged vision and news. They represented about half of the association's participating groups. Ask for safe travels as Verlin sends some home and accompanies another this week.

Prayer and Praise:

• Thank the Lord for His help all this week at the university in Abidjan.
  

  Trainers worked through some grueling discussions and unexpected

  

  absences during the week that only resulted in God getting more glory. A recap meeting to improve next year's event will be held Friday, September 24.
• Pray that seeds planted will take root in hundreds of locations in Cote d'Ivoire. We will share specifics later, but three participating church leaders plan to integrate their Gospel presentation using many of the same lessons lauded and embraced as practical solutions to help the poor and the wealthy escape their different forms of poverty.
• Debbie was diagnosed with abdominal cellulitis earlier this week in Michigan, and then had a strong reaction to the first antibiotic she was given. As a result, she is returning to Nashville this weekend to follow up with her regular doctors. We want to ensure that there are no infections or complications as she works toward returning to Cote d'Ivoire.

Your partners in the Gospel,
Verlin and Debbie

Christian Health Service Corps (CHSC) is a mission of dedicated medical professionals who participate in the CHE Global Network. Together, in a loose affiliation of individuals, churches, denominational and nondenominational agencies, we share God's Light and Truth through Community Health Evangelism (CHE). Verlin and Debbie accept donor partners to contribute as led to maintain support as we resume residential ministry to expand CHE ministries in Cote d'Ivoire under the auspices of CHSC & Ivorian partners. Tax deductible contributions by check are to be made payable to the CHSC with Andersons #0118 written on the memo line. Mail to CHSC - PO Box 132 - Fruitvale, TX 75127. Give online via the CHSC @ www.che4a.org (3% fee) or TDF (0% fee).

Last written: Cast and Bear Anderson WEEKLY 160910
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2016 Q1 Report: Cloud-of-Witnesses_160806.pdf
2016 Budget: CHSC-0118_ANDERSON-Budget.pdf
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"Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee:  he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved." Psalm 55:22

Some weeks are so busy that trying to summarize events boggles the mind! Today we simply ask you to help us "bear the burden" (Gal. 6:2) of this upcoming week's activities in prayer. The outgrowths of activity will be shared as we go along.

Prayer and Praise:

The hybrid and promotional CHE (Community Health Evangelism /Education /Engagement) training hosted by the university begins with the arrival of trainers this weekend. Verlin has been like a hamster in a ball, darting about on a solid and smooth floor this week as the cycle of planning meetings between staff, hosts, trainers, and students occurred. Debbie has been in another ball of activity stateside. Here are some specific ways to pray as the September 13-16 sessions get under way.

• Pray for physical strength, wisdom, and good coordination among trainers, university, and government representatives.
• Ask that those performing the translation from English to French are clear and accurate.
• Participants come from many walks of life and worldviews. Pray that the shared truths of Scripture will penetrate hearts and that those who have started CHE ministries will exactly get the guidance and encouragement needed.
• Right after the packed week of university training, the AISEC (i.e. Ivorian Association of CHE) will have their fourth annual meeting on Saturday, September 17.
• Debbie arrived in Michigan late Wednesday night with Verlin's mother. Ask the Lord for three good weeks of interaction with ministry partners. Also, she and Elsie have completed about one-third of the work on our email distribution problem. Another 40 to 60 hours should complete the work to make sure partners are receiving our weekly news.
• Keep Corbin in mind with us as he has more distance between himself and family than our children had while pursuing their undergraduate degrees. PTL that Tuesday Corbin successfully passed the first of two exams that will allow him to be exempted from a class!

Your partners of the Gospel,

Verlin and Debbie Anderson

Christian Health Service Corps (CHSC) is a mission of dedicated medical professionals who participate in the CHE Global Network. Together, in a loose affiliation of individuals, churches, denominational and nondenominational agencies, we share God's Light and Truth through Community Health Evangelism (CHE). Verlin and Debbie accept donor partners to contribute as led to maintain support as we resume residential ministry to expand CHE ministries in Cote d'Ivoire under the auspices of CHSC & Ivorian partners. Tax deductible contributions by check are to be made payable to the CHSC with Andersons #0118 written on the memo line. Mail to CHSC - PO Box 132 - Fruitvale, TX 75127. Give online via the CHSC @ www.che4a.org (3% fee) or TDF (0% fee).


Last written: On Your Mark Anderson WEEKLY 160903
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2016 Q1 Report: Cloud-of-Witnesses_160806.pdf
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So much has to happen before a runner gets to the starting line on the day of race:  so many decisions, so many hours of training, so much planning. The blast of the starting pistol actually signals that the end of a long process is near. That is the way it feels when the annual CHE training at the University of Felix Houphouet-Boigny (UFHB) in Cocody-Abidjan arrives. The actual event, which is September 13-16, is the culmination of hundreds of hours of prayer and preparation. Before the training ends, Verlin, AISEC, and UFHB CHE team leaders will plan what needs to happen over the year to advance CHE here.

This week he met with all the Ivorian trainers, except one in the rural north with whom he connected by phone. Three trainers live in Abengourou, so Verlin stayed there two days, before going on to Abidjan. On Tuesday, he and Emmanuel met for four hours. (Emmanuel, president of the Ivorian Association of CHE known as AISEC, is shown in the picture.)They covered details of the university training, outstanding Bible Institute training invitations to be prioritized, a national meeting plan, the progress of CHE dissemination among different denominations, and yet other tasks before the national group. If Debbie counted right, Verlin spent over 20 hours just this week in individual meetings, besides travel and lesson organization. In addition, this year we have two special guest trainers who are English-only speakers, so any time they share, there must be a person available to translate into French.

On Friday, the UFHB planning team in Abidjan worked through a glitch. The Monday of September 12 is a widely celebrated Muslim family holiday. To accommodate this lunar calendar celebration that changes dates on the annual solar calendar, the training will be condensed to four days. It is a typical WAWA (West Africa Wins Again) moment. Please pray for the event and next week's coordination efforts. The Lord uses this training to influence all of Cote d'Ivoire, so we are never surprised that obstacles abound.

Prayer and Praise:

• Ask the Lord to give safe travel to the non-Ivorian trainers arriving by Sunday, September 11. They come from the USA, France, and Nigeria. Pray for adjustments to the different weather, food choices, and time zones. Fatigue is expected for all the trainers as they balance four trainings that happen concurrently this year. Verlin often gets just 3 or 4 hours of nightly sleep that week.
  
• Debbie was able to get the repairs done on the water leak at our mobile home. Now we just need some very hard rains to test the work. Her recovery from surgery is markedly improved each week. She and Verlin's mother, Elsie, will travel to Michigan on Wednesday, September 7, if all goes well.

Your partners in the Gospel,
Verlin and Debbie

Christian Health Service Corps (CHSC) is a mission of dedicated medical professionals who participate in the CHE Global Network. Together, in a loose affiliation of individuals, churches, denominational and nondenominational agencies, we share God's Light and Truth through Community Health Evangelism (CHE). Verlin and Debbie accept donor partners to contribute as led to maintain support as we resume residential ministry to expand CHE ministries in Cote d'Ivoire under the auspices of CHSC & Ivorian partners. Tax deductible contributions by check are to be made payable to the CHSC with Andersons #0118 written on the memo line. Mail to CHSC - PO Box 132 - Fruitvale, TX 75127. Give online via the CHSC @ www.che4a.org (3% fee) or TDF (0% fee).

Last written: What's in Hand? Anderson WEEKLY 160820
Last Video: DMM (YouTube) - Anderson_WEEKLY_160611
2016 Q1 Report: Cloud-of-Witnesses_160806.pdf
2016 Budget: CHSC-0118_ANDERSON-Budget.pdf
Support these ministries: www.che4a.org
Something to ask? Write: updates@verlindeb.org 
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