The Exchange

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Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

A profound truth meriting reflection during the Christmas Season is learning to see Jesus’ life as the “great exchange.” For our salvation, He exchanged royal robes for strips of cloth; paeons of praise for hurled insults; kingly authority for earthly servanthood, and His undiluted righteousness for our ugly sins. Don Strand, in his blog of May of 2022, explained it this way: “Because Christ Jesus lived a perfectly obedient life, God the Father imputes (that is, credits) Christ’s perfect righteousness to his people by faith in Christ alone. Martin Luther called this “the great exchange” where our sin is credited to Jesus and the earned righteousness of Jesus is credited to all who call upon the name of the Lord…). A more undeserved, unmerited exchange in this world has never happened! May we and those given us not lose the wonder while living this glorious truth!

Come and See (Psalm 66:5)

We experienced more mundane versions of exchange this week. Debbie’s proposed week of activities ground to a halt when she tested positive for COVID as she felt her energy waning. Thankfully, medical and nutritional intervention worked quickly, and she left quarantine though struggling with fatigue and cough. Corbin has developed similar symptoms. He will hopefully exit isolation in time for Christmas.

The 17 Dec 2022 Stone Soup meeting
(individuals blurred to protect some identities)

Verlin hosted some and invited others to coordinate in an exchange between denominational and non-denominational CHE ministries. Guests from Abidjan and Bondoukou participated in an aviculture training led by a younger man out of Tanda and Agnibilekro, someone Verlin baptized in 2004. The new potential partners met with others over a meal of Verlin’s ‘stone soup’ six days in the making, served over yellow ginger rice Saturday evening. (Verlin let the occasion make the editing of this update late to facilitate more exchange.) The training session provided the initial meeting point, which about thirty adults attended. The objective of the initiator was to create new cooperatives for affordably and profitably rearing chickens. The couple from Abidjan who came at our invitation provided information about how to do the poultry business organically, as they had learned from CHE partners we introduced years ago. Verlin provided the trainers with connection info to get Christian Veterinary Mission (CVM) resources. One of the great strengths of CHE is in the exchange of ideas to improve best practices in every venue of life.

Table talk also touched upon CHE strategies and understandings for use in uniting a community where many churches, having competed for decades, seem to have caused more rejection than acceptance of Jesus’ exchange. The possibility of uniting for common interests by using Community Health Evangelism has been demonstrated as realistic elsewhere in Cote d’Ivoire. One knowing such firsthand joins people living here. During this time, CHE strategies grow more widely applied nearer home to us.

Prayer & Praise

• 🙏 Pray the chicken farming workshop meeting(s) develop(es) new, additional CHE initiatives amidst churches and cooperatives in northeast Cote d’Ivoire.
  
  

• 🙏 The positive COVID test quickly revised Debbie’s activities for the week. Pray for her speedy, uncomplicated recovery. She rejoices that several symptoms abate. Corbin, too, became ill and quietly recovers from the symptoms at home. He likely caught the bug due to receiving the International traveler, his mom!
  
  

• 🙏 The young Ivorian woman with kidney problems is not doing well. Her family sent her further south in one last effort to seek improved medical help, but, more likely, for to die, per Verlin’s perception. Pray she makes peace with God.

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 provide support as we maintain 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 - specifying Verlin and Debbie Anderson in the optional Memo.

Prior: Herd Mentality
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2022 Q2 Report: Someone Greater
  -  2022 2Q Anderson Report 220521 PDF

2022 Budget Info:
CHSC-0118_ANDERSON-2022-Budget.pdf
 
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