Housemates

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Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

One fantastic community truth about following Jesus is how Peter describes us in I Peter 2:4-10. We are considered living stones getting built into a spiritual house designed to announce and accomplish the designs of the One who calls us. Believers abandon walking in shadows of sin with uncertainty to living intentionally for doing good revealed by His marvelous light! Our praise puts Him on display for others. Those reborn of His Word (I Peter 1:22-24) transcribe it into living acts of virtue for others to see God at work (I Peter 2:9).

In that sense, we are housemates with every believer. We get hewn and fitted together individually for shared purposes by Jesus. We use our various gifts and service to accomplish God's will. If He's at work, He gets the lion's share of glory for the gains. No brick forming a house is essential to the structure by itself. In other words, no individual carries greater importance than another. Joining together in alignment with Jesus, our Living Cornerstone, keeps us purposefully united. It's the group impact that counts, but everything falls apart if enough individuals absent themeselves. Letting that reality of life in Christ sink deeply into our spirits stabilizes each relationship with fellow witnesses.

Come and See (Psalm 66:5)

Debbie with Mom A.

Debbie enjoyed the blessing of being with many housemates this past week in Michigan. She loves any opportunity to spend time with Verlin's family. His mother graciously gives her a home for as long as needed while in the Mitten State. Other spiritual housemates

Norma with Debbie

with whom she shared and fellowshipped are some Women Active for Christ groups who have faithfully helped and encouraged our family for 25 years! In addition, she visited individuals who partner with us almost every day, too. Working together with these living stones as the spiritual house of the Lord is an indescribable joy and privilege.

This week Verlin had expected to receive a housemate CHE trainer at our Bondoukou home office to work on editing university CHE lessons. But the Lord had other ideas. Instead, he and the trainer contracted malaria (or typhoid) and stayed apart. Verlin also had the privilege of seeing God initiate through him connections between a medical missionary couple newly arrived on the field and a departing missionary who needed to connect with a Malawi ministry doing church planting. During the week, he continued preparing to travel to Ghana for the CHE Internship while working with a consistent low-grade fever.

Prayer & Praise

• 🙏 Thank the Lord that Debbie made it safely to Michigan, fulfilled her three speaking engagements, and met with many friends and ministry supporters. We are so grateful for so many housemates' generous support and kindness!
  
  
• 🙏 Verlin fell ill with some febrile illness, likely malaria, last Sunday. He has slowly improved throughout the week. He also fights off a painful infection of the skin over his left knee generated from crawling exercises and whose swelling impedes movement. Pray for the CHE trainer similarly slowed by his known bout of malaria.
  
  
• 🙏 Pray for CHE-trained individuals who minister to lepers in western Cote d'Ivoire. Also, continue to lift up preparations for the upcoming CHE Internship in Ghana.

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.

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