Draw Near

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Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

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Emmanuel & Verlin in Phoenix
Last week, we were blessed to draw near to many brothers and sisters in Christ using Community Health Evangelism (CHE) strategies worldwide. We encountered fellow mentors and friends with whom we have exchanged mutual influence for decades. The Ivorian brother Emmanuel K. shared within several contexts at the International Wholistic Missions Conference (IWMC). Well-received, he described how CHE operates in Cote d’Ivoire, lamenting personally at the lack of W. Africans choosing to participate in the meeting.

Plenary speakers helped us and others to draw nearer to our freedom-giving King Jesus. Twice during worship, we jointly used a prayer app that guides users to pray for all who live in places considered unreached by the Gospel. (Check it out here.) Rosi Orozco challenged nonparticipants to move beyond talking about human trafficking and personally draw near to at least one person who rebuilds their life after being rescued. In addition, Dr. Os Guinness, in a stirring message about our Western culture living through a seminal moment (similar presentation here, starting at 7:25), urged us to draw near to God in repentance and work together to reclaim our nation(s)

Come and See (Psalm 34:8)

Besides the conference, we took the occasion to draw near former FWB missionaries Jerry and Carol Pinkerton, who live about one hour from where the meetings occurred. They warmly welcomed us to Cote d’Ivoire in 2000 and Carol again last week as Jerry endures an obscuring mental fog. We also visited three other friends engaged in pastoral ministry there, whom we knew from Nashville. Debbie returned to Tennessee Saturday, falling promptly ill with a fever. Verlin extended his stay until Monday, letting him host Emmanuel and help him attain his international flight gate. We let the harried and blest week slow our sending the update last Saturday until today’s prayer meeting!

Prayer & Praise

  • 🙏 Thank the Lord for the blessings and encouragement we provided and received while conferencing with aging colleagues and making younger ministry connections.
     
  • 🙏 Pray our trip to Michigan, beginning later this week, will provide similarly encouraging and blessed interaction with family and ministry partners there.
     
  • 🙏 Emmanuel safely arrived in Abidjan yesterday and is now home in Cote d’Ivoire. He will see his family for just a few days and then resume the distant-from-family efforts to grow the CHE leprosy program. He typically spends three weeks training and supervising the leprosy ministry each month and then one week at home. Pray for his safe travel and the family’s continued blessed advancement in school and society.
Your partners in the Gospel,
Verlin & Debbie
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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: Priceless Privilege
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Prior Videos: Simple Servants
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2022 Budget COMPLETED:
CHSC-0118_ANDERSON-2022-Budget.pdf
 
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It is also a brand of bottled water in Cote d'Ivoire where we serve.

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Priceless Privilege

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AWA Weekly 240511 PDF

Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

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Early parenting years when
first appointed as missionaries
--photo credit: Mark Cowart
This weekend, when our society honors the priceless privilege of being a mother, Debbie shares most of a letter Verlin wrote to her for Mother’s Day many years ago. This was probably when our older two offspring were teenagers. She keeps this note in her Bible as a reminder of the priceless privilege of Christian motherhood and her desire to grow exponentially into a more Godly influence as a woman and mother. He typed out all the Bible verses for his points, but we copy just one in each category to save space:

“Being a mother is a position of privilege… (Gen. 24:60)
And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, ‘Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.

Being a mother is a position of power…(Lev. 19:3; Lev. 20:9; Deut. 5:16)
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.—Lev 19:3

Being a mother is a position of recognition… (2 Chron. 20:31; Lk. 2:42)
And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign…And his mother’s name was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.—2 Chron. 20:31

Being a mother is a position of responsibility…(Matt. 10:37; 2 Tim. 1:5-6)
When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also. Wherefore I put thee in remembrance...—2 Tim. 1:5-6

Thank you for studying to show yourself approved as a mother, a most dominating and influential person in our household for the sake of our Lord and His dominion.”

Come and See (Psalm 34:8)

Verlin arrived safely in Accra, Ghana, on public transport mid-week. As this update comes to you on Saturday, he leaves lodging to board an international flight to Phoenix. In a change of plans, Debbie will fly on Tuesday to join him for the International Wholistic Missions Conference (IWMC). We will return to Tennessee on Saturday and travel to Michigan a few days later. It will be a joy to see Verlin’s mother (she and Verlin have not been together in over 2 years) as we visit ministry partners there.

Prayer & Praise

  • 🙏 Pray for our Ivorian brother Emmanuel as he travels to the US for the conference in Phoenix. He knows just a few words in English! Pray for excellent outcomes at the conference.

  • 🙏 Praise God for the priceless privilege of motherhood! We rejoice in the example of our wonderful mothers, who love Jesus and His work and support us unwaveringly. Pray for mothers you know who struggle to fulfill their God-given roles in hard circumstances.
Your partners in the Gospel,
Verlin & Debbie
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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: Longevity
        - 240504 PDF
Prior Videos: Simple Servants
        - Reflect & Rejoice
 
2022 Budget COMPLETED:
CHSC-0118_ANDERSON-2022-Budget.pdf
 
  Something to ask? Write updates@verlindeb.org

AWA represents
Andersons Witness in Africa.
It is also a brand of bottled water in Cote d'Ivoire where we serve.

GIVEONLINE to support these ministries
                                   www.che4a.org
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Longevity

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AWA Weekly 240504 PDF

Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

A Christian friend in Bondoukou buried her father this week. He lived between 110-120 years! (His birthdate is unknown.) Talk about longevity! He avoided forced military conscription by colonizers during World War I as he was too young, though about 5 foot tall. As the French hunted for strong men to fight in World War II, he hid in the woods. When asked what contributed to his longevity, he reported eating natural foods like white yams and plant sauces, preferably accompanied by pork or chicken when available. He faithfully attended worship services at the local FWB church with his family.

Interestingly, the science of longevity now promotes that powerful lifestyle habits do not require much money. Dr. David Sinclair, a tenured professor in the Department of Genetics at Harvard, recommends
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Healthy choices in yard:
mango skin, avocado
(skin and seed for tea),
tree leaves, and citrus.
a non-smoking lifestyle where you exercise most days for thirty minutes until you are out of breath, meditate, perform good oral hygiene, fast intermittently, eat a primarily plant-based diet, and evade inflammatory foods like white sugar, white bread, fried foods, alcohol, and seed oils. He takes a few supplements to correct for some lacking micronutrients, yet insists these are not “magic pills” and are of little use apart from healthy lifestyle choices.

In lectures, Sinclair adds that moral and social components encourage longevity, similar to what the Bible describes repeatedly. He refers to this as being ‘other-focused’ rather than ‘self-focused,’ making the world a better place and developing strong communal bonds (like CHE and church do). Note how good food choices mirror the diet of Daniel and his friends, who refused the king’s best fare. Consider how Scripture links long life with honoring and obeying parents while treating widows, orphans, and foreigners justly and kindly. Several Old Testament tribes incurred God’s wrath by refusing to allow the Israelites to peacefully pass through their land or to share water resources. It is more blessed to give than receive. As believers, we acknowledge these things in our heads but frequently fail to make them ‘to do’ tasks for life. Our bodies and souls pay the consequences as food corporations take advantage of addictive tastes and encourage our non-reflective activity. Since 2019, as a couple, we progress daily to improve nutritional and exercise choices. We also slow down and breathe, realizing that some poor habitual choices dominated our lives together for decades.

Come and See (Psalm 34:8)

Verlin finishes what he can in Bondoukou this week and travels to Ghana to return to the States. While errands and interactions remain to be done, he made significant progress. Debbie thanks the Lord for several people who blessed our lives concretely. One mechanic provided four hours of car repair and an alignment, only charging for the necessary part. Another couple donated their Southwest Airlines points that pay for the tickets to and from Phoenix for the International Wholistic Missions Conference. Like us, these kind friends learn to abound in practicing Biblical longevity principles that lead to blessing!

Prayer & Praise

  • 🙏 Thank the Lord for the generous friends who eased our paths this week. May the Lord bless them abundantly so they can continue blessing others.
     
  • 🙏 Pray for Verlin as he crosses borders on public transport for the May 11-12 international flight.
     
  • 🙏 Pray for the International Wholistic Missions Conference. May attendees encourage and equip one another in ministry while they connect with others engaged in CHE worldwide and the curious.
Your partners in the Gospel,
Verlin & Debbie
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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: Mango Mush
        - 240427 PDF
Prior Videos: Simple Servants
        - Reflect & Rejoice
 
2022 Budget COMPLETED:
CHSC-0118_ANDERSON-2022-Budget.pdf
 
  Something to ask? Write updates@verlindeb.org

AWA represents
Andersons Witness in Africa.
It is also a brand of bottled water in Cote d'Ivoire where we serve.

GIVEONLINE to support these ministries
                                   www.che4a.org
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