Draw Near

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Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

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

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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