Soil, Sacks, and Salvation

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Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

Soil, sacks, and salvation may seem odd to discuss in a missionary update! It makes perfect sense in a Community Health Evangelism (CHE) context. One agricultural technique becoming popular around the world is sack farming. We know numerous people in West Africa who use this method effectively in their CHE ministries. City dwellers with little space find sack farming a great alternative, as do people concerned about water conservation and the capacity to move crops around. Other benefits include pest control, weed reduction, proximity to home, and making experimentation easier. Check out this phenomenon online in articles and YouTube videos!

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Sack farming in action
One of our FWB CHE pastors began using this agricultural tool after seeing it effectively demonstrated at the CHE Internship Center when he attended. Soil, sacks, and salvation relate to sack farming in his context because it is a witnessing opportunity. He now has over 40 people (most of whom adhere to a religion besides Christianity) ready to be trained in CHE. Neighbors and friends have seen his family's use of sack farming and other agricultural or health improvements, and they are now prepared to learn.

Come and See (Psalm 34:8)

Verlin finished some home projects this week, including repairing the hot water heater and ridding our cement patio of green slime and holes that invited falls and twisted ankles. Having been gone months, important banking and upkeep issues remain for Verlin to address, but several were handled. Late in the week, he drove to Gagnoa to evaluate large brick-making equipment we mentioned last week. Géo-béton bricks, made of soil and 5 to 10% cement, are very durable and significantly cheaper. He also visited a CHE teammate and some Raoul Follereau CHE sites (prevention of leprosy programs).

Prayer & Praise

  • 🙏 Thank the Lord for Verlin's safe journey to western Cote d'Ivoire to see the builders of the physical and spiritual Kingdom of God and to evaluate the brick-making equipment.
     
  • 🙏 Pray for CHE practitioners learning to use sack farming and having Gospel opportunities by teaching their neighbors some practical agricultural methods.
     
  • 🙏 Continue to pray for Debbie as she searches for new housing for her parents. She had a 3-day setback when a back muscle spasmed, but moving and driving is almost pain-free now.
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: Venture Out
        - 241005 PDF
Prior Videos: Simple Servants
        - Reflect & Rejoice
 
2022 Budget COMPLETED:
CHSC-0118_ANDERSON-2022-Budget.pdf
 
  Something to ask? Write updates@verlindeb.org

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

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Venture out

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Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

This week, we rejoiced as stories surfaced of veterans, pilots, first responders, pastors, churches, and neighbors rescuing Hurricane Helene victims, working to do good despite discouragements of overwhelmed governance. We have many friends in devastated areas. Thank the Lord for the people who venture out of their comfort zones to share supplies or rescue others. In one story of romance, a father walked 30 miles overnight to attend his daughter's wedding in Johnson City, Tennessee, to perform his responsibilities! These individuals make us proud to be Americans.

Candidly, the global church needs reminders of the impacts that happen when believers venture out together into our communities and their worlds. The Kingdom does not grow when believers huddle in homes and church buildings. Venturing out requires time, effort, and risk. Thankfully, the outreach rarely requires heroics. It can be as simple as giving a meal, providing a ride, or mowing a neighbor's lawn. All of us can take the opportunity to venture out in Jesus' name if we keep our eyes open and cultivate servant hearts daily, even if bedridden and receiving visitors.

Come and See (Psalm 34:8)

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Part of training
Verlin interrupted his week to venture out and bless a brother in Christ with an unplanned ride to Abidjan. On Tuesday, he went to Goumere to deliver a repaired printer needed for income generation and visit one of our pastors who helped at the university CHE training. As Verlin prepped to leave, he helped receive a Nigerian pastor giving a one-day seminar the next day. The workshop aimed to help the congregation venture out of the walls built by their heritage of African Traditional Religions and become more effective witnesses in life and ministry. After the visiting speaker showed interest during a brief exchange on seeing the video we shared last week, Verlin decided to attend with three others who promote family Bible studies in Bondoukou. The speaker's message overlapped with CHE and Discovery Bible Study (DBS) principles. He and Verlin decided to further their exchange. Verlin's driving him to Abidjan provided sufficient time when a bus ride was missed. (He also needed to finish two other follow-up meetings in Abidjan). The 6 hours of ministerial conversations let Verlin connect the speaker as one partnering with another Nigerian Baptist pastor in Abidjan with whom Verlin has already been planning training in Community Health Evangelism (CHE)! Verlin met with the other on Thursday. The two met today at their conference to examine with others the interest of all considering using CHE as their ministerial strategy during a future training of trainers (TOT). We pray that these will form a CHE team in SE Cote d'Ivoire, where no training team is dedicated to growing and planting churches.

Prayer & Praise

  • 🙏 Ask the Lord to guide the group of Nigerian Baptists who met today and whose leadership planned to discuss considering CHE as a primary evangelistic and discipleship strategy to use.
     
  • 🙏 Pray for the ongoing development of strong CHE training teams and sites in nine areas of Cote d'Ivoire. Thank the Lord that groups exist in seven of the nine regions anticipated since 2008, making participation in TOTs less expensive. We pray and work that the CHE training happens in all nine areas annually.
     
  • 🙏 Pray for a safe and productive trip to see the brick-making equipment, which will probably be late next week. Ask the Lord to clarify if the first use of the equipment is feasible for partners living and working around Abidjan.
Your partners in the Gospel,
Verlin & Debbie
TN_Homestead-VerlinDeb-20191214_103927.jpg
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: Worth
        - 240928 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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