Life's Limitations

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Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

Have you ever thought of life’s limitations as a gift from God? This idea germinated and spread in Debbie’s heart during the week for several reasons. First, she heard a James Dobson broadcast discussing the concept with the author of a book called The Gift of Limitations, by Sara Hagerty. Sara and the host discussed how various limitations in her life were actually conduits to knowing God more intimately. Then, Debbie’s Mom, having a rough day coughing during rehab on Friday, spoke a similar thought about life’s limitations. She had been thinking about her “plan” when she retired from nursing to do many things and serve in many ways that she had not yet been able to do. Yet due to accepted health limitations of the last ten years, the Lord had another plan. So, she counts her days adjusting to A-fib and congestive heart failure as an opportunity equal to that of her serving God for many years as a missionary in Cote d'Ivoire. Truly, life’s limitations do not hinder His pleasure in a daughter or His intent for her remaining years of life

Come and See (Psalm 34:8)

As Debbie spent the last two weeks gladly serving her parents beyond a 40-hour workweek, Verlin communicated with several Community Health Evangelism (CHE) efforts. He inspected the on-site village location where the bricks for the local agricultural demonstration farm will be made. The villagers chose a good location. It will only require stringing electrical cable for about 20 meters and provides easy access to the main road and farm. It’s a good meeting place, too, in the future.

Learning tea recipe

Secondly, he and an Ivorian coworker were able to share and demonstrate to two local ladies the preparations of hibiscus, moringa, papaya, guava, avocado, and mango leaf teas with attention to steeping temperature to gain storage and nutritional advantages. The teas can diminish blood pressure, provide bio-available vitamins and minerals, prevent malaria, help with prostate health, stabilize blood sugar, provide polyphenols, and reduce kidney stones! The limitations of rural African life give optional health choices that provide great results when not thought a disadvantage. Unknowingly, the two helped prepare us to train others.

Thirdly, a master CHE trainer informed him that the NGO and government-initiated CHE project targeting lepers in the initial western-most region of Cote d’Ivoire closes. The teams trained to work with sixty committees, mostly led by pastors, have been steadfastly encouraged to lead the villages to tackle other community problems with the same CHE methods. Some do. Pray effective outreaches in numerous locations continue introducing many people to Jesus to be transformed.

Prayer & Praise

• 🙏 Pray for the details of preparing the site for the brick-making equipment. Pray villagers continue coming to Christ by working together on this and other endeavors.
   
• 🙏 We give thanks that Debbie’s mother transferred from six days in the hospital to a rehab center close by to build as much strength as possible. She makes good progress.
   
• 🙏 Pray for the transition of the CHE teams trained to combat leprosy. As that government / NGO initiative ends there, pray most teams successfully address other needs in these initial sixty villages letting us learn to transition later to the additional hundred villages targeted by the effort.
  

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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