Magnetic Thanks

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Anderson Report 251122

The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron so that it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!

—Henry Ward Beecher

There is a kernel of truth in the adage that we find what we look for. When our thoughts gravitate with magnetic thanks to the character of God and His blessings, we hear whispers of His grace everywhere. Philippians 4:8 further entreats us to think on things that are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, of good report, etc. This is a recipe for calm trust and hope. May we keep focus on the One who is worthy of all our Thanksgiving and Christmas energy!

This edition continues to catch up on our financial reporting by providing the donation records for July through December 2024. We pause to give thanks. The past year did not unfold as expected. Through every challenge and delay, though, we see the faithful hand of the Lord. Our spirits are content with the Lord, and we are eager to get back to Côte d’Ivoire.

PAST PRAISE

We pass along to you the great blessing of the past month: we enjoyed hearing ministry reports from Community Health Evangelism (CHE) trainers who met in Abidjan in mid-November. Verlin listened and contributed via WhatsApp. We helped with some communications and transport costs. All the individual reports are worth sharing. Due to space, we will choose just one.

Sports Evangelism

Starting CHE in urban areas like Abidjan is more challenging than in rural villages. After all, is it more intuitive to define the community by location, ethnicity, or a common interest? Defining community in a teeming megacity challenges participants. During the CHE university training in 2022, Verlin arranged that an Abidjan pastor using CHE and the husband of one of the CHE trainers join in a soccer outreach. Soccer jerseys donated by ministry partners in East Tennessee were used and appreciated. The week-long effort provided an inroad into the sports community. The Gospel was shared with several age groups.

Since then, CHE-trained Abidjan Pastor M. has continued outreach through sports. He is now the president of a soccer association encouraged by the French. They have an initiative to bring the Gospel message to every region (quartier) of Abidjan, making contacts and seeking entry points for CHE at soccer venues across the city.

PRESENT POSITIONS

Although we had planned Verlin would already be back in Côte d’Ivoire, we both remain in Tennessee. When Debbie’s dad’s health problems escalated for eight weeks, requiring her to spend days away from home, that also slowed Verlin’s progress on what he must complete before leaving—particularly the ramp. Eddie, Debbie’s dad, is finally back in a family home. His strength has waned, requiring more supervision. The family seeks solutions. We expect Verlin to return to Africa around the end of the year, with Debbie following two to three months later. It is our firm conviction that the Lord will lead us in paths of righteousness that allow us to take care of assumed family responsibilities while also helping advance the many facets of CHE in Côte d’Ivoire.

PROSPECTIVE PLANS

Another detail from the Ivorian CHE national meeting is that Côte d’Ivoire will likely host the Global CHE Network missions conference in 2028! This is a huge privilege and undertaking that will require enormous work from now until then. Traveling internationally is too costly for many people in third-world countries. Hosting the meetings on the African continent will encourage hundreds, maybe thousands, of African CHE workers who otherwise would be unable to participate.

Occasionally, we need to share financial information with you. Rarely do we discuss funding, except to say thank you. We have promised to tell you about significant changes. Two dear friends were promoted to heaven this year. They gave monthly. Another beloved couple will not be able to contribute a large lump sum at the end of 2025, as they have done faithfully in past years. He retired earlier than expected. What a blessing to have partners who inform us of changes so that we can prepare! In total, we need to replace about $15,000 of yearly ministry income and we are $24,000 under on average for the year. Thank you for praying with us for one-time donations and new ministry partners to cover the changes. We trust the Lord. He always provides.

As we count our many blessings and name them one by one (see the hymn “Count Your Blessings” here), you all--our incredible prayer warriors, ministry partners, and friends—are counted multiple times! What has happened through CHE in Côte d’Ivoire in the past 25 years is beyond what we could have imagined. Thank you for your part in introducing West Africans to abundant life in Jesus.

With grateful hearts in Christ,

Verlin and Debbie

If you wish to view or print only the catch-up quarterly reports, you can view them as a picture or PDF:

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Family pics taken since choosing to serve as missionaries.

 

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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2024 Q1 & Q2 Report: First Resort
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Shock Value

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Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

Sometimes, a little shock value can encourage a group of people to move beyond complacency or willful ignorance. As Verlin conference called with the Ivorian CHE national network meeting at 3:00 this morning by WhatsApp, he was blessed to hear a trainer encourage another to provide some shock value about dependency. The second trainer lamented the disappearance of help from a mission agency as he and his team seek to grow CHE in southeastern Cote d’Ivoire. The first trainer, another pastor, boldly reminded him that more harm comes from receiving gifts than giving them from non-participating collaborators. The first CHE trainer had just given testimony about how his poor, isolated town worked together for advancement without external funding. Below is a summary of the pastor’s story of hope:

Church they built

When Pastor S. introduced CHE in his isolated village, they initially focused on health and education. The villagers agreed to build a small school to educate their children. It all started with 50 CFA francs, about 8 cents. People brought in wood from the bush, one-by-one and one piece at a time, and began building the school. Then, the pattern of individual participation continued as each contributed bricks or sacks of cement. As the school building and teacher financing developed, they decided to construct latrines since the children were defecating in the bush. Then each household chose to build a latrine. Next, the village chief encouraged the construction of a church building. Eventually, the village constructed a small dispensary to address its medical needs, which the population considers a miracle. As we have shared in the past, this village transitioned from approximately 10% Christian to nearly 100% of the population, who now serve Christ in southwestern Côte d’Ivoire.

Come and See (Psalm 66:5)

This week, Verlin again split his time in connecting with Ivorian and US ministry partners while notching ramp posts. The Ivorian meeting manifested the growing and joyful determination that is increasingly evident, and we thank God that all partners shared in the costs to cover the international communication for us and three other International partners, as well as some Ivorians who were unable to travel to participate in the Ivorian CHE meeting. We anticipate sharing other highlights from the rare national CHE meeting, interspersed with other news, in the coming weeks. Debbie managed to get her father discharged from rehab on Tuesday and back to her sister’s rented house. He is significantly weaker than he was three months ago. Continue to pray for wise caregiving decisions. Otherwise, she visited family, worked on our financial report, wrote this update, met with other US ministry partners, and sought to get to bed early, following medical advice to aid recovery from a pesky respiratory virus.

Prayer & Praise

• 🙏 Thank the Lord for a good CHE network meeting in Cote d’Ivoire today. They were able to create a WhatsApp conference call connection for absent or distant partners like us to join and listen.
   
• 🙏 We have missionary colleagues in Ethiopia who are in an area where there is an outbreak of Marburg virus (a highly contagious hemorrhagic fever, like Ebola). The WHO dispatched responders to the region to assist. Pray that the virus will be contained quickly with as few fatalities as possible. Pray for one missionary family with three children amidst others as they make decisions about safety.
   
• 🙏 Pray Ivorian CHE leaders sensing isolation grow encouraged upon reflection after the meeting. May their capacity to start holistic ministries and fund activities locally continue to grow. Thank the Lord for other CHE leaders who encouraged and gave pertinent examples to the discouraged.
  

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.

 

Prior: Stages
        - 251108 PDF
Prior Videos: Worth
        - Reflect & Rejoice
 

2024 Q1 Q2 Report: First Resort
  -  2024 Q1 Q2 Report 250906 PDF

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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Stages

PDF Version:
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Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

I have found that there are three stages in every great work of God: first, it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done. — Hudson Taylor

One testing ground of the Community Health Evangelism (CHE) strategy is hearers trusting the Lord to try something considered impossible. When hearing the testimony of others who step out in faith to create community growth in ways they have never seen, it takes faith to step forward. Those who do later share their testimonies to multiply changed lives. The three stages described by Hudson Taylor—impossible, difficult, done—ring true. Majorities of third-world nations, in particular, struggle with dependence on outside sources to fund projects and ministries. When outside funding ceases, the work typically comes to a halt. CHE mentors a commitment to developing local resources that sustain growth and ministries for future generations. When we add funds, amounts rarely exceed what is needed to provide training for workers who grow the means to sustain themselves independently.

Urban rooftop garden effort

We were delighted this week to hear of Ivorian CHE leaders who continue to engage in new efforts to expand CHE ministries that their church (or denomination) has started. One pastor we trained at the university was convicted that his church was focused inwardly. His local church has since initiated two new locations. With that comes the need for funds to travel and provide CHE outreach and projects at each location. They learn agricultural means and micro-enterprise fundamentals to sustain their efforts without outside funds. A second CHE champion continues efforts, like raising pigs, to model for outgoing missionaries ways to start and maintain ministries when local people do not provide salaries. Another trainer learns the intricacies of hydroponic gardening, as observed during the CHE internship in Ghana. The determination of these men, and others, is inspiring and intended to multiply self-sustaining work.

Come and See (Psalm 66:5)

Verlin contacted several CHE Ivorian workers this week for news. The coordinator of the Ivorian CHE network arranges the national meeting for November 15th and plans to use Zoom so Verlin and others can participate. Verlin finished placing 22 deck posts this week, with notching for framing about a third done. Debbie has worried about him moving 80 to 130-pound posts by himself, but the heaviest part is about finished. When all landscaping and framing are in place, a team of friends can help plank the ramps and decks quickly. Two friends continue to come by to help or give advice regularly—what a blessing! Debbie spends half the week with her father and the other half at home. We hope this tiring schedule improves when Eddie is released from rehab on Tuesday! Next, she will concentrate on two different projects of his that must be completed before she returns to Africa. Approximately 2/3’s of our commitments to him have been accomplished.

Prayer & Praise

• 🙏 Rejoice that Debbie’s dad will be released from rehab on Tuesday! This brings us all joy. Pray for wisdom as doctors, home health professionals, and family members monitor his capacities at home.
   
• 🙏 We PTL for the blessed knowledge that lets Verlin evade self-injury and recover strength by handling large ties and posts while making a handicap accessible entry (the ties weighed 150 to 225 lbs.). When the ramps are framed, he will enlist multiple friends to help him complete the project quickly. Let us know if you’re interested in helping.
   
• 🙏 Pray for the upcoming national CHE meeting in Cote d’Ivoire, scheduled for mid-November. Thank the Lord for their efforts to include Verlin in a Zoom call.
  

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.

 

Prior: Frosty Days
        - 251101 PDF
Prior Videos: Worth
        - Reflect & Rejoice
 

2024 Q1 Q2 Report: First Resort
  -  2024 Q1 Q2 Report 250906 PDF

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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Frosty Days

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Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

Christian, remember the goodness of God in the frost of adversity. — Charles Spurgeon

Little reveals more about our trust in God than reactions to adversity. Remember the ten Boom sisters in the Nazi concentration camp, rejoicing over lice and fleas in their barracks? The vermin kept guards from entering their space, allowing them to share Scripture and pray more freely with other prisoners. Or consider Joseph viewing his brothers’ betrayal as the means to save his family, and Esther realizing her precarious position in a pagan kingdom was to preserve the Jews.

The entire nation of Sudan endured another horrific round of genocidal terror this week, making our challenges appear minuscule in comparison. Nevertheless, every “frosty” adversity, little or large, is an opportunity to consider the goodness of God. Learning to count it all joy while facing trials of various kinds (James 1:2-4) has grown easier as we age. We have experienced seeing God’s grace overcome adversity with blessings. We praise the Lord for His kindness to our family, a peaceful election day in Côte d’Ivoire, and His grace when life does not go as planned.

Come and See (Psalm 66:5)

Posts marked for drilling and notching

Verlin made slow progress on the ramp project this week due to several factors, including the weather and a lack of proper tools. Friends blessed again with help. We both took time to support our family during a granddaughter’s surgery at Vanderbilt. Verlin spent two days and a night in Nashville while Debbie spent four nights: a complication occurred after Chelsea’s surgery on Monday, causing the surgeon to reopen the site on Wednesday. Praise God, she recovers at home now, although she is saddened that the second cochlear implant could not be reinserted as all had hoped. Debbie finally kicks off a respiratory virus, and now begins to regain energy and feel relief. Eddie, her dad, grows weary of being in rehab and longs to go home. Both daughters make every way seemingly possible to support him.

The care led us to check out a new area of CHE instruction available on the Global CHE Network website: CHE for Seniors. Like our family, Christians everywhere strive to honor their parents and support them in their last years. Just like the disabled we mentioned a few weeks back, many cultures also view the elderly as a liability, not the blessing they are. Debbie begins digging into these lessons to glean knowledge that will help her with her dad and equip her to encourage others in similar circumstances. Resources are limited in many places worldwide, making the advice of these practical lessons valuable.

Prayer & Praise

• 🙏 Pray for the genocide to stop in Sudan. May government leaders put sanctions on the warring factions and otherwise use their influence to save hundreds of thousands of lives. Join us on Sunday, November 2, to pray for the persecuted church around the world.
   
• 🙏 Election day in Côte d’Ivoire passed peacefully. The current president was elected to a fourth term by a wide margin, though only 50% of the population voted. Major opposition parties contest the victory because their candidates were not permitted to run. Still, we rejoice that no blood was spilled.
   
• 🙏 We praise God for protecting Chelsea, our granddaughter, through two surgeries this week, despite a complication. Pray for her to adapt to the reality that the surgeon did not reinsert a cochlear implant on the left side. It was not the outcome we wanted, but we know our Father is always good, even in the frost of adversity.
  

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.

 

Prior: IDOP, not IHOP
        - 251025 PDF
Prior Videos: Worth
        - Reflect & Rejoice
 

2024 Q1 Q2 Report: First Resort
  -  2024 Q1 Q2 Report 250906 PDF

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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IDOP, not IHOP

PDF Version:
AWA Weekly 251025 PDF

Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

Prayer, study, and suffering make a pastor. — Martin Luther

The deeds of Christians who earned their place in history through suffering are many. You know the kind of people we mean: stoned to death (Stephen), burned at the stake (Polycarp, W. Tyndale), imprisoned (J. Bunyan, A. Judson), pierced by arrows (J. Elliot, N. Saint), hanged (D. Bonhoeffer), and beheaded (many currently around the world, including Nigeria). As Reformation Day, remembered on October 31st, approaches, we reflect on the start of the Protestant Reformation and on other brothers and sisters who gave their last ounce of energy for King Jesus. This lessens the distraction of Halloween —or at least gives it a more hallowed meaning. Remembrance puts life’s everyday challenges in perspective!

Open Doors link to IDOP

The International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP) on November 2 is a crucial time for us to join thousands of Christians worldwide in prayer. Your prayers are a powerful support for those who currently suffer for their trusting faith in Christ. We provide a link to Open Doors, one of several organizations that offer resources for this more than 1,600-year tradition of prayer for persecuted believers. The guides highlighted appeal to pray for Myanmar strikes a chord with us. We have broken bread with brethren from that country and heard some of their stories. Open Doors provides a written prayer guide here.

Come and See (Psalm 66:5)

As Verlin works on the ramp project outside with a friend and Debbie finishes this update, the Ivorian presidential elections have been underway for about nine hours. We have regularly mentioned the election in past updates; perhaps it has seemed extraneous or tiresome. However, it is crucial to understand that much is at stake in the long term. This article from the Robert Lansing Institute for Global Threats and Democracies Studies explains the hazards. If the democratic process continues to weaken in West Africa, that only invites more persecution for Christians in the region.

On a positive note, the Ivorian network of CHE trainers (AISEC) plans a national meeting in Abidjan in mid-November. It has been several years since they met, given that each trainer works autonomously in his or her ministry and region. Joint meetings provide opportunities to share progress, exchange ideas, and receive encouragement.

Prayer & Praise

• 🙏 Pray with us for the thousands of persecuted Christians worldwide. Pray for M., especially, an Ivorian teen girl who received Christ about 15 years ago. Her family greatly persecuted her. We lost track of her when she was married off by her family and sent to Ghana, where she had no Christian connections. Other friends we know continue to suffer for their faith.
   
• 🙏 As we post this update today, Ivorian presidential elections are underway. The election will affect democracy across the region. Much more is at stake than who the future president will be.
   
• 🙏 An Ivorian national CHE meeting is planned for mid-November in Abidjan. Pray for good attendance and encouraging interaction among CHE trainers from all over the country.
   
• 🙏 Our granddaughter Chelsea’s exploratory surgery to see if a cochlear implant can be reinserted behind her left ear is on Monday. We will babysit little Wyn while big sis is at Vanderbilt.
  

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.

 

Prior: Discarded Treasure
        - 251018 PDF
Prior Videos: Worth
        - Reflect & Rejoice
 

2024 Q1 Q2 Report: First Resort
  -  2024 Q1 Q2 Report 250906 PDF

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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Discarded Treasure

PDF Version:
AWA Weekly 251018 PDF

Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

"I know why God has me living—it’s all for the advancement of His Gospel,” Joni said. “There have been seasons I’ve thought I might be close to the end of my days here on earth, but each time God has brought me back from the edge with a renewed sense of purpose to tell more people about Jesus. Especially families struggling with disability.—Joni Eareckson Tada (view a Christianity Today article, Oct. 2025)

This month, Joni Eareckson Tada turned 76 years old. That in itself is a miracle from the Lord. When she broke her neck at age 17, the doctors did not expect her to live for more than ten years. Instead, she has become one of the longest-living quadriplegics on record. Despite much pain and battling cancer recently, her joy in the Lord and strength of purpose to continue ministry are unwavering. Her outreach, Joni and Friends, and radio presence give hope to thousands of people, especially those with disabilities. Notice in the quotation that she believes the Lord extended her days on earth specifically to share the Gospel more widely, as she has done for decades! If her story is new to you, be inspired to view people with disabilities as the treasure they are here.

Che Disability Training

Joni’s story is almost unthinkable in third-world countries like Côte d’Ivoire. Typically, the disabled are discarded, killed, considered a curse from God, or, at the least, marginalized. To view the disabled as a gift from God, with much to offer the world, is genuinely a Christian perspective. Community Health Evangelism offers specialized training to equip trainers to minister to individuals with disabilities effectively, so they, in turn, can minister to yet others. We continue to pray that a group of Ivorians will be moved to focus CHE on these individuals in Côte d’Ivoire, just as a pastor CHE trainer in Liberia did this year, as described in this report.

Come and See (Psalm 66:5)

We were blessed with another week of felt progress, albeit slow on some fronts. Communications from Ivorians demonstrate that CHE work continues with vigor, although several trainers voice an eagerness for Verlin’s return. Landscaping to preserve the deck footings for the landings to accommodate the 40-foot ramp moves forward. Verlin works 8-10 hours a day, six days a week. He appreciates two friends who helped for several days. Debbie was home in Cookeville for three days. She completed our mission financial report and caught up on other mission paperwork and home duties. She returned to her dad on Friday to accompany him to the first nephrology (kidney doctor) appointment. He continues in rehab, trying to regain strength for daily life at home.

Prayer & Praise

• 🙏 Pray for the effective transfer of leadership on the CHE university team. The professor who initiated the project retires from public visibility, and other changes are also underway. Also, remember the same professor and team as they seek final legal paperwork for their vibrant ministry, which helps save marriages and cultivates biblical family dynamics.
   
• 🙏 Ivorian presidential elections are seven days away. Recently, opposition parties were denied the right to assemble peacefully, despite the current president holding rallies. Continue to pray for a peaceful outcome.
   
• 🙏 Pray with us that CHE ministries by people with disabilities develop in Cote d’Ivoire and grow in neighboring nations, where disabled people tend to be marginalized or discarded.
  

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.

 

Prior: Pass the Baton
        - 251011 PDF
Prior Videos: Worth
        - Reflect & Rejoice
 

2024 Q1 Q2 Report: First Resort
  -  2024 Q1 Q2 Report 250906 PDF

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.

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Pass the Baton

PDF Version:
AWA Weekly 251011 PDF

Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

Watching relay races in track is always a nail-biter. Will that small baton safely and quickly pass from one runner to another? Similarly, much of the Christian walk involves passing the baton to other people in the spiritual race of life. Future generations will not have the Gospel if we fail in this task. We think of Jesus perfectly training His disciples, Paul investing his life in people like Timothy and Epaphras, Elijah passing the prophetic mantle to Elisha, and Moses modeling leadership for Joshua. At the heart of Community Health Evangelism (CHE) is the key principle of passing the baton—multiplication. Every training completed is designed to multiply workers; every skill learned is not for selfish use, but intended to bless countless people.

CHE Internship contact page

One piece of evidence that passing the baton is effectively happening in Côte d’Ivoire is hinted at in the number of people who request to attend the CHE Internship Training in Ghana each year. A maximum of four Ivorians are preparing to participate in 2026, as was the case this year. Others want to attend, but there is a limit per country. Only trainers who are busily implementing CHE in their contexts are invited. Praise God for this evidence of much effort to develop transformational ministries!

A second indicator of passing the baton is that Côte d’Ivoire hopes to host the International Wholistic Missions Conference (IWMC) in 2028, just as the Albanians hosted this year. Many Africans cannot afford air flights to the United States or Europe for international meetings of CHE leaders. Having one conference on the African continent in an upcoming year would open possibilities for CHE laborers in that part of the world.

Come and See (Psalm 66:5)

Occasionally, we need to inform you of financial adjustments. Rarely do we discuss funding, except to say thanks, but we have promised to tell you about significant changes. Two dear friends were promoted to heaven this year. They gave monthly. Another beloved couple will not be able to contribute a large lump sum at the end of 2025, as they have done faithfully in past years. He retired earlier than expected. What a blessing to have partners who inform us of changes, which allows us to prepare! In total, we need to replace about $10,000 of yearly ministry income. Thank you for praying about it. We trust the Lord to provide, as He always does.

Prayer & Praise

• 🙏 You prayed for the Albanians who hosted the IWMC this year, and for people who needed visas. The Lord blessed the conference, and attendees were touched and encouraged by the CHE efforts in Albania. Americans obtained the necessary visas to attend. However, Ivorians learned too late that they would need to go through France to get a visa, because Côte d’Ivoire does not have diplomatic ties with Albania. Lessons learned on timing and pursuing visas much earlier!
   
• 🙏 Ask the Lord to provide the missing monthly income as we rejoice in the incredibly faithful friendship and ministry partnership of three people who can no longer contribute to CHE in Cote d’Ivoire.
   
• 🙏 Debbie’s dad is settling into a rehab facility to gain strength for a few weeks before returning home. He is grateful to be out of the hospital after a twelve-day stay.
  

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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