Unseen Hand

PDF Version:
AWA Weekly 251004 PDF

Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

There is a hand, unseen by me,
That leads through ways I cannot see;
While going through this world of woe,
This hand still leads me as I go.

I’m trusting in the unseen hand
That guides me through this weary land.
And some sweet day I’ll reach that strand,
Still guided by the unseen hand.

--Sims

A challenge of life is trusting our Savior’s unseen hand during times of change and crisis. Three weeks ago, we asked you to pray for an Ivorian CHE trainer who was struggling with life choices and needed direction for his future. The “unseen hand” answered him in recent days. He received an opportunity to continue working in the CHE leprosy outreach in a new location! His skill set and experience give depth to the team. He also learns to trust the Lord more during times of silence and waiting. Thank you for praying.

Come and See (Psalm 66:5)

Verlin continues to share this Sunday in Cookeville. On tasks to finish before departing, he gratefully accepted the help and fellowship of two friends on our property. One helped for two days as cement was mixed and poured for 16 of the 32 cement footings. Another friend who has farmed for decades gave excellent advice to improve several water drainage problems and also deepened a drainage channel on Saturday evening. This resolves one ancillary issue among others, while the cement footings cure, allowing the deck framing to begin next week and the construction to be completed within the month. When the deck is done, Verlin intends to book his ticket to leave the States.

Debbie spent the whole week with her father, as hospital staff continued to evaluate his health with procedures. A heart procedure clarified the extent of a leaky valve and showed a troublesome blood clot. One of his legs had two additional blood clots. A kidney biopsy explained other symptoms that will require other changes. Both his cardiologist and nephrologist from the hospital will continue his future care.

Prayer & Praise

• 🙏 Continue to pray for Debbie’s dad’s health and many adjustments.
   
• 🙏 The Lord provided a special answer to a prayer request from a few weeks back. Our Ivorian CHE trainer friend received specific direction in the offer of a job to continue fighting leprosy in central Côte d’Ivoire! Pray that this new endeavor will be as fruitful as that done in the first series of villages in southwestern Côte d’Ivoire.
   
• 🙏 Another Ivorian brother, who repairs and keeps our vehicle during our absences, traveled to Burkina Faso for his mother’s funeral. Pray for the family’s adjustments.
  

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: Worn Parts
        - 250927 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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Worn Parts

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Worn Parts

PDF Version:
AWA Weekly 250927 PDF

Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

Dealing with worn parts has governed our family’s use of time this week. The casing on Debbie’s 3 y.o. laptop computer cracked on Monday, making the screen unliftable. Parts are on order, but Verlin gave more than a day’s work to open, evaluate the damage, make disk images, and prep a donated computer for her use. The computer Michigan ministry partners felt led to gift us was used for this update! The Lord’s timing remains impeccable. Our traveling lifestyle is hard on computers which we often set up and take down multiple times in a day. This is rough on units we aim to keep functional for five or more years. We always keep a backup unit. One time, hitting a pothole on an African road lost us years of CHE lessons that we have never recovered and ended the 5-year lifespans of two units.

A more sober evidence of worn parts surfaced in medical tests that Debbie’s dad, Eddie Payne, received.

Friday visit of
Cason's Family

Debbie took him to the ER on Thursday morning where they discovered the suspected pneumonia and surprisingly, a leaking heart valve. Eddie was diagnosed with a prolapsed mitral valve many years ago, maybe 40. He chooses to be grateful that weakness did not hinder decades of ministry as a missionary, college professor, or missions promotor and consultant. Another procedure next week will evaluate the severity of the heart damage. We appreciate you praying for decisions the family will need to make

Come and See (Psalm 66:5)

Verlin also made progress on the ramp project this week with the help of a friend, despite slowdowns for rain. Two more people plan to help next week. He fills in for a traveling preacher and deacon for the next two Sundays and continues talking with Cote d’Ivoire residents many mornings. Debbie expects to be by her dad’s side most of the upcoming week, especially to be a pair of “second ears” for all the medical procedures and reports.

Prayer & Praise

• 🙏 Thank the Lord for providing a computer when Debbie’s required repair. We are grateful for the many times He gives something before we know there is a need!
   
• 🙏 Continue to pray for Debbie’s dad, Eddie Payne, as he faces new diagnoses of atrial fibrillation and congestive heart failure, dealing with the entropy of former decisions to deal with important medical decisions now. We thank the Lord that Debbie can help for some weeks while he establishes a fourth “new normal” in life in the past nine months.
   
• 🙏 The Ivorian presidential elections are less than a month away. Keep praying! An African brother mentioned last week on the phone that Verlin should not schedule his return too close to the election period.
  

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: Choose Change
        - 250920 PDF
Prior Videos: Worth
        - Reflect & Rejoice
 

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

2023 Budget:
CHSC-0118_ANDERSON-2023-Budget.pdf
 
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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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Choose Change

PDF Version:
AWA Weekly 250920 PDF

Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

It is no secret that the older we get, the harder it becomes to choose change. Our bodies and brains prefer old habits and routines. In that context, we marvel again when reading of Abraham and Sarah’s willingness to upend their ordered lives and trust God to lead them to an unidentified place. Archaeological excavations find that the homeland they left, including Ur of the Chaldees, was avant-garde for its time. Residents had access to hot and cold running water, a sewer system, paved roads, multi-story buildings, metal tools, temples, and a bustling trade. Imagine leaving those comforts in their 70s to wander like nomads for decades, passing through hostile territories where beautiful women were in danger of being abducted, and where finding water challenged everyone. Choosing change became the routine of Abraham and Sarah’s lives. Despite sinful missteps along the way, they learned to adapt. They found the Lord trustworthy, choosing change through flexibility and faith despite the trials faced. Trust lets structured change keep life and faith vibrant.

In a smaller way, we plan to make changes to our lifestyle and work in Côte d’Ivoire as CHE co-laborers and friends put their acquired knowledge into practice. In the last month, CHE trainings happened in Chad and Senegal. The fledgling group in Senegal has taken the challenge of hosting the French West African CHE gathering in 2026.

Soap of a pastor trained at UFHB

Others we’ve influenced or trained shared their experiences in making soap and dyeing cloth as enterprises, raising artesunate, which treats malaria, and adopting new methods in corn production with excellent results, supporting ministries, and fostering faith in God within church fellowships. They choose to change and expand their thinking so that the Gospel can spread and improve lives. The Lord honors their faithful and fruitful efforts.

Come and See (Psalm 66:5)

This week, the Lord answered our prayer about a decades-long land issue in Cookeville. Part of the property for which we’ve been responsible has been turning into a wetland. Water drainage ceased due to blockages on a neighbor’s land, where some extended family formerly lived. Verlin and our neighbor discussed the problem. An agreement was reached to let the water flow off our land through his property. Progress continues on our deck extension to facilitate the construction of a ramp. Two volunteers plan to help this coming week as Verlin finishes the footings that have required knee- or belly-to-the-ground work. He also sent funds to Cote d’Ivoire to cover expenses incurred there. Debbie will spend this weekend with her father and take him to his attending physician on Monday.

Prayer & Praise

• 🙏 Pray for visas needed for recognized CHE movement leaders to expand the Global CHE Network during conferences held in Albania during October. Ask the Lord to help someone in the approval process prioritize the value of the meetings to facilitate successful community improvement in their nation and around the world. No one can obtain their airline tickets until the visas are approved.
  
  
• 🙏 In the past month, two Michigan ministry partners experienced the death of their husbands after decades of marriage. Please pray for guidance and comfort for these two families.
  
  
• 🙏 Thank the Lord for two people who have offered to help Verlin one day this upcoming week with the ramp. Pray that we can bring the project to a successful completion without delay.

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: Silo Exit
        - 250913 PDF
Prior Videos: Worth
        - Reflect & Rejoice
 

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

2023 Budget COMPLETED:
CHSC-0118_ANDERSON-2023-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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Silo Exit

PDF Version:
AWA Weekly 250913 PDF

Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

The greatest revivals in Western history (the 1730s First Great Awakening and the 1800s Second Great Awakening) emerged during times of spiritual decline or societal turmoil. Now that the American Church experiences one of the greatest decreases of influence in a culture ever seen, laments and autopsies like that of Tim Keller's have diagnosed the killing disease without identifying what can change the situation. Someone must repent from doing wrong and then exercise personal fervor and cross-bearing to see spiritual awakening happen for others. For three generations, the anti-Christian bent of higher education has intimidated many believers to shelter in place. Still, it has always been evident to us that dialogue makes reformation possible. We have known this truth, whether testifying at universities and schools in Côte d’Ivoire or in the United States. People respond to ideas presented by people. We pray that the sacrifice forced on the Charlie Kirk family and Turning Point USA by ungodly misunderstandings of the pursuit of happiness marks the end of the American Church's decline. However, that depends upon how believers engage outside of the four walls of their churches.

Erika Kirk speech, courtesy AP News

Few believers run to battle like Charlie Kirk did. Few engage outside of talk within Christian silos. Courageous witness requires faith that anticipates God working beyond what one sees. Kirk’s assassination on Wednesday was horrific. We grieve for the family. We pray. Yet, we recognize that the life of a fearless lover of Jesus being shot down clarifies the situation for many. Promoting a Biblical worldview viewpoint is an offence many Americans now believe merits death. The greatest menaces to life and liberty inherent in the Christian faith are not China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea. It is the lack of common faith among us. It is time to double down, not retreat. Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson expressed it:

Charlie Kirk has been killed not for espousing extremist views – because he didn’t. He has been killed for saying things that used to be simple common sense. He has been killed because he had the courage to stand up publicly for reasonable opinions held by millions and millions of ordinary people both in the US and Britain. The world has a shining new martyr to free speech.

We trust the Lord to work all things out for good, and we continue to engage confidently by faith.

Come and See (Psalm 34:8)

Despite this week’s chilling news that pervaded our thoughts and prayers, the Lord blessed our daily efforts. Verlin completed some Michigan family business, reconnected with Ivorians, submitted expense reports, and made progress on the outside work that needs to be completed before he returns to Africa conscientiously. Debbie checked off several items from her list of activities for her father. After three more visits to the mechanic's shop, spanning four days of Debbie’s time, our primary long-distance vehicle appears to be running correctly. We anticipate greater productivity next week, by faith!

Prayer & Praise

• 🙏 Pray armies of hopeful youth continue to rise with bold tenacity to share the Gospel.
   
• 🙏 Lift up an Ivorian friend who asked for prayer. He needs an unwavering commitment to walk in Jesus’ footsteps, victory over some habits, and direction for his life.
   
• 🙏 Pray for our stamina and capacity to finish many projects before Verlin’s upcoming return to Africa.
  

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: First Resort
        - 250906 PDF
Prior Videos: Worth
        - Reflect & Rejoice
 

2023 Q2 Report: Progress and Pain
  -  3-4th Q 2023 Report 250712 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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First Resort

PDF Version w/ financial summary:

Anderson Report 250906

Before we can pray, "Lord, Thy Kingdom come," we must be willing to pray, "My Kingdom go."

—Alan Redpath

This update continues our goal to catch up on sending our printed quarterly ministry reports. The donations received from January to June 2024 are posted with this update. Along with the numbers, we include one paragraph from our June 8, 2024, update. It remains just as true today that prayer is our first, not last, resort. Nothing encourages us more than your faithful prayers for CHE ministries in Côte d’Ivoire and for us! Our greatest desire is that our lives and ministry align with the Lord’s will.

“Isn't it strange that we pray as a last resort when we can do nothing else? The more Biblical approach is to pray before anything else. Why is being a persistent person of prayer such a vital habit to develop? Here are just a few reasons we remember: 1) Prayer is commanded; obedience is at stake. 2) Prayer is a conduit God uses to accomplish His will on earth. 3) Prayer encourages the person prayed for and changes the person praying. 4) Prayer binds the forces of evil in Jesus' name. 5) Prayer helps us resist temptation. 6) Praying testifies about our confidence in God to others. 7) Prayer directs glory to God as we recognize Him at work, not ourselves.”

During 2024, we asked you to pray for situations that remain relevant today. Continue praying over the people and projects outlined as follows.

TESTIMONY

Last year, the Lord opened a door to purchase a 2-ton earth brick machine, offering numerous potential benefits. The bricks, using minimal cement, would prove considerably cheaper to produce. The equipment could enable us to construct several buildings for the agricultural project economically, allowing the local team to sell bricks later and use the proceeds to fund Community Health Evangelism (CHE) ministries, thereby furthering outreach. Certain details remain unverified, including where to purchase parts, ensuring all parts function correctly, and resolving a challenging transportation issue. We also do not want to move any equipment to the agricultural project site until ALL paperwork related to land ownership is safely in the hands of our Ivorian Christian brother who has offered the land for CHE use. Pray that Verlin discerns rightly whether the brick-making machine can be made operational and worth the investment. Pray for final property documents, too.

The agricultural site is intended to provide multiple exhibits that people can visit. Friends of other faiths have expressed great interest in having a place where they can observe and learn Farming God’s Way techniques (including methods to multiply corn and other crop production), Food Always In The Home (FAITH) gardening, sack farming, and moringa production and uses. Verlin expects to spend much of the upcoming year establishing this outreach. Once this first site flourishes, the intention is to replicate the process in up to two or three other regions of Côte d’Ivoire, ultimately reaching a total of nine.

TRANSITIONS

For the first time in 12 years, except for a one-year delay in 2020 due to COVID-19 concerns, the university CHE training will not occur in September. Leadership expects to return to the regular schedule and format in 2026. One reason cited for the delay is the upcoming Ivorian presidential election in October. Security concerns occupy everyone’s thoughts. Additionally, a change in personnel at the university results in a new leader at the helm of the CHE program. He wants one year to settle into his role, without feeling rushed or concerned about the election. The change allows Verlin to focus on CHE initiatives elsewhere.

TIMING

We video-conferenced with the Christian Health Service Corps leadership in mid-August to discuss plans. They graciously gave us the green light to minister apart for some months. Debbie still has some financial and logistical items to complete for her father, which may take until the end of the year. Verlin will return to Côte d’Ivoire after the ramp is completed at our Tennessee home. He hopes to depart by the end of September or by mid-October at the latest. Debbie plans to join him as soon as possible. The CHSC is familiar with our family circumstances and understands why we aim to accomplish more in a short time across two continents. We trust the Lord to make the way clear as we move forward in faith.

TREASURES

The birth of our granddaughter, Wyn, in March, greatly blessed our lives! Chelsea loves being an older sister; we treasure every moment the Lord gives us together. Chelsea will undergo another surgery in mid-October to see if her removed cochlear implant can be replaced. Last summer, a Vanderbilt surgeon removed a defective one, finding extensive internal damage. This surgery will assess the feasibility of implanting a new one after allowing the tissue to heal for a year. Pray that Chelsea cheerfully accepts whichever outcome becomes a reality. In late August, our daughter-in-law Suzanne endured an emergency abdominal surgery that could have ended her life, had they not arrived at the hospital when they did. We praise the Lord for His grace!

Please do not hesitate to contact us by phone or email at your convenience to discuss or request more information. Verlin’s cell number is forwarded to Côte d’Ivoire, and no longer incurs any extra cost for you or us to call. It’s another wonder of modern communication! We are blessed beyond words by your friendship and partnership in the Gospel!

With grateful love in Christ,
Your Partners in the Gospel,

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:

  1Q 2024 JPG or the 1Q 2024 PDF 

  2Q 2024 JPG or the 2Q 2024 PDF  

 

Report text alone link: Anderson Report 250906 

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.

 

Prior Weekly: Truing our Timing - 250830 PDF
Prior Videos: Rejoice and Reflect
        - The Great Story

 

2024 Q3 & Q4 Report: Progress & Pain
  -  Q3 & Q4 Anderson Report 250712 PDF

2022 Budget Info:
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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Truing Our Timing

PDF Version:
AWA Weekly 250830 PDF

Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

My times are in thy hands… (Psalm 31:15, KJV)

We rejoiced in the Lord’s truing our timing this week. Early on, we were preoccupied with timing our return to Tennessee. Our Toyota started making rubbing sounds in the rear right wheel when braking, but inconsistently. Unable to duplicate the sound when driving to a brake shop, no shop found could evaluate the car until Thursday. We wanted to begin wrapping up Verlin’s time in the USA before then. Also, we could not follow up on a repair if the Michigan shop did not correct the problem the first time. We decided to return on Wednesday, hoping to avoid the presumed issue from worsening dangerously. We made it safely home, but by the end of the trip, the rear passenger brake was grinding; the wheel was warm to the touch after consistent braking on mountain roads. We were inclined to think our timing was a mistake.

Then, we received an early morning call from Cason, our older son. He was at the hospital. Our daughter-in-law, Suzanne, had just come out of an emergency abdominal surgery. Their arrival at the hospital and getting her into surgery quickly was crucial timing. Cason asked if we could help watch our two granddaughters. Neighborhood friends had lovingly accepted the girls in their home, but he did not want to impose on their hospitality for a long time. We dropped off our belongings in Cookeville and continued to their place in Nashville. The girls returned home two hours later. Suzanne was released from the hospital that afternoon. Debbie stayed to help care for the girls and to handle some household chores as they adjusted their routines. Suddenly, the timing of our return home felt truly providential, not problematic.

Come and See (Psalm 34:8)

Trued timing also played a role in our visits with ministry partners in Michigan. Visiting primarily to handle family concerns before returning to Cote d’Ivoire, Verlin saw one ministry partner in the hospital before he unexpectedly entered the presence of Jesus. A childhood friend who expects to retire in December spent some hours with us last Tuesday evening. He is eager to help Verlin’s mother with the multi-step process of preparing and sending our quarterly reports.

Review an idea for health
training and literacy in
W. Africa. It’s for use with
Bible reading, too!

She adds him to the team of people who help her help us, as macular degeneration, despite her compensation and its slowed progress, still makes contact database management tasks more difficult. Once again, the Lord’s truing of our timing was on shining display. He also let us serve some partners with nutritional counseling to compensate and slow their similar disease processes, while another ministry partner provided a backup for Verlin’s 2019-purchased laptop. We even took some calls from Africa and reviewed some shares. We trust the Lord to continue to true our timing as Verlin now focuses on adjusting our finances and finishing the deck extension with a ramp to return there for planned work ASAP.

Prayer & Praise

• 🙏 Thank the Lord for preserving the life of our daughter-in-law, Suzanne. Pray for a speedy recovery from her emergency laparoscopic abdominal surgery.
   
• 🙏 We are grateful that a lifelong friend of Verlin’s will assist Verlin’s mother with our printed quarterly reports when he retires. This is an answer to prayer from our request a few weeks ago!
   
• 🙏 The drama continues regarding who can run in Côte d’Ivoire’s presidential election on October 25. Pray for a peaceful election process. Here is an article detailing some noise of the conflict.
  

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: Digging Deep
        - 250823 PDF
Prior Videos: Worth
        - Reflect & Rejoice
 

2023 Q2 Report: Progress and Pain
  -  3-4th Q 2023 Report 250712 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
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Digging Deep

PDF Version:
AWA Weekly 250823 PDF

Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

Have you recently been faced with the dilemma of whether to answer a fool according to his folly so that he is not consumed by his own conceit (Pr.26:5) or to NOT answer a fool according to his folly so that you do not become like him (Pr.26:4)? These two verses appear contradictory and obviously require mentally digging deep to apply correctly. Sometimes, in witnessing or sharing truth, it is difficult to read the other person’s status or intent. Three attitudes often surface. Perhaps they have never been exposed to the claims of Jesus. In other situations, they have been indoctrinated to sincerely believe lies about Him. In yet other scenarios, they choose to ignore the truth because they want to follow an ungodly lifestyle. Digging deep to learn where the person stands can help guide us to decide whether to continue a discussion or leave them to their folly.

Gentle polemic 

Verlin recently found two encouraging examples of continuing the conversation with people of misguided faith, who do not know or misapply Biblical truth. Because we deal daily with followers of different religions in Cote d’Ivoire, we loved the wise, winsome, and kind approach exemplified in these two YouTube interactions. Listen to this gentle polemic from "Sow and Reap" with a Muslim and this rebuttal of a person claiming Jesus made mistakes.

Come and See (Psalm 34:8)

There are never enough hours in the day to see everyone we want to see in Michigan. The family celebration of Verlin’s mother’s 90th birthday was fantastic. Verlin and siblings also met with her to make sure her financial questions are answered and to discuss a possible move for her to downsize in the upcoming year. We were pleased to connect with ministry partners almost every day, too. Debbie expects to return to Tennessee next week. Verlin came return at the same time or stay a few more days in Michigan to handle family and ministry meetings.

Prayer & Praise

• 🙏 We thank the Lord for a wonderful Michigan experience with lovely family gatherings and great interactions with numerous ministry partners! Debbie struggled with a respiratory virus for the past ten days. Please pray that Verlin’s mother does not succumb to the virus since we shared close quarters.
   
• 🙏 Pray with us as we dig deep to complete a long list of errands and activities—particularly finishing the ramp at our house—so that Verlin can return to Cote d’Ivoire by the end of September. If you can donate some hours of manual labor, now is the time to call Verlin to offer help when we return home.
   
• 🙏 We are constantly amazed at the generosity of friends and ministry partners. Thank you for meeting with us, feeding us, giving us opportunities to share, and donating items like a computer and tablet for mission and personal use.
  

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: Pleasant Places
        - 250816 PDF
Prior Videos: Worth
        - Reflect & Rejoice
 

2023 Q2 Report: Progress and Pain
  -  3-4th Q 2023 Report 250712 PDF

2022 Budget COMPLETED:
CHSC-0118_ANDERSON-2022-Budget.pdf
 
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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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