New Things

PDF Version:
AWA Weekly 251227 PDF

Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

As 2026 hovers in the wings, many make New Year’s resolutions to change their lives in needful ways. Statistically, less than 10% of resolutions will be kept. What to do, then, about original sin’s fruitfully unproductive habits that many of us recognize in ourselves? An article entitled “How to Biblically Break Bad Habits” published online in Bible Life Magazine (read here) lists important steps to take. We have previously profited from books like Atomic Habits by James Clear, which offer specific ways to create new systems or routines in daily life, giving new habits space to develop. Two areas where Biblical perspective and science agree are the need to identify the root cause of the habit (stress, boredom, lust, trauma, etc.) and the necessity of replacing the bad habit with a good one to fill the void.

Revelation 21:5

It is great comfort at the cusp of the New Year to remember that our Savior makes all things new. While it is God who works in us to will and do His good pleasure (Phil. 2:13), He expects us to engage our will and cooperate with His indwelling Spirit to “work out our salvation with fear and trembling.” Daily obedience (Phil. 2:12) lets us take off the ‘old’ man and put on the ‘new’ (Eph. 4:22-24). No matter how many times we may have failed in the past, He remains within as we learn each day to walk in the Spirit! Since Jesus alone walked this earth without sin, why would anyone go to another for help first?

Come and See (Psalm 66:5)

The transformation communities experience with the strategic use of Community Health Evangelism (CHE) involves significant change. The change(s) can overwhelm people who discard habits that may have been in place for centuries, and start doing things differently. Observing firsthand, or talking to people who have come from places that have already chosen to make similar change(s), is vital. As many Ivorians transform their habits of faith and life, you have helped us accompany or send them to CHE seminars, expositions, and trainings. In these spaces, they hear about change while they see its fruit! The West African CHE Internship begins soon with several days of video conferencing, followed by weeks of in-person exchanges in Ghana. The internship starts in February 2026. Four Ivorians expect to attend, an exception to the limit of two per country granted due to the level of activity. Other West Africans prepare to attend a Foundations in Farming training in Burkina Faso. It, too, is scheduled for early 2026. Thank you for partnering with us so we can point many communities toward the spiritual and physical change that faith in Jesus alone can bring. There is nothing like it

Prayer & Praise

• 🙏 Pray for the Foundations in Farming training that will happen in Burkina Faso in January or February. Some CHE-trained colleagues from Côte d’Ivoire hope to attend.
   
• 🙏 Lift preparations up in prayer for the 6-week CHE Internship, which happens yearly in Ghana. Ask the Lord to provide the remaining funds needed by interns and for the wisdom of those planning and training. The opportunity begins in February.
   
• 🙏 Pray for us as we integrate new disciplines in the coming year. We would be pleased to pray for you and your communities as you work to end old habits and develop new ones. While we have prayed generally for your well-being and lives, it would be a privilege to pray specifically for concerns you wish to share. Debbie will make a book of prayers to let us pray effectively. Accountability and encouragement remain important factors in making lifestyle changes!
  

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: All-Excelling Love
        - 251220 PDF
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        - 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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All-Excelling Love

PDF Version:
AWA Weekly 251220 PDF

Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

Love divine, all loves excelling, Joy of Heav'n to Earth come down, 

Fix in us thy humble dwelling, All thy faithful mercies crown; 

Jesus, thou art all compassion, Pure, unbounded love thou art; 

Visit us with thy salvation, Enter ev'ry trembling heart.—Charles Wesley

Memory Rose

This week of Advent extols the all-excelling, unfailing love of God. Nothing can compare to the condescension of Jesus as He deigned to walk among us and die for our sins. Submerged in that perfect example, our aim is to be conduits of His love and grace as His Spirit works through us. When believers forgive the unforgivable, love the unlovable, and serve the untouchable, we demonstrate that we are His children. Today marked the one-year anniversary of Debbie’s mother, Sandra, taking her final breath on earth and waking up in Jesus’ presence. Debbie displayed this rose today in grateful memory of the myriad of ways Sandra served tirelessly and loved extravagantly. Her daily habit of saying yes to Jesus allowed His love to touch thousands of people through her—most especially her family and friends. It was a day of tearful but joyous memories.

Come and See (Psalm 66:5)

Exhaustion took its toll during a busy week of work and ministry. Verlin and a friend worked in pouring rain and bitter cold to move the ramp project forward. Hired help completed the indoor bathroom project that we needed. Debbie developed what may be a pinched nerve in her back, but still shared caregiving responsibilities for her dad and handled many hours of business for him. We enjoyed a family Christmas dinner with our children and several celebration church gatherings while also completing end of year mission reporting. We pray that you and we find the necessary moments to be still in the presence of Emmanuel, God with us. May His amazing love always be the impetus for our words and actions. Joyous Christmas, dear friends!

Prayer & Praise

• 🙏 Praise God for His all-excelling, unfailing love! May we transmit that love in faithful obedience. Father, help us identify people around us who need Your salvation and loving touch.
   
• 🙏 Pray for family strength as the caregiving load increases to meet the needs of Debbie’s dad.
   
• 🙏 Join us in interceding for several of our missionary colleagues who live in places where civil war and skirmishes are ongoing.
  

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: Joy, Joy, Joy
        - 251213 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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Joy, Joy, Joy

PDF Version:
AWA Weekly 251213 PDF

Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

“Joy in the New Testament is more than emotion; it is the settled, Spirit-given delight that arises from the redemptive acts and abiding presence of God. It is rooted in divine initiative, experienced in the believer, and expressed both now and in the age to come.” (from Bible Hub's description of Strong’s Greek “chara”).

Joy, Joy, Joy

The third week of Advent focuses on joy—mentioned around 165 times in the KJV New Testament, and more in other translations. “…I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people.” (Lk. 2:10) Joy reminders fill our house during the Christmas season. Debbie’s middle name is Joy. So, at times, she is gifted with joy ornaments or decorations. That pleases her, especially since one of her favorite life verses is Psalm 16:11: “In thy presence is fulness of joy…” Here and now, or forever in Heaven, His abiding presence is a glorious reality.

Come and See (Psalm 66:5)

On Tuesday, Debbie’s dad was placed on home hospice. Whether his eternal home-going is days or months from now, his view of having experienced a joy-filled life encourages visiting healthcare workers. There is no dread in his spirit. The settled belief of a better Home awaiting him in the Lord’s timing guides his attitude. On Friday, Debbie was there when he met the lady who would serve as his hospice chaplain, on call as needed. (She is the first African-American woman to receive a Master of Divinity degree in 2014 at a popular Nashville Christian college.) Eddie felt compelled to tell her that he had no problem with his chaplain being a woman. She was surprised and thanked him for saying it aloud. They laughed and shared experiences for some time. Then she asked him to pray, and was touched by his recognition of her utilitarian role in caring for the dying.

Verlin made marked progress with a volunteer helper on the deck and ramp work, although he labored alone most of the week. He still checks for helpers, paid or volunteer, but is not willing to lose more than fifteen to twenty minutes checking on others’ availability on any given day when a second or third pair of hands would be helpful. Together, we prepared some reports, and Debbie sent a Christmas letter to all our ministry partners by mail. Every year, this is a stressfully busy but blessed time. Remembering with thanksgiving the Lord’s provision of time, material, and the people who join with us to share the Good News in Cote d’Ivoire and the surrounding West African nations brightens our spirits. Your presence in our lives is a great source of joy!

Prayer & Praise

• 🙏 Two people we thought might be able to help Verlin for pay to scarf some joints stated themselves as unavailable in the cold weather. They were also unfamiliar with how to do the work. So, pray trustfully that the Lord speeds the work along with or without additional help.
   
• 🙏 Corbin, our third-born child, moved to Kentucky for a new engineering job with good potential for growth. Ask the Lord to bless his relocation and finding a church home. One of his best friends from college also works for the company.
   
• 🙏 Thank the Lord for the smooth transition of Debbie’s dad to home hospice care. There remain some details to work out. He appears stable while progressively weakening.
  

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: Bad News Bloopers
        - 251206 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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Bad News Bloopers

PDF Version:
AWA Weekly 251206 PDF

Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

Announcing news can be a tricky thing in different cultures. Peace is kept by no one’s world being abruptly changed. A missionary friend warned Debbie about the way to announce death when we arrived in Côte d’Ivoire in 2000. When a beloved African pastor died in an accident several decades before, C. found out and hurried to tell friends the tragedy—sharing the news quickly, plainly, and with tears. Some time later, several Ivorians reprimanded her. In Ivorian culture, a person approaches the process of announcing another’s death slowly and deliberately. It is expected to meet the person, greet them with a serious tone, invite them to sit, offer them a drink, explain that there is some bad news, give them a moment to prepare, and then gently slide into the details, preferably in a roundabout way. It may take an hour or longer. A decade later, Verlin short-circuited the approach, inadvertently rushing through the process as the hearer and news bearer were busy. The person receiving the news told him, “Pastor, that’s too abrupt. You almost gave me a heart attack!”

Although it's helpful to be culturally sensitive, we take comfort in the way Jesus directly addressed the subjects of life and death, reward and judgment. Good news can be heart-pounding, too! We imagine Mary receiving news of her impending pregnancy from an angel, or the surprising announcement by angelic hosts to simple shepherds. Little wonder that several biblical angelic announcements began with “Fear not!” This week’s Advent focus is on peace. Not the external kind based on circumstances or the absence of war, but the shalom that comes from God Himself when we are in right relationship with Him. It is personal peace experienced despite any turbulence of changing circumstances or announcements. We experience His shalom shalom (perfect peace as revealed in Isaiah 26:3) when we keep our minds fixed on Him to trust and obey what we know.

Come and See (Psalm 66:5)

Thanksgiving Eddie & great-grand

While Debbie spent much of the week helping her father, Verlin checked on speeding up the ramp and deck construction in anticipation that Eddie, Debbie’s dad, may need to move here for a time in mid-December. Household repairs of a leaky shower faucet and a vehicle’s wiper motor were done as he continued on the deck and checked on some paid help availability. The paid help and one of the two regular volunteers are not available. So we trust the Lord to time all things as Verlin continued to connect with Ivorians about good works displaced from planned times.

Prayer & Praise

• 🙏 Pray for CHE trainers in Cote d’Ivoire whose ministries are focused on people who adhere to another religion. The work is hard, but the Lord continues to open doors and soften hearts. Pray heavenly insight leads many people to choose Jesus, despite threats and persecution.
   
• 🙏 Trust the Lord with us to provide what is lacking in our monthly support and send new ministry partners our way for next year’s needs. Thank you if He has led you to be part of that provision!
   
• 🙏 On the health front for Eddie, the only constant is change. This week, Debbie and her sister decided to pursue more help at home for his needs. Because he is so weak, we will not pursue moving him to Cookeville at this time
  

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: Advent Hope
        - 251129 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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Advent Hope

PDF Version:
AWA Weekly 251129 PDF

Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

While we avoid tradition just for tradition’s sake, awareness that this is the first week of Advent lets us focus on HOPE, the sense of anticipation and patient expectation, for Jesus’ return. Many kiddos and even adults enjoy countdown calendars stuffed with chocolates or other treats leading to Christmas Day, but reflecting on Jesus’ future Advent satisfies more. The Lord’s promises about the coming Messiah in the Old Testament were accomplished in His first Advent. We can confidently trust that His second coming is as certain. So, we comfort one another with the reality that Jesus will soon descend from heaven with a shout (1 Thess. 4:16-17); we sing songs of longing like “Come, Jesus, Come” by CeCe Winans; we pray like John in Revelation, “Even so, come Lord Jesus” (Rev. 22:20).

Come and See (Psalm 66:5)

Verlin busied himself supervising or handling several maintenance issues around two of our vehicles and our decade-old manufactured home, aside from the deck. When outside, he sorted 2”x8” boards to scarf and/or sister, then started setting deck beams on the rest spot required by the Americans with Disabilities Act, an 8’x8’ deck that will have seating between two 20’ ramps in our case. The last metal supports for the two ramps, which will provide 40 feet of ramp for a 40-inch rise to our entrance, were set in concrete and covered to cure as temperatures dropped below freezing. Appointments let leaks be fixed and faucets replaced, making access easier. We also ordered the materials needed to convert a small guest bath into a walk-in shower. Connections with Ivorians after the Nov. 15th meeting slowed. Eddie’s declining health and need for additional care options focus Verlin’s use of time.

Grandpa joy

As Debbie continues to travel each week to help with her father, the family notices a decline in his strength. Changes are coming. She and her sister consider possibilities. Debbie handled his finances, completed medical paperwork, bought supplies to welcome his grandkids and great-grandkids, and observed his home health physical therapy. On Thursday, we joined our older son’s family in Nashville for Thanksgiving together. Can we brag a minute about how well our eight-month-old granddaughter is pulling up and moving around furniture? Yes, we thought so. : )

Prayer & Praise

• 🙏 Pray for Christmas outreach efforts happening all over Côte d’Ivoire. We especially pray that additional communities join the CHE-initiated movement to provide schoolchildren with school supplies from their personal and local resources. We ask that the Lord call more workers to share the Gospel message, especially to those in bondage to addictions or following religions that reject Christ.
   
• 🙏 The second joint public and private partnership using CHE in villages to eliminate leprosy soon begins its second year in central Côte d’Ivoire. Pray for success surpassing that of the first effort completed in 2024, with many new people learning about Jesus, joining Bible studies, and building Christian institutions like churches and schools that serve the community to make Jesus known.
   
• 🙏 Since Debbie’s dad continues to lose strength and needs more help, we expect him to return to our house sometime in December. He has relished his time living with Laura, Debbie’s sister, in a roomy house since June. However, her schedule as a nurse, working through the night and sleeping in the day, limits the hours she can supervise. Pray for wise decisions regarding Eddie’s care.
  

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: Magnetic Thanks
        - 251122 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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Magnetic Thanks

PDF Version w/ financial summary:

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:

  3Q 2024 JPG or the 3Q 2024 PDF 

   4Q_2024 JPG or the Q4 2024 PDF  

 

Report text alone link: Anderson Report 251122  

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: Shock Value - 251115 PDF
Prior Videos: Rejoice and Reflect
        - The Great Story

 

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

2023 Budget Info (little changed for yet-to-post 2024):
CHSC-0118_ANDERSON-2023-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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Shock Value

PDF Version:
AWA Weekly 251115 PDF

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.

 

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