Pay it Forward

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Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

Pay it forward is a popular axiom about generosity in our generation. The concept seems a little like Jesus’ teaching in Luke 14 about inviting those who cannot repay you to the banquet. When experiencing this, we think of someone having done a kindness for us, but instead of returning kindness to the giver, we pay it forward by helping someone else. Before it became popular here, many organizations helping people in need worldwide copied a program that Heifer International instilled as a principle in their operations. Heifer International calls it “Passing on the Gift.” When they donate cattle, goats, or an agricultural ability to someone, they expect the recipient to pay it forward to someone else by giving a cow or goat and repeating the training.

Although Community Health Evangelism (CHE) promotes the practice directly, the strategic approach operates very similarly as a whole. We train or disciple others to multiply themselves rather than only increasing the number of participants. People learn new principles in Christian living, health, nutrition, farming, and husbandry for themselves, then pass the disciplines on to others, who get encouraged to do the same. A dear Ivorian CHE ministry partner shared a story with Verlin this week about a pay-it-forward ministry he recently started. Ministering in an area of Cote d’Ivoire where most resist hearing the Gospel, the church-planting pastor targets outreach to young people. Youth in Côte d’Ivoire who do not have jobs frequently get into trouble. In one village, he gifted a young man two ducks to raise as a micro-enterprise. (We did not ask him the source of his funding. Funds usually come from himself, a collection, or a received gift.) Part of the agreement is that they will give a duckling to another person and train them in the process. A great joy of Christianity is freely giving to others, knowing we have freely received from the Lord the Gospel and the capable expertise that blesses and enriches the lives of anyone willing to receive.

Come and See (Psalm 34:8)

Grandma joy on Mother's Day!

Verlin spent numerous hours communicating with Community Health Evangelism (CHE) ministry partners in Côte d’Ivoire. We jointly worked on financial accounting, completing three reports in the week. Hopefully, by the end of the month, we will be caught up on the monthly reports, then complete our quarterly and annual reports to send in a printed newsletter.

Prayer & Praise

• 🙏 Thank the Lord for the reports we heard from partners in Côte d’Ivoire. Pray for CHE-formulated outreaches in areas resistant to Christianity. Ask the Lord to provide constant opportunities to share the Gospel as they help youth learn husbandry and spiritual lessons. Also, pray for health-based ministries adapting to USAID changes. Some have not paid staffers who minister to AIDS and other patients for more than three months as the US State Department refocuses priorities.
   
• 🙏 Continue to pray for calm to reign as political rhetoric and threats heat up related to Côte d’Ivoire’s presidential election scheduled in October.
   
• 🙏 Debbie’s father, Eddie, is back on track, progressing in physical therapy.
  

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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