Promising Progress
Although many ministry partners receive our weekly updates via email, those who rely on printed quarterly reports have not received news from us since late 2023. The news listed below highlights some developments as we triumphed over many COVID-19 symptoms while caring for our family, completing numerous physical and cognitive tests, and Verlin traveling back and forth to Africa twice! (He’s spent 9 of the last 18 months there.)
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| Receiving CHE certificate |
• One Ivorian public health leader remarked on the need to have CHE teams in each sub-district (like county seats in US states). He collaborates with regional governors and assistant governors, conducting research in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO). His suggestion, being investigated for feasibility, is to have CHE teams in each sub-district. This goes beyond teams in each of the 22 districts, which we have prayed to see since starting in A.D. 2000. May it be so!
• The two year leprosy intervention test in western Côte d’Ivoire merits sharing more details. During the publicly and privately funded joint effort, 185,749 people were registered and screened for leprosy. The screening effort found one case of leprosy per 1,000 residents, rather than one per 10,000—a significantly higher incidence than expected. Beyond treating the actual leprosy victims who continue to be monitored, 5,490 family members and friends in contact with patients also received preventive medications.
• The CHE teams, led mainly by believers, were the vehicle used to enter 60+ villages; they addressed other issues, too. Women cleaned markets; men built new classrooms; children learned to wash their hands to prevent illness. Residents heard the Gospel during house visits from Ivorian CHE workers, who continue addressing other problems in their communities. In some locations, CHE committee members or trainers introduced Discovery Bible Studies.
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Other CHE-trained pastors and lay people continue ministering in smaller but powerful contexts. One pastor makes inroads with youth and Muslims by utilizing sack farming and other agricultural and health improvements to create opportunities for witnessing. Over 40 people expressed interest in CHE training when he returned from 2024's UFHB training expo. Another faithful in our region continues to conduct Discovery Bible Studies and implement agricultural improvements among unsaved friends and villagers. He may already have in hand the final legal papers proving he owns land that will be dedicated to a joint CHE agricultural project with us. Verlin will know that status when he returns to Côte d’Ivoire.
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| Sack farming |
Painful Parting
Debbie’s beloved mother, Sandra Payne, passed into Jesus’ presence in December 2024. We rejoice that she enjoys heaven’s comforts, having served Jesus gladly and faithfully! Her passing cascaded change for the family, especially Eddie. Debbie spent all of 2024 assisting both parents as Verlin traveled, and 2025 thus far, helping her dad move twice. Eddie navigated an extended stay in a rehab facility and currently lives with his other daughter and adjusts to single life. Debbie will engage in additional months of support before transitioning into a less time-consuming role. We expect to travel apart and together while completing time-sensitive ministries and caring for others through 2025.
During challenges to our written faithfulness, your faithful partnership blessed us beyond words. Two quarterly financial reports accompany this news. We will send more reports than usual this year. Remember, you can contact us at ANY time with specific financial questions about any month. Our financial reports are current through June 2025. Only life’s demands and the anonymous format we use to convey information delay this means of sharing financial news.
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| 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 2023 JPG or the 3Q 2023 PDF
4Q 2023 JPG or the 4Q 2023 PDF
Report text alone link: Anderson Report 250712
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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.
Prior Weekly: Fireworks and Floods - 250705 PDF
Prior Videos: Rejoice and Reflect
- The Great Story
Prior Videos: Rejoice and Reflect
- The Great Story
2023 Q1 Report: Go, Stay, Give
- 1Q Anderson Report 230513 PDF
- 1Q Anderson Report 230513 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.
GIVEONLINE to support these ministries
www.che4a.org
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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