Truing Our Timing

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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.

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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

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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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