WITH not FOR

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Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

This week's update offers a different inspiration. The speech below, translated by DEEPL® with grammatical review by Grammarly ®, officially opened the university CHE program on Sept. 7th. The unbiased translation captures the hope and direction that CHE strategies bring to Public Health and Community Health projects in Côte d’Ivoire and beyond. It also encapsulates our understanding of how Jesus uses the Church in every generation as the body of Christ-sharing community. Actual disciple-making movements engender the same!

Opening Remarks for the Training Seminar on Health and Community Engagement

Ladies and gentlemen, dear participants, dear partners, and community development stakeholders:

It is my pleasure to speak on behalf of Professor Mahama Ouattara, Dean of the UFR SPB, at the opening of this training seminar on health and community engagement, under the theme: “Participatory Development and Community Empowerment.”

First, allow me to welcome you and acknowledge your presence, which demonstrates your interest in and commitment to the well-being of our communities. The theme chosen for this seminar is not merely a slogan, but a matter of survival for our communities.

For far too long, health care has been provided FOR communities. We arrived with ready- made projects—solutions already devised by scientists and donors—to implement in villages and neighborhoods. But the outcome has always been the same in the end… Projects stop when funding runs out. Health centers empty out. Best practices are abandoned.

Why? Because we forgot a fundamental principle: You cannot develop someone against their will, nor without their understanding. Participatory development means changing our approach. It’s no longer, “I know what you need.” It’s, “You know what you’re going through; I know what the science says—let us build together,” and community empowerment is the ultimate goal.

CHE university participants 2026

A community that is self-reliant in health matters is not a community that no longer needs a doctor. It is a community that knows how to: 1. Identify its own health problems, 2. Find its own resources and solutions, 3. Demand quality services for itself when it needs them.

It means moving from a passive recipient to an active decision-maker. This topic is of paramount importance today for three reasons: • First, without participation, there is no trust. And without trust, there is no health. We’ve seen this with COVID and with vaccination. Even the most effective medication fails if the community does not trust it. • Second, without empowerment, there is no sustainability. The true measure of this seminar’s success will not be the number of people trained here. It will be the number of initiatives still ongoing a year from now, without us. • Third, it is a matter of dignity. A community that participates and empowers itself regains its dignity. It no longer holds out its hand; instead, it reaches out to its neighbors.

During this seminar, we will have the opportunity to share experiences, gain new knowledge, and reflect together on the most effective strategies for strengthening citizen participation and community empowerment. I invite all of us to demonstrate openness, active listening, and a spirit of collaboration so that these exchanges may serve as a source of learning and concrete action…” (She continued with closing thanks).

Prayer & Praise

• 🙏 Praise God for the way applying Biblical principles changes how public health gets done in Côte d’Ivoire! Praise God that churches apply the same truths to let Jesus save souls more effectively in their locales!
   
• 🙏 Verlin plans to return to Bondoukou next weekend. Pray that, before he departs, meetings with CHE-using partners in Abidjan set up a needed lesson-review process and inspire more trainings.
  

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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Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

Today, it is quite popular to see couples renew their marriage vows. This practice echoes what early churches were encouraged to do to strengthen commitment by following the Lord’s instructions to the church of Ephesus in Revelation 2:4-5. In response to their sin of having spiritually lost their first love, He commanded them to remember how they had fallen, repent, and redo the works they had done at first. Every Christian, indeed, every couple, too, does well to engage in these 3 R’s regularly. The principle applies to ministry using Community Health Evangelism (CHE), too. Remembering, repenting, and returning to basics is often necessary.

The first CHE program to gain public and international acclaim for its successes in Côte d’Ivoire has been relatively dormant for 13 years because of political wrangling within the church movement, which we perceive as related to outside funding that influenced its priorities. Other groups have since achieved many successes despite the absence of witnesses from this movement's early experiences. However, our God is patient, and the denominations' pastors gather next week to reconsider how to use CHE in their outreaches. Pray that they experience revival using the 3 R’s.

Come and See (Psalm 66:5)

Verlin made progress on his meetings and tasks in Abidjan but didn't finish them, partly because a 2018 filling made here fell out on Sunday. Much of Monday’s and Tuesday’s time was spent filling the painless hole. Next week, he plans to continue the large project of consolidating materials for the university CHE lessons for pedagogical review in committee, and he has yet to follow up with the university team. He met with three other collaborating teams this week but still has over 800 direct and group messages to review and possibly address from the trainings. Video closed-captioning and attaching pictures to participants’ names in the 14 year ongoing database are on hold. Debbie obtained a consultation appointment with the endocrine surgeon for October 14. She is trying to get an earlier appointment by joining a waiting list. She has many questions before agreeing to the surgery that several endocrinologists have recommended.

Cement bridge

At our rented home in Bondoukou, the reinforced concrete bridge installed to cross a ditch is dry, allowing people to knock on our gate again to visit. We paid for it to be wide enough for a vehicle to enter, should the owner decide that returning the gated entrance to that side of the property, as when we arrived, is a good idea. Traffic circulation has increased significantly on the other side.

Prayer & Praise

• 🙏 Pray for the church-based CHE training seeking to revive some early labors happening next week.
   
• 🙏 After finishing follow-up work in Abidjan, Verlin intends to take several steps in the CHE agricultural program in the Bondoukou region during October. Pray for the acquisition and transport of a brick-making machine to reduce building costs and help get the project rolling, meeting the needs of the seller and buyer. Ask that the open hearts in the village where they will demonstrate the building and farming techniques grow more obedient to the Gospel.
   
• 🙏 Pray with us that Debbie gets the information she needs during her consultation with the surgeon on October 14. She is on a waiting list for an earlier appointment 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.

 

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The twelfth CHE university training is in the books! Rejoice with us that 126 leaders were equipped to use CHE (Community Health Engagement) in their various settings. One retired community health professor from the city of Bouake was effusive in his enthusiasm and praise. He plans to bring his wife to next year’s training, and declared that the heads of all government ministries, health leaders, and others in authority should enroll in CHE. Several experienced government and collegiate attendees in the first-year courses initially expressed surprise at the approach's simplicity. By midweek, all had realized that the simple approach contained profound methods that provide the key to opening the doors to what is most often missing from their community endeavors: community ownership and leadership. The farmer and the educated professor can learn to work together, putting into practice the principles Jesus taught that yield abundant life, which CHE inculcates and mentors people to adopt in deed and word.

Getting prepared

It was a thrill to see that the mayor of the commune of Cocody in Abidjan sent a deputy mayor (municipal counselor) to learn CHE's strategy. Mr. Guibony Roland is pictured here. He will be the boots-on-the-ground representative working to get CHE implemented in the Cocody area, with a population of around 700,000. This is the first time we have heard of an Ivory Coast mayor taking the initiative to use CHE in his town. Praise God! Hopefully, a video recap of the week’s activities will be available next week with English subtitles. It is available here in French, but it will take Verlin some hours to prepare English closed captions. He intends to work on it as time allows during the week.

Come and See (Psalm 66:5)

Verlin will remain in Abidjan for one to two weeks. He preps the lessons and handouts for pedagogical reviews, completes debriefing sessions with all participating trainers, communicates with many attendees, meets with the university team to wrap up the details, and takes the pulse of the classes with some he asked to follow in the classrooms. Debbie heard back from her endocrinologist after the group consult about her situation. They all agreed that, given where we work, surgery seems the safest option. She was referred to a surgeon who specializes in adrenal surgery for a consultation. She should know her appointment time to discuss options next week.

Prayer & Praise

• 🙏 Thank the Lord for a week of CHE training with great impact! Pray for safe travels home for trainers and attendees. The university team continues to absorb more and more responsibilities each year. Pray that we will participate by training, observing, and encouraging in a few years rather than managing any of the diminishing administrative details.
   
• 🙏 Pray for those who attended the training. Many recognized that the way they previously learned to enter communities led to projects and ministries failing. In CHE, they see practical solutions for community engagement, but now join the numbers who realize change will take time and effort.
   
• 🙏 Debbie was advised to consult with a surgeon about possible surgical solutions for her adrenal problem. Continue to pray for wisdom.
  

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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Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed.—Prov. 15:22 (ESV) Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.—Prov. 11:14

On Friday, Debbie had her endocrinology appointment to discuss test results. Both tests showed her adrenal gland producing too much cortisol. The level is not life-threatening, as it would be in severe cases. Still, long-term excess cortisol can spike blood pressure, raise blood sugar, and cause significant long-term damage. Taking cortisol-reducing medication sometimes works as a first intervention, but living in rural Africa complicates that option. The regimen requires careful monitoring with regular blood work. Debbie was surprised but pleased when the doctor told her a plan to present her situation this upcoming week to a group of Nashville endocrinologists who regularly interact with their cases. He will recommend a course of action after consulting with them. One possibility may be surgery that would remove the growth, but not the entire left adrenal gland. Whatever the decision, she felt blessed to know her doctor values an “abundance of counselors,” as Proverbs suggest.

Similarly, group consultation remains key to Community Health Evangelism (CHE) training. Every facilitator works to draw each student’s experience into classroom discussions. Attendees realize with fascination that a farmer or housewife often has as much or more practical input for identifying solutions to local problems than college-trained professors and researchers. The CHE trainers also mentor and counsel one another. Newbies gain insight and help from trainers who have presented materials for years. Experienced trainers gain updated techniques and can be reinvigorated by more recently engaged trainers. It is tag-team teaching. We never recommend doing CHE projects in isolation. Trainers train teams. The experience parallels and replicates the body of Christ at work.

Come and See (Psalm 66:5)

The university CHE training expo is Monday through Friday of next week! Days start at five in the morning and continue until near midnight. We covet your prayers for coordination, healthy trainers, clear teaching, and many opportunities for spiritual input. Five or six training sessions will occur concomitantly, involving 22 CHE trainers. It is a massive endeavor where over 3,000 pages of material will be shared. The plan is for 140 to attend. The impact now touches all of French sub-Saharan West Africa.

Ready to go!

The picture displays a conference room at the Auberge where CHE lessons and handouts are set out for next week. Trainers gather there before and after class to study for the next day, ask each other questions, and encourage one another.

Prayer & Praise

• 🙏 Several CHE trainers will not arrive until Sunday. Classes start Monday morning. Pray for their safe travel and clear thinking, despite fatigue. Three will miss the meet-and-greet Sunday 2 PM meeting.
   
• 🙏 Pray that each CHE trainer will be well prepared and confident, as they share in the public university setting. It initially intimidates some who have never been to college to facilitate lessons for doctors and other science-based learners. This is one of the Lord’s blessings on CHE worldwide—the beneficial intertwining of different levels of society to find solutions that work for communities and the nation.
   
• 🙏 Pray for good decisions in the next few weeks regarding Debbie’s adrenal problem.
  

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: Wading War Stories
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2024 Q1 Q2 Report: First Resort
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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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One semester in college, Debbie made the mistake of taking piano as an elective. It had nothing to do with her major and was not a good choice for her. Most students taking instruments were in the music department with advanced skills. She only had about one year of formal piano lessons before college, and could rightly picture her GPA plummeting over botched-up Bach. After one particularly humiliating lesson, her professor remarked, “Well, that was a bit like wading through mud.” Since then, Debbie has worked to improve her piano skills, but never for a grade that would appear on a college transcript!

That teacher’s response brought smiles over the decades, especially since getting things done in a third-world country often feels like “wading through mud.” Rushing in the African heat with less-than-stellar resources is a good recipe for frustration (at the least), or a mental breakdown (at the worst). Neither is unusual for missionaries in various settings! Learning that most of the world operates at less than American speed is important. In most places, productivity measures matter less than relationships. That said, the Father’s work is often done better on foot or bicycle rather than by car or jetting across continents. Jesus’ pace of life and the daily challenges on earth He surmounted and had recorded for us demonstrate this. Sometimes, having a day when all you accomplish is offering a clean cup of water in His name is enough.

Come and See (Psalm 66:5)

Coming soon!

Verlin will arrive in Abidjan this weekend, after a week of packing time-packed with errands and preparations to be there for a month. Getting lessons to the twenty+ CHE trainers who will participate at the university expo showcasing three or four levels of training was a challenge, as always. Some had trouble opening files from MS OneDrive via a link sent to their phones via WhatsApp; some only wanted the link. He hired an Ivorian to spend six hours copying and pasting the lesson files into separate WhatsApp groups for each training level as arranged in the OneDrive folder. It seems everyone can access the materials now. He also verified the price and agreement to build a second cement bridge over the second water drainage ditch surrounding half our rental home/office, creating the potential for a moat! 😊. The second bridge will let people enter through our smaller gate without jumping or walking a plank and, later, let a vehicle enter on that side once again.

Debbie is thankful for two Cookeville brothers in Christ who advised and installed a water pressure reducer at our home this week. One more project complete! She has not yet received her endocrinologist's final recommendation. The last blood test result became available late this week.

Prayer & Praise

• 🙏 Pray that the missionaries you know adapt as the Lord intends. Some must adjust to the pace of life and resourcing where they work; others must lovingly model change so that abundant life via cultural exchange gains witnesses. Ask the Lord to teach us to be content and thrive in all circumstances.
   
• 🙏 This year, the university CHE team does not have a photocopier available on campus that they have used in the past eight of the prior eleven training expos. Pray Verlin successfully integrates a volunteer from AISEC (national CHE org.) and another from the UFHB (university) as he evaluates and supervises printing several thousand pages of handouts correctly next week at a new location. The out-of-town trainers and the organizing UFHB team develop a new lodging relationship with an auberge for future guest trainers.
   
• 🙏 CHE trainers will travel from central and eastern Côte d’Ivoire while others arrive from Togo and Ghana to lead sessions during the university training being held Sept. 7-11. Pray for safe journeys, good health, and spiritual awareness as they interact with attendees.
  

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: Press on
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2024 Q1 Q2 Report: First Resort
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God has so ordered, that in pressing on in duty we shall find the truest, richest comfort for ourselves. Sitting down to brood over our sorrows, the darkness deepens about us and creeps into our heart, and our strength changes to weakness. But, if we turn away from the gloom, and take up the tasks and duties to which God calls us, the light will come again, and we shall grow stronger.--Lettie Cowman (missionary and author of Streams in the Desert)

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Missionary histories thunder with examples from clouds of witnesses that encourage each generation to “press on” in building God’s Kingdom on earth. One such couple was Charles and Lettie Cowman. They served in Japan, co-founded the OMS (Oriental Mission Society), initiated two Bible Institutes, and launched an outreach with co-workers called Every Creature Crusade that revealed the Gospel to sixty million Japanese. When his health failed, they returned to the States, where Lettie wrote a devotional called Streams in the Desert while caring for her husband. Over the decades, it became a Christian classic and sold millions of copies. She also served as the OMS president from 1928 until 1949. This faithful couple “pressed on” (Hosea 6:3) to know and proclaim the Lord through service. We have sprinkled some quotes from her first devotional throughout this update.

“The trials of life are sent to make us, not to break us.”

Pressing on Through Problems

Deep drain 3 feet
from our gate entrance

The Cowmans and others’ recorded efforts also help us to keep perspective! Verlin’s return to Côte d’Ivoire in May revealed a small horde of lesser problems to surmount while he resumed CHE activities and reconnected with Ivorian co-workers in mission after a long absence. A dangerous or non-functioning range, freezer, entry gates, screens, furniture, and vehicle have been repaired or replaced. Getting bridges over new roadside drains on two sides of the lot is half done, but the done half lets us use the vehicle from our rented place. Mice continue to be chased from the house, and fiber Internet service was restored. Friends and neighbors visit for advice. This report updates readers on the work’s finances.

On the other side of the ocean, Debbie dealt with her own unexpected list of house repairs: a refrigerator replacement, a dryer repaired, two plumbing issues revealed, gutters cleared, a gas regulator installed, and a multi-year-long complicated backup power issue that nears resolution. Two more repairs by the end of August should complete the house repairs. Last week, a Legal Shield lawyer consulted about her father’s final financial affairs assured her that she has done her “due diligence.” Praise God! One season of responsibility is past.

In July, a CAT scan and MRI revealed a non-cancerous growth on her left adrenal gland. However, it occasionally secretes excess hormones, which causes unpleasant symptoms. Medical counsel will likely recommend monitoring her situation until next summer and then having a repeat CT scan to see if the lesion has grown, changing the recommendation to surgical removal at that time.

“God is there already. All the tomorrows of our life have to pass Him before they can get to us.”

Pressing on to Providential Appointments

The Lord keeps opening doors to expand ministry with populations of other faiths in our area. Pray we will wisely discern and invest in people called to teach, preach, or otherwise minister effectively amid them in months to come. Verlin now prays with focus upon preparing the CHE expo and week-long trainings of September 7-11. In the past two weeks, he has spent extensive hours coordinating with others on new lodging, recruiting trainers, communicating with the university team leaders, sending trainers’ schedules, and providing online access to lessons they will facilitate. A record number of students have pre-paid for the week-long, 35-hour trainings. We plan for three or four level one classes (TOT1), a level two class (TOT2), and a level three class.

This update includes our first and second quarter 2026 financial reports. With grateful hearts, we cannot give thanks enough for the faithful ministry partners who have prayed and given for 28 years! However, our account balance is the lowest since 2014 because of increased expenses over the last three years of caring for family while splitting duties across the Atlantic. After expensing the university CHE trainings, we expect only a little over $10,000 left in the mission account. Pray with us as we consult the Lord and others about this situation and evaluate how best to advance ministry.

Pressing on in Prayer

• 🙏 The much-heralded university Expo and training takes place September 7-11. Pray the almost-yearly endeavor continues to influence national health agencies and uncounted communities.
   
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  Thankful for you!

  Thank the Lord that Deb’s adrenal gland growth is non-cancerous, though it produces too much cortisol. Pray for effectual wisdom to manage symptoms through lifestyle changes.
   
• 🙏 After September's emphasis on university trainings, October's focus will be on getting a third CHE agricultural project launched, this one in the Bondoukou region. Pray that the excellent practices spread faith in our Creator and Lord.
  

With grateful hearts 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:

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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.

 

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Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

That world outside there is not waiting for a new definition of Christianity, it's waiting for a new demonstration of Christianity. — Leonard Ravenhill

The vast majority of social media and news outlets alarmingly portray the Christian faith as forming transphobic, homophobic, xenophobic, ignorant, and uncaring individuals! Instead, Christians have demonstrably been the people caring for the poor, ill, and outcasts throughout centuries of history. This lie told in every generation has only one remedy: unbelievers need friends who exemplify Christ’s love for the sinner and hatred for sin. They need to hear the glorious Gospel of truth demonstrated in our daily lives.

Last month, Debbie received a book to help us address this issue directly and provide current contextualization to promote use of CHE lessons. In The Path to Flourishing, the author Randy Creswell succinctly summarizes how current scientific, moral, and cognitive evidence points to Biblical truth. Creswell’s short summary (only about 100 pages) reminded Debbie of a longer, wonderful book entitled What if Jesus had Never been Born? by Dr. D. James Kennedy, with one exception. In his research, Creswell concentrated on non-Christian scholars to present his proof that the Biblical way of life leads to human dignity, compassion, equality, and purpose in life, to name a few. If you have family or friends buying into the lie that the Christian life is hate-filled and deeply prejudiced, The Path to Flourishing may help you, too.

Come and See (Psalm 66:5)

FWB national meeting

Verlin keeps preparing for six weeks in Abidjan. He attended the Ivorian FWB National Association meeting of delegates Thursday through Friday until midnight. It gave opportunity to meet with church leaders, speak to several people about teaching at the university CHE training, and learn of current projects and ministry concerns. He was pleased that a retired education leader has been tasked with getting the Christian school in Bondoukou up and going. That has been a national FWB project for many years, plagued by many differing setbacks.

Debbie completed her last adrenal test Monday night through Tuesday morning. She should know the results next week, but expects to be released to return to Côte d’Ivoire, with a few caveats. Several projects need to be completed with Verlin’s supervision overseas (a generator not working properly and a water pressure regulator installed), in addition to preparing our home for our extended absence.

Prayer & Praise

• 🙏 Verlin will be away from home for most of the next six weeks, meeting CHE trainers to give them lessons and then handling responsibilities before, during, and after the university Expo training of Sept. 7-11. Pray for safe travels, good preparation, and Holy Spirit-guided and empowered interactions.
   
• 🙏 Debbie completed her last adrenal test this week. Unless the results are extreme, she expects to be released to return to Côte d’Ivoire. Before this test, the doctor’s thoughts were to watch her symptoms for a year, get another CT scan next summer, and check the size of the adrenal tumor. If it is growing, or symptoms remain or increase, she might have the left adrenal gland removed. Until then, it remains a watch-and-see situation.
   
• 🙏 Pray for the successful opening of a Christian school in Bondoukou. It has been a national FWB project for many years and has experienced numerous setbacks.
  

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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