Group Greatness

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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.

 

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2022 Budget COMPLETED:
CHSC-0118_ANDERSON-2022-Budget.pdf
 
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Wading War Stories

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Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

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.

 

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2024 Q1 Q2 Report: First Resort
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Press on

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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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Report text alone link: Anderson Report 260822 

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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2025 Q3 & Q4 Report: You Feed Them
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2022 Budget Info:
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It is also a brand of bottled water in Cote d'Ivoire where we serve.

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Please Demonstrate

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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

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: Express Delivery
        - 260808 PDF
Prior Videos: Among So Many
        - Worth
 

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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Andersons Witness in Africa.
It is also a brand of bottled water in Cote d'Ivoire where we serve.

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Express Delivery

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Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

Free Will Baptist women have had a rich history of serving their communities, nation, and world since 1873, when they officially organized as the Women’s Missionary Society (now Women Nationally Active for Christ — WNAC). One such endeavor provided funding and teachers for Storer College in Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia, a school that educated former slaves. Helping mission endeavors has been a definite passion for over 150 years. Debbie loves every opportunity to share with local, district, and state groups, as they serve Christ with prayers, projects, and provisions, locally and worldwide.

Love in action!

This week Debbie had lunch with a long-time friend and ministry partner who serves in the WNAC in Michigan. After a lovely time sharing ministry and family news, she mentioned that Verlin found our sheets in poor condition and our spatulas broken. WNAC groups regularly ask about home and ministry needs, and how they can help. We knew these gracious ladies would discuss the situation and do something, if possible. Imagine Debbie’s surprise when this friend and another sister from her local church arrived at Verlin’s mom’s house three hours later with three beautiful sets of sheets in the correct sizes and a wealth of spatulas! This kind of speedy, generous, and heartfelt partnership makes offering hospitality and home comfort much easier in a nation with no Walmart.

Come and See (Psalm 66:5)

Verlin busies himself prepping food, clothes, and teaching materials for travel. He supervised the replacement of rotted ceiling or roof supports while filling out an expense report. The wobbly gates protecting entry to the walled property got new framing square bars, replacing the cracked and rusted ones. Screens were mounted to allow air circulation between the house’s patched roof and ceilings. A FWB church member now engaged by local government to rectify local land attribution stopped by to learn of texts explaining USA exceptionalism and to discuss local issues. Some locals took counsel to evade a Ponzi scheme on hearing God’s plans for cash. Verlin also connected with CHE trainers in preparing for the week-long September training at the university.

Debbie enjoyed her week in Michigan with family and ministry partners, returning home to Cookeville on Thursday. She happily spent Wednesday night in Elizabethtown, KY, where our third child, Corbin, works. Friday’s follow-up with the endocrinologist revealed that most of the lab results were normal. She will have one final test for cortisol levels, since that was slightly high.

Prayer & Praise

• 🙏 Thank the Lord for safe travels and ministry partners who quickly helped provide items for us to offer hospitality in Côte d’Ivoire.
   
• 🙏 Praise the Lord; most of Debbie’s adrenal tests came back within the normal range, except for slightly high cortisol. She will have another test this week.
   
• 🙏 The FWB Ivorian national association meeting is in August. Pray that decisions made will honor the Lord and extend Gospel witness. Verlin will visit, traveling to sites of CHE programs to deliver lessons and discuss the details of the university training in September before and after.
  

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: Seed Theology
        - 260801 PDF
Prior Videos: Among So Many
        - Worth
 

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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Seed Theology

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Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

Eddie baptizing Cara

Monday would have been Eddie Payne's (Debbie’s dad) 87th birthday. Our daughter, Cara, wrote about things she learned concerning personal growth during the season of his passing after observing a 30-foot tree which had pulled up a slate boulder within its root system during a winter storm. We share a portion of her thoughts below, but you can read the entire essay shared on Debbie's Facebook wall.

... even in his dying, Grandpa served to me as a reminder of true life.

You see, life doesn’t happen without death. A seed falls to the ground and dies, and as it grows it brings forth fruit. If a seed refuses to “die” it “bears alone”—it just stays a seed—it will never produce the growth and fruit it was meant to.

Life, true life, comes with sacrifice. If there is such a thing as an easy life, it’s probably not worth living. If life doesn’t cost you something, can you say you really lived? My grandpa was no stranger to sacrifice…Yet that sacrifice wasn’t for nothing...

You see, death has no power. It may feel like an intimidating force, but for those who have hope in life, hope in the God who writes growth into the very DNA of creation, we understand His wisdom that death is just the means to life.

Death, even this mortal life we live, it’s just a big rock, a hurdle, an obstacle to growth that, if we have the wisdom of that young sapling, will just grow in spite of. There will be death of old lives, of dreams, of relationships, and if we are wise, death of self. But death will be swallowed up in the victory of the power of resurrection life.

Because the power of life that is deep in us may seem quiet, but it is mighty. It is the power of resurrection. Death is just the means to enter true Life. It’s just the beginning.

Come and See (Psalm 66:5)

Verlin traveled south this week to pick up our truck and two appliances that were in Abidjan for repair. He met or conversed with leaders to arrange for trainers and their lodging for the September 7-11 CHE trainings scheduled in September. A record number of university students are enrolled. The vehicle traveled well and will be ready for cross-country travel for on-site visits with far-flung trainers or repair of the leaking pickup-bed cover. He also visited with several local church leaders. Debbie made it safely to Michigan, where she visits with Verlin’s family and our ministry partners.

(On returning home today, Verlin installed the replacement range and repaired freezer. He found the Haier gas oven, after regulation for butane use, now provides a baking temperature range of 240°F to 425°F, better than the constant 450°F when first used nearly a month ago. He expects to test the freezer Monday after the new compressor's oil drains back. Replacement was a covered by the warranty of paid prior work.)

Prayer & Praise

• 🙏 Thank the Lord for safe journeys. Pray for Debbie’s travels as she returns to TN midweek.
   
• 🙏 Preparations for the university CHE training have kicked into high gear. Pray trainers free their schedules to meet the demand.
   
• 🙏 Please pray for our dear ministry partner friends, several who are facing life-changing events: death of spouses, parents, and children, onset of dementia, major surgeries, amputation, cancer recovery, and spiritual warfare. They are family to us, and we lift to the Father their special needs, just as they have prayed for us over decades.
  

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: A Taste of Hope
        - 260725 PDF
Prior Videos: Among So Many
        - Worth
 

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

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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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A Taste of Hope

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Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

A little hope goes a long way during life’s uncertain situations. Hope was showcased this week in Bondoukou as Verlin encouraged a pig farmer, an adult child with sickle cell anemia fearing death, and an overdue pregnant friend. Debbie also experienced hope while discussing adrenal symptoms with the endocrinologist on Monday and later reminding a sick friend of life-giving truths. Knowing that your circumstances are not uncommon, or being open to an infusion of new knowledge, often enables hope to take flight. American poet Emily Dickinson described hope as “a thing with feathers that perches in the soul—and sings the tunes without the words—and never stops at all.”

Even better is the believer’s understanding of hope. Romans 15:13 describes it. The God of hope fills us with joy and peace as we trust Him, then hope abounds (overflows) in us by the power of the Holy Spirit. In that way, the Source of hope uses us as a conduit of hope. What an amazing privilege!

Come and See (Psalm 66:5)

Verlin took opportunities to decant hope for others this week. A tidbit passed to an overdue pregnant friend about dates helping women go into labor coincided with results: she birthed a daughter within 48 hours of accepting the dates! Secondly, he counseled a mother with an adult child justly fearing death by sickle cell anemia. Apparently, Sunday’s courtyard conversation reached the mother, who informed the daughter that DNA treatments of Casgevy and Lyfgenia now exist to cure sickle cell anemia definitively. Verlin helped her don the helmet of salvation (i.e., hope in Christ). He taught her how to connect with others to overcome treatment barriers of cost and access in Côte d’Ivoire, while also teaching in-waiting hydration and using yard-grown moringa leaf powder as a more complete iron supplement. Moringa counteracts crisis-developing inflammatory processes and better limits the crises that can lead to death.

Next, Verlin made a site visit to the youth leader’s pig farm. (He’s the last week’s-mentioned former playmate of our son Corbin). This young man took encouragement from the alternative techniques described and a colleague-shared PDF on CHE strategy-initiated pig farms, combined with Verlin’s willingness to connect with him. They anticipate working together to gradually transform his farm step by step, with resulting increased profits, into a local display and part of the mentoring zone. Verlin delayed travel for our truck due to the level of activity and having received no notice of either appliance being repaired.

Debbie appreciated her appointment with the endocrinologist in Nashville. She felt heard and is armed with new information. The doc ordered more testing to distinguish further or rule out three adrenal abnormalities that affect blood pressure. She now plans a trip to Michigan between the test results arriving for her follow-up appointment. Thankfully, a plumber identified the source of the strong mystery kitchen odor. It was from a loose Studor vent. Friends who helped with other issues remind us with hope that God will lead us through this time apart to be stronger when reunited.

Prayer & Praise

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  Sweet addition!

  Thank the Lord for Verlin’s opportunities this week to encourage the youth leader who is a pig farmer and help a family struggling with sickle cell anemia.
   
• 🙏 Our Ivorian co-laborer K., who has helped us for almost 20 years, and his wife were blessed with the safe birth of their fourth child.
   
• 🙏 Debbie’s appointment with the endocrinologist was informative and helpful. She was tested for three different adrenal abnormalities and will have a follow-up on Aug. 7th with the specialist.
  

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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