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doulos
Joined: Feb 25, 2006
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Location: Springfield, MA
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Surprises from God!
With the French soldiers gone, the campus is no longer a camp or miliary base – so we now refer to it as Village Baptiste. Officially the civil war is over although we don’t see major changes. People are looking forward to the elections which are scheduled for November 29, 2009. The change on campus prompted us to consider our future plans as it will no longer be cheaper for us to live here in Bouaké (the French paid the utilities for the entire campus). Although we will miss Bouaké, and especially our friends at church, it seems better for us to be up in Korhogo closer to the PEDEBE (the theological study by extension program) office.
Our biggest loss will be the English Bible study we have after church on Sunday, so one of our first questions was whether there would be a similar opportunity in Korhogo. Imagine our delight to find out that the Bible school needs English teachers – the students desire to learn English in order to read the many resources available to them in that language.There are 23 students at the Bible school, 10 in the year that will graduate in 2010 and 13 in the first year. (There aren’t enough teachers or classrooms for all four years at once.) We will teach four hours a week, which will give us plenty of time to continue working on PEDEBE.
Since PEDEBE desires to become a part of the Bible school and some graduates of PEDEBE go on to study at the Bible school, this move makes sense in many ways. We will not only be producing materials that train leaders for the Cebaara-speaking churches, but we will be helping students who are studying in French to learn English and have new resources that they can use in whatever language they minister. One of our delights in the English Bible study is to tell a little story in English and watch the faces light up as they get the point: some get it in English, some get it in the French translation, but either way they have a new illustration of a spiritual lesson. So we feel that God has given us a new opportunity to serve Him in helping “train pastors, evangelists and leaders of churches.” A surprise opportunity for us!
Please pray for our last three months with our Sunday English club: we’ve had many Sundays of combined services which begin at 8:30 and go until almost 11:00. This means little time for English Bible study. We have shortened our lessons to 30-40 minutes and will try to meet every Sunday, but now we face a new problem. The leaders of the group are university students and this school year has finally begun; to make up for lost time, classes are being held seven days a week in order to finish this year in four months and be able to begin the next school year on time! Some of the students skip classes to come to church, some skip church to attend classes, but all are feeling the pressure!
Milestone:
Sunday, June 14 is our 40th wedding anniversary! We are in the process of planning a special vacation stop on our way home in September. We hope to see many of you during our time in the US from Sept. 8 – Dec. 28. We begin at the Bible school on January 4, 2010.
On a recent trip to our hospital to take pictures, we met this Christian couple who waited ten years for a child. God gave them a surprise: two little boys! When the nurses announced the news to the happy father, he said, “God is strong!”
We serve a strong God who delights to surprise us,
Wayne & Melody Nelson
Wayne & Melody Nelson
BP 109
Korhogo, Côte d'Ivoire
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