May God, our only Master, in whom we have breath and whom we worship, bless you in Jesus Christ His Son, the author of our Salvation! Below, you will find a monthly report of the activities of the Bear Valley Bible Institute Moundou-Chad. This report is sequenced with the coordinator's visit to Chad, evangelization activities, student registration, and visit to congregations in Chad by the coordinator David Ballard.
OUR THANKS:
We open this monthly work report, of the Bible Institute of Bear Valley Moundou-Chad, with thanks to God. The congregations of the churches of Christ in Chad in general, the congregation of the church of Christ in Moundou, which meets at the campus of the Bear Valley Bible Institute Moundou-Chad, and the students of the Bible institute in particular, have for several months, prayed for the program, of the visit of the coordinator of the Biblical training center of Bear Valley Bible Institue Moundou-Chad, to the country of Chad. This program became a reality on February 23, 2024 at 6 p.m. From the bottom of our hearts, we sincerely say thank God first for listening to our prayers and then all the congregation for praying to God for the journey of our missionary brothers David Ballard, Todd Crayton, and Barry Baggott. May God bless each of them for their mission throughout the earth! We also thank, from the bottom of our hearts, the missionary team that arrived in Chad. May God restore to them, the strength lost during this trip. During this time of the year, it is very hot in Chad. May God bless them a hundredfold, for the rest of their lives, for their involvement in His work!
EVANGELISM:
From February 23 to March 12, 2024, the Lord used the presence of the missionary team led by coordinator David Ballard, to help win souls as He added them to his Church. A total of 17 souls, were baptized into Christ on this occasion. The saved souls are distributed as follows: 02 souls in the campus congregation in Moundou, 03 souls in the Koumra congregation, 02 souls in the Sarh congregation, 03 souls in the Dono-manga congregation (Ter), 06 souls in the congregation of Kélo, and finally 01 soul, in the congregation of Forkoumaye which occurred one day after the passage of the brothers, but that was result of their preaching. Let us pray for all these souls and that God will bless the tools that He used for this work! The Lord’s work is not only baptism, there are many other activities involved in teaching, nurturing, and sustaining.
REGISTRATION:
During the stay in Chad, of the coordinator and the team, 17 students in biblical training at the Bible Institute of Bear Valley Moundou-Chad, were officially registered on March 2, 2024 by the Coordinator as students of the said Institution. We pray for the further training of these 17 men, who left their families, to study the Holy Scriptures, in order to serve the Lord well! The mission of the missionary team did not stop at the registration of students and with the 17 cases of baptisms.
TOUR IN THE CONGREGATIONS:
The three brothers on mission in Chad, in order to get to grip on the reality of the field of work, made a tour within the southern provinces of Chad. Time did not allow the missionaries to visit all of the scheduled congregations. Thus, 17 congregations were visited in total. These are the congregations: Djarabé 2, 15 Ans 1, Koumra, Sarh 1, Sarh 2, Bedjondouli 2, Kaba-Randy, Bendana, Dono-manga, Ter, Kélo, Bongor Vanguir, Pont Carol, Pala, Forkoumaye, N'djamena Abena, and N'djamena Boudalbagar. These congregations not only received visits from missionaries, they also received teaching. In Moundou, on campus for five days, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. local time, brother David Ballard gave lessons on “The Good News and Seven Ones.” It was a very beneficial series, for the students especially. While brother David taught those lessons in the afternoons, brother Barry Baggot taught a course in the instituted during the day, from Monday to Friday, entitled “The Doctrine of Denominations.” What a wonderful stay of in Chad it was for the brothers, and what a blessing it was for the Chadian brothers and sisters as well!
STUDENT TRAINING:
Speaking of the functioning of the center's activities, everything is going well so far. Classes will continue until mid-May when students will have a longer that normal break to allow them to do be home taking care of their agricultural endeavors, especially the sowing of seeds. We truly ask for your prayers for the students during their break.
To close our report, we particularly extend our gratitude to BEAR VALLEY and to CREEKSIDE for all they do for the gospel in our country. May God bless them for the advancement of His work in the world! May God give us, on the side of Chad, the wisdom to accomplish his mission well! May God bless us all abundantly for the preaching of the gospel throughout the world!
In Christ,
Datoudji