Dearest in Christ,
Greetings from this part of the globe in Cameroon. We are very glad to share with you what made news here in Cameroon in the church and with the work of the Bear Valley Bible Institute Cameroon - Wotutu. We do hope you are doing great in all that you are doing for the Lord there.
After fruitful mission work in different villages and congregations around the country, our students are back in the classroom where they are receiving more training to be better equipped for the task that is ahead of them. We started this batch with 19 students, but we are now left with 16. We have seen some whom we know will not be able to academically meet up with the training.
Our mission, which is to reach out to souls, is still our priority. We are not leaving any stone unturned in trying to make sure that the mission of the school is being held up high. Our graduates are also very supportive of the dream because they have been here in the school. They also do all that is in their power to assist our current students whenever the need arises in the mission field. Minister Oliver Anthony was very happy to trek 4 hours from another village to meet some of our students, and to be part of the house-to-house evangelism, all in a quest to help some precious souls to get out of darkness and be moved into His marvelous light.
Some think that house to house evangelism is an old fashioned way of evangelizing communities, but it is working for us because the modern ways are not readily available in all of our communities. Television signals and internet connections are not common in all communities. Therefore, we are bound to still continue with our old fashion way of meeting people in their homes or on market squares to physically point to them the word of truth.
As our students go out on weekend evangelism or mass evangelism, ample opportunity is given to them to preach and teach in different congregations. This is really helping them to gain great experience in their training.
We gave exhortation to our new brother, Raymond Mbonde, after his baptism. He came with his aunt and his fiancée to worship with us.
Raymond Mbonde is my friend from 33 years ago but he left Cameroon to move to South Africa. He spent a great deal of his life there but he is back in Cameroon now and has decided to be worshipping with us for the past 3 months. He saw the truth, had confidence in his friend, but most especially read the truth as it is documented in the Bible. He exclaimed and told me that he is happy that he is alive to see these truths. He never hesitated to obey it in baptism. Please keep our new brother Raymond Mbonde in your prayers, as we are sure that he will take the gospel to his large extended family. We pray that some of them may also see the truth.
As our yearly theme, “Kingdom Expansion,” continues to unfold, we do fellowship in different locations around the Wotutu community where our Christians live. We invite their neighbors to be a part of our home Bible study. It is also a direct way to share the gospel to them.
Plans
Mission work in progress is for mass evangelism in the months ahead around Limbe and the west coast of Cameroon. Please keep this dream in your prayers. It is a very vast area with many people, but the influence of the church of Christ has not been felt strongly enough yet.
Appreciation
Thanks very much for all you do for the work here. God is watching, and will definitely reward those that genuinely serve Him, according to their own ability, in His vineyard.
God bless and keep you as you make a great day.
Elangwe and family
By His grace director of BVBIC-Wotutu