End of First Academic Year in Lome, Togo

OPERATING REPORT BEAR VALLEY LOME;  January 7, 2026

INTRODUCTION

As we are in the beginning of the new year, receive our wishes of very good and happy new year 2026. May God bless you all and your families with health and give you success in all your projects.

We are sending you our sincere thanks for the work of the Great Mission that we are doing through your financial support. All the students in Lome greet you for every effort you are doing for the development of the salvation ministry in our country.

We continue to make our best for the following of the studies after a two-week break.

This quarter brings us to the end of our first academic year, and we believe the necessary instructions have been given to allow students to put their experience into practice in some neighborhoods in Lome at the beginning of the next quarter, focusing on the conversion of souls. We need your prayers for the continuation of this mission beginning next year, 2026.

OPERATING REPORT

1-    The number of students: 07

2-   The courses already taught the third quarter

a.      Old Testament I – The Law: by Kouma

b.      The New Testament Church I: One true Church: by Rodrigue

c.       Old Testament II – Historical Books: by Germain

d.      The New Testament Church I: One true Church: by Adjaho

e.      Church implantation: by Espérance 

3-   The courses that will be taught during the first quarter in 2026: from January to May

a.      World Religions: by Rodrigue

b.      Life of Christ II – Gospel of Mark: by Germain

c.       Hermeneutics I: by Kouma

d.      Prison Epistles: by Adjaho

e.      First Corinthians: by Espérance, the director.

4-    Instructors meeting 

The instructors held their meeting at the end of 2025 and discussed changing the schedule and implementing a new timetable, reducing the number of study days from four to three, following the recommendations of Brother Keith, Director of Bear Valley.

A new schedule was established to ensure 32 hours of study per lesson.

The instructors also decided to advertise on the radio and post notices in Lome to recruit new students and increase enrollment.

A work plan was drafted for 2026. This plan includes the following details:

     - Plantation of New Congregations 2026

     - Two new churches in localities where it does not exist for 2026 such as Djagblé, Ségbé-Akato.

     - Development of congregations 

              - The instructors plan to develop and strengthen three churches in 2026: The church in Adanmavo, Dalavé, and Blitta.

     - Transportation of the students for the practice

              - The instructors are seeking sponsorship support to purchase a motorcycle or one tricycle for transporting students in neighborhoods and churches.

      - Lectureships/Seminars for the instructors

              - The instructors plan to organize four (4) seminars in 2026 in Lome in the months of march, june, september and december.

Evangelistic campaigns
The administration of the Bear Valley school in Lome plans to organize three evangelistic campaigns in 2026 in Djagblé, Lome, and Adanmavo: February, July, and November.

·     Conférences for the members

Three conferences are planned in Lomé (April), Djagblé (June), and Dalavé (October) in 2026 to strengthen the members.

·       Equipment pour l’evangelisation and worship

Bear Valley Bible School in Lome already has sound equipment. It lacks the materials to equip the places of worship: chairs, tables, blackboards, and hymnbooks in the local language.

5-    Congregational Activities

As a reminder, all the instructors are Evangelists working with their local congregations: Rodrigue in Agoè, Pascal in Adanmavo, Kouma in Aménopé, Germain in Nukafu, Adjaho in Yobo, and Espérance in Djagblé and Amakpapé.

Some of the students worship in Nukafu, others in Djagblé and Tokoin in Lome. Their ministry, such as preaching during church services, will begin this year 2026.

b-   Door-to-door evangelism

Some students, like Adam Fousséni and ADJABLI Kossi Mensah, have already had five members baptized in the local church in Nukafu, Lomé.

However, a focus will be placed on door-to-door and public evangelism in 2026 to plant new congregations and strengthen existing ones.

6-   Radio Program 

Instructor Pascal and I preach every Saturday morning from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM on Radio BONNES NOUVELLES (Good News) in Lomé, and student ATILA attends regularly.

Currently, we are giving Bible studies on the “New Testament Church versus denominations”. Many listeners appreciate them, but others disagree with us at the moment.

The local church in Nukafu has been financially supporting the preaching since April 2009 with 40,000 CFA francs every month.

However, the church leaders have warned us that due to the high cost of living, they will soon stop funding the radio proram. But through our radio preaching, we have converted many souls to the Lord.

7-   Other activities

From December 23rd to 26th, 2025, we participated in a Bible camp organized for churches in the central region in Blitta.

The main theme was “THE SINCERE REPENTANCE THAT GOD DESIRES”; Luke 15:11-32.

One of our students attended the camp. He is student ADJABLI Kossi Mensah.

From October 6th to 12th, 2026, one of our instructors from Bear Valley Lome (KOUDJODJI Pascal) and I participated in an evangelistic campaign in Aflao, Ghana.

We worked with a team of evangelists from Ghana to develop the local church in the city of Aflao.

I taught three topics on the radio and in public: “the consequences of sin”, “the difference between the two testaments”, and “an introduction to the New Testament Church”.

We also did door-to-door evangelism and this allowed us to perform 21 baptisms.

8- Biography

Biography of student ADJABLI Kossi Mensah.

He was born on December 31, 1981. He is a carpenter by trade. He is a father of two children. Three years ago, he had a Bible training with a denominational church, but he found it insufficient to be a good evangelist. That is why he enrolled at Bear Valley School in Lome.

Upcoming programs:

·         February 2026: Door-to-door and public evangelism in Djagblé.

·         March 2026: Seminar for teachers in Lome.

·         April 2026: Conference of Churches in Lome.

Thank you very much. May God bless you.

Your brother Espérance, the Director.