Students receive practical experience in Lome, Togo

OPERATING REPORT BEAR VALLEY LOME

October 7, 2026

INTRODUCTION

We thank you for all the material and financial efforts you are making to advance the mission of salvation in our country, Togo, and throughout the world. All the students and instructors at the Bear Valley Bible School in Lomé send their greetings.

Instruction and mentoring for the students at Bear Valley Lomé continue—covering both academic study and practical application—to thoroughly prepare them for the mission of salvation in the Lomé region and across Togo. Your financial support remains a great blessing from God, enabling us to achieve this goal.

We continue to pray for the Almighty God’s guidance in all things.

We are approaching the end of the second semester of the second academic year, which concludes on October 15, 2026. The students' practical activities—including participation in worship services and door-to-door evangelism—are ongoing in the Djagblé neighborhood.

These efforts resulted in three baptisms during the month of August.

OPERATING REPORT

1.      The number of students : 05

2.      The courses that we are ending during the second quarter 2026 : from June to  October.

a.       Hermeneutics II by Kouma

b.      Life of Christ III – Gospel of Matthew by Germain

c.       Old Testament III – Wisdom Literature by Rodrigue

d.      Acts of the Apostles and the New Testament Church II – Worship and music by Espérance the director.

3.      Information concerning the instructors:

The instructor Pascal Koudjodji was involved in an accident in July while returning from a radio preaching engagement. He sustained numerous injuries but is now recovering well.

The other instructors—Germain, Pascal, Kouma, and Rodrigue—and I continue to work on guiding the students in both practical and theoretical aspects of the ministry.

•    Planting and restoring congregations

The new church in Djagblé is progressing well thanks to the students' efforts; they participate in worship services every Sunday.

We are currently conducting a study on brotherly love based on Acts 4:32–37.

During the quarter, we worked on restoring the church in Adamavo, which currently lacks an evangelist to oversee its edification.

•    Student travel

Each week, every student receives 750 CFA francs per night to cover travel costs for their studies, which take place three times a week.

Regarding the new church in Djagblé, four students (Fousséni, Boris, Joël, and Atila) worship with me every Sunday to teach, preach, lead hymns and the Lord's Supper, and conduct visits and evangelism. They are doing excellent work, and we have full confidence in them.

•    Instructor Training Seminars

From July 22 to 24, 2026, I was in Ghana with colleagues Céphas Nyementa and Fidèle Beldjesi for an evangelists' conference on the doctrine of Christ. 

We studied the two Testaments, Christian worship, the importance of the Lord's Supper in Christian worship, and the implications of Christian repentance.

•    Evangelism Campaigns

We organize an evangelism outreach on the first Sunday of every month through the church in Djagblé.

On the first Sunday of September, we were assisted by young people from the Churches of Christ in Lomé. This enabled us to conduct three baptisms.

•    Local Conferences

The conference in Djagblé—planned by the Bear Valley Lomé administration for June 2026 to strengthen the edification of members—has been postponed to October 2026. Please pray for us that it will be a success.

4.      Congregational Activities:

Almost all the students worship with me in Djagblé. This serves as a valuable source of practical training for them. They continue to serve by preaching and teaching during worship services.

5.      Radio Program:

Instructor Germain and I preach every Saturday morning from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM on the "Bonnes Nouvelles de Lomé" (Good News of Lomé) radio station. Instructor Pascal has not yet rejoined us due to his accident. We have started a new study on the return of Jesus and the end of the world.

6.      Doctrine and dismissal issue:

The issue regarding false doctrines held by certain students persists, despite our efforts to bring them back to biblical order. They eventually left our Bible school.

We believe they may return one day by the grace of God. The students in question are N’SOUVI Kossi and KAGLO Komlan.

7.      Other activities:

On Saturday, September 26, 2026, we attended the consecration of evangelists at a Bible school in Noepe, 35 kilometers from Lomé. There were fourteen new evangelists. Please remember them in your prayers.

BIOGRAPHY

Biography of Instructor MENSAH Akovi Espérance (myself).

I was born on December 31, 1964. I am a full-time evangelist.

I am a father of four children.

I have been in the Lord since June 1994, when I was baptized in Benin.

I have planted several local churches in Benin and Togo.

I am the director of our school in Lomé and am very active in the field.

Upcoming programs:

·         October 2026: Instructor training on the new teaching method following the Bear Valley model.

·         October 2026: Church conference in Djagblé. 

·         Every first Sunday of the month: door-to-door evangelism in Djagblé.

We need your prayers so that God grants us success in all our projects.

Thank you very much and may God bless you all with good health.