


GUECKEDOU BEAR VALLEY BIBLE INSTITUTE ACTIVITY OPERATIONS REPORT FOR JUNE 2025
Greetings to you, our dear supporters and friends of the Bear Valley Bible institute of Gueckedou, Guinea. As usual, we are here again to give you an update of what has taken place here during the month of June 2025.
Here are the highlights of the events.
In the classroom, the students covered Homiletics ll and 2 Corinthians. Then on the outdoor, we conducted a 1 week church leaders training and assisted in some successful evangelistic campaigns through which new churches were planted. Here are the details.
Classroom:
The month of May ended when the students were still on lectures to complete Homiletics ll with brother Francis Lavaley. Then there was a 1 week break taken to allow our new brothers a space on the school campus for a church leaders training program. Just after that, the students came back for another longer course, Il Corinthians, which was completed by the close of June. During the 1 week break while the church leaders training went on, the students were put on assignment especially for those who needed to cover up in some courses. Evaluations went successful.
Evangelism and Follow up works:
During the month under review, there were several conversions as a result of follow up to newly planted churches and some personal evangelism.
On the 1st and 15th of June our Bear Valley student, Antoine baptised 6 and 3 persons respectively in the village congregation at Sagbeh. That same weekend, 2 Bear Valley staff visited the new congregation at Kendou Kama and baptised 17 souls. Still other conversions include 6 and 2 baptisms in 2 other congregations, Wema and Kendou Leendeh respectively on the following weekend of June 8 - again by Bear Valley staff. Finally there were still 2 other baptisms by the team leader of Ouende Kenema on the same weekend of June 8 in the new congregation at Koliguido.
The evangelistic team in Conakry led by Francis Lavaley and François Tengiano are equally working hard with follow up works in various congregations where attendance is increasing and eventually the conversion of souls to follow soon.
The same goes for the new congregation at Lola, located some 265 klm from Gueckedou where we are keeping regular contact and working hard to improve that work.
For this month, June 2025, the total conversions of follow up works and personal evangelism amounted to 35 souls.
Church Leaders Training:
For a week long, the campus was occupied by some 22 men from various congregations recently planted around Gueckedou by both the evangelistic teams along with the students and staff.
In recent months and since our last church leaders training last September, we have registered over 25 new churches for which we organised a training for the men to sustain those churches. From the 9th of June, some 22 men attended a one week intensive training to keep up with their congregations
During this period, we covered the basics of the Church, Worship and the Testaments (Old & New). We also Studied on the preparation and delivery of Bible lessons. Each day, we will start early in the morning by 8 am and off by 6 pm taking a break period of 30 - 45 minutes.
Also, 1 of our graduates, Alain and student Alphonse were often with the men during the night hours helping them in areas needing more discussions.
The sentiments of the men was one of satisfaction, and being uplifted in spirit, they returned to serve their churches.
Since then, we have received encouraging reports of some even now taking part in the evangelistic campaigns with the men who converted them.
Evangelistic Teams:
Even though the Bear Valley students and staff often do and cooperate with other efforts to enhance the gospel work around us, there are nevertheless special evangelistic teams on the ground whose work is especially to evangelise lost souls by which new churches are planted.
Every month, we have reported the work of these teams which are spread out in the country but especially in the Gueckedou area where the institute is located. Below is the outcome of their work for the month of June 2025. We are now in the rainy season and the work is difficult also because of the bad roads and other disadvantages of the season. The Conakry team for instance is making great effort to explore new grounds while at the same time making follow up work. By the grace of God soon there will be an increase.
We were not able to do as much as last month because of the difficult season. Nevertheless, we did plant some 7 new churches when:
A. 3 souls obeyed Christ in the village of Kendou Leendeh on 1st of June.
B. 10 persons received baptism in the village of Woima on the 5th of June.
C. 24 men and women were baptised in the village of Dembadou on the same date of June 5.
D. 6 persons obeyed Christ in the village of Sofedou-bufa on the 8th of June.
E. 13 persons were baptised in the village of N'kombadou on 23rd June.
F. 9 men and women were baptised in the village of Dandou of Koundou Lengobengou on 27th of June.
G. 5 souls obeyed Christ in the village of Kamadou of Gbolodou sous-préfecture on June 29.
As we can see, apart from other conversions, the evangelistic teams alone have planted 7 churches when in total 70 persons obeyed Christ in baptism.
Conclusion:
As a result of your support, prayers and encouragement, the Gueckedou Bear Valley Bible institute is keeping up with training. We are also grateful for the practical exercise of preaching and evangelism and the work of the evangelistic teams. Putting all the preaching efforts together with the result of follow up works in June, we have converted 105 persons.
We thank you all for helping us to make Heaven rejoice.
See attached below some photos
Yours in Christ
Francis, Director