Evangelism campaign results in 39 baptisms in Takoradi

1.     CLASSROOM WORK

The first term of the second year has ended successfully. The term began on 17th January 2022 and ended on 29th April, 2022 for the full-time students. Studies are still ongoing for the part-time students. The full-time students will be on vacation for a month. They will return to school on 30th May, 2022.  On the day of vacation, the whole school met together, had a prayer session and reflected on the term which was led by the Principal.

2.     PERSONAL EVANGELISM AND BAPTISM

Preaching the gospel to the lost and winning souls for the Lord is very important to us. We are always joyed to share the gospel with others and teach them about the Lord and His church. In the month of April, the work of the Lord continued for both present and past students of the school. And the Lord blessed our work so much that thirty-nine (39) souls were baptized into Christ.

3.     WEST COAST MOTIVATIONAL LECTURESHIP

In the month of April, the Principal organized a 1-day youth motivational lectureship. He began this program in the year 2019, which was attended by about 250 brethren from congregations in and around the city of Takoradi. But due to the Covid-19, it was not continued until April this year. It was very successful this year too. Many brethren attended, others watched it live on Facebook, while some others also listened to the presentation on live radio broadcast. 

The Principal’s main objective for such a program was twofold: (1) to help empower brethren in the Lord’s church to be innovative and creative in order to develop entrepreneurial skills, and (2) to use that platform to draw brethren’s attention to the West Coast School of Preaching, especially for its enrollment purposes.

And this program was funded by the Principal himself, and two other brethren (one from Fijai COC—Bro. Emmanuel Justice Ofori and another from Mpintsin COC—Bro. Alexander Otabil) who joined him in organizing the program.

Thank you.

Joshua.

Students help to revive a congregation in Kenya

We have this day of May 20th, 2022 closed the school for a two week holiday till July 6th this year when we will resume classes for the third quarter of second year of fifth intake students at Kenya School of Preaching, Kisumu Kenya. We have fifteen students in this intake. Instructors have been four- three local Africans (Charles David Elias) and one American, Dr Michael Reese.

Apart from class work, the students have participated in evangelistic efforts conducted by two local congregations namely Tieng're and Ragengni. While at Tieng're, the local church near the school, the preacher assigned the students to be team leaders to direct members and guest preachers to villages around the school. This resulted in baptizing (8) souls in Christ. At Ragengni, the students also helped knock doors and two souls were restored.

Four students together with a local preacher Michael Boy, have also directed their evangelistic efforts toward an almost dead congregation by the name Ogwedhi Kambare in order to revive her. This they have done within the last four consecutive Sundays during which period they have managed to assemble with 6 and baptized two into Christ. Now that we have closed the school for a break, Ronald, who has been among the four, will continue to edify them till we open again. The number of baptisms are ten. Four backsliders have been restored.

I have attached some pictures of students in their school uniform, the local teachers with them and of some baptisms performed at Tieng're and Ogwedhi congregations.

Thanks for your continued prayers on behalf of K.S.O.P and more so for the students as they near their graduation day. Thanks again for your continued support towards the Lord's work here. Whatever you do only eternity will reveal. May the Lord bless all abundantly in spiritual and physical matters.

In his service, Elias Omollo

Terry Harmon visits Ukraine

Hello, dear brothers and sisters, and congregations,  

We are in middle of May, and here in Ukraine we still hear air raid alert sirens while Russian missiles continue flying over the heads of our peaceful citizens. Unfortunately, the all-out war carries on, the fatalities among civilians and military personnel increase daily. These days the theater of war shifted towards the East and the South of the country. The enemy wants to cut Ukraine from the sea access and control as much territory as possible. The Ukrainian Army resists, and every day we get more and more heavy weapons thanks to the USA and European countries. It looks like we still have a lot of military conflict ahead of us and only God knows when and how this war ends. We ask you to pray for us, for the Lord's Church and for the people who are now homeless and jobless.  

The Bible Institute is working in the city of Chernivtsy now. It's the most distant from Russia part of Ukraine and as of right now the safest one. It borders Romania and I think they don't have a lot of military infrastructure which can be the reason for not getting as many air strikes as other parts of the territory.  

During the last month brother Viktor Semikoz taught Wisdom Literature, brother Terry Harmon came to teach the book of Luke, I taught Ezekiel and these days Vitaly Rodichev is teaching Isaiah. We are grateful to Terry Harmon for this courage to come to Ukraine and encourage many brethren. There was also a joyful event, our students Sasha and Victoria got married. Brother Terry Harmon led the wedding ceremony. 

We continue our humanitarian efforts with the refugees who arrived to Bila Tserkva. We support them in their needs of food, medicines and personal hygiene products that we have ready for them. We are trying to make them feel that God loves them and takes care of them.  

Two refugee families from Konstantinivka started attending the services regularly. The church building is at the final stages of renovation to adjust to the needs of refugees. Currently we are finishing up the bathroom. Beds, washer and dryer are purchased. Now we have to get everything in order and start the refugee assistance program next week. People will be able to stay here for some time while we will be helping them to find some rentals.  

Since the military conflict shifted to the Eastern and Southern regions some citizens are returning to their home in safer places if their house are not destroyed. The infrastructure of the liberated cities is being restored. The store shelves look better and a lot of familiar brands are replaced with the goods from our European neighbors. The biggest problem is the gas and diesel supply, they are constantly in catastrophic shortages. The lines to the pumps stretch for a few miles. Since so many tank farms were destroyed by missiles all fuel is stored in gasoline tankers and trucks and it takes much longer to service the chains of gas stations. Consequently, the gas prices are very high. These are our daily struggles but God was, is and will be merciful to us.  

We rejoice in seeing His work of salvation. Yesterday two young men in Chernivtsy obeyed the Lord. They are from the Eastern Ukraine where the military activities are in full force. The Lord's church grows in spite of all persecution.  

I'm very grateful to all brothers and sisters who financially help us in our ministry in Ukraine. It's truly an enormous blessing to use the tools for spreading the Word. We constantly pray for the people to be able to see the hand of God in their lives.  

In Christian love, 

Your brother Dennis Sopelnik

Exciting times in Malawi!

Bear Valley Bible Institute

APRIL, 2021 - REPORT 

Introduction

Hello!

Hope this find everyone in good health. It is always a happy thing when you come to the finishing line of your race in every completion. Covid 19 has been a great challenge in our work of teaching men be faithful preachers. As we all are aware that it takes 2 years to graduate, but this time it has taken 3years because of Covid 19 challenge. But now we are happy that we are almost there. All courses have been taught and these remaining 3 weeks of May, we are finishing the remaining 2 courses of general epistles. We are thankful to God that we have managed to reach this far. This semester we were blessed to have our students hostels completed, healing hands international representative came to train our students in new technologies of agriculture and many more ways how we can harvest using composite manure. We are feeling to have been favoured and blessed by God! God has been faithful to us.

We are also thankful to mission printing team for sending us books and now our library will look great! The students have also received their carton full of books each. They are thrilled with joy as they will go home fully equipped with all kinds of weapons to defeat Satan. Again, we have good news from our former students that souls are being added to Christ, this time 11 souls have been reported saved! We praise God for the good job these men are doing. More detailed information in the paragraphs below.

Preaching and Teaching

We are excited at the moment as all the teaching work is almost done. We have had brother Blessings who came to teach short course on Minor Phrophet2 and also Brother Navie Theu who taught on poetry books. The students have grown in their understanding greatly and hope the congregations where they are going will benefit a lot as they fill up the pulpits and fulfil our brand – 2 Timothy 2:2.

As the school, we are always proud of our former students when we hear of them making a difference where they work as preachers. In the month in the month of April, we have received reports about the evangelism outcomes from our three former students who had preaching of door to door. We have received the news that 11 souls have been added to Christ and also 4 souls restored summing up to 15 souls! We praise God for this.

Construction work

The student’s hostel construction work is at the advanced stage of the finishing stage. We have everything completed only painting is to be done in few days to come. Having said this, without toilets, kitchen and shower rooms, we cannot be able to shift to this place. Therefore it is our prayer that God will keep our door to having funds open that we do the shower rooms, toilets and kitchen constructed. Renting has been expensive for a long time. The money we spend on rentals would have been used in other works of bringing souls to Christ.

Agricultural training

As school, our purpose is not only training preachers in Bible only, knowing that a person grows both physically and spiritually, we thought to invite the Healing Hands International to train our preachers how to keep their lives independent as the preach the gospel without support. Nowadays preachers support from without is no longer there, therefore, preachers need to work hard with their own hands as Paul, Peter left us with good examples. The Healing Hands have helped us with water and agricultural trainings. We thank Brother Mbwenu Chirwa who came to teach the students and the community also benefited from the studies to the point that one villager offered his one acre of land that next time the healing hands international come can go and help the whole village with the training. This training has preached a lot in the area where the school is allocated.

Mission Printing – Brings Joy to school and students!

Time passed and we were not even dreaming about this. We have been asking for library books since the school started in 2015, without know that BV International is working on that. We have been surprised with the coming of the books, not only for the library, but also for the students as a gift to each a carton. This is the joy the students and us all are in at the moment. God bless you all who took part in putting the books in cartons and shipping them to us. You have done us good. We are also thankful to Brother Donnie who offered the transport of books from Zimbabwe where they were shipped through. We really thank him for his kindness and love and so is our sister school in Gweru – Zimbabwe helped a lot putting the books in a bus to Malawi from Harare.

We are also thankful for the partnership between BV international and the Hillcrest church of Christ for the great support given to us to make the construction work accomplished. Without your stretched hand in this work we would have not made it on our own. Let this heart continues as the work still needs your involvement. Eternity Is Forever, Think Souls!

In Christ!

Ephron and Clergynton

A new school in Ghana

FIRST QUARTER REPORT, 2022

ASH TOWN – KASOA, GHANA

Introduction

The end of the first quarter is a blessing from God. For this time, praise be to God and His Son, Jesus Christ.

The establishment of the School

The above – mentioned school is a newly established extension school, established on 19th February, 2022 at Kasoa in Ghana. Brother Steven Ashcraft and Brother Kojo Acquah Beenyi were there to give orientation to students. Fourteen students were present. The administration of the school was handed over to Brother Larbi Emmanuel to work as the Director of the school. The school runs on a weekend basis, Fridays and Saturdays.

Classroom Activities

Two courses were taught this quarter. The courses were How We Got the Bible and Old Testament Part 1(Pentateuch). Fourteen students were present for these courses. Brother Larbi, the director was the instructor for both courses.

Admission of new students

 Letters have been sent to the churches within Kasoa community with the aim of admitting new students in the coming quarter.

We have had full students’ classes since the school was established and we pray that that will continue. Right now all assignments are done and we are seeing progress.

Start Up Materials

The School was blessed with startup materials soon after the official opening and we are grateful. Printer, among the materials,, will be a great help to the School as the making of copies of materials is one of the great cost to us. Even though we are yet to get the two in one table and chairs, we are managing with what we have.

Conclusion

We thank God for His care throughout this quarter in all our activities.

Reported by Emmanuel

Good works in Kasoa

KASOA 1, Papaase

 1ST QUARTER REPORT

JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH 2022.

Thank God we are alive in the midst of all the mess of the Covid. Now the wearing of the nose mask is not mandatory, observing healthy living is being done by many as you can see some still wearing the mask in certain places. We pray God continues to keep us safe.

Schooling

Emmanuel Amo Gyimah is now the director for this campus, hence the regular instructor. He just finished teaching The Church of Christ II, being the Worship of the Church. Currently, the class is on The Life of Christ III and is being taught by Nana Yaw Aidoo.

These students are working on their jobs from Monday to Friday and attended classes on Friday evening and the whole of Saturday for four years. Many of the students are preachers in their congregations, while others lead various committees in the church.

Some of the students are anxious to finish this program and continue with their bachelor's.  They have finished their assignments up to date as well as working hard to do their secular work to support themselves.

Students Activities

There was no combined campaign during the quarter, however, various activities were done by the students to win others for God and to grow the Kingdom of Christ. House to house evangelism, dawn preaching in house mounted loudspeakers, and sharing of tracts were made and the Lord blessed their works with many hearing the Gospel of Christ, restoring one brother and twenty baptisms.

Students Profile

 Brother Charles Ayensu is our student of the quarter. He was baptized some 28 years ago in a village nearer to Agona Swedru called Gomoa Afransi. He is 43 years and works with a loan company as a Credit Officer.

He has been a leader in the Papaase, Kasoa congregation for several years having served in various committees over the years because of his selflessness and commitment to duty. Currently, he leads the Church Administration and Planning Committee of Papaase congregation.

He is married with five children, two girls, and three boys.

Charles is full of praise for the sponsors and Bear Valley Bible School for this great work which he sees as a blessing to him and others.

Conclusion

Praying that the Good Lord will continue to bless us as we continue to serve Him in the School to train more workers for the Lord so as to work to expand the Kingdom of Christ.

More students in Nsawam

Nsawam Extension Schools 1 and 2

First Quarter Report, 2022

Report on activities held for the first quarter at the Nsawam Extension School.

Current Number of Students

Currently, there are two extension schools in Nsawam, thus Nsawam 1(old) and Nsawam 2(new). Nsawam 1 has 18 students. Four (4) of them are not attending class. These are the reasons: Emmanuel Ampoh has joined Kasoa 1 due to proximity; Mark Sintim, due to his work as a policeman, is unable to come to class. He has requested the administration to reschedule his course online. Emmanuel Otoo-Wood is unable to come to class due to his traveling work. Arnold Dabo had an accident and has been admitted. He is currently receiving treatment.

On our records on enrolment, Nsawam 1 is originally left with 14 students offering the Diploma program.

Nsawam - 2 has 7 students. Additional 2 students have submitted their forms and are yet to be reported.

Classes

Concerning the class activities, both schools are pursuing the same courses for this quarter. These are Old Testament 1, Life of Christ 1, and Personal Evangelism 1. For this matter, both schools have been joined together and pursuing the courses.

In our next quarter course schedule (April, May, and June), the schools would be having a joint class to offer Life of Christ 2 through to Life of Christ 4. These would be taught by brother Emmanuel Amoo-Gyimah.

Start-up Items Received for Nsawam 2

We were grateful to God for the items sent to Nsawam Extension School 2. These include mattresses, an instructor’s desk and chair, a water dispenser, and some start-up funds. We thank God and appreciate you all for the kind support. The chairs are not yet in due to a shortage on the market.

Next Campaign Schedule

Both schools would be joining the regular school to partake in the campaign which would be held from 6th to 12th June 2022 at one of the villages in Nsawam, thus Akwamu. Due to this, there would be no class this weekend.

All the students have been instructed to take part in this activity as part of the academic exercise.

Baptism Records

In this quarter, we have recorded three (3) baptisms during our personal evangelism. We are hoping that the prospect would understand and come to Christ.

These are the activities carried out for the quarter.

Keep remembering us in your prayers.

Reported by Sammy

Many projects in Zimbabwe

APRIL 2022 NARRATIVE REPORT

INTRODUCTION

Each month brings new and renewed expectations. It brings hope that God will give us more zeal and energy in training men and women towards his cause. God renewed us as we started a new month which marked the beginning of a new term. So much was done in the month but we are pleased to report the following;

1.0 NEW TERM BEGINS

A new term began on the 1st of April. The following subjects are being taught; Minor Prophets, Geography of the Bible, Revelation, Elementary Hebrew, Christian Evaluation of Contemporary Ethics, The Preacher’s Life and Work, Foundation of Missions, Introduction to Great Bible Doctrines, Church Administration and Governance and Chaplaincy Studies (seminar).

2.0 LEADERSHIP TRAINING

BVBIZ has a well equipped leadership training unit and stands ready to train elders, deacons and committees at various levels. On the 12th and 13th of March, members of the church’s National Youth Committee were at BVBIZ for leadership training. The team was accommodated on campus and was trained in different leadership concepts, roles, dynamics and issues. The team was then given BVBIZ certificates of attendance to this leadership workshop. The certificates were given to the committee when it met for a planning session at Mutare School of Preaching on the 23rd of April with Dr. Campion Mugweni being the guest speaker and one of the BVBIZ ambassadors, Lovemore Manyanhaire assisting.

3.0 ADMINISTRATOR AND PROJECTS

BVBIZ is pleased to welcome a new member who shall be servicing as an administration assistant and working as a projects person as well. She is Praise Chiruka who is an agriculturalist by profession. Whilst projects were being carried out before, expertise was lacking. With her coming on board, we hope BVBIZ students will also be trained partially in Agriculture and that BVBIZ projects will increase in viability. She will be paid from what she produces.

4.0 THE PART TIME BLOCK

Those doing the parallel program (part time class) were on campus in Gweru from the 14th -23rd of April for their holiday block apart from other methods being used. They are now in their second semester. These blocks are proving to be useful and a lot of ground is covered in the process.  The following subjects were taught intensively; Hermeneutics I, Pentateuch, Elementary Greek, Godhead and Homiletics. These subjects are still ongoing.

5.0 PROJECTS

5.1 THE LAYERS PROJECT

The Finance and Sustainability committee within the Board of Trustees has come up with a plan of mobilizing funds towards this project. Their target is to have a minimum of 300 birds with each bird costing an average of $10 at point of lay. To facilitate the achievement of this goal, BVBIZ is praying and looking for 40 individuals who will donate $30 (for 3 birds) each, 60 who will donate $20 (for 2 birds) each and 60 individuals who will donate $10 (for 1 bird) each. The target date is 30 May 2022. Those who wish to partner the school in this regard can contact the school director on +263774413647 or at bearvalleybibleinstitutezim@gmail.com or the chairperson of the Finance and Sustainability Committee, brother Brighton Raradza on +263772222302 or at brightonraradza@gmail.com and indicate the category they want. Those who wish to go beyond the listed categories will be highly welcome. Those in the USA can contact our regional director Donnie Estep on +1-3047845416 or at donnieestep@wv.net.  All donations will be acknowledged. Together, we can make this project a reality. Can you help?

5.2 HORTICULTURE

Our projects specialist started her work on a high note with the planting of lettuce and cabbage seedlings. Onions will be planted at the beginning of May. The month of April closed with her and the students preparing beds for the planting of onion. The target is to plant 10000 onion seedlings in May and another batch in June.

5.3 TUCKSHOP

BVBIZ introduced a tuck-shop on campus as per the 2022-2024 strategic plan.  This project was spearheaded by the Finance and Sustainability Committee within the board. This will help students with the provision of what they need during their stay on campus. The surrounding community which often walks long distances to buy grocery items will also come and buy from BVBIZ. Great appreciations go to the Raradza family for providing $140 to kick start the project. May God bless this family. The profit realized from the sale of groceries in  April was $52.14.

6.0 “DRINK” MAKING

As part and parcel of BVBIZ’s life skills development, “drink “making was taught to the students on the27th of April. Great appreciation goes to Brother Damson Siwedi who facilitated and imparted the knowledge to students. Several types of drinks were made.

7.0 WEDDINGS

BVBIZ congratulates Partmore Simbi  (2018 graduate) who wedded Loveness Jonasi at Murewa on the 23rd of April. The school also congratulates Ovius Kufa (2021 graduate) who wedded Fadzaishe Dziva on the 30th of April. Ovius wedded on campus and the wedding left the site looking better as more work had to be done to make it look better. We hope in future, more people will hire the venue for such occasions. The school appreciates Ovius who spent many days on campus sprucing up the environment. Aside from this, more efforts continue to be put to make the BVBIZ campus have a serene environment.

Ovius and Fadzaishe’s wedding

8.0 EVANGELISM

Students on the parallel program started their practicum on the 1st of April. These are unique in that they have to work around their ordinary schedules to do the practicum.

58 students in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

JANUARY – APRIL 2022 REPORT FROM BEAR VALLEY BIBLE INSTITUTE IN RIVERS STATE NIGERIA

As the year 2021 was coming to an end, arrangement was concluded for our two schools in Rivers State Nigeria, to upgrade from one course per month to two courses per month.

Sequel to the above, on January, 2022 we started the study of two courses per month at the two centers. Although the new development has been more tasking to the local director, the teachers and the students, but with great pleasure and thanksgiving to God, we are glad to report that the new development is going on very well and we are making appreciable progress.

SUCCESSFUL HOSTING OF THE 4 FIELD DISCIPLESHIP TRAINING IN PORT HARCOURT FROM APRIL 21 – 23, 2022.

On Thursday April 21, 2022, we hosted the Port Harcourt center students, church members and preachers in Port Harcourt for the 4 field discipleship training. The resource persons were: Brother Osita Onura and Bro. Charles Odoi from Ghana who came with his wife.

The training program was very successful. On the second day of the training, one of the participants invited her lady friend who heard the gospel and was baptized the same day. The training ended on the third day. Expectedly, our students and other participants received their certificates of participation.

In view of our success so far, the Bear Valley Bible Institute in Rivers State is very grateful to our sponsors who are providing the funds and other needed support to the school. We appreciate all the supports and encouragements.

As at the time of this report, we have a total of 58 active students in our two centers. In Rumuokwuta Port Harcourt center, we have 35 active students and in Ahoada center we have 23 active students. Most of our students are doing the two courses per month and all our teachers and students are working hard to achieve more success.  We give all the glory to God.

Report from Anthony E. Oluria Director BVBI Rivers state Nigeria

Pray for peace in Haiti

International School of Theology – Haiti Report

The work continues to move forward in Haiti, despite the unrest. In the past week, there have been at least twenty people shot. The kidnappings continue to climb. In 2021 there were more than 1,200 people kidnapped and held for ransom. There were 81 non-Haitians kidnapped in 2021. I hear from friends in Haiti almost daily, and the situation is getting worse. Many of the churches cannot meet, businesses are closed, and the streets are empty. Haiti needs your prayers.

Our students at the International School of Theology have not been able to meet on campus for more than a year and a half. They have been meeting under a pavilion at the Sonlight Children’s home. We have twenty-three students, but many days only about half of them can meet due to roadblocks and violence in the street. This week it was necessary to move our sixteen children living at Sonlight to a safer location. The gang activity is growing. With the gang activity in the area, our students will not be able to meet until a new site can be found. Since we are in the capital, Port-au-Prince, it may be hard to find a place. 

But souls continue to be saved, the gospel message is proclaimed, and God is glorified. I am so proud of our students, teachers, and directors. They have continued to move forward; they have continued to reach out to others, even when their lives are in danger. They know that God knows their situation and that peace will come one day. Their attitude is, “We are here, and let God use us.”  

The greatest need for Haiti is prayers for peace and safety. We continue to send funds for our teachers, workers, and students so they can buy food; when it is available. Many students and teachers spend days when they cannot travel out of their homes for fear of being shot. Mac, my leading interpreter for IST, said it plain, “The streets of Haiti are not safe; you hear gunshots every day. You say a prayer when you must go out because you don’t know if the next bullet will hit you. You lay in bed at night and hear the shooting, and your wonder if your friends or family are still alive.   You wonder if today will be your last day on earth.”  Mac is twenty years old and is a fine Christian young man and a dear friend. Please pray for Mac, IST, the children, and all the people of Haiti. 

Larry Waymire

Back on track in Guinea

Introduction.

This report will cover the following highlighted points: Evangelism; Classroom or teaching activities; Suggestions / Recommendations; Our Appreciations and lastly Photos attached.

1- Evangelism

We thank God for His Spirit who works in giving us the health, strength and knowledge required for effective evangelism. As soon as the normal activities of the school were resumed, we started the exhortation and encouragement of brothers and sisters who had fallen to come back to the house of God to continue the worship together in the interest of our eternal salvation.

Then, with the help of God through the Holy Spirit souls were convicted as a result of our evangelistic efforts. We succeeded in implanting a new assembly in the village of Dakadou. This was possible especially with the great contribution of Brother Eloi Tolno, one of the current students of Bear Valley School in Gueckedou. We are therefore glad to inform you that during this preaching sessions (6) six people accepted the gospel of salvation and were baptized in the name of our Lord Jesus - pictures below.

2-Teaching / Classroom Activity

After the remarkable and successful mission visit to Guinea of our Coordinator Steven Ashcraft last March, we resumed the activities of the school on April 04, 2022. This was according to the planned schedule by the Coordinator which was also unanimously accepted by students and instructors.

Preceded by reorientation of students, four (4) subjects were successfuly taught during the past month of April. These were :

1- The Epistle to the Romans - taught by brother Antoine Fassa Tolno, the Dean of Students.

2- The Pastoral Epistles - taught by brother Saa Robert Kamano.

3- The Intertestamental Period - taught by brother Emmanuel Kamano.

4- Computer courses - taught by brother Antoine Iffono.

It should be noted that of the 14 students on roll before the 7 months cessation of activities, 12 (twelve) students answered the call to return to finish the training. The other two (2) have not yet returned. One of them is sick and the other went on an adventure in the mines. Let's pray for the sick for healing and the other so that they realize the importance of this important biblical training.

3- Suggestions and Recommendations

We are asking all the brothers and sisters in Christ in the United States, Australia, the Bear Valley administration and elsewhere to support us in prayers for the complete restoration of peace and understanding in the Lord's church in Guinea.

We still need your continues financially and material support - logistics, not forgetting our worship hall needs.

4- Thanks

We could not end this report without thanking all people of good will and faith for the Lord's work in Guinea. We especially thank the Bear Valley school administration for their financial and material support in the training of evangelists in Guinea. We personally thank our Coordinator Steven Ashcraft for his technical and managerial support in the management of the school in Gueckedou. We also thank Barry Baggott for his didactic support and Ken Stanley for his good role to ensure that Guinea move forward especially in spiritual things.

More conversions in Sierra Leone

Bear Valley Bible Institute Sierra Leone

Bear Valley Bible Institute of Denver, Colorado, USA

ACTIVITY OPERATION REPORT FOR MARCH, 2022

Full Time and the Extended Programs 

INTRODUCTION

It is another opportunity we have to share with you, our regarded supporters and beloved brethren, the joy of the impact of the Gospel here in Sierra Leone through the effort of the Kenema Bear Valley Bible Institute. We are very optimistic that this report will find you flourishing in the Lord. We are steadfastly praying for our brethren in Ukraine and the Bear Valley there for peace to be restored. Thank you also for praying for Ukraine and also for us; may the Lord bless you all. The month of March was a memorable one for us, because souls were converted to the Church, our second quarter came to a close successfully, and some brethren were restored to their usefulness before the Lord. As much as March was favourable to us, challenges were not also absent. For the details of this report, may you read below:  

END OF 2ND QUARTER

We are glad to inform you that our second quarter for the full time program, which began on the 1st December 2021 came to a close on the 5th March, 2022. The students were to resume on the 1st April, 2022.  Our second quarter jumped into March because we had lost two weeks in December due to “Christmas” and the New Year festivities. Therefore, we used the first week of March to at least compensate for the loss.  All our 20 students attended all the courses and wrote their exams successfully. Moreover, all of us as instructors did our best to offer to the students what the Bear Valley Curriculum requires. In the just-concluded quarter, the following courses were covered: Hermeneutics 1, Old Testament 2: History, Godhead, New Testament Church: One True Church, Christian Evidences, Basic English Grammar 2, and Computer Studies 2. However, our 16 extended students continued to take their lectures.

CONVERSION OF SOULS

As already stated, all our full time students went on break at the end of the quarter. However, the staff and some of our extended students continued in the evangelistic work. Before March could end, the Lord added 5 souls to the Church and 2 brothers were restored. Though many were not converted in March, yet we give God all the glory for the ones He called. On this note brethren, we solicit for your prayers as you have always done for those brethren.

MY VISIT TO BEAR VALLEY GANTA- LIBERIA

I was privileged to be invited by the Ganta Bear Valley Bible Institute director, beloved brother Robert P. Dahn Jr., to teach World Religions. The assignment took me twelve days and, afterwards, I returned to Kenema. During my twelve days tarry at Ganta, I was amazed by the seriousness, burning desire, and the preparedness of our students. I was well treated by the staff and especially the director, Brother Robert. I remain grateful to God, the Ganta Bear Valley Bible Institute, and the Bear Valley International for creating such opportunity for me.

BEREAVEMENT NEWS

It is with deep sorrow that we write to inform you that in late March (23rd and 25th), we were faced with the reality of death again when we lost Brother Eric Kaiamba, the preacher of the Church of Christ at Shengema Gao, some 68 miles away from Kenema. Brother Eric was one of our committed students who just graduated in October, 2021. He has been one of the strong pillars for the Shengema Church. It was at his request that we went on a campaign at Shengema, the campaign that yielded much fruit. The staff and some other brethren traveled to Shengema and to the glory of God, he was buried. The staff spent three days in Shengema. Also, on the 23rd March, one of the preachers, Kaaloko Dodoo at Magburaka, Northern Sierra Leone departed to be with the Lord. Kaalokoh was the father of one of our just-graduated students, Dodoo Larkoh, who was working closely with his father at the Rokel Church of Christ in Magburaka. Two staff also traveled for the burial and it was successful. We want to specially commend our hard working and compassionate coordinator, Brother Steve Ashcraft. In the midst of our predicaments, he encouraged us, approved some financial assistance and prayed for us. Again, the Bear Valley Ganta director, Brother Robert Dahn and Brother Francis Musa, another committed God’s servant in Guinea encouraged and guided us in everything especially as we are young and not full of much experience. We are thankful to God in all.

A STUDENT’S AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Tamba Cyprien

Tamba Cyprien is our committed international student from the Republic Guinea. Brother Cyprien was born to Muslim parents in Kindia, Guinea. He was born on 2nd July, 2000 and he is the second son of the three sons that were born to his parents. Cyprien is a Kissi by tribe, a tribe that is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. He speaks French and Kissi and is a high school graduate in French. He was invited by one of his uncles who is a business man, residing in Koindu, Sierra Leone in 2014. Upon his arrival in 2014, he came in contact with Emmanuel Focko, one of our first graduates who is working tirelessly in the Lord’s vineyard in Koindu and Weima axis. Eventually, Cyprien was preached to and became a member of Kpuya Church of Christ in Koindu. Since his conversion, he has been working closely with the brethren and has been making a lot of effort to learn English. Currently, he works together with Emmanuel Focko who converted him at the Weima Church of Christ. At the time the school sent in applications for the 2021/2022 admision, Brother Cyprien indicated that he wants to study deeply God’s word so that he could better be equipped. He was given admission and is committed to his studies. He is determined to preach the Gospel and convert many to Christ. His photograph shall appear in the pecking order at the end of this report.

CONCLUSION

Brethren, we remain appreciate to you. Thank you for loving the Lord. Thank you for your kindness. The lives you are changing in Sierra Leone here through your prayers, financial support, guidance and direction, are all duly acknowledged, and may the Lord bless you richly.

Thank you so much for reading through.

Peter Sahr Makundu,

Director

A church plant in Nigeria

APRIL 2022 FIELD REPORT

Beloved in Christ Jesus.

Grace, peace and mercy be multiplied unto you all from God our Father and from Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Here are some of our activities in the Lord for the month of April 2022.

OVERVIEW:

1. Students' one month Vocational Training/ Practicum concluded.

2. Birth of the Lord's Church in Elepete Villa Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area of Lagos State.

3. Report from World Bible School Follow Up Workers.

STUDENTS ONE MONTH VOCATIONAL TRAINING/ PRACTICUM CONCLUDED:

Our year-1- Students that are on a month Vocational Training and year-2- Students that are on Practicum conclude their exercise on April 30 and they are expected back in Butubutu campus on May 1 for the commencement of 4th Semester Classes on May 2, Lord's willing.

BIRTH OF THE LORD'S CHURCH IN ELEPETE VILLA, EPE, LAGOS STATE:

In continuation of our mission as a School of Evangelism and in obedient to the Master's order in Mark 16:15, four of us , BVBIN & SWSE Instructors and twelve Students and the brethren of Mile-12 congregation, Lagos State teamed up on April 7 through 9 to evangelized Elepete Villa, Ibeju-Lekki Baba Adisa Bus stop Epe Lagos State which to the planting of the Lord's Church in Elepete Villa and conversion of a woman on April 9 and another three of our prospects on April 17,2022.

The first worship at the church auditorium donated by Sister Killa and family witnessed 132 worshippers with over N100,000= as total collection.

One of our students assisted the young congregation for two weeks before the appointment of Bro.Akinsanya Siyanbola (my wife Junior brother) as the minister on April 28,2022.

REPORT FROM WORLD BIBLE SCHOOL FOLLOW UP WORKERS:

1. Bro.Balogun Benson, one of our year-2- Students and the minister of God working with Asejire congregation in Ondo State visited eight High Schools in and around Asejire and Ofusu towns, Benin-Ore Express Way with 1,000 WBS Introduction Courses for recruitment of Students and distribution of graded courses/plan#1 courses for WBS Students in those Schools visited between April 2 through 20, 2022.

** Bro. Benson Balogun needs a motorcycle for his WBSFUW in this virgin area of Ondo State.

2. Bro. Kayode Eniafe and Bro. Dele Shotola visited five High Schools in Oyo and Osun States for the collection of WBS Correspondence courses which was distributed in the month of March 2022 and 420 Introduction Courses were collected back. Also, a WBS Student, Adeyemi Ogunsakin was baptized on April 22,2022 by Bro. Kayode Eniafe and Bro. Dele Shotola at The Lord's church in Challenges Area of Ibadan City, Oyo State.

3. Bro. Adedoyin Olusola Rotimi, the minister of the Lord's Church in Badeku also visited two Junior High Schools in Badeku town, Ona-Ara Local Government Area of Oyo State to share the WBS Introduction Courses and 63 are now returned by the students of this Schools.

4. Bro. Emmanuel Godwin visited two High Schools in Ogotun-Ekiti and Igbara-Odo to distribute the completed WBS Correspondence Courses/next Courses from West Olive congregation,Az and Sister Faye Bach to over 150 Students and about 120 of the Correspondence Courses are now returned.

5. Bro. M.B. Archibong, a fellow WBSFUW in Uyo , Akwa-Ibom State reported the conversion of six souls during a day WBS Seminar of April 13,2022 in his area.

ABOUT A STUDENT:

Bro. Harry Chukwu Ifeanyi is one of our year-1 - Students. Born on 23rd of September 1994 in Asaba, Delta State to the family of Mr. & Mrs . Nwachukwu. He got baptized on 8th of June 2020 at The Lord's church in Ondo town, Ondo State before getting an admission into our ministerial department on August 2020.

He is presently working with Igbo-Oloyin congregation in Akinyele L

G.A .Oyo State as one of the ministers,along with one of our graduates, Bro.Oladpokun Samuel.

His mission after his training is to serve as one of the bonafide ministers of God within and outside the country, Nigeria.

OUR ACCOMPLISHMENT:

1. With the Lord's help, we were able to participate actively in the three days mass evangelism and gospel campaigns that led to the birth of the Lord's Church in Elepete Villa Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area of Lagos State from April 7 through 10,2022.

2. With the gift of $1,000 from Austin Chapel COC and Bro. Chad Wagner we were able to purchase 311 Bibles for our WBSFUW in Western States of Nigeria in this month of April 2022. To God be the glory and honor.

CONCLUSION:.

We are deeply appreciative of you all for your concern,care, and brotherlylove which you all expressed through your partnership in this ministries of souls winning for Christ and in training of more soldiers for the Lord's Army. May the Lord keep on blessing all our joint efforts in Christ Jesus, amen.

I remain yours in His Grace as a servant,

Makinde Ebenezer Olufemi

(The Chief servant of BVBIN & SWSE-IBADAN And WBSFUW)

Great work in northern Ghana

OPERATING REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2022

We greet you all from Bear Valley Tamale in the name of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ, who died to give us the opportunity to reunite with our Maker. We, in Bear Valley Tamale also thank God for granting us the opportunity to serve in His Kingdom. As is required by us monthly, we wish to report on events and activities that took place here in the month of March 2022 both within and outside of campus

ACADEMIC WORK

Lectures were very successful in the month of March with all our resident staff teaching. We are also working collectively together with our able coordinator to bring on board additional visiting instructors who are sound in doctrine to handle some of our short courses. As it stands now, there are three resident instructors (Brother Albert Tamanja, Adjei Mensah the director and Brother James Legend). We also have Brother Kojo Acquah Beenyi, our Coordinator as a permanent visiting instructor, and Brother Steven Ashcraft as one of the visiting instructors also. Some of the sound trained preachers in Northern Ghana are also sometimes appointed to come and teach some of the short courses. We are working to bring some more sound and qualified visiting instructors for some of our short courses as some of our instructors are aging and are not that strong enough, especially those in Northern Ghana to help with the teaching.

KPALSI SOUTH CONGREGATION

A lot of progress is going on with the Kpalsi South Church of Christ, both on our church building and that of our evangelistic work. Your support and our efforts as a church collectively are producing fruits gradually.

Evangelism: The month of March was a joyful month for us as our evangelistic work saw the Lord through the Gospel added three souls to the church. Two sisters and one brother got baptized and were added to the church. Praise God, Amen.

Church Building: As projected in the month of February report, the inside flooring of the church has been done successfully as well as the fixing of the burglar proofs. We have also received funding from Brother Steven to fix the doors also. The Lord bless you all who are helping to make things a bit easy for us here in Tamale in our efforts to worship our maker.

PURCHASE

As it’s generally said by many, “cleanses is next to godliness,” and for that matter, it’s necessary to keep our compound need and hygienic for our own health sake. In the month of March, some detergents were bought as well as toiletries and durable buckets to aid our students. We appreciate our sponsors and all the Christians who are playing different roles in the running of things in Bear Valley Tamale and all the other campuses across the world. The Lord blesses you all.

GRADUATION

In our efforts to create a very good relation and friendship across the length and breadth of Northern Ghana and also link up with churches for smooth recruitment for our next batch of students, we attended a graduation ceremony for Project Timothy in Yendi in the month of March, 2022. Project Timothy is a leadership program that is run around the Yendi and Saboba area in Northern Ghana. Having one of our current students (Laar Fredrick) who were part of the grandaunts, we saw the need for us to attend the event and to also network with congregations who participated in the event. It was worth it as some relationships were built.

IRRIGATION

We are succeeding with the small piloted garden we did. As reported last month, we harvested Okro, Cucumbers and some other local vegetables successfully. It has been very encouraging to be honest. We also harvested watermelons successfully. We are currently waiting to harvest our first fresh dry season maize and groundnut. All glory to God.

We are now hoping to get some funds to set up a proper irrigation system for the growing of permanent vegetables and other crops.

We thank the Lord for all His mercies and kindness towards us.

Bear Valley, Tamale

Continuing in Enugu

BVBI ENUGU STUDY CENTRE - NIGERIA

2022 First Quarter Report

We started 2022 with 15 students and the total number of local instructors is 3.

The school was involved in direct evangelism campaigns in an area called Akwuke and there are many converts out of the efforts put and a church a starting there by 1st May 2022, and we hoped to chose one of the students to nurse the infant church temporally. (Please we solicit for your prayers for the infant church starting MAY 1st 2022.

Appreciation/Conclusion

We are grateful to the wonderful coordinators of BVBI outside and within. The financial/material supplies, prayers and the visits of our dear Brothers, Keith Kasarjian, and Chad Wagner are of a great tool and strength in doing this work; words are not enough to express our heartfelt gratitude to all of you, may God bless and keep you all, may His mercies and steadfastness never depart from us all in Jesus name - Amen.

Thanks and remain blessed.

Bro. Patrick Makwe P.

For BVBI Enugu Study Centre

Chad Wagner visits Accra

Accra Report, March 2022

Glory be to God for the end of the month of February 2022. We thank him for His marvellous care throughout this month. Glory be to Him.

Classes

All instructors carried out their teaching responsibilities well during the month. All eleven (11) students were present for the programme. The end of this month was the end of first the quarter. Eight (8) courses have been completed.

Bachelor’s Programme

Hopefully, we have admitted five (5) men for the bachelor’s programme. This is the second batch for the 2022/2023 academic year. An interview and orientation have been carried out. They have also taken their first class on Research and Writing which was taught by George Osafo.

Vacation

The school vacated for two (2) weeks holidays and to report on 3rd April 2022.

Campaigns

The students organized three-day public preaching at one of the villages called Gyankama. All the students participated.

Some of the students, who spent their holidays on campus due to the proximity to their homes, organized an evangelism programme at one of the villages. This was house-to-house activities for one week.

Registration Status

Land

Currently, the landowners are putting much effort to have the boundary plan design to be submitted to the land commission for the plotting and final registration.

RGD

As I reported in my previous report, the Accra Tax filing with the Registrar General’s Department is through for the year ending 2021. We are still working on Tamale’s reregistration.

Chadwick Adrian Wagner and Sunday Abiodun Owolabi visit to Accra School

We were grateful to have our brothers Wagner and Sunday from America (USA) and Nigeria, who came to visit our School. These two brothers, E.O. Larbi (Accra Director), and I (Sammy) showed them the new school project, a wonderful work being done by our brethren. They were impressed for such a project.

Graduation

The Accra school graduation is gradually approaching. This is to mark the 4th graduation and matriculation programme, four (4) full-time from Accra and ten (10) weekend students from Nsawam. We are hoping that all the activities would be successful.

Cebu schools back in session after two-year Covid shut down

Greetings from Cebu, Philippines:

The BVBI-Philippines Cebu school is officially back after two years of not being able to meet together because of the pandemic. Our students were very excited to see each other again and resume studying the word of God. This month we studied the interesting book of Acts. We studied how the gospel spread from Jerusalem to the ends of the earth, and the persecutions that went with it. We also learned the importance of continuing the mission of sharing the gospel to the lost.

During the week, seven of our students went on a short mission trip to the beautiful island of Olango to encouraged the brethren there. This church is ministered by one of our student, Jhobert Sabang and the students who went with him were Alvin Legaspe, Junven Calijan, Nino Rey Felicano, Michael Parilla, Ronel Romano and Bong Jumawan. Junven led the short devotional and the brethren in Olango were very encouraged to hear the wonderful message. Our students are planning to go back Olango, Lord willing, and share the message of salvation to the people in that island.

 We pray that our great God will bless these plans.

 In His Service,

 Neil Emperado

Director-BVBI Phils, Cebu

Weekend Evangelism in Wotutu Cameroon

Dearest in Christ,

Greetings from this part of the world. We are doing good, and we do hope that you are doing great in all that you do. God is still on the throne leading our ministry from one level to another.

Last week in Bear Valley, and other ministries here, went on well. We were busy with weekend evangelism, funerals, and marriages. God is at work in what we are doing.

Students left Wotutu in pairs to different locations for weekend evangelism. Because of the high prices of things, weekend evangelism and end of quarter mission work is getting too expensive for us. Some went to our usual young congregations for teaching and nurturing while others accompanied me to a funeral as we suffered the loss of one of our sisters in the Wotutu congregation. Her children are now typical orphans as they lost their father some years back. Mission printing tracts are penetrating many hearts as our students make sure to drop a tract for possible future follow up after teaching.

I was preaching during open air on the subject, “HOW WE CAN HAVE FAITH IN GOD.” A big crowd in Yato village came out to listen to the word. One precious soul obeyed the gospel and tracts were shared to many during the day. She asked questions and they were clarified to her with the bible. That opened the way for her to say I am ready to follow Jesus Christ.

In Yato village, the congregation is presently small but we are seeing great potential to grow this congregation. We assembled the men, and we spent quality time discussing strategies we can use to enhance growth in our various congregations. Please pray for the Yato congregation and many of the work here.

The newly established congregation of Ndobo in Douala is witnessing great changes as the weekly evangelism and the sharing of tracts keeps making waves there. Even while back at school, our students keep receiving calls from prospects who will continue to read tracts and to ask questions if they don’t understand some certain things. This week a sister also obeyed the gospel. Keep her in your prayers because her obedience to the gospel will open a door to her family.

The current students of the Bear Valley Bible Institute Cameroon Wotutu are learning a new career of teaching and nurturing children as they are the ones conducting devotionals in the Brightland Christian Orphanage. It is a good thing for them to learn how to work with children as no one knows what plans God has for His church through these students. Please, we solicit your prayers on their behalf.

Join us to praise God as He added two precious souls during the course of this week into His church. Please pray for the souls, and keep this work in your prayers .

At the top on our agenda is weekend evangelism, because EVANGELISM IS OUR MISSION , AND OUR MISSION IS EVANGELISM.

Thank you very much for all that you do for the work here. God is watching and will reward you in due season. Please do your best to share this with others.

 God bless you as you make a great day.

 Elangwe and family

Reaching out in Nepal

Dear respected brother in Christ,

Greetings to you all in the precious name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. May grace of God, love and peace always be with you. We do hope that you and all your family members are doing well. While the Bear Valley school is on sabbatical, we are using our time and opportunities wisely. I am writing all our work report in briefly.

Last month training program

We are fine by the grace of God. Last month we did four days of Bible study and disciple making training classes at our school building. It was good. Our audiences like these new teaching methods.

Baptism

We are having often time Bible study and fellowship at Kalanki. Last week one soul was added in the Lord's kingdom at Kalanki congregation.

Voice of truth international magazine.

I am translating lesson from VOTI in my free time. We have printed our Nepali volume 8. We are distributing VOTI booklet. Today volume 8 is printed out. Brother Jerry Bates from world evangelism is bearing only printing expenses.

Jerry Bates visit

Brother Jerry Bates, sister Paula Bates will arrive Nepal on 25th of May 2022. We will do half days Bible study at two different local congregation at Kathmandu valley. We will do five days of Bible seminar from 28th May -1st June of 2022. We will be inviting some of our preachers and graduated students. They will leave on 2nd June at night. One of Brother from Delhi, Sunny David is also planning to join with us. He is also working with Brother Jerry Bates. Brother Jerry Bates is taking classes on GODHEAD and CHRISTIAN GROWTH. I have finished his lesson translation. We are planning to print out for Seminar. We will print out 2000 copies. He will bear expenses of our seminar, and printed cost.

Our visit to India

Abigail's final exam is finished today. We are planning to visit her home town for 2 weeks. We will be travelling for Mirik, India on 28th April. We will be returning back on 12th May. Please kindly remember us in your prayer.

Thank you for your regular prayer and support for the work in Nepal.

Thank you

Brother in Christ

Gajendra Deshar

Mbanga Balong Cameroon school is busy with school and evangelism

The staff and the students bring greetings from Mmbanga Balong Cameroon. The church of Christ that worships in this town brings their salutations in Jesus’ mighty name. 

 The fourth batch of our students are already working in their second year. What a great moment to say that this month marked the 7th year of the creation of our Bear Valley Bible Institute in Mbanga Balong Cameroon. All along, we've gone through a lot, but God has always been on our side.

To conclude our year one activities, our students traveled to 14 different assemblies in French speaking regions of Cameroon. Our internship for the month of March was really great. God took us out safely and brought us home safely.  

It was good to have a student from Wotutu in the same preaching field as another student from Mbanga. Some of our areas are really bilingual and we don't have bilingual students this time around, so we made a combination with students from the two schools. Nevertheless, it was really successful as we did this in two mission grounds. It yielded some fruit both in Kotto Mission and in Sangmalema.

 A number of souls were added during this mission work. In fact, 14 souls were added into the kingdom of God and 6 were restored. Some areas of work are really too difficult, as our Francophone brothers are more into Catholicism and Pentecostalism. Most of them don't know about the church and some students were even chased out of some neighborhoods. This is not strange to us though as it has happened to me also several times in our French speaking regions. We need a lot of prayers for the churches in these regions.

Bibles were also given to new converts as in the case of a sister who was sitting with her baby. Let's pray for these new converts as they enter into the work of the Lord.

We took our short courses after our fieldwork this time around. This was due to some missionary activities that took us a lot of time as we were going out for evangelism as well all at the same time. Our mission is evangelism and evangelism is our mission. 

As the men took the class on Leadership, and the sisters also took part. The “Leadership” course was taught by minister Ewang Divine, a graduate of the Wotutu school. It all was successful. This took us to the beginning of a new quarter which we started immediately after the short course.The students are now talking about graduation so spending one more year in school will not be that easy. 

Brother Giress had on his usual smile when he was teaching the students in class this Thursday. The darkest moment in the night is when the day is almost dawn. This is the moment where our students will face a lot of temptation, for the devil will not want to see them all graduating. It's a very difficult moment, as we have always seen with the other batches in the past. It is also a moment where God will want to expose all those who are still hiding their bad character and attitude. But prayers conquer all. We still follow up with our activities both in the congregation and in school. 

The congregation in Mbanga was proud of hosting the Francophone Zonal Women’ Seminar. Congregations from the 8 regions of the French speaking part of our country were hosted by the women of the Mbanga assembly. About 16 assemblies were represented. It was a wonderful week with us in Mbanga. 
We continue with our mission to other localities for implantation and revival. The church in French Cameroon is still in renaissance. Lots of work is still to be carried out. The school in Mbanga and the churches in French Cameroon, are calling on all of us to put our efforts together on this theme, " Let Us Evangelize the French World.” Tracks are now available, as we plan to storm the next community with the gospel of peace everywhere that the man of peace is found. 

Our next mission will be in Chad as we plan to begin our journey Friday with my wife Mary and Elangwe and his wife Magdalene where we will be prepared to teach both the women and children as a part of our mission. We shall be working with the preachers on the preacher forum as well. 

We shall also meet our graduates and other preachers in Chad. While we think about souls, their physical worries are also our concern. May God lead us safely to our destination and fulfill our mission for Him in this country. Please put us in your prayers. Chad here we come.  

The people of Cameroon have acknowledged the work of the Bear Valley Bible Institutes in this country and we are proud of belonging to this Bear Valley family. More grace and more prayers. The devil is being put to shame.