New beginnings in Moundou, Chad

May God, our only Master, in whom we have breath and whom we worship, bless you in Jesus Christ His Son, the author of our Salvation!  Below, you will find a monthly report of the activities of the Bear Valley Bible Institute Moundou-Chad. This report is sequenced with the coordinator's visit to Chad, evangelization activities, student registration, and visit to congregations in Chad by the coordinator David Ballard.

OUR THANKS:

 We open this monthly work report, of the Bible Institute of Bear Valley Moundou-Chad, with thanks to God. The congregations of the churches of Christ in Chad in general, the congregation of the church of Christ in Moundou, which meets at the campus of the Bear Valley Bible Institute Moundou-Chad, and the students of the Bible institute in particular, have for several months, prayed for the program, of the visit of the coordinator of the Biblical training center of Bear Valley Bible Institue Moundou-Chad, to the country of Chad. This program became a reality on February 23, 2024 at 6 p.m.  From the bottom of our hearts, we sincerely say thank God first for listening to our prayers and then all the congregation for praying to God for the journey of our missionary brothers David Ballard, Todd Crayton, and Barry Baggott. May God bless each of them for their mission throughout the earth!  We also thank, from the bottom of our hearts, the missionary team that arrived in Chad. May God restore to them, the strength lost during this trip. During this time of the year, it is very hot in Chad. May God bless them a hundredfold, for the rest of their lives, for their involvement in His work!

 EVANGELISM:

From February 23 to March 12, 2024, the Lord used the presence of the missionary team led by coordinator David Ballard, to help win souls as He added them to his Church. A total of 17 souls, were baptized into Christ on this occasion. The saved souls are distributed as follows: 02 souls in the campus congregation in Moundou, 03 souls in the Koumra congregation, 02 souls in the Sarh congregation, 03 souls in the Dono-manga congregation (Ter), 06 souls in the congregation of Kélo, and finally 01 soul, in the congregation of Forkoumaye which occurred one day after the passage of the brothers, but that was result of their preaching.  Let us pray for all these souls and that God will bless the tools that He used for this work!  The Lord’s work is not only baptism, there are many other activities involved in teaching, nurturing, and sustaining.

 REGISTRATION:

During the stay in Chad, of the coordinator and the team, 17 students in biblical training at the Bible Institute of Bear Valley Moundou-Chad, were officially registered on March 2, 2024 by the Coordinator as students of the said Institution. We pray for the further training of these 17 men, who left their families, to study the Holy Scriptures, in order to serve the Lord well!  The mission of the missionary team did not stop at the registration of students and with the 17 cases of baptisms.

 TOUR IN THE CONGREGATIONS:

The three brothers on mission in Chad, in order to get to grip on the reality of the field of work, made a tour within the southern provinces of Chad. Time did not allow the missionaries to visit all of the scheduled congregations. Thus, 17 congregations were visited in total. These are the congregations: Djarabé 2, 15 Ans 1, Koumra, Sarh 1, Sarh 2, Bedjondouli 2, Kaba-Randy, Bendana, Dono-manga, Ter, Kélo, Bongor Vanguir, Pont Carol, Pala, Forkoumaye, N'djamena Abena, and N'djamena Boudalbagar. These congregations not only received visits from missionaries, they also received teaching. In Moundou, on campus for five days, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. local time, brother David Ballard gave lessons on “The Good News and Seven Ones.”  It was a very beneficial series, for the students especially.  While brother David taught those lessons in the afternoons, brother Barry Baggot taught a course in the instituted during the day, from Monday to Friday, entitled “The Doctrine of Denominations.” What a wonderful stay of in Chad it was for the brothers, and what a blessing it was for the Chadian brothers and sisters as well!

 STUDENT TRAINING:

Speaking of the functioning of the center's activities, everything is going well so far. Classes will continue until mid-May when students will have a longer that normal break to allow them to do be home taking care of their agricultural endeavors, especially the sowing of seeds.  We truly ask for your prayers for the students during their break.

 To close our report, we particularly extend our gratitude to BEAR VALLEY and to CREEKSIDE for all they do for the gospel in our country.  May God bless them for the advancement of His work in the world!  May God give us, on the side of Chad, the wisdom to accomplish his mission well!  May God bless us all abundantly for the preaching of the gospel throughout the world!

 In Christ,

Datoudji

A well-spent quarter break in Chad

Dear brother,

  Allow us once again, before talking about our activities, to send you and to the entire Bear Valley Family, our best wishes for health and happiness. Also receive heartfelt greetings from the Bear Valley-Chad family.

Indeed, dear Coordinator, the first month of the new year is not bad in terms of results. The work went well despite some difficulties. Speaking of evangelization, our students all completed the internship on site in Moundou. The sharing of the gospel was at a high level compared to previous months. We had two baptisms. The number of visitors to worship has also increased.

Talking about academic work, the result is better compared to the first three quarters. Currently. Presently, students are on vacation. They will return for the fifth term on February 25. Let us pray for their vacation stay and their effective return.

Concerning the projects, the staff of the Center's instructors, the students, and the different congregations of the Church of Christ in Chad, ardently pray for the mission of the Coordinator of the Bear Valley Bible Institute Moundou-Chad and his entire team in Chad next month.  May God make this first mission of the Coordinator in Chad effective!  

Be sufficiently blessed for the work of the Lord throughout the world.

In Christ,

Datoudji

Classes resume in Chad

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Who, according to His vision, has called us to his work. May the peace and mercy of Christ be in you abundantly! Beloved, we hope this report finds you in good health. Receive our cordial, fraternal greetings in the name of Jesus Christ!

Indeed, we are delighted to bring to your attention some useful information concerning the life of our school. This information includes, among other things, the return of students to the Center and the effective resumption of classes.

We glorify God for His assured protection of our beloved students during their vacation. After taking advantage of the holidays to present the Gospel to the lost, they returned to the Center November 26. Classes resumed today, November 27, 2023 for the fourth quarter. We should note that our students provided very good reports from their internships. Regarding the current quarter, evangelism and vacation time will be from December 22, 2023 to January 6, 2024.

We will be having the great evangelization campaign of Alumni-Chad from December 25 to 27 in Fianga. Fianga is a locality approximately 200 km from the Center, where two former students of Bear Valley work. We want all our students to take part in this great meeting, but our challenge is transportation. Please put us in your prayers. From December 28 to 31, we have the Annual National Conference of the Assemblies of the Church of Christ in N'djamena. Let us pray for the Alumni-Chad evangelization campaign and for the national conference, which are great opportunities for brothers and sisters in Christ to meet.

May God help us, for the sole glory of his name!  May God bless you also, in equipping you for his work!

Fraternally,

Datoudji

A productive quarter break in Chad

May the peace and joy of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you! It is with great pleasure in our hearts that we want to share with you some information about the activities of our center that took place in the month of October 2023. Above all, receive our sincere greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!  Our greetings also go to the extended family of the Creekside congregation and that of the Bear Valley Bible Institute. The information we want to bring to your attention concerns student internship reports and individual student vacation activities.

These activities are as follows. The third quarter internship period ran from October 7 to 14, 2023. Our students truly supported the assemblies that welcomed them through door-to-door preaching of the Gospel and teachings in church. The overall result of their efforts was five (05) baptisms distributed as follows, one (1) in the BISSIWADOG village, one (1) in Moundou, two in Koumra and one (1) in the Gonogono 2 village. We say congratulations to the trainees. Let us pray for the growth of these saved souls.

In regard to the individual evangelization activities of the students on vacation, let us mention two seminars organized in two villages for the students. These seminars helped save a soul.  May the name of God be glorified!  Hopefully the remaining three weeks will also bear fruit.

Regarding the activities of the Center in the near future, in the last week of December we will have a major Alumni evangelization campaign as well as the Annual Conference of the Church of Christ in Chad which will be held in N'djamena from December 28 to 31. These two events will need the effective presence of our students who will be a force for evangelization. However, we have a lack of adequate means for student transportation. The Alumni Campaign will take place in the locality where two former students of BVBI Cameroon Mbanga work. They are approximately 200 km from the center. N'djamena is 450 km from Moundou where the center is located. Let us pray for the participation of our students in these great moments where their preaching of the gospel of salvation can help win more lost souls.

These, Mr. Coordinator, are the few useful pieces of information to give you on the activities of the BVBI Moundou Chad during the month of October as well as some activities that lie ahead of us. Thank you for your availability to read from us. May God bless you abundantly in Jesus Christ!

In Christ,

Your brother Datoudji!

Moundou  November 2, 2023

Chad students use vacation time to evangelize

Bear Valley Bible Training Center Moundou-Chad

Report of activities for the month of August 2023

May the peace and immense grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the source of our common joy, be upon you!  We hope this report finds you in good health.  Above all, receive our most sincere greetings, especially the greetings from the students, in the precious name of Jesus Christ!

You will find in a few words, what we can tell you about our activities during the month of August. We will tell you about the students' activities during vacation time, their return for the third term, and the actual start of the third term. 

In fact, the vacation time lasted more than six weeks. This time allowed the students to rest, to do their family and business work, and to evangelize. Speaking of evangelism, during the entire vacation, the students presented the gospel to many people in their respective communities. Thus, we recorded five baptisms.  We have some images but they are of poor quality. We glorify the name of God for these opportunities and ask you to join us in praying for the spiritual growth of these souls.

After the vacation time, our students returned to the center on the 26th and 27th of August. However, we regret to announce the loss of a student. The student, HAMSOU S. Gabriel, dropped out of the program. He is a soldier in the Chadian National Army who left military service to come to Bible school.  Unfortunately, during this vacation time, he returned to the army.  According to him, he was relentlessly harassed.  We are praying for him, because with the information he has given me, he is continuing to preach the gospel to families around him. We pray that along-side him, we will succeed in establishing an assembly in his area in days to come.

Regarding the resumption of classes, they have once again been running effectively since the beginning of the new quarter on Monday August 28.  The first week has just ended with the exam on the books of Job and Psalms.  We say thank you to God for his support, as we pray for His grace for the rest of the term.

We would love to have the ability to give a copy of the Bible to each of our new converts and to have a few extra to use in our evangelization activities.

This was briefly, in a few words, the information concerning the activities of the Center for the month of August 2023. May God continually bless you in the name of Jesus Christ!

 In Christ,

 Your servant DATOUDJI

School in Chad starting strong

BEAR VALLEY MOUNDOU-CHAD REPORT- JUNE 2023

INTRODUCTION:

We attribute the fact that we can still write to you at the end of June of the year 2023, to the divine grace of God that is upon us. May this same grace be your portion, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ!  Below you will find information relating to the activities of BEAR VALLEY MOUNDOU-CHAD. You will find information about our academic, evangelism, and Alumni activities. May the peace of God be with you as you read!

OUR ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES:

We open the information on the academic activities of the Center with a word of thanksgiving. We say a sincere “thank you” to the leaders of Creekside, and to all those who directly or indirectly contribute in helping us in our activities. May God, who is the source of all blessings, return to you a hundredfold! In accordance with the close adherence to our program of academic activities, we have one week left to close our second term with the course, “God's Plan for the Salvation for the World.”  We glorify God for the very smooth running of our activities. We notice that the level of retention of course explanations by our students is progressing well compared to the first term. However, we ask you to continue to pray for these learners, that they can continue to overcome the few challenges they may face. Please pray also for their evangelism internship period and vacation time that lies between July 08 and August 27.

OUR EVANGELISM ACTIVITIES:

As the Lord wills and the leaders propose, evangelism is the priority of our activities as we also recognize that this is the purpose of our Center's existence. The people of our locality are beginning to willingly accept the presence of students and are more willing, allowing our students to share the gospel with them. Thus, the Saturday evangelistic outings have become a very interesting and fulfilling portion of student life. We have even begun to receive visits to the Center by those who are wanting to discuss the Bible. The number of visitors to worship has increased in the past month. There has been one baptism since the beginning of the second quarter. We hope that next quarter will be even better. May the name of God be glorified!

BEAR VALLEY ALUMNI ACTIVITIES (ALUMNI):

Regarding the activities of the former students of the Bear Valley Bible Institute Cameroon – Mbanga who reside in Chad, we have not organized a campaign for a semester. We intend to relaunch our activities in October. The results of our activities in the past years were very satisfactory, especially in the year 2021. Pray that this year will still be the best, especially with the evangelists results.

OUR DIFFICULTIES:

We did not experience any serious difficulties in the second quarter. In terms of health, we are seeing a slight increase in cases of illness. This is normal because we are in the middle of heavy rains and malaria is prominent. We are thankful to God that we have not had any very serious case. God's hand is on us!  We ask you continued prayers for the student evangelism internship which begins on July 8th.

CONCLUSION:

The staff of instructors, the students, the assembly of the Center and I, say thank you for your very strong and momentous partnership.  What a partnership we have that is allowing us to help saves souls in our locality. We have nothing to offer you in return, but we pray to God through Jesus Christ, the one who called you and entrusted you with this noble mission, to grant you good health and all kinds of blessings for the continuation of our mission. Thank you also, for your kindness and understanding. May God bless you all in Jesus Christ!

In Christ,

MADJIBEYE DATOUDJI

Bear Valley Moundou-Chad

Progressing in Chad

BEAR VALLEY MOUNDOU-CHAD

ACTIVITY REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2023

Dear Coordinator,

It is with great joy in our hearts that we take this opportunity to provide you with some information on the activities of our training center. We hope this little report finds you in good health. Above all, receive our sincere greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ! Here is some information on the activities of the center for the month of May, including one week in April.

Recently our students were actively involved in evangelism and as a result 18 baptized, 16 restored, 02 new assemblies planted. During the holidays, there were 5 more baptisms, which gives a total of 23 baptized.  We glorify the name of the Lord!

Quarter break was from April 28 to May 29, 2023

The vacation went very well. Our students have sown the gospel a lot in their respective families. We believe they will reap the rewards of their labors during the next vacation. The students returned to the center a week early. The reason is, to take the course on "The Holy Spirit of God." This course was missed in the first term, because of the change of program, and the trip the director took to Cameroon for the graduation of outgoing evangelists.

The Second Quarter: from May 29 to July 27, 2023

Our second quarter officially started this Monday, May 29, 2023. We have on the program for this quarter: Overview of the Old Testament (Josué-Esther), Overview of the Bible (the life of Jesus 3 and 4), Homiletics 1, Hermeneutics 1, and the Church of the New Testament. We ask prayer for the success of this trimester.

This is some information about the past quarter, as well as prayer points for the current quarter. May the Lord, whom we all serve, bless you in all things!

In Christ,

Your servant Datoudji

More conversions in Chad

BEAR VALLEY BIBLE INSTITUTE MOUNDOU-CHAD

 MID-APRIL 2023 REPORT

Mr. Coordinator of the Biblical Institute of the Bear Valley Moundou-Chad, on this occasion, we come to give you some information on the activities of the school.

TEACHING:

We have just finished the second week of April.  The lessons went well.

EVANGELISM:

  We had two (2) baptisms, one on the 9th and one on the 14th. The very good news is that the sentinel of the center of the Muslim confession converted to true Christianity. He is now a member of the Church of Christ. We glorify the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!

HEALTH:

We have one case of illness. The student has been ill for two (2) weeks.  After some care administered by the center's nurse, he underwent medical scans on April 6th. He then took care for a week, but he continues to have stomach pains. I made him go home this morning to get a product from the village at his father's request. We pray for his speedy recovery.

OUR NEAR FUTURE:

By next weekend, students will go on evangelism. It is from April 24 to 28, 2023, according to the new calendar that you have developed for us.  This will be our first stage. Please pray a lot for us.

Here dear coordinator, is a brief report of our activities for the first half of April 2023.

May God bless you in Jesus Christ!

Datoudji

A new school in the country of Chad

BEAR VALLEY BIBLE INSTITUTE MOUNDOU-CHAD

REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2023.

 Mr. Coordinator,

If we consider March 27 as the date of the start of the academic year, then our activities have lasted five weeks. If we consider March 13, the date of the new system, the start date, then we have totaled three weeks of lessons. 

 We can say this:

 OUR ACTIVITIES

1. The instructors have zeal for teaching.

2. The students participate well in class, despite the slowness of some who have been out of school for some time.

3. We had two, weekend evangelistic outings in the city. They were held on March 18thand March 25th. We were satisfied with the welcome given to our evangelization teams by the surrounding population.

We also had an out-of-town evangelism outing.  Four students participated in this outing from March 17 to 19, 2023. Two students joined the brothers of the church and went 87 km from Moundou. On this occasion, God added 10 souls to the church. Two others went to the village of one of our students. They went door to door. They had no baptisms but the gospel was presented by them.

HEALTH

Having changed environments and food systems, some students had health problems. These different cases of illness were managed by the center's pharmacy fund and by the service of one of our students, brother MIANHOUNOUM CLOTAIRE, who is a Technical Health Officer. We glorify God for that.

MY REMARKS

As for the starting of the school, we can say that everything is fine. Our first challenge is light. We believe that the central solar installation system can remedy the electricity problem.

May God bless you in Jesus Christ!

Your brother,

Datoudji