Newsletter for
November 2015
The country
of Côte d’Ivoire is
made up of how
many regions?
Bobby, Jenny &
Moore Mihsill:
Missionaries to
Côte d'Ivoire,
West Africa
For the answer to the trivia
question above, see our
blog:
themihsills.blogspot.com
The Mihsills
Praises & Prayer Requests
Visiting the Korhogo Area
In which locations will the Children of Promise
program begin? As the Lord leads in answering this
question, we felt directed to visit several churches in
the northern part of Côte d’Ivoire from November 21 to
24. On Sunday, we visited the Church of God
congregations in Kolèvogo and Nouplé. On Monday,
Bobby and Pastor Yeo visited the Tarato church. We
were able to discuss the start of the program with
church superintendent Pastor Yeo and ask questions
about these various locations. The next step is to work
together with the congregations to determine who
would be willing to volunteer with the program, how
churches can reach out to their communities as part of
the COP program and where the program would be
successful.
We’re excited about all the Lord has in store and
will be discussing further progress regarding the start
of the program during the executive committee
meetings in December.
• Praise the Lord for safe travels during our
recent Children of Promise trip to the
northern area of Korhogo.
• Pray for Larry and LeAnn Sellers, our
teammates in ministry, as they travel during
their home assignment in the U.S.
Above: Enjoying fresh peanuts
and a warm welcome from the
congregation in Nouplé.
• Praise the Lord for great visits with the
Webbs (pictured below), our regional
coordinators, in Yamoussoukro and with
the Dodsons, friends from language school,
during our visit to Korhogo.
Above: Tarato church building
Far Left: Bobby shares the
morning message at Kolèvogo
while Pastor Yeo translates.
Left : Ladies gather for a
women’s meeting after church
Left: Making a silly face just
for fun!
Below: Children gathered for Sunday
School at Kolèvogo Church of God.
• Praise the Lord for healing Sammy who
w a s h o s p i t a l i z e d t w o d ay s d u r i n g
November.
Bobby & Jenny Mihsill
c/o Global Strategy
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IBAO in Session
The November session of IBAO started off with the
Systematic Theology course that we, Bobby and Jenny,
taught together. Students studied the theology of God,
Anthropology, Hamartiology (study of sin), Christology,
and Soteriology (study of salvation). These topics allowed
for lively discussion from how to confront sin in the church
to how we understand the incarnation of Christ. Each
student chose a sub-topic in one of these areas and
began a research paper over their chosen topic.
Systematic Theology is a two-week course, so we will Above: Pastor Samuel, an IBAO
continue with more topics during the January session.
student, is busy at work on his
Students theology paper.
Below : Students use biblical commentaries,
theology books and other resources in the IBAO will also complete the final draft of their
library as they prepare outlines for their research theology research papers in January
when they return. Research materials
papers.
(books, resources, etc.) are not easy to
come by in Côte d’Ivoire, so students
must do a large part, if not all, of their
research while on campus in order to
access the library. We look forward to
the challenge of the second part of this
course in a few short weeks!
Interested in donating funds for
the IBAO library? Contact Global
Strategy at (800) 848-2464.
A Historic Moment
On Sunday, November 22nd, Bobby,
Moore and I piled into our car with six
others to head out to the village of
Kolèvogo for the morning worship
service. This Sunday was different than
any other Sunday in the history of the
Church of God in Côte d’Ivoire; this
Sunday, the first female would be
installed as senior pastor of a Church of
God congregation.
Pastor Anne Yeo, who has gone
through training at IBAO and been in
various leadership positions for some
time, was asked to be the pastor of the
Kolèvogo congregation. We are so
excited about her call to this pastoral
position and her positive response to
follow where the Lord is leading her.
Below: Pastor Anne in front of the Kolèvogo
church the day of her installation as pastor.
Welcoming our Regional Coordinators
On November 16th, Bobby drove to the airport in Abidjan
to welcome our regional coordinators, Mike, Heather and
Maddy Webb, to Côte d’Ivoire. We shared a lot of laughter,
some great stories and some delicious food with them during
the three days they were in the country. We enjoyed showing
them around the Yamoussoukro Church of God and
introducing them to the IBAO students. We even had time to
take a tour with them at the world’s largest basilica located
here in Yamoussoukro. Moore loved having Maddy here for a
visit! We are so glad that Mike and Heather are in this role for
the region of Africa; their care, concern and capabilities are
evident. We thank the Lord for placing them in this position and
we look forward to working
with them in the years to
come.
Sweet Time with Friends
Traveling up to Korhogo meant that we
got to see (and stay with) our friends
Justin and Jenna Dodson and their two
daughters, Aria and Colette, who moved
to this northern city in Côte d’Ivoire in
September. We were in language school
with the Dodsons in France. You may
remember that we asked for prayer for
the Dodsons in a previous newsletter as
they made their cross-continental move
just two months ago. God answered
these prayers as they are settling in well
and also answered our prayers for a
refreshing time of catching up with them.
The kids loved their time together, too!
Top right: Mike shares a
meditation at IBAO while Bobby
translates.
Bottom right: Maddy & Moore
tour the basilica together
Left: The Webbs greet the
IBAO students.
Would you or your congregation be interested in hearing more details about the
ministry here in Côte d’Ivoire? We’d be happy to Skype or
FaceTime with you! Contact us at the email addresses found
on bottom of the first page of this newsletter.
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