Larry & LeAnn Missionaries
Laura & Lee to
Sellers Côte
d’ Ivoire
August/September 2010
Spontaneous Church plants Praises:
Niangon Church of
Spring up in God, Abidjan held
Western Cote d Ivoire ! its Harvest Service.
Lee (and friends)
here for summer
Jesus said, “...I will build my church.” break. Surprised
Matthew 16:18 by an extra 10
days with Lee
Early on the morning of August 8, we traveled to an area to the west of Yamoussoukro Bible Society Ma-
that we have visited only once before. We were to visit a new group of believers among rathon in Yamous-
the Bete tribe where we have had no prior work. A school teacher who was saved and soukro.
baptized in one of our churches was moved by the government to the town of Issia to 6 congregations
teach school. In his zeal to spread the Gospel, he started five new cell groups in villages hold VBS and
more still to be
in the area. Now these groups are seeking to attach themselves to the Church of God.
held.
We visited one cell group, the newest one that was just a few weeks old with at least 100
. Literacy Central
persons present, some from the other cell groups in the area. They sang and danced and District- new
played drums with great energy and excitement. Larry preached with interpretation in classes starting.
the Bete language and many responded to the message. Afterwards, we were invited to Laura received the
the village chief’s house for a meal. None of these cell groups have their own buildings, documents she
but worship in homes, under temporary shelters or borrowed buildings. The lay leaders needed to go to
are eager to receive Bible and leadership training to be more effective in leading these France.
new groups toward maturity in Christ. What an exciting time to see Christ building his Safe travel to and
church
. with such spontaneous growth! from the National
Youth Retreat for
Kononfla Church of God Dedication the Youth.
6 new Believers
The morning of August 15th we headed to Kononfla for a day of CELEBRATING what the Lord
Baptized in Galibre
has done! The congregation and two (2) work camp groups, one from Michigan/Minnesota and
one from Texas/Minnesota have raised the walls, put on the roof and now the Church is ready a new work near
to be used for the Glory of God. The Church held an all-night Evangelistic service the night be- Gagnoa.
fore the Dedication. It was great to see other congregations join the Kononfla Church in Cele-
st
brating its 1 service in the new building.
We would like to say Thank You to Sherman Critser, Jeff Vaneps, New Creation Church of God in
Flint, MI the First Church of God in Ira, TX and Odessa, TX and Chuck Treder for their hard work!
Lee left to start his
Senior Year at
Dakar Academy Aug 11!
National Youth Retreat! A Note of Thanks VBS Update…….
Over 60 youth from around VBS has taken place in 6 different loca-
tions around the country. There will be
Cote d’Ivoire attended the Na- We would like to say “THANK- more in December. Thank you so much
tional Youth Retreat held August YOU” to our Living Link Partners for your financial and prayerful support
23-29 in the North on the theme: and others who have faithfully of this ministry. Below are a few photos
“The Spiritual Growth and Mission supported us over the years. We
left: parachute
of Youth”. Pastors Daniel, Souka- appreciate your continued sup- with small children
lo, Emmanuel and Larry served as port of us and our ministry.
Below: Explaining
the wordless soccer
the speakers with a lively Q/A We know that this has been a ball
time at the end. Good times more difficult year in the area of
were filled with games, fun, sing- finances in the States. So your
ing, and one on one counseling sacrificial support for us means all
sessions. the more.
One afternoon the youth went Though our support level has
to a nearby village to evangelize held fairly constant, our local ex-
with several persons accepting Upcoming Events
penses continue to increase, such
Christ as a result. A closing soc- as our housing, utilities and fuel. 4th- 23rd September: Sellers travel
cer match between pastors and This in turn, will mean that we to Korhogo &Burkina Faso
youth saw the old timers bring need to raise a small amount of 13th-24th September: IBAO
home the cup. additional monthly support. Pst.Daniel & Kay Critser will
Therefore, we are asking for any teach Survey of the Old Testament.
October
of our supporting churches to 5th-6th Executive Committee
please prayerfully consider in- 7th CND Meeting (National Leadership
creasing their level of support to Council)
offset this increase and keep us 8th National Women’s Meeting
31st Presidential Elections for Cote
operating within budget. d’Ivoire.
On the family side of things, this
year will see both of our children Prayer Requests
The youth met in the city of graduating, one from college and Larry’s mother as she heals af-
Korhogo and then traveled to and one from high school, which ter 2 surgeries that were ne-
cessary after she had a fall.
from the remote site for the re- means we will have a bit more
treat in an open truck filled with travel to do this year than usual. Pastor Daniel and Issa as they
bags, food, pans, sound equip- We do not take your faithful sup- work on radio broadcasts that
will challenge youth to follow
ment and kids hanging on the port lightly and find it difficult to Christ in their daily lives.
sides, bumping along a dirt road. ask you to do more when many
Saturday, all the youth returned churches and persons in the USA Upcoming Presidential elec-
to Korhogo by truck to hold an all are also struggling just to keep tions scheduled for October.
night celebration service and then afloat. But we believe that God A permanent pastor for the
ended the retreat leading the has us in Africa for a reason and new work in Burkina Faso.
Sunday worship service at the that He will continue to provide
Persons to respond to God’s
Korhogo Church. The National through His church as long as He call for new missionaries to
Youth Team did a great job of needs us here. Thanks to you all West Africa.
organizing and leading this re- who are an essential part in car-
treat. rying out this call that we share Contact Us:
to “make disciples of all na- Address: BP 1984
tions…” Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire
For more information check
www.cichog.org
Or contact us at
lsellers@cichog.org
Larry and LeAnn Sellers, Missionaries in Côte d’Ivoire with Church of God Anderson,IN.(Project 42.10074)
Contact Candy Power 800-848-2464 ext. 2129 or email CPower@chog.org
