Welcome friends and family! The Anderson Family will share information with you through this blog or by email. Note: We are very new at using a blog. If we do not become blog savvy enough then we will use our new email address to connect with everyone instead. Our new email is ctandersonfamily@gmail.com.
Our Cameroon, Africa journey with The Torchbearer Foundation is underway. Feel free to visit there website through the link below. The Torchbearer Foundation
Taylor and I are
excited to announce that after much prayer, the Lord has given me an opportunity
to go on a survey trip this summer to Cameroon, Africa. We have been looking
forward to this trip for the better part of two years. God has brought us
together in marriage, and in the last eight months He has been teaching us to
rest in His direction. We were eager to go to the mission field directly after
our wedding, but the Lord had us wait and trust Him. We have learned to be
content here in Clay Center, Kansas where we have been able to assist with worship
at a newly established church, as well as helping with a middle school youth
group. God has opened many doors of service for us thus far, and now we are
very excited that He has opened another door to serve in Africa.
While I was studying at College of
the Ozarks I met Dr. Martin Niboh. He was one of my professors, and there was
something different about him. Dr. Niboh has the joy of the Lord
shining from him at all times, but especially when talking about the
opportunity to share that joy with the people from his home country, Cameroon,
Africa. In 2000, Dr. Niboh established
the Torchbearer Foundation to reach out to the people of Africa about the goodness
of God. The Torchbearers want to use
Agriculture to draw people to Christ. Taylor and I have been asked to help
start Farm Schools in Cameroon, Africa. The Farm Schools will give poor
students an opportunity to receive a Christian education while being required
to work for their tuition. The Farm Schools will teach the students about
agriculture through hands on experience and also teach them about Christ
through discipleship courses. This school that we intend to build will be a
self-sustaining, accredited institution that will use the farms at the school
as a tool to teach techniques of farming and to provide opportunities for us to
live out Christ with our students.
Taylor
and I can’t wait to be a part of this Farm School project. The Lord has blessed
us with experience and education in the areas necessary for us to be useful in
starting and developing the Agriculture program. We have been called by God to
fill the available positions and to go to Africa for however long he leads us
to remain there. But first we need to scope out the requirements of this
project through a survey trip to Cameroon this summer. We have not yet set foot
on Cameroonian soil (though others who are involved in this project have) and
there are many preparations to be made for us to have a successful endeavor in
Africa. Carl and a group of board members will be staying for several weeks,
from the first of July through the middle of August. We are excited to interact
with the people and discover more about the agricultural resources available to
start the schools. You may be wondering why Taylor is not joining us on this
survey trip; we recently found out that she is 8 weeks pregnant! Vaccinations
to enter Africa could be harmful for the baby.
To follow us
further on this journey and to receive our specific prayer requests please
contact us at ctandersonfamily@gmail.com or ctandersonafrica.blogspot.com.
We know that we
have a God who intercedes and we ask that you and your Church bodies come along
side us as we reach out in faith to answer this call from the Lord. We know
that the Lord will bring the provision for this trip and we trust in Him for
all things. Thank you for your prayers of support. May God’s blessings shine
upon you!
Your
Brother and Sister in Christ,
Carl
and Taylor Anderson
