Announcement

         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