{"id":2828,"date":"2015-03-20T10:51:26","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T15:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?p=2828"},"modified":"2015-03-20T10:51:26","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T15:51:26","slug":"che-meeting-at-bogbakole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2015\/03\/che-meeting-at-bogbakole\/","title":{"rendered":"CHE meeting at Bogbakole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, March 19, Rev Elenga and I went to the village of Bogbakole to introduce the CHE (Community Health Evangelism) initiative to a number of the village leaders. \u00a022 people came from the local Covenant and Free churches plus several local government leaders.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/group-meeting2-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2829\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/group-meeting2-640x480-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"group meeting2 [640x480]\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/group-meeting2-640x480-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/group-meeting2-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We spent about 3 hours together during which we talked about how CHE addresses the concerns of the entire person: \u00a0mind, body, spirit and emotions. \u00a0It is truly a wholistic approach. \u00a0Rev. Elenga used the story of the paralyzed man that his friends carried to Jesus for healing to talk about key development principles of working together, being creative, helping others, believing in what you&#8217;re doing, determination and more.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2832\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/women-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2832\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2832\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/women-640x480-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"women listening\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/women-640x480-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/women-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2832\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">women listening<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I led a short session on the river crossing story which is always fun. \u00a0After the drama we talk about what we saw and what we can learn from the drama. \u00a0In particular we learn that development is teaching someone how to cross the river and not doing it for them. \u00a0When we learn something new that is helpful in addition to putting it into practice in our lives we need to teach it to someone else.<\/p>\n<p>The next step for the village is the formation of a CHE committee, training the committee and then selecting the Community Health Evangelists or CHEs. \u00a0The CHEs are the ones who go house to house sharing with they have learned with their neighbors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/river-crossing-carrying-someone-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2833\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/river-crossing-carrying-someone-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"carrying someone across the river\" width=\"396\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/river-crossing-carrying-someone-640x480.jpg 396w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/river-crossing-carrying-someone-640x480-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>carrying someone across the river<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2830\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/river-crossing-teaching-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2830\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2830\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/river-crossing-teaching-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"getting smarter - teaching someone to cross the river\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/river-crossing-teaching-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/river-crossing-teaching-640x480-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2830\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">getting smarter &#8211; teaching someone to cross the river<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2831\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/river-crossing-teaching-what-learned-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2831\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2831\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/river-crossing-teaching-what-learned-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"the person taught now teaches his friend who was left on an island in the river\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/river-crossing-teaching-what-learned-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/river-crossing-teaching-what-learned-640x480-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2831\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">the person taught now teaches his friend who was left on an island in the river<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=2828&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, March 19, Rev Elenga and I went to the village of Bogbakole to introduce the CHE (Community Health Evangelism) initiative to a number of the village leaders. \u00a022 people came from the local Covenant and Free churches plus several local government leaders. 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