Cutting Edge Foundation

CEF Newsletter - May 2010

2010-05-10T01:45:00Z

"The wilderness and the waste land shall be glad for them, and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose…"Isaiah 35:1

When you see the photos in the newsletter, you will see why we chose the above scripture. Our team in Chad is today working in 116°F+ scorching heat and dust.

We are really excited now that the medical team members are either already living on the campus of Hôpital de Guinebor II or they are on their way. The Lord is recruiting a top quality international team, and we now plan to open the hospital in September after eight years of prayer and much hard work. Many of you readers have been a part of this journey and have seen the Lord work..

CEF Newsletter - November 2009

2010-02-12T18:14:00Z

"Oh come, Let us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving. Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms. For the Lord is the great God, and the great King above all gods."Psalms 95:1-3

We at the CEF ministry, are so very thankful to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and to our faithful supporters who have partnered with us through prayer and financial giving. We hope that this newsletter and project update blesses your heart as you see how the work has continued at the Guinebor II Hospital near N’Djamena, Chad.

Care Givers Housing

2009-08-07T21:24:00Z

Skip Piotrski, building contractor and CEF board member leaves the first week of September for Chad to supervise the construction of the care-givers housing at Hopital de Guinebor ll. Skip and his wife Stephanie, a nurse, both serve on the CEF Board of Directors. They live in Indiana.

CEF Newsletter - Summer 2009

2009-08-03T16:19:00Z

"Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen."Ephesians 3:20-21

The above scripture expresses our heart as the Lord continues to abundantly bless the CEF ministry. It is now time to introduce you to some of the members of the CEF international team. The Lord is bringing together servants from different languages, nations and continents with a wide variety of gifts, training and skills. I suspect this is just a hint of how it will be in the heavenly kingdom when we gather around the throne of grace.

Summer News Update

2008-08-15T04:10:00Z

Greetings from South Carolina,

Summer is passing almost too fast for us. Philippe and Joel have already started high school and Heidi leaves us to return to start her third year at Lee University in Cleveland, TN.

Our only family mini-vacation was a 2,000 mile (round trip) to Delavan, Wisconsin where I (Bert) gave a VOM/CEF presentation to the Christian Dental Society. We all enjoyed the new scenery and Christian fellowship there. Though we have lived in several foreign countries, I was the only one in our family to have visited the dairy state. And, yes, Debbie found a cheese store with the smelly kind at Lake Geneva, WI.

Sad news is that one of our CEF executive committee members, Dr. Mike McMahon, had a heart attack during a hiking expedition with buddies in the Sierra Nevada Mts. three days ago. He underwent an angioplasty and is recovering in a Fresno, CA hospital. Drema, his wife, traveled from their home in VA and is at his side now. Please pray for them and for their daughters, Morgan and Katlyn. We first met the McMahon family when they came to Cameroon to serve with us at Hopital de Meskine in 1999. Mike also serves as a board member with Partners In Compassionate Care. We are praying for Mike's complete recovery. We would also appreciate your prayers for Mike and his family. [Sept 6th update: Dr. McMahon is recovering well. He is to have a cardiac evaluation in one week, and he expects to be back at work in his medical practice part-time in two weeks.]

Another Tech Serve team will leave in a week or so for Chad. They plan to repair the hospital roof which was damaged by a storm, to finish the cabinets and put all the finishing touches on the "big" building. They also plan to build the first 14 bed patient ward. The next container filled with hospital supplies and cement leaves for Chad from Arkansas next week. The shipping charges for this container are being paid by Exxon-Mobil (Chad). Please pray for its safe and timely arrival.

We hope to build two more wards and add more guest housing before we open the hospital next year. Dr. Roy Jones from the UK will start serving with CEF next July (secunded from Africa Mission UK). We hope to start the medical workers training at Hopital de Guinebor II next summer and to open the hospital perhaps in October 2009.

My wife, Debbie, and I will travel to Chad next month to evaluate the project, to sort through medical supplies, to meet with Dr. Roy Jones and his wife, Jane, to discuss recruitment of national staff and deal with other administrative issues with our Chadian staff. We would appreciate your prayers.

CEF board member Debbie Williamson, from Corpus Christi, Texas, is here in South Carolina helping out in the CEF office for six months. She is a real blessing.

Our Chadian administrator, Ndilmbaye Moidi, has informed us that his wife has a serious liver disorder. Their only child is only a few months old. Please pray for this family.

I'll spend one week in Idaho next month, before leaving for Chad, speaking with different groups about the CEF as well as the VOM ministries. I would appreciate your prayers.

Please pray for Chad, a troubled land that needs the Lord.

We thank you for your interest and for your financial and prayer support.

In Christ,
Bert