Suzy & Fidel Baldwin-Noutehou

A career missionary since 1999, Suzy first served the Otammari people of Benin. Now, she and her husband, Fidel, are serving the people groups of the Pendjari region of Benin.

Suzy Baldwin-Noutehou started working with the Otammari people in Benin, West Africa, in 1999. She learned their culture, then how to present the gospel in the context of their and other area cultures. She used friendship evangelism, medical care and health education. She also worked for many years with Ulrike Baur, another AFM missionary.

During that time, Fidel Noutehou was also learning and doing evangelism in another denomination under the mentorship of his uncle. In 2007, God brought Fidel to Natitingou and into contact with Suzy and other SDA members. Fidel would come and borrow books from Suzy, and that was their only contact for seven years.

In late 2013, God convicted Fidel of the Sabbath truth, and he joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Over the next seven months, God impressed Fidel and then Suzy that they were to be married and become partners in the work. In 2014, Fidel and Suzy wed and moved to the Pendjari region of Benin to start a new AFM project. They live in a small village outside of Tanguieta, on a farm where they have an agriculture ministry. Their work includes planting churches and mentoring local leaders from the various village church groups.

Now, several church groups have been planted in two of the larger people groups and one church group in the main town near Tanguieta.

Frontier Stories

God Supplies

We passed the first gas station and saw the “fini” (finished) sign pasted on the pump. I said, “This is not good.” On we went to the next station, but that one also advertised “fini.”

By: Suzy & Fidel Baldwin-Noutehou
March 01 2004, 3:21 pm | Comments 0

Papa T

After the death of his wife, Papa’s drinking got progressively worse. He was grieving. He believed she went to heaven and he could talk to her, but it didn’t make it any better.

By: Suzy & Fidel Baldwin-Noutehou
February 01 2004, 3:23 pm | Comments 0

Word Spreads

And it came to pass in those days that a white woman (blanche) came and lived among us with a vision of helping people live healthier lives. She ate with us and asked lots of questions.

By: Suzy & Fidel Baldwin-Noutehou
January 21 2004, 3:28 pm | Comments 0

Furlough Memories

Do you think the mission field is exotic?  Try coming back home to the States after a few years of being away! Here are some random memories I have of my recent furlough.

By: Suzy & Fidel Baldwin-Noutehou
January 01 2004, 3:24 pm | Comments 0

Return to Disampoli

The first day, I presented the part of the program that usually gets people to warm up and ask questions. I had made month-by-month life-size cutouts of a fetus. I walked around showing the life-sized cutouts and explained what happens each month of development.

By: Suzy & Fidel Baldwin-Noutehou
October 01 2003, 3:29 pm | Comments 0

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