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Dear friends,
Thank you for praying for the difficult
situation I mentioned in my last two e-mails. Thanks to everybody wanting to
do the Lord's will and acting with love, respect and discreteness, the
situation was resolved well. It has been a number of very difficult and
painful weeks, but I'm thankful for the outcome. Praise God!
World Revival
School of Ministry (WRSM)
10 more weeks in school and I'm done with classes. The closer the end gets,
the more I'm looking forward to it, ready to step out and do the works of the
ministry. After 24 years in school (12 at university/college) I'm starting to
get "fed up" with school :-)
After school is over in May, I still have to write my thesis and finish it by
the end of August when we graduate. I'm writing about folk-islam and
indigenous religions in West Africa, specifically Mali.
Friends of
the Bridegroom - Mike Bickle (FOTB -
including International House of Prayer (IHOP) and Forerunner School of
Prayer (FSOP))
www.fotb.com
Thanks to FSOP, I've been Jill Austin's student the whole time I've been in
Kansas City. Jill is currently not teaching due to her busy travel schedule,
but we still get to be her ministry team at local conferences, like the one
we had 2 weeks ago (with guest speakers Che Ahn, Kingsley Fletcher and Larry
Randolph). I love Jill and ministering under her!
I've been praying and looking for ways to get involved with FOTB more, to
pour out of the riches the Lord has deposited in us. Besides already being on
the ministry team there, I might get involved with the Healing Rooms. But I'm
most excited about this coming summer: I'm helping with the French
internship; a two-month program for French-speakers where they'll spend most
of their time at IHOP, worshipping and praying, as well as having ministry
opportunities. Finally, I'm praying about getting involved with one of the
housechurches FOTB has started.
Catch The
Wind Ministries - Dr Dave Ryser
www.catchthewind.net
We are very excited about the doors to the nations the Lord is opening for
us. We are simply following Him - and He always does more than we could even
imagine. I can hardly wait to get done with school and join the team on the
ministry trips. For the time being, I continue taking care of the website and
e-mail newsletters. The third CTW trip to Bulgaria is coming up, which will
keep me very busy again. We are also seeking the Lord to see where he would
have us go next - Austria, Latvia, England.
Austria
I will be flying to Austria as soon as school is out in May. I'm really
excited, as I will have been gone for one and a half years, and as I will get
to celebrate my 30th birthday with my family (having missed my Mom's 50th and
my Grandma's 80th). The flight is reserved, arriving May 14
(my actual birthday); however, I'm not able to pay for it at this time.
Ministry Trip
to Malawi with Todd Bentley & Heidi Baker
www.freshfire.ca www.irismin.org
June 1-12 - Heidi
Baker is a missionary to Mozambique and
Malawi, overseeing thousands of churches that have been started over the past
few years, with countless miracles of healing (including raising the dead)
and food multiplication. Heidi is simply totally in love with the Lord (with
a Ph.D. in Theology) and ministers accordingly. She's a great example!
Todd Bentley is a young Canadian evangelist who moves powerfully in healing and
the prophetic, holding huge crusades all over the world. I've had the joy of
being on the ministry team every time he's been in Kansas City, and pray for
people right next to him.
In June, a hundred thousand people and more are expected to come to the
crusade daily, and the Lord spoke to Todd to feed them ALL three times a day,
since many in that country face starvation. That ministry trip will therefore
be an opportunity to feed the poor, heal the sick and preach the Word as Todd
sends us out in the market place, to orphanages and leper colonies.
Over a year ago the Lord spoke to me to do two things before returning to
Mali - go on a trip to Africa with Todd, and visit Heidi in Africa. Now the
two have come together, at the perfect time for me, and I'm very excited to
step out and do God's will.
For that reason, I'm trusting the Lord to provide the $3000 necessary (half
of it needed right now), and would like to ask you to consider partnering
with me for the feeding of the hungry and healing of the sick in Malawi.
Upcoming
Event
Next week Mike Bickle is holding his yearly SIGNS, WONDERS AND THE PROPHETIC
MINISTRY conference, this year with Paul Cain, Rick Joyner, Graham Cooke,
Todd Bentley and Jack Deere. I'm looking forward
to the opportunity to be on the ministry team at the conference, and I'm very
excited that I will have a visitor from my church in Vienna who's coming for
the conference.
Greatest Need
You will not be surprised to hear that my greatest need is still finances. I'm
so thankful to those whose giving adds up to $55 a month - yet that is not
enough by far. Without translations or a work permit in the US, as well as my
new life of itinerant ministry only months away, I depend on the Lord and His
people to enable me to do His works. Please consider supporting me on a
monthly basis, or giving towards the upcoming trips. Thank you.
Also, check out Glory Webservices (www.glorywebservices.com ) - if
you need a domain, website or translation, please consider me as your
provider. GWS could potentially provide some source of income.
Thank you all for your friendship and partnership, and your continual
interest in my life, as the Lord continues to prepare me for the great things
ahead. May He bless you beyond what you can contain in every area of your
life!
In HIS service.
Claudia
Check my website in progress www.healing2thenations.net
Need a domain? Webdesigner? Translator? www.glorywebservices.com
Catch The
Wind Ministries I'm a part of www.catchthewind.net
Consider making upcoming ministry trips possible by making a donation.
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