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8TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE

The guest pastor and speaker at our annual anniversary conference this year was Gerhard Kisslinger from Vienna, Austria. It was his first time in Africa, and after sending a team to Mali 5 years ago, we were happy to finally welcome him in person in our family.

His first 3 days were filled with our conference. We started Friday afternoon with our first session. We had a great worship time, but suddenly the wind started blowing, then it started hailing and raining really hard. We had to run inside and save our electronic equipment. We were soaked and watched in amazed as the rented tents were ripped and blown away, and the ground covered in water. It NEVER rains in November, and certainly not like this! That was our first session.

You can watch the amazing video here.
You can read the report here.

We continued the conference in the evening, and had a time of exuberant, joyful worship, followed by Gerhard's first teaching. On Saturday we continued from 9 am until 3 pm - the weather had returned to normal, and the tents put back in place. People were very impacted with the stories Gerhard was telling, with the culture being very much into story-telling anyway. The stories drove home powerful points that impacted all listeners, and people loved Gerhard even more for it. We had a great time together, bringing heaven to earth (our theme).

Read the report on Saturday here.
Look at the pictures here or here.

Before Gerhard left on Thursday night, we took him downtown which was quite an experience. In the afternoon we had a great time at our weekly prayer meeting, and in the evening, we said our good-byes to him and the children prayed over him. What a wonderful week we'd had! Like on Sunday....

BIG CELEBRATION

On Sunday we had our big celebration that was broadcast live on Christian radio. I have to say, our kids behaved great, doing their jobs for the most part, all weekend, and things went pretty smoothly. We baptized 5 people, including our handicapped boy Hama who was so very excited. After the baptism we prayed and prophesied over them.

Our kids did a dance that one of my older boys had taught the others, and they played an evangelistic skit. Joseph sang a song he had written himself, and Paul led the kid choir singing songs he had written as well as others. And Gerhard gave another great message; even though it was starting to get late people were listening carefully and responded both to the altar call of salvation and to be filled with the Spirit.

Then it was time to serve our banquet - couscous with onion sauce and the sheep we (the boys) had killed in the morning, as well as a soda. It had been a great success - and for the first time we had people calling in response to the radio program. They were congratulating us, and some wanted to meet Gerhard. Praise God!

Read the detailed report with pictures here.
Look only at the pictures here or here.

VILLAGE MINISTRY

On Tuesday we went to the village of Goro, and on Wednesday to Dara to minister to our village churches there. Again, we had a great time of praise, teaching, and praying for the sick. Many people got healed, and people gave their lives to the Lord as well.

In Dara two men who are part of a group running a secular radio station 4 hours a day as volunteers gave their lives to the Lord. They have opened their station to us to broadcast Christian programs, and we're planning to work together with them which is very exciting. It's amazing how they run their station on a car battery and using a cellphone to play music from!

Read a detailed report with pictures on our time in Goro here.
Look at the pictures from Goro here.
Look at a video of our praise time in Goro here.
Look at the pictures from Dara here.

ESTABLISHING H2TNI AUSTRIA

At the beginning of the year God renewed my calling to Europe and told me I'd be spending more time there. We're now in the process of establishing H2TNI in Austria as well, having just started the process. If everything works out as planned, the organization will be operative with the new year, and I will then be employed by it and have insurance for the first time in 12 years - just in time for my 40th birthday. I am also looking for an apartment in Vienna so I have a place to stay at, and to be used as an office for H2TNI. Please pray for favor and wisdom to make the right decisions.

MY BOOK IN GERMAN

Today I picked up the first copies of my book in German. Praise God! The German translation is unedited in that it is exactly the way I wrote it except for the translation as I had written it in English. You can order a copy by emailing this address: xero2@gmx.at

QUICK NEWS

•       Joseph's US Trip - Joseph's visa was denied, so I'm traveling by myself.

•        Christmas - We're thankful to the church making our family celebration possible. If you'd like to help us put on the Christmas party for street children, we'd be thankful for your contribution. We are currently a few thousand euros/dollars short as too few donations have come in.

•        Thief Among Us - We believe we know who the thief on our base is who has been stealing for the past year and a half. We'll be setting him a trap now; please pray we can get proof and catch him.

•        Construction - Because of our dire financial situation, we can neither fix the crumbled walls ($2000) nor continue construction.

•        People of Augusta - We are looking for a new US secretary to take over stateside administrative work; it's not much and not hard, but ask me for more details. With our PO box in Evans, it needs to be someone who can access it on a weekly basis.

•        Florentin's Heart Operation - We're waiting to hear whether the costs are covered in Austria. Please pray for favor as this would be the best option for Florentin's heart valve to be replaced.

•        More Austrians Coming - We're thankful to have 2 visitors for a month, and 2 for two weeks during Christmas season. Pray for a mutually blessed time.

•       Volunteers - We don't have any volunteers in Mali right now, even though we really need a few; if you'd like to come help us, please contact me.

As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. (Ps 42:1)

Needing HIM,

Claudia