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ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
VILLAGE MINISTRY
QUICK NEWS

ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE

On Wednesday, November 13th, our guest speaker pastor Ian Campbell from Pennsylvania arrived in Bamako. His week started low-key with a visit to the village of Dara that afternoon, and our weekly prayer meeting Thursday afternoon. He also got to take a tour of Bamako on Thursday.

Our conference with the theme "More Than Conquerors" officially started with the Friday afternoon session, and continued with the second session in the evening. While the afternoon saw mainly our own people, a lot of people showed up in the evening. Ian gave a great message, and a demonized woman started manifesting and was delivered.

We continued with 3 more sessions on Saturday, where people were encouraged and blessed.

The man in the picture below came for the very first time, gave his life to the Lord, and his eye-sight improved after prayer.

ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Sunday was the big day for our annual anniversary celebration - this year celebrating 9 years of God's faithfulness. In the morning we slaughtered the sheep that would be our protein for the special dinner after the celebration, and we did a little teaching and instruction for the baptism candidates; only 3 of the 5 showed up.

Just after 3 pm we got started, being broadcast live on Christian radio to the city of Bamako and beyond. Paul and the kids led us in a time of praise, I introduced who we are and what our history is, and Ian prayed an anniversary blessing over us. Our kids did two sketches masterfully - Karim and Joseph are so talented - and Joseph also sang a song he wrote. Jérémie had taught a danse to a group of younger and older kids, and they did a great job.

We had the joy of baptizing two of our boys - André (15) and Adou (12) - as well as a new believer from the village of Dara. What a joyful occasion!

Then Ian did a great job of preaching a basic but powerful salvation message. A few people decided to start following Jesus, and many others came up for healing prayer. There's nothing like seeing God's kingdom come from heaven to earth!

We finished our celebration with a wonderful meal of couscous and fresh mutton, and a soda which is a special treat for people.

VILLAGE MINISTRY

After a much needed day of rest on Monday since one village church had to cancel our meeting, we went to the village of Goro on Tuesday, which is a 2-hour drive one way. We were disappointed to see few people, but more people arrived once we started playing the djembé. After a time of praise and dancing, Ian gave a great message, just what they needed to hear. Everyone wanted to receive prayer, mainly for healing, and many testified that the pain was gone. When we left, them as well as us were blessed to have been God's ambassadors or recipients of His blessings.

                 Praying for the village chief.

QUICK NEWS

•       Finances - School expenses, accident and anniversary conference have led to us being $9,000 or 6.600€ short which is the biggest deficit we've ever had. So far we've spent $7,500 or 5.500€ just for tuition, uniforms, school supplies etc. We're still praying for a financial miracle!

•        Vehicle Trouble - We're still waiting for the mechanic's assessment of our bus that was probably totaled. At the same time, our remaining two vehicles (22 years and 13 years old) alternate getting repaired at the mechanic's, costing us much money.

•        Joseph at YWAM - Joseph has been accepted at the YWAM discipleship school in Dakar which starts January 13th and lasts 6 months. We've purchased the tickets, but still have to pay 700$ in fees for the school. Mark your donation with "Joseph" if you want to sow into this young leader.

•        Christmas - Every year at Christmas we take all our 40 sponsored children as well as workers out to go swimming, followed by a Christmas dinner of chicken at a local restaurant, before we go home to lift up Jesus on His birthday and exchange presents. It's always a beautiful day, especially for those of our non-resident kids we rarely see. However, with our financial situation, and the cost per child being about $20, it is a challenge this year. Would you like to sponsor Christmas for one of our children this year? If yes, let me know.

•        Documentary - We haven't heard from the TV crew wanting to do a documentary on us.

•        Church in France - Three weeks after I ministered at the church in France I wrote you a glowing report about last week, somebody laid fire to the house where the pastors lived upstairs and the church facilities were downstairs. The house burned down, and they've lost everything. Please lift them up in prayer.

•       Volunteers - We always need volunteers in Mali who can stay a few months or more. If you'd like to come help us, please contact me.

God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. (1.Cor 1:9)

Trusting the Faithful One,

Claudia