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HOPE & BREAKTHROUGH
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HOPE & BREAKTHROUGH

Anyone who is among the living has hope. (Ecc 9:4)

Being alive means having hope; when people run out of hope they see no other option than ending their lives. Having hope means expecting good things to come, even when we're in the middle of the night (joy comes in the morning Ps 30:5) or in the valley of the shadow of death (Ps 23:4). Being a son or daughter of the One who has plans to prosper us (not harm us) and give us a future (Jer 29:11), who turns around every tragedy in our lives - whether caused by the enemy, others or our own stupidity - using it for our good (Rom 8:28), making it into a weapon against the enemy and an opportunity for us to grow in characer and maturity, we have the confidence that no one who hopes in God will ever be put to shame. (Ps 25:3) We have the confidence that our hopes, desires, dreams that He has put into our hearts will one day - in HIS time which is the RIGHT time - move from future to present, from not-yet to reality. That one day we move from the first half Prov 13:12 - hope deferred makes the heart sick - to the second half: a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.

It is definitely no coincidence that for the past 4 months I've been preaching a powerful message of hope (with 3 Bible events as great examples) everywhere God has sent me. I've seen sick people healed, bound people set free, dead dreams resurrected, hope restored, and visions come back to life to be fulfilled at the right time. I've had a great time ministering in Europe these past few weeks and seeing God move among His people. There is nothing like being an instrument, a channel of the Most High God, Creator of the universe.

BREAKTHROUGH

Over the course of the years of trying to get the papers to make us an offical Malian church, we had lost hope many times, as we didn't know what else to do, being sent going in circles just because we were Christians or unwilling to feed into corruption. Yet, today those papers are in our hands. Our hope was not in vain!

SEPARATION

And while it seemed that the day of fulfillment had finally come when God brought an amazing man into my life that I was going to spend the rest of my life with, just because that relationship ended doesn't mean that His promise is not still true. I know my heavenly Father, I know He has great plans for me, and His promise of bringing a husband to me still stands, whatever the circumstances. I choose to trust Him and His timing, simply because He is good and He is my Daddy who wants the best for His daughter. (Please do pray for both of us in this difficult time.)

So if you're still waiting for your dreams to come true, do not lose patience. Trust Him. If you still have promises from long ago that have not been fulfilled, hold on to Him and trust Him. He IS good, and He is good to YOU!

QUICK NEWS

•        Free for Ministry - I'll be in Austria for ONE weekend in July (12-13) and am available for ministry. Please contact me if you'd like me to come to your church.

•        Repairs, Repairs - It seems like we constantly spend money on repairs around the house (plus the vehicles), draining our already low finances. We need a financial breakthrough!

•        Translation Job - I'm thankful I was recently given a Christian book to translate which is just the right thing to keep me busy instead of thinking these days. So if you ever need a translator for English-French-German, please remember me.

•        Austrian Visitor - On Friday we have a visitor from Austria coming for a month. Please pray for her and for us, that we'll have a great time together with everyone being blessed.

•       New Vehicle - We desperately need a new vehicle with our two old ones having run the course of their lives and devouring much-needed money for repairs. We're believing for $40,000 to purchase this Toyota Hilux.

•       Third Building - We still need $2000 to repay what has already been spent (without our knowledge at the time) to get the building to the point of being able to use it.

•        Joseph - Our young pastor-in-training is eagerly awaiting his return from the YWAM discipleship school in Dakar, Senegal, just two weeks from now.

•       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.

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. (Rom 15:13)

Hope-filled by faith,

Claudia