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BLESSING THE VILLAGE CHILDREN

Last time I introduced 14 new children from the village of Dara to you that we had just taken into our sponsorship program. All of them had had to drop out of school because of tragedies like a parent dying or fleeing the north of Mali, and thanks to our sponsorship program they are now back in school. Since then we were able to add four more girls and send them to school, thanks to a German NGO that has girls on their heart. However, seven boys are still looking for sponsors. You can find their pictures and stories on our website right here. Please consider sponsoring a child so they can continue going to school. A sponsorship is $60 or 50€ per month, and half-sponsorships are also possible.

The government had moved the school start from early October to the beginning of November. A few days ago Paul drove to Dara with bags full of school supplies to hand out to our 18 sponsored children in Dara. He went to the elementary school, where the school director received them and participated in distributing the bags, books, notebooks, pens, etc. It drew the attention of everyone, and the other school children gathered around in envy. Paul was saddened by the need he saw for all kids to receive supplies. As for our children, their parents, and the school director, they were all amazed and overjoyed that we were giving away all these supplies for free.

Thank you for making it possible for us to help those in need, and to send 18 more children to school to give them a future. We now have 52 children in our sponsorship program. Only God can make this possible!

TRAVELING HOME

Austria is seeing the highest cases of Corona patients since the pandemic started and has now excluded the unvaccinated from any events or activities outside of what's necessary for life. Not being able to go swimming or to the zoo makes me look forward to returning to our Malian home at the end of the month even more. And I'm so excited that the Lord has sent us a retired elementary school teacher to travel to Mali with us. What a gift! Please pray for Margit; for her preparations and her time in Mali.

We've been busy getting ready for our trip, starting to pack our 10 suitcases that will mainly be full of toys and candy for the children in Mali, as we have a few Christmas parties with shoe and toy distributions ahead. Emmanuel is talking about Mali every day, as we keep saying that this and that is for Mali. I've also told him about what is in Mali - children, cats, sheep - and he likes to talk about that a lot. Last Christmas seems so far away now, and I'm not sure they remember Mali, even though they look at the pictures of our last time there.

We're thankful that our church has a big van to drive us to the airport, but it's still not big enough for 6 people, 11 suitcases plus carry-ons. We're looking for someone with a car who can come to our house at 3:30 am on November 29th to help get us all to the airport. Please contact me if you can help.

Please pray for our trip to Mali, which is not easy with 3 toddlers. Pray for our arrival in Mali, that everything goes smoothly, from the visas to customs. Pray also for our time in Mali. Last year the kids had diarrhea for weeks, and I'd like for that not to be the case this time.

QUICK NEWS

•        Daily Blog - If you are not on Facebook but would still like to read my daily blog about our life (with the triplets), including pictures, you can do so on our website. Go to https://h2tni.org/blog/.

•        Randy's permit - In June Randy applied for an extension to his permit to stay in Austria. Half a year later he has still not received it. Instead he keeps getting letters asking for more documents, and it's getting more and more ridiculous. Please pray for the miracle that he gets the permit before we leave Austria!

•        The Triplets - Had they not been born early, they would have turned 2 a few days ago. They have just come out of a whole month of being sick. They all had angina and took antibiotics (so did Randy and I), and then Emmy had pneumonia. I'm glad they are well again, but now Randy is still pretty sick, after having stayed healthy the longest. They are all happy and active kids and talk more and more now. Sammy has a new machine that helps him stand, and he loves walking but needs help holding him up so he can do it.

•        Security Situation - We had a coup last year as well as this year, and it seems unlikley that there will be elections in February as planned. But insecurity is rising right now as the French plan to pull out all their people by the end of the year, which would be a disaster and could mean that the country completely spirals out of control. Jihadists are still a threat, controling big parts of the country, and always trying to expand their territory.

•        Permit & Deed - After the second coup in June, the government put everything on hold. Then they started working again, with new people in place, and now they have stopped working again. Paul has influential friends and is confident that we'll have our building permit and title deed soon. Please pray that they continue working and issue us our papers.

•        Schools - The beginning of the new school year was moved to early November. Paul has been very busy paying all the school fees and buying school materials for our 52 children. This is the most challenging time of year for us financially, as we need thousands of dollars/euros at once. We are thankful for your help.

•        First-Grade Teacher - We are still looking for a French-speaking first grade teacher to join our team. There is such a need for a good, Christian school where the children are treated with dignity and learn something. Many of our Muslim neighbors would send their children to our school. Please pray we'll find a teacher!

•        Malian Director Paul - Please continue praying for him, as he carries the weight of the ministry all by himself. Right now he's extremely busy due to the beginning of the new school year and can't really focus on anything else.

•       Volunteers - Do you want to come change an orphan's life? Do you want to heal the sick? Preach the gospel to those who've never heard? Come to Mali for a season and let God change your life. No language skills needed, but French skills are helpful.

True spirituality that is pure in the eyes of our Father God is to make a difference in the lives of the orphans and widows in their troubles... (Jam 1:27a, TPT)

Loving HIM,

Claudia (& Randy)