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EUROPE TOUR

Greetings from Paris! These past few weeks I've been busy traveling through Europe, from Austria, to Belgium, to France and now still Switzerland, before I return to Mali and my kids who I miss. At one point I counted having slept in 10 different beds & towns during the previous 12 nights!

But I love being a carrier of God's heart to the Western church, to see Him touch His people, heal their hearts, and draw them closer to HIS heart. There is nothing like it! I'm so excited about the message God's given me for this trip, and I do not get tired preaching it, whether in German, English or French. What an awesome God we serve! I intend to share it with you in my next email update.

Go to my CALENDAR page to see my itinerary and where I have yet to minister in Switzerland and Austria. All the details are found there.

Reports with pictures can be found on my blog that I update daily.

You can see the pictures from this trip here.

THE BOOK IS OUT!

Printing of my book finished a week earlier than scheduled, and 50 copies were immediately shipped to me so I'd have them on the road with me. When I arrived in Brussels, Belgium, they were already waiting for me, and it was very exciting to finally hold a copy in my hand.

So far I've had great feedback that you can read here.

In Europe it can be ordered from the publisher's website here (and they also ship worldwide).

In the USA, it will available on Amazon any time now. It will also be available at the Life Center bookstore in Harrisburg, PA, and their website, as well as directly from Destiny Image and more distributors to come.

In June I'll be traveling to the US making it available everywhere I go - even signing it ;-). Check the calendar page for my itinerary.

CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES

In February we finally finished our permanent kitchen area between the two finished houses and our ladies have been cooking there since.

We had a deadline of end of February to meet to pay for additional solar power equipment to have more electricity on our base. I'm happy to tell you that God provided, and the equipment will be installed in June.

Next we needed $11,000 to add rooms ot the roof of our dining hall and create a little apartment for the family of three from America that is joining our team just a month from now. Construction is making good progress, and we expect to finish their rooms before their arrival.

And then, we can FINALLY focus again on finishing our third building. Our goal is to finish it by the end of summer, so that the 2 families of 13 people in total can move in with us before school starts and make the transition to a new school easier. Then we'll also have more room to take in more children.

Our construction progress can be seen in word and pictures on our CONSTRUCTION page.

QUICK NEWS

•        Fanta's Scare - A few weeks ago Fanta left with 2.5-year-old Jonathan to do the long and tedious 2-day-trip to her village because of her uncle's death. When she did not come back at the scheduled time a week later and was unreachable on her cell-phone, we were concerned. Another week later she returned home unaware of our worries; there was no cell-phone coverage, she was held up at a police check-point, and her family wanted her to stay longer.

•        Paul's Fiancée - This is the first year Rokia (about 19) is attending school, so she's in first grade. If any of you would like to support her going to school, tuition for one year is 280 EUR or 400 USD. This would be a special sponsorship for her.

•        Paul's Wedding - Paul wants to get married still this year though I have asked him to first go through a marriage preparation course. Please pray we can surmount cultural and language barriers as I do the course with them (Rokia doesn't speak French), and that they would be made ready for their future life together.

•        Drivers - Our 18-year-old Joseph is just about to finish his driving school to have a truck license. He then has to wait 6 months before he can do the public transportation license. We need someone with this license to drive our little bus and transport the children safely to school, especially having 10 additional children next school year. Our current driver can't do the truck license before this summer.

•        Reinforcements - I'm so excited that God has FINALLY answered my heart's cry to send more workers. In a few weeks Americans Ray & Mim (parents) and Julie (daughter) arrive in Mali to possibly stay for a few years. I know that that will change a lot of things, and for the better. Please pray for this time of transition for all of us.

•        New Children's Center - Months ago God spoke that it's time to move forward with starting a children's center in the town of Mopti which is 6 hours away, simply trusting Him for the resources in terms of people and money. I'm planning a short trip to Mopti with Paul in May to check out locations for that center, and hope to start it once the summer vacation starts.

•        Personal Assistant Needed - I'm looking for a female on-fire Christian with a heart to serve who travels with me as my PA. You'll have to raise your own support as we travel to the US, Europe and Mali. Preferred are those who have done the IRIS, Bethel school, Fire & Fragrance, or the like. Reply to this email for more information.

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. (Eph 1:3)

Anticipating HIM,

Claudia