Gratitude that, in the context of the recent, highly violent protests, no CLC bookshops were ransacked and no booksellers were assaulted.
Praise for several large book stands which were successfully operated by various of our CLC France bookstores this year, generating good revenue, which has been a great help to us.
Pray that year-end sales figures will be strong, despite the general decline in sales across the book industry.
Pray for our team members—that each one may remain confident that God is watching over His work, and that they may not become discouraged.
Gratitude for the recent visit of Gary Chamberlin, who encouraged us and helped us to better understand the problems we face, also giving us direction for the steps we need to take in order to improve our situation.
Pray for all the Directors in CLC to have vision and wisdom in order to find ways to advance CLC's work all over the world!
Pray for God's help for the coming months, as we face many significant challenges.
Praise as the Equip Christian Bookshop celebrates its first year of opening in Eastbourne.
Pray for Mat Owen (CEO of Kingsway CLC Trust), Neil Povey, Clinton Lock and Chris Hartingdon (Events Manager).
Pray that the bookshop will appeal to many Christians in the local area and that it will do well financially.
Praise that sales remained stable in October, despite the severe recession.
Praise that we were able to acquire new merchandise last month.
Pray that our economy will stabilise in the next months, and that we may find a way to pay all debts to our suppliers.
Gratitude for the gradual recovery of our brother Aresly Andaur, who manages our website. Aresly spent 40 days in a critical condition due to gallbladder issues before being discharged from hospital in mid-October.
Pray that he will fully regain his health and strength.
Gratitude for the wonderful visit of Hervé Lessous and David Pabón in October.
International Office - Hervé: Pray for Hervé's upcoming travel from Nov. 16-20 to participate in the 'Inter Kon' WEC Council in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Ecuador: Pray as we will be holding the National Christian Bookshops Event in Quito on 19-20 Nov., attended by 17 publishing houses. Pray that this time of training and discovering new resources will be a great source of edification. We will also be celebrating the Lord’s goodness as we mark 25 years of CLC’s ministry in Ecuador.
Ecuador: Pray that many teenage girls and adult women will be edified at the event ‘Women Free from Control and Comparison’, taking place on 21 November, organised in partnership with Portavoz Publishing. The American author Shannon Popkin will be in attendance.
Cyprus: Pray for our Christmas book fair in Larnaca coming up on Nov. 21. Pray that these occasions will be a blessing - for the ministry of CLC to flourish and for our customers to find just what they need.
Chile: Pray for our upcoming event featuring author Christopher Shaw, on November 21st in the city of Santiago. We trust the Lord for a good turnout of pastors and leaders.