Earlier this year, in the March-May edition of this magazine, you may have read an article about the need to raise funds for a 4 x 4 vehicle to enable Luc and Gérard, the two members of our CLC team in Burkina Faso, West Africa, to take Bibles and Christian books to church services and other events, such as conferences and conventions, around the country. In actual fact, they were already doing this but with very limited means of transport, which was neither large enough for all their boxes nor suitable to cope with the rough and dusty roads over which they were travelling. The goal was to raise approximately GBP £16,000/US $22,000 and, when the article was published, we were already part way towards reaching it. I am VERY happy indeed to be able to tell you that we have now reached it 100%, and the desired vehicle—a second-hand Toyota Hilux—has already been purchased and is in use! As soon as the vehicle had been imported from the neighbouring country of Togo and the necessary paperwork completed to register ownership by CLC, the next thing on the programme was to dedicate it prayerfully to the Lord! This was done by Luc and Gérard, who were joined in that prayer by two committed friends of CLC, one of whom (a Pastor) visits the bookshop every Monday morning to pray with the team.
On The Road
After that, the next step was to have the CLC logo painted clearly on the side and then to start taking the vehicle out and about to fulfil CLC’s mission purpose, which is to honour God by making Christian literature and resources available to all nations to help people come to faith and maturity in the Lord Jesus Christ. Now that he has the new vehicle, Luc has made a list of more than 40 churches that he would like to visit with CLC’s Bibles and books! Please pray for safety in travel, for health and stamina for Luc and Gérard and those who help them and for success in fulfilling their spiritual mission. On behalf of CLC Burkina Faso, our heartfelt thanks to all those who contributed financially to make this project a reality - may God bless you!