Steve and Debbi Clouser

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Prayer Letter/Ministry Update

Merry Christmas to our faithful support team!

As 2009 comes to a close, we would like to send you our heartfelt thanks for all you have done this past year to further the work of God’s Kingdom here in Burkina Faso. Thanks to your partnership in prayer and giving, we have seen many advances. Here are a few highlights, for which we ask you to join us in giving thanks to God:

- The Alliance Church of the upper class Ouaga 2000 neighborhood in the capital city of Burkina began holding services on Feb. 1st and had its dedication on March 1st. Since then it has doubled in size, mostly through new conversions! We have had the privilege of pastoring this group and helping the new converts become committed followers of Christ, including baptizing 13 of them on Sept. 6th!
- Steve took the Gospel to a new Dafing village in an unreached and unresponsive area of the country. He also organized and taught a conference for Dafing pastors and elders (all of this while being pastor of the Ouaga 2000 church). Though the Dafing people continue to resist the Gospel, there were some encouraging signs of receptivity.
- Our 30 Africa region international worker families received consulting visits from Debbi when she traveled to Mali, Senegal, and Guinea in her role as educational consultant. She was able to help them with educational decisions and concerns.
- The first national inter-denominational Christian School conference was held in Ouaga in partnership with ACSI. Debbi, as part of the national committee, helped to organize and lead the conference. The vision for reaching the most hard-to-reach peoples through Christian schools has been launched!
- We were able to be a blessing to many through hospitality, English classes, counseling, preaching of the Word, Bible studies, paying for students’ school tuition, buying medicine for the sick and food for the hungry, purchasing Sunday School and other ministry materials – much of this was thanks to those of you who faithfully gave to our work account!

A week from tomorrow we will leave our beloved host country and return to our passport country for six months of Home Ministries Assignment. We look forward to seeing many of you and reporting to you, our senders, about what God is doing to build His Church here. Please pray for a smooth transition, wonderful times with our family and friends, and Spirit-anointed speaking engagements. We rejoice that we will be present for the birth of our first grandchild in January. Please join us in praying for a safe delivery for our daughter Sarah.

Wishing each of you God’s richest blessings and much fruit in the New Year,
Steve and Debbi

P.S. Be sure to check out our blog for pictures, work projects and other updates at: http://clousercommunique.blogspot.com
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Thank you to those of you who provide our support by giving to the Great Commission Fund of the C&MA.

If you would like to support our ministry fund on the field (to be used for aide to the poor, evangelism and church planting projects), you can give in the following ways:
1) By writing a check to the C&MA (write “Clouser work fund-Burkina Faso” on the subject line) and sending it to The C&MA, PO Box 35000, Colorado Springs, CO 80935-3500
2) By credit card or bank transfer: Go to www.cmalliance.org/give
3) Call toll free 1-866-443-8262

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