Greetings from the Team 1

Notes of Appreciation 2

Volunteer Corner 3

Prayers and Praise 4

Inside this issue:

CLA is a non-profit, tax-exempt

organization, Code 501 (c)(3).

My soul glorifies the Lord and my

spirit rejoices in God my Savior…

His mercy ex-tends to those who fear him

from generation to generation.

Luke 1:46, 50

A WORD FROM

THE WORD

VOLUME 2019, ISSUE 6 November/December 2019

The CLA Newsletter

Reaching Africa Through the Written Word www.ChristianLitforAfrica.org

CHRISTIAN LITERATURE FOR AFRICA ASSOCIATION

Greetings from the Christian Literature for Africa Staff, Board and Volunteers.

It is our prayer that this Christmas season will be one that reveals the glories of the

Kingdom to you and your family.

May your spirit rejoice in the glories and blessings of the Lord for the past year.

And May His mercy, grace and love

be known anew in your lives for 2020.

Blessings, The CLA Team

A Blessed Christmas and Rewarding New Year...

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Tanzania Thanks You!

Pastor Gervase writes: “… I wanted to thank you for your good cooperation, following the success of clearing the Tanzania

Container safely and in time without any storage or any addition charges, may God bless you. We are now doing distribution and will be taking pictures ....I also want to take this time to inform you that the need (demand) is very high while the supply is low, this I mean that we need more Contain-ers carrying Books for Bible Colleges, Church Libraries, Christian Book centers etc. …” “I want to thank you so very much for your desire to assist our Country with Christian Literature for free distribution. Many of Pastors can not afford to attend Bible colleges/Bible schools because of too much (sic) and expensive... it is very difficult for the Village Pastors to leave their families, con-gregations and go far to attend Bible Colleges, ...but giving them Bibles, books for their own study-ing helps them to learn…”

Pastor Elias writes: “Dear brother in Christ… Here in Mwanza we are fine, we still (sic) going on

with book and Bible distribution. Many people are blessed so much with your wonderful books. We thank God for you brother and for the CLA. We pray for you all. ...We thank God because we re-ceived the books and Bibles safely. Also we thank God for you … the great work you (sic) done for the souls of Tanzania and East Africa”.

Mike and Julie

One of the choruses we sang during our years in Africa was, “Give what you give, give it unto the Lord”. The Africans sang the words with great joy as they would dance to place their gifts in the offering basket. Those words have come back to me as I think on our love for Christ and the kingdom. In the last newsletter, I expressed deep appreciation for all the supporters of CLA. I continue to thank God for you and your generosity. We faced a big challenge a few months ago and donors stepped up to see us through, for those we say a BIG “THANK YOU”. However, due to a new development, we are faced with an addi-tional challenge. I hesitate to address the issue, but I feel it is important as we come to the close of another year and seek your help as God directs you. In regard to this new challenge, we seek your prayerful support. We believe this mat-ter will be resolved over the next weeks as your join us in prayer for God has used

CLA to impact Africa for close to 30 years. He knows the way forward as we partner together. You have been an important team member. I know we can count on you in these days to share an extra prayer or give a little extra on behalf of CLA. Any and all prayers and gifts are appreciated. Remember—you are impact-ing an African leader and leaving a legacy for eternity by “giving what you give, as unto the Lord”. Please take the enclosed envelop or click the link and go online at www.christianlitforafrica.org to give your “gift as unto the Lord”. You will continue to impact the kingdom and support the training and equipping of Africans—making a difference for eternity.

Leaving a Legacy for Eternity

Unloading in Africa

Teachers Receiving Bibles

Bibles for 1500 Students

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Donors and Volunteers: A LINK in the Chain

2020 VISION

Laboring to

share the gospel with

all peoples…

AND…

to make Christlike disciples

across Africa….

Working to get Bibles

into the hands of the next generation…

AND…

Working to equip pastors with

quality

resources for training...

Drop Box

For your convenience, a new drop box has been installed in the west door on the front of the CLA building. If you stop by after hours, feel free to

safely leave your donation in this box.

Amazon Smile

When you place an online order through Amazon, consid-er donating to CLA by placing your order through Ama-

zon Smile. Go to Smile.Amazon.com and choose Christian Literature for Africa from the list of charities. When you place your order, 0.5% of the purchase price will go to

CLA! You need to place your order at Smile.Amazon.com, and not at the regular Amazon page. Thanks, and God

bless you for helping CLA with your donations!

NEWSFLASH!!!

Each donor and volunteer is a link in the chain that connects us through, prayer, giving and sharing to equip the African leadership in Christian service.

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Prayer Partnering Update

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Requests: • The empowerment of the church where persecution is taking place. • Additional partners for funding the CLA operations and containers—that God will put the CLA burden on the hearts of new partners. • The importation and delivery of the container for Gha-na. •2020 Goals: Nigeria and Cameroon

Praises: • Thanks for each one who supports the ministry of CLA in impacting Africa for Christ.

• The CLA board members who serve in love for Christ

and the kingdom.

•The safe arrival and delivery of the container for Tanzania.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: The CLA office will be closed during Christmas and New Year’s. We appreciate all those who come by the office, but so our staff and volunteers will be able to celebrate the holidays with family and friends, we will be closed from December 23 through January 1. We will reopen on January 2 at 9:00am. If you have urgent business, we will be available at telephone 260-234-9158.

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