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July 14th 2008
Dear sweet family,
Blessings and much love to you from Pemba, Mozambique! It feels so very long since I wrote to you all, it has been so very busy here! I pray that this finds you well and I continue to pray that the Lord blessing and favor cover you and where He has placed each of you for His glory! I continue to pray for each of you and thank you so much for your love and prayers for me.
Harvest School
I continue here in Pemba, northern Mozambique, serving on the leadership and on the Administration team of the Iris Harvest School of Missions which is going wonderfully! God has been moving powerfully through both the classes and the compound. Students are changing before our very eyes into beautiful laid down lovers of Jesus and He has given us such a sweet school of servants. Living in such tight community has its challenges but God's grace has once more proved sufficient. God has really used this school, which at times has been very stretching and hard, to teach me foundational lessons in leadership, boundaries, people and most of all....that I can't do even a tiny bit of it without Him! I am so desperate for His help! We sit every day and hear from speakers all over the world, about intimacy with Jesus, healings and miracles and that the kingdom of God is found amongst the poor and the children, we are learning to walk the beatitudes.
Please continue to pray for our students from over 17 nations as we begin to wind the school down and they each pray about where in the world the Lord is asking them to be His hands and feet to the poor, dying, desperate, broken and lost.
Outreach fun
So, you all deserve a little story; This weekend we went on outreach with Heidi. We drove out to a village and did skits, preached and slept in tent city in the village square! The following day, as we headed out in the faithful land rover across dry lake beds towards the beach to baptisms, we found ourselves driving into very muddy flats full of mangroves. Singing the Indiana Jones theme tune, intermittent with furious tongues, we drove deeper and further until, a FOOT away from solid land, we sank…. and stopped. It was only after six hours of digging, praying and an entire village of Mozambicans helping that we finally drove out! However, in the meantime we had baptisms at the most beautiful beach and found out that the man prayed for the night before was an 80yr old who had been almost completely blind since he was 26. 54 years later, Jesus gave him new eyes and we watched our newly seeing friend being baptised and happily saying "cushu curu jesu!" (‘thank you Jesus’ in Makua). It was such a wonderful adventure with Jesus!
Asia Trip
In the next few weeks, please keep me in your prayers as my workload will remain incredibly full! We re in the midst of accepting and corresponding with October school students whilst finishing the June school. I am also the administrator for the Asia trip which is going to be super exciting! I got my visa even with an empty bank statement, no income and with nearly everyone else being denied! I am so excited to see what God has to show me in Asia. That leg of my trip is August 1st through August 22nd when I pop out into America visit friends and ministries and finish the pre-October school administration. Busy busy! I am so very excited though, we are taking a dance/drama group and are just going to love on people and teach them stories from the bible and bring His glorious love with us!
Beyond this years adventures, I have also been given the offer to return to Pemba for part or all of next year to serve Iris, the schools and Heidi. Please pray for His guidance, heart and wonderful peace in the midst of such amazing offers and opportunities. I am so honored to have so many open doors and love running with Him! However, I just want Him and to be wherever He is so appreciate your prayers as I make decisions and wait to hear where He is going next. I will be back in England end of October/beginning of November this year.
Please forgive me for the lack of video updates, Internet is limited here and I cannot upload videos, sorry! I am, however, able to access email and love hearing from you all, I miss you so much! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your prayers and love, you are all so precious to me and I literally couldn't do any of what I am doing without you! May you receive a hundredfold blessing for all you have poured into me.
In Jesus always,
Claire
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June 27, 2008
Glory to God our Father and Lord Jesus Christ give you his grace and peace.
God is doing wonderful things here with the students. Worship every morning has really broken through and I am watching the Lord heal hearts and lives, reignite people with passion and allowing them to hope and dream again. We love to praise God with all our hearts and learning that in the midst of the poorest nation on the planet....wow wow wow. When Jesus said "Blessed are the poor in spirit...blessed are the meek....blessed are those who hunger and thirst...blessed are those who mourn...." He demonstrated and then exampled that if you want to know more of the kingdom of God, sit with the poor and the children. It is a privelidge and an honor to be here. Work is busy and there is much to do to run a school! But God is so gracious and I have many beautiful friends here, we are a big family!! I love community ;) This week we have Bob Johnson (bill johnsons brother) with us and he is teaching us about the work he does in San francisco which I hope to visit with the homeless and the outcast and those on the streets, it is wrecking me so very very much!!!!! Over and over and over again I am listening at the moment to the song "Jesus blood" of which the only repeating refrain is "Jesus blood never fails me". He has not failed me, nor left me in the place of struggle I have found myself in for a little while and so much more has He not either failed those on our doorsteps, in our supermarkets, in our workplaces, our neighbours...all of them. He has never failed them, He died so that there might always always always be enough. ALWAYS, whatever they look like. One thing that Bob said today that delighted me completely was this:
"The Lord told us to go catch the fish (be fishers of men) NOT TO CLEAN THEM...that's His job"
If we will just realise that all we are meant to do is give every person we meet a TASTE of Jesus, His presence does the rest. It is not our responsibilty to change or clean or sort or fix them out, only to keep giving them tastes and tastes of His love, His mercy, His grace, His presence until they cannot get enough and they run to Him themselves. If we realise that it is just not ours to do, we are FREE from disappointment, agenda, disillutionment and burden! All we have to do is be His hands and feet,to love, to hold, to wash, to hug, to kiss to give water to...the one infront of us. My heart burns for the homeless, the prostitute, the gay, the depressed, the desperate, the lonely...who do you burn for? Ask God how He is doing today, ask Him to show you...then just give them a taste, and another....and another.........
As for this weekend, 3000 Mozambican pastors from the surrounding villages (yes, they did used to call this a misionary graveyard and these were totally unreachable people less than ten years ago!!!) are here for a conference!! It is crazy, we have thousands sleeping on the church, around our compound and throughout the base. Some of the students are sleeping there with them, sharing lives and love with them, praying and prophesying, seeing healing and deliverance. Its great!! I myself, am looking forward to the wedding of Heidi's daughter Crystalyn this weekend, am going to get lots of work done and was delighted to see Roland yesterday as he has returned home for the first time in quite a while. Its busy but oh so good!!! Things are also changing quite a lot, but this is how it goes...our motto is simply "go with the flow and the flow changes a lot!"
Claire
Dear all,
How beautiful you all are to me! Although the following is a very "Claire" effervescent explosion of an update, I pray you will hear my heart in it and that God is doing such wonderful things. This is merely a journal entry of yesterday that I am sending as an update as I wanted to make sure you all had an update of some sort but have had no time to write it!! (a more articulate update will come soon) Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for the reason I can be here. I value your prayers more than gold, I am not even kidding, I can feel them and they make SUCH a difference here! As for those of you who are the reason I can buy water every day....thank you so so much! I pray the hundredfold blessing over all of your lives!
How beautiful you all are to me! Although the following is a very "Claire" effervescent explosion of an update, I pray you will hear my heart in it and that God is doing such wonderful things. This is merely a journal entry of yesterday that I am sending as an update as I wanted to make sure you all had an update of some sort but have had no time to write it!! (a more articulate update will come soon) Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for the reason I can be here. I value your prayers more than gold, I am not even kidding, I can feel them and they make SUCH a difference here! As for those of you who are the reason I can buy water every day....thank you so so much! I pray the hundredfold blessing over all of your lives!
June 16, 2008
Journal To say it has been crazy here in the past 24 hours in an understatement! I am loving watching what the Lord is doing and He is certainly teaching me, against my nature, to truly "go with the flow". He has showered me in His grace however and surrounded me with such beautiful sisters and family in Him. I am undone by the relationships that have formed here already, people that mean so much to me even though I did not ask or even imagine that this would be much more than my job for the summer, just doing what God asked. What an abundant God we serve!!! I am daily undone by His lovingkindness. I thank Him every day for I know how blessed I am and how rare it is for a missionary to have such a supportive and beautiful family.
We also had our Asia trip meeting today and I am STOKED!!! Although I still cannot write much about our incredibly exciting itinerary, I have ended up on a dance/drama team (anyone who knows me well knows how funny that is!), we will be performing skits and also ministering at conferences and intercession meetings. It will be an intense but incredible three weeks and there are also some AMAZING opportunities. We also found out we are going to be at a gathering of the apostolic leaders of a majority of the significant nations in Asia to intercede for their nations and also for closed and persecuted nations! What an honor!!! I submitted it this morning. Please continue to pray that my visa goes through with no more complications.
As for Mozambique, things have been hectic to put it lightly. Please pray He continues to give us strength as we go through these next few weeks. We have a 3000 pastor conference coming in next week, the school being in full swing, the wedding of Heidi's daughter Crystalyn, as well as The Call Pemba (a solemn assembly like in Joel 2 where we fast, pray and intercede for the nation 24/7). So its BUSY!!! The school is wonderful and God is really dealing so gently with really deep heart issues and false belief systems. We have many amazing speakers here and I am in the process of being wrecked! I have also been being hit with nightmares and was prayed for and anointed by one of the speakers who is an AMAZING seer and she prayed His peace and covering over me and I slept so wonderfully! It is so spiritually front line here (we had witches cursing at the GATE the other night!) and we are covering each others backs in prayer.
My housemates are AMAZING women of God and truly another family to me, I love them so dearly and they have taken it on themselves to guard and protect me and hold me up in prayer. What a gift!!!!! It is so imperative to have those around you that will watch your back, especially when life gets crazy nuts as it has here now that we are accepting for the October school! Pray for grace and wisdom with workload for the school, I really want to get it set up so it runs beautifully this October as I don't have the ability at this time to come back and staff in October in person, feeling instead that I will be in England for a few months and PA/admin from there full time. There have been so many AMAZING opportunities sent my way and I am praying about them all, although by praying I really mean just putting them on the altar and falling back on my face ;)
ITS RAINING!!!!! The sound of a monsoon on the tin roof of our house whilst tucked away in my own room, in the secret place of my bottom bunk...it is so divine! This has to be one of my favorite places, tucked away with Jesus :) I am contending for more of Him, asking Him and seeking only Him. I am desperate and asking Him to remove all that might hinder, break down walls of false beliefs and places of wrong belief systems. To be filled and satisfied with Him and only Him, filled to a fullness....oh the beauty and refreshing that would be...like the pounding rain on my roof, cascading down around me. African rain is truly one of God's most beautiful inventions :)
I also love that the future doesn't mean as much to me as it even did last week. I have seen so many possibilities, things I could do, am made for, will do, are in the works...and it just doesn't matter the same. Just to have His timing and His peace, to know the next step and then who knows straight after that?! For now, I am in Africa, then I go to Asia, then America for a time then most likely England. Once there, I will know more as He wills and reveals it. All I ask is for His peace, for His presence, to not move until the cloud moves first.
Love to everyone, wherever you are you know that I love you dearly and I thank you always and everyday for being the reason I can be here and come and live my life to the fullness that God has ordained for His glory. Thank you SO MUCH and I am sending you such love and hugs!!!!!!!!
Yours always in Him,
Claire
Claire Hollywell
159 Peartree Avenue, Bitterne,
Southampton, Hampshire
SO19 7RA, ENGLAND
April 1st 2008
Dear Friends,
Claire
Happy Easter! I pray that you had wonderful holiday time, celebrating the greatest event the world has ever known and spending precious time with families and friends. I love and pray for each of you and would love to hear what you have been up to.
The year so far...
Well, firstly I am delighted to say that my arms have healed! These past few months, things have really picked up pace and many opportunities have been presented to me which are very exciting! I have been working as a temporary receptionist two days a week in a hospital, working on the administration team for the Iris Harvest School AND selling my artwork! Please check out the ALL NEW www.chollywell.com which includes a new ONLINE SHOP!! You can buy, browse and even donate online with a debit or debit card via Paypal. Have fun!
The FIVE CONTINENT mission trip 08!!
So…I am planning on leaving England by May 26th to be on staff at the Missions school in Mozambique. However, I have also been invited to join a missions trip to Asia!! Immediately after graduation of the school, I will be joining a handpicked team of 20 people from all over the world to travel to various parts of Asia.
Believers throughout many countries of Asia face very real persecution for believing in Jesus. Some face torture, imprisonment and even death if they meet, evangelise or are identified as a believer. We will be travelling to many countries and encouraging these believers, churches and especially youth. At one meeting they are expecting a million youth! To stand shoulder to shoulder with these beautiful brothers and sisters of ours and bring encouragement and love to them is both an exciting and deeply humbling opportunity.
O Problema…and…解决方法 (the solution)
I am leaving in EIGHT WEEKS and therefore I now face the prospect of having to raise 3000 pounds in about four weeks!!!! I will be purchasing a round the world ticket and also need a new passport for all the visas I will be getting as I join ministries around the world (at the same time as continuing to administrate the next Pemba schools).
I am asking 300 people if they would give 10 pounds towards my trip. If you would like to be part of this 300 and would like more information on how best to give, please either go to my online shop at www.chollywell.com/page18.htm where you can donate online OR email me for an information pack.
Jehovah Jireh…my provider
Many people think I am crazy for believing that God can and will provide so much in such a short time! However, just this week I can testify to His extravagant and truly miraculous provision!
I have been desperately in need of a computer and a camera for the past six months to continue my administration role and selling my artwork. I cried out to God and this week a brand new Mac computer appeared at the door, less than a week after a PERFECT brand new camera was bought for me! I would love you to read the full account of this miracle and how God had already told me what would happen at: www.chollywell.blogspot.com or…call & ask me!
And not only that, but my cards have been accepted for sale at Wesley Owen Southampton who are wonderfully supporting me and selling my products in their store! Doors are truly opening faster than I can keep up! Glory to God in the Highest! How glorious a testimony that we can stand and declare that He will never leave us in want but provides ALL our needs in His perfect time!
Thank you all so much once more for all your continued support, interest, love and prayers. This is such a wonderful, exhilarating walk; serving God fulltime...it's so great to have friends cheering me on and being my family. I pray that the Lord would pour Himself out to you in blessing this week and keeps you safe and in His rest. May you receive a hundredfold of what you have given to me in your time and support. I pray for you often and love you beyond words.
In Jesus always,
The year so far...
Well, firstly I am delighted to say that my arms have healed! These past few months, things have really picked up pace and many opportunities have been presented to me which are very exciting! I have been working as a temporary receptionist two days a week in a hospital, working on the administration team for the Iris Harvest School AND selling my artwork! Please check out the ALL NEW www.chollywell.com which includes a new ONLINE SHOP!! You can buy, browse and even donate online with a debit or debit card via Paypal. Have fun!
The FIVE CONTINENT mission trip 08!!
So…I am planning on leaving England by May 26th to be on staff at the Missions school in Mozambique. However, I have also been invited to join a missions trip to Asia!! Immediately after graduation of the school, I will be joining a handpicked team of 20 people from all over the world to travel to various parts of Asia.
Believers throughout many countries of Asia face very real persecution for believing in Jesus. Some face torture, imprisonment and even death if they meet, evangelise or are identified as a believer. We will be travelling to many countries and encouraging these believers, churches and especially youth. At one meeting they are expecting a million youth! To stand shoulder to shoulder with these beautiful brothers and sisters of ours and bring encouragement and love to them is both an exciting and deeply humbling opportunity.
O Problema…and…解决方法 (the solution)
I am leaving in EIGHT WEEKS and therefore I now face the prospect of having to raise 3000 pounds in about four weeks!!!! I will be purchasing a round the world ticket and also need a new passport for all the visas I will be getting as I join ministries around the world (at the same time as continuing to administrate the next Pemba schools).
I am asking 300 people if they would give 10 pounds towards my trip. If you would like to be part of this 300 and would like more information on how best to give, please either go to my online shop at www.chollywell.com/page18.htm where you can donate online OR email me for an information pack.
Jehovah Jireh…my provider
Many people think I am crazy for believing that God can and will provide so much in such a short time! However, just this week I can testify to His extravagant and truly miraculous provision!
I have been desperately in need of a computer and a camera for the past six months to continue my administration role and selling my artwork. I cried out to God and this week a brand new Mac computer appeared at the door, less than a week after a PERFECT brand new camera was bought for me! I would love you to read the full account of this miracle and how God had already told me what would happen at: www.chollywell.blogspot.com or…call & ask me!
And not only that, but my cards have been accepted for sale at Wesley Owen Southampton who are wonderfully supporting me and selling my products in their store! Doors are truly opening faster than I can keep up! Glory to God in the Highest! How glorious a testimony that we can stand and declare that He will never leave us in want but provides ALL our needs in His perfect time!
Thank you all so much once more for all your continued support, interest, love and prayers. This is such a wonderful, exhilarating walk; serving God fulltime...it's so great to have friends cheering me on and being my family. I pray that the Lord would pour Himself out to you in blessing this week and keeps you safe and in His rest. May you receive a hundredfold of what you have given to me in your time and support. I pray for you often and love you beyond words.
In Jesus always,
Claire
Claire Hollywell
159 Peartree Avenue, Bitterne,
Southampton, Hampshire
SO19 7RA, ENGLAND
February 1st 2008
Dear Friends,
Happy New Year! I write this not only at the start of a new and exciting year on the calendar, but today is also my 24th birthday! It seemed an appropriate day to share with you all that has gone before and the little exciting glimpses of what the Lord has shown me is ahead.
Thank you for your tireless prayers and support for me through last year and into 2008, a year full of surprises and expectation! After such a busy last year, I have spent the last few weeks really seeking God's face and settling back here in England for a while to catch my breath! Your prayers during this time have been such an encouragement. The horse riding accident last October and the subsequent changing of all my plans for this year, found me in a very uncertain place. However, it has been a place of knowing my God as my only certainty and my constant, being pulled back into total dependence on Him alone.
The last two months...
I returned from America on December the 20th for Christmas with my family in Horsham and New Year, here in Southampton. It is so good to be back! My best friend Joy has remained in America for the time being, so I am staying again with some of my dearest friends here in Southampton for a little while.
I returned from America on December the 20th for Christmas with my family in Horsham and New Year, here in Southampton. It is so good to be back! My best friend Joy has remained in America for the time being, so I am staying again with some of my dearest friends here in Southampton for a little while.
My arms are almost healed now. I will be attending physiotherapy, but I continue to be amazed at how beautifully and quickly I am healing after an accident that could have left me far more severely injured. God is my healer and my protector!
Iris ministries Harvest School 08
I am now officially working as a missionary for ‘Iris’, on the leadership of the ‘Harvest School’ Administration team (http://www.irismin.com/). As the Administrative Director’s personal assistant, I will be leading a small team, corresponding with students and organising the many complicated logistics involved in running such an international school!
Artwork
I have been getting ready to sell my artwork not only as originals but also now as greetings cards, notecards and small prints. I have an exciting opportunity to sell at a prophetic conference here in Southampton at the end of February which is very exciting!
You can get an order form by emailing me at chollywell@gmail.com
I have been getting ready to sell my artwork not only as originals but also now as greetings cards, notecards and small prints. I have an exciting opportunity to sell at a prophetic conference here in Southampton at the end of February which is very exciting!
You can get an order form by emailing me at chollywell@gmail.com
The plan so far...
I am returning to Mozambique this summer, God willing, to be a member of staff in the summer bible school. This will be from the end of May to August. After the school, there is a possibility of joining an outreach team to travel to one of six countries e.g. China, Sierra Leone, Brazil, Israel etc. There is also the possibility of joining my Administrative Director in America to help her with the school administration in person for the October school.
I am returning to Mozambique this summer, God willing, to be a member of staff in the summer bible school. This will be from the end of May to August. After the school, there is a possibility of joining an outreach team to travel to one of six countries e.g. China, Sierra Leone, Brazil, Israel etc. There is also the possibility of joining my Administrative Director in America to help her with the school administration in person for the October school.
I am believing God for the finance to afford a round the world ticket (about £1600) to enable me to continue travelling and ministering. I am therefore trusting Him to raise up partners to support me in this way; (http://chollywell.com/Mission_Support.html or email: chollywell@gmail.com). I have had many opportunities and invitations from all over the world, so please pray for wisdom and discernment, especially for God's perfect timing and Will to be done.
I am also in the process of getting one or two temporary jobs to help fund my daily living expenses before travelling again. My Iris administration role is my primary focus and the time commitment for this means I will only be able to undertake paid work in a part time capacity.
Thank you so much for all your support, interest, love and prayers. You are so incredibly valuable to me especially while I feel like I am walking on water! This is such a wonderful, exhilarating walk; serving God fulltime...it's so great to have friends cheering me on and being my family. I pray that the Lord would pour Himself out to you in blessing today even as you read this. I pray that He would reveal a new aspect of His beautiful character and nature to you as you press into Him through worship and Word and life. May you receive a hundredfold of what you have given to me in your time and support. I pray for you often and love you beyond words.
In Jesus always,
Claire
~~~January, 2008~~~
As many of you know, after a crazy 2007 I fell off a horse and broke both my arms back in October. Also during this time, all the plans for this next year were either canceled or postponed. As a result I am currently chilling in Southampton England, waiting on the Lord for the next step and recuperating. I have started blogging (journaling) again so I welcome you to follow all that the Lord is doing on there. I will be sending out my next update letter soon!
As a result, I would love to see you and hear from you! Thank you all for your love and support, especially during these times of re-direction and waiting to find out what exciting things are in store next! I love you all.
- Claire
~~~November, 2007~~~
I arrived in Roswell in New Mexico, home of my best friend Joy, to begin my much anticipated Stay in America. During the first week of my trip, I was really looking forward to trekking on horseback in the moutains. As I'm sure many of you already know, my trek ended in a riding accident. My horse spooked and I was thrown off. I was knocked unconscious, fracturing my left shoulder and my right elbow. I praise God for His protection and faithfulness to me. I could so easily have sustained far more serious injuries. As it was I was covered in bruises with a concussion. I ended up with a splint on my right arm while my left arm was held in a sling to protect my fractured shoulder and torn ligaments. However, the medical care I received was exceptional and my travel insurance covered all the bills.
With both arms in slings I have been unable to do anything for myself, relying totally on my best friend Joy, who has taken care of me selflessly, helping me with everything every day and night for weeks! Praise God for friends who love us! With the splints off, the doctor gave me the all clear to travel so Joy and I are have travelled to California so we can both have some time out, seek the Lord and recuperate fully.
On the same weekend as my accident, the host of the Holy Given England School died of cancer and the school was cancelled for this year. With that cancellation all that I was anticipating for 2008 has dissipated. As from January I do not know what is in store for me.
As a result this has been an interesting season for me. I am learning how to embrace God's timing and plans and continue to place mine on the altar. Learning to be still in enforced rest has been hard, especially whilst wondering what next year holds. But His ways are higher than mine. All I know is that I have given up all to follow Him and serve Him whatever it looks like tomorrow, I am His little jar of clay who just continues to say "Here I am Lord, send me!"
Joy and I fly to England together on December 19th to spend Christmas with my family. We are both seeking the Lord as to His perfect will for this next season and exactly where He would like us to be. I would appreciate your prayers during this time. It is sometimes easier to run full pelt busily pursuing ministry rather than sitting at Jesus feet and waiting for as long as it takes until He Himself says 'go' and opens the right door.
The first is how I am wired in the natural but the second is the place of peace, of survival, of love and of joy. I therefore embrace this season of waiting eagerly anticipating all there is to come with a deep gratitude to my Lord for taking the time to be with me and establish my foundations instead of just giving me another job to do.
I love you all dearly and thank you for all your support. As soon as I know any more about what tomorrow looks like, you will be amongst the first to know!
May His peace cloak you and His love surround you.
In Him,
Dear Friends,
Thank you so much for your continued love and support. I pray God continues to give you all the grace and peace that you need wherever you are. You remain in my heart and prayers and I daily marvel at the beautiful family God has placed around me. You are awesome. It has been over two months already since my first newsletter and time has flown by! Please forgive the lateness of this update to you all.The autumn season has brought with it a fair share of unexpected surprises and, as I write, I'm sitting in the redwood forests of Northern California trying to catch my breath!This October, the Holy Given School of International Mission number 7 commenced in Pemba Mozambique. I continued to be a part of the administrative team for this school until it began on October 15th which was an extremely fulltime job! A few thousand emails and 108 accepted students later, however, it was well worth it! We are hearing report after report back from the school of Gods' abundant outpouring of love, healings and miracles with students lives being turned on their heads forever by the awesomeness of God. Also in October, God miraculously provided the finance for me to travel to America for two months for the purposes of rest and retreat, with plenty of time to create some more paintings. I also planned to spend time training and preparing with my administrative director in Tennessee for the first Holy Given School of Mission to be held in England in 2008.
~~~August 26, 2007~~~
Hey family!
Here is your last update from me in Mozambique before I jet off back home to sunny England and all the incredible things God has there. I pray you are all well and am missing you tonnes! This last two weeks are so hard to put into any kind of words, 10 days of over 50 hours in a cameon (covered truck with benches on the sides in the back with 26++ people and ALL their camping gear!) outreaches every night, I preached, people got healed, salvation, churches in the middle of LITERALLY nowhere, camping in the bush bush where they have never seen cars let alone white people! It was one of the most incredible experiences of my life and has made leaving here so incredibly hard, I am leaving a part of my heart and my family behind. God is so faithful and good. I pray I never forget, never forget the woman with nothing in the world who gave me her bracelet, another who gave me her chicken, the church in the dirt who had collected for weeks to buy our team some candlestick presents. Let me never forget their faces, their smiles, the beautiful children, the revelation of the humanness and kinship of the poor and us. There is so much, it feels like I have been away for literally months and yet there are no words! We did 1-2 outreaches a day, changed campsite nearly daily, preached every night and trucked between 3-10 hours a day. Craziness!!!
Anyways, I will have to tell you all about it when I'm back, invite me for coffee eh? ;) I love you all so so so much and you have no idea how much I have appreciated your prayers and support, you are so precious to me and blow me away with your love, generosity and faithful prayers for me. I come back this week and then run around doing weddings whilst waiting on the Lord for the right time to go to America which will probably be in October, Lord willing. He has done so much also in terms of my future ministry, plans and direction but I will wait to talk about that once I have a clearer picture of what it looks like! as for now, its over and out from a beautiful beautiful Pemba. I will see you when I am home.
I love you, blessings in Jesus always.
Claire x
Hey family!
Here is your last update from me in Mozambique before I jet off back home to sunny England and all the incredible things God has there. I pray you are all well and am missing you tonnes! This last two weeks are so hard to put into any kind of words, 10 days of over 50 hours in a cameon (covered truck with benches on the sides in the back with 26++ people and ALL their camping gear!) outreaches every night, I preached, people got healed, salvation, churches in the middle of LITERALLY nowhere, camping in the bush bush where they have never seen cars let alone white people! It was one of the most incredible experiences of my life and has made leaving here so incredibly hard, I am leaving a part of my heart and my family behind. God is so faithful and good. I pray I never forget, never forget the woman with nothing in the world who gave me her bracelet, another who gave me her chicken, the church in the dirt who had collected for weeks to buy our team some candlestick presents. Let me never forget their faces, their smiles, the beautiful children, the revelation of the humanness and kinship of the poor and us. There is so much, it feels like I have been away for literally months and yet there are no words! We did 1-2 outreaches a day, changed campsite nearly daily, preached every night and trucked between 3-10 hours a day. Craziness!!!
Anyways, I will have to tell you all about it when I'm back, invite me for coffee eh? ;) I love you all so so so much and you have no idea how much I have appreciated your prayers and support, you are so precious to me and blow me away with your love, generosity and faithful prayers for me. I come back this week and then run around doing weddings whilst waiting on the Lord for the right time to go to America which will probably be in October, Lord willing. He has done so much also in terms of my future ministry, plans and direction but I will wait to talk about that once I have a clearer picture of what it looks like! as for now, its over and out from a beautiful beautiful Pemba. I will see you when I am home.
I love you, blessings in Jesus always.
Claire x
~~~August 6, 2007~~~
Hello to you all,
Things are winding down in Pemba. Classes are finnishing up, Tuesday being the last day. Wednesday is graduation and comissioning. Then shortly thereafter people will be heading home or going on the outreach extention. Claire will be going on the outreach extention for three weeks.
Please pray for Claire and everyone on the base. Pray for strength to finish strong. Pray for the health of everyone on the outreach extension. Pray for traveling mercies, that everyone arrive to their destinations safely. Pray for provision, that all of the needs for the outreach extension to be met as only Daddy can. And of course anything else Holy Spirit to leads you to pray.
This summer has been extreemly life changing for my sister. The beauty of our heavenly Father is He goes way above what is expected and this summer has been more than ever anticipated. I am so excited to see what Daddy does when she returns home, the fire that will be ignited will take us by surprise and consume every carnal thing in us!
I want to thank you on behalf of both Claire and myself, for praying and covering us. We both have felt the loving arms of our Daddy holding us in desperate times, whispering in our ears the very things that He thinks and feels, pouring into us His very nature, removing
all doubt of who He is or what He has done. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. May the love of the Father be more real to you than the breath that you breathe. May divine revelation inspired by the One who loves and seeks after you fill your every thought. May you know the Father's heart after more than any doctrine or fundamental teaching or opinion of man. May you be overwhelmed by His glory, goodness and grace. Daddy come and love on Your children, wrap Yourself around their every thought, action and feeling. Jesus demonstrate true love in a manner only dreamt or talked about. Holy Spirit come and bring Your wisdom, clarity and strength to their mortal bodies. We love You so very much! Thank You for all that You do for us!! May we bring You joy, delight and a smile to Your wonderful face. We worship You!
Thank you all once again.
as His kids,
Joy & Claire
Hello to you all,
Things are winding down in Pemba. Classes are finnishing up, Tuesday being the last day. Wednesday is graduation and comissioning. Then shortly thereafter people will be heading home or going on the outreach extention. Claire will be going on the outreach extention for three weeks.
Please pray for Claire and everyone on the base. Pray for strength to finish strong. Pray for the health of everyone on the outreach extension. Pray for traveling mercies, that everyone arrive to their destinations safely. Pray for provision, that all of the needs for the outreach extension to be met as only Daddy can. And of course anything else Holy Spirit to leads you to pray.
This summer has been extreemly life changing for my sister. The beauty of our heavenly Father is He goes way above what is expected and this summer has been more than ever anticipated. I am so excited to see what Daddy does when she returns home, the fire that will be ignited will take us by surprise and consume every carnal thing in us!
I want to thank you on behalf of both Claire and myself, for praying and covering us. We both have felt the loving arms of our Daddy holding us in desperate times, whispering in our ears the very things that He thinks and feels, pouring into us His very nature, removing
all doubt of who He is or what He has done. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. May the love of the Father be more real to you than the breath that you breathe. May divine revelation inspired by the One who loves and seeks after you fill your every thought. May you know the Father's heart after more than any doctrine or fundamental teaching or opinion of man. May you be overwhelmed by His glory, goodness and grace. Daddy come and love on Your children, wrap Yourself around their every thought, action and feeling. Jesus demonstrate true love in a manner only dreamt or talked about. Holy Spirit come and bring Your wisdom, clarity and strength to their mortal bodies. We love You so very much! Thank You for all that You do for us!! May we bring You joy, delight and a smile to Your wonderful face. We worship You!
Thank you all once again.
as His kids,
Joy & Claire
~~~July 28, 2007~~~
Dear friends,
I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!! I have no time to update life is crazy nuts and I LOVE IT but just to let you know I am off to NAMPULA after graduation in two weeks to live in the bush bush (yes that does mean peeing on the roadside and living in tents with no showers.....bring it on) and we are going to unreached villages who have never seen white people let alone heard about Jesus, how rocking is that?! i would appreciate your continued prayers of protection and for salvation and healing, just pray psalm 91, thats what we're doing!
We are going with a couple who have raised five from the dead so our expectations have risen just a smidge as your might imagine them too and Nampula province is also known for the most dead raised in mozambioque by the way. hehehehe.
Life is amazing here even when ones top bunk begins to sink lol. But yeah, God is moving and we are pressing in this last week by having a 24/7 prayer week and just seeking his face through the night through the day to see more of him and go to heaven and just see his face that we might be so utterly transformed like Paul on Damascus road, that we would return as fire starters, needing name bracelets for you even to recognise who we are! We wanna be set ablaze for Him even more so than we are....come Jesus!
I love you all so so much, don't know how much more i will be able to update you but will be in contact with Joy so you can email her if needs be! Thank you for all my txts, keep em coming! I love you and pray that you be blessed and blasted as you seek his face, would He rock your world and would you not settle for anything less than more of the face and presence and knowledge of God and His goodness and faithfulness!
In Jesus,
Claire
Dear friends,
I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!! I have no time to update life is crazy nuts and I LOVE IT but just to let you know I am off to NAMPULA after graduation in two weeks to live in the bush bush (yes that does mean peeing on the roadside and living in tents with no showers.....bring it on) and we are going to unreached villages who have never seen white people let alone heard about Jesus, how rocking is that?! i would appreciate your continued prayers of protection and for salvation and healing, just pray psalm 91, thats what we're doing!
We are going with a couple who have raised five from the dead so our expectations have risen just a smidge as your might imagine them too and Nampula province is also known for the most dead raised in mozambioque by the way. hehehehe.
Life is amazing here even when ones top bunk begins to sink lol. But yeah, God is moving and we are pressing in this last week by having a 24/7 prayer week and just seeking his face through the night through the day to see more of him and go to heaven and just see his face that we might be so utterly transformed like Paul on Damascus road, that we would return as fire starters, needing name bracelets for you even to recognise who we are! We wanna be set ablaze for Him even more so than we are....come Jesus!
I love you all so so much, don't know how much more i will be able to update you but will be in contact with Joy so you can email her if needs be! Thank you for all my txts, keep em coming! I love you and pray that you be blessed and blasted as you seek his face, would He rock your world and would you not settle for anything less than more of the face and presence and knowledge of God and His goodness and faithfulness!
In Jesus,
Claire
~~~July 17, 2007~~~
Hey family!
I am in an internet cafe with my minutes running out so this will be short but i wanted to make sure an update of some kind got out this week because it is so important to me that you are all keep in the loop and updated with what is going on. I value your prayers and love almost more than anything and I pray that God would bless you a hundred fold for all you sow into my either spiritually or otherwise, i pray His favor and blessing upon you and cannot tel you how humbled I am by the amount of love and support I am being shown by you all. I love you my family.
Life continues as normal this week, the wedding last week was beautiful and wonderful! and this week has been more classes and wonderful times with the Lord working through many things and just worshiping and learning more about the incarnational love of Jesus Christ which is revolutionary stuff im telling ya! The BIGGEST news however is that when I come home we are gonna have to have a CHOCOLATE PARTY! Thats right God HEALED ME OF CHOCOLATE ALLERGY!!! I ate my first piece of chocolate this week in ELEVEN YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh my gosh what happiness! It has been such a gracious thing and such a picture of how abundant God is that He would even heal me of something that I don't need to be healed of at all but in His love and goodness He pours out such abundant kindness and gifts to His children. How wonderful He is!
I will leave it there I think but please feel free to call or text or email me, i love to hear what is going on with you all! I am praying that God rocks your world this week and that you step out onto the water and I even challenge you to do one radical thing a day, He has given you permission! He has freed you! Love like you have never loved before, worship from a new place of intimacy, make time where there isn't time, read the bible in a way you have never read it before, let Him take you away and let him set a seal upon your heart like in Song of songs 8:6 He is jealous for ALLL OF YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love you, in Jesus always your sister and friend
Claire
Hey family!
I am in an internet cafe with my minutes running out so this will be short but i wanted to make sure an update of some kind got out this week because it is so important to me that you are all keep in the loop and updated with what is going on. I value your prayers and love almost more than anything and I pray that God would bless you a hundred fold for all you sow into my either spiritually or otherwise, i pray His favor and blessing upon you and cannot tel you how humbled I am by the amount of love and support I am being shown by you all. I love you my family.
Life continues as normal this week, the wedding last week was beautiful and wonderful! and this week has been more classes and wonderful times with the Lord working through many things and just worshiping and learning more about the incarnational love of Jesus Christ which is revolutionary stuff im telling ya! The BIGGEST news however is that when I come home we are gonna have to have a CHOCOLATE PARTY! Thats right God HEALED ME OF CHOCOLATE ALLERGY!!! I ate my first piece of chocolate this week in ELEVEN YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh my gosh what happiness! It has been such a gracious thing and such a picture of how abundant God is that He would even heal me of something that I don't need to be healed of at all but in His love and goodness He pours out such abundant kindness and gifts to His children. How wonderful He is!
I will leave it there I think but please feel free to call or text or email me, i love to hear what is going on with you all! I am praying that God rocks your world this week and that you step out onto the water and I even challenge you to do one radical thing a day, He has given you permission! He has freed you! Love like you have never loved before, worship from a new place of intimacy, make time where there isn't time, read the bible in a way you have never read it before, let Him take you away and let him set a seal upon your heart like in Song of songs 8:6 He is jealous for ALLL OF YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love you, in Jesus always your sister and friend
Claire
~~~July 7, 2007~~~
Dear family,
As we leave June and head towards 7-7-07, we at Pemba joined with people worldwide with excitement and anticipation to see what God is going to do as people gather in such beautiful unity to seek His face, (see http://www.thecall.com/). Here we are also anticipating on that day, the wedding of two long term missionaries. We are gonna invite everyone. The poor, the outcast, all that will come, thousands of them. Inviting them to a wedding feast on the beach. A real life parable. Glory to God how beautiful it will be. Thank you so much for your prayers, love and encouragement. I could not do this without you. I love and appreciate you so much.
There has been great great fruit here. We have been targets for witch doctors these past few weeks. But as we worship, adore the one which is altogether lovely, fear left and we truly knew that He who is in us is infinitely greater than he who is the world. (1 John 4:4) From the place of unity and worship, we declared God's Lordship and nightmares and the other things ceased and instead, students after students are having heavenly visions and experiences of the greatness of God.
So much I cannot articulate here. I long to tell you in person and see Holy Spirit wreck and transform you as He has me. To see God open you eyes and ears to see and hear Him, that you may KNOW HIM. O that is my hearts cry. O it is so hard to explain any of what is going on here. Last week a film crew finally left to return to Hollywood, we had to sign release forms and everything. So it appears I'm gonna be in a real bona-fide movie.
God I revealing to me so much about His heart and how He has asked us to walk and live. But most of all He miraculously continues to provide for me, love me and show me first hand the incredible beauty of the unseen realm as well as provide amazing opportunities. Sorry if that is cryptic. I pray that I get an opportunity to share with you in person when I return. There is so much the Lord wishes to impart to see the spread of His wild fire.
As for the day to day, Africa remains beautiful. The weather hot and the classes nuts. Oh and we got to cut off a witch doctors charm off of a baby the other day. Praise God! I am also the students on call nurse one day a week. I myself remain healthy and well and I thank you for praying. Glory to God that I am here, that He is opening my eyes, that He is far from through with England, that His glory is being revealed over the earth, that the Bible REALLY is true, that He loves us and has saved us forever and ever. Glory to God!
Be blessed my family. I love you.
Claire
Dear family,
As we leave June and head towards 7-7-07, we at Pemba joined with people worldwide with excitement and anticipation to see what God is going to do as people gather in such beautiful unity to seek His face, (see http://www.thecall.com/). Here we are also anticipating on that day, the wedding of two long term missionaries. We are gonna invite everyone. The poor, the outcast, all that will come, thousands of them. Inviting them to a wedding feast on the beach. A real life parable. Glory to God how beautiful it will be. Thank you so much for your prayers, love and encouragement. I could not do this without you. I love and appreciate you so much.
There has been great great fruit here. We have been targets for witch doctors these past few weeks. But as we worship, adore the one which is altogether lovely, fear left and we truly knew that He who is in us is infinitely greater than he who is the world. (1 John 4:4) From the place of unity and worship, we declared God's Lordship and nightmares and the other things ceased and instead, students after students are having heavenly visions and experiences of the greatness of God.
So much I cannot articulate here. I long to tell you in person and see Holy Spirit wreck and transform you as He has me. To see God open you eyes and ears to see and hear Him, that you may KNOW HIM. O that is my hearts cry. O it is so hard to explain any of what is going on here. Last week a film crew finally left to return to Hollywood, we had to sign release forms and everything. So it appears I'm gonna be in a real bona-fide movie.
God I revealing to me so much about His heart and how He has asked us to walk and live. But most of all He miraculously continues to provide for me, love me and show me first hand the incredible beauty of the unseen realm as well as provide amazing opportunities. Sorry if that is cryptic. I pray that I get an opportunity to share with you in person when I return. There is so much the Lord wishes to impart to see the spread of His wild fire.
As for the day to day, Africa remains beautiful. The weather hot and the classes nuts. Oh and we got to cut off a witch doctors charm off of a baby the other day. Praise God! I am also the students on call nurse one day a week. I myself remain healthy and well and I thank you for praying. Glory to God that I am here, that He is opening my eyes, that He is far from through with England, that His glory is being revealed over the earth, that the Bible REALLY is true, that He loves us and has saved us forever and ever. Glory to God!
Be blessed my family. I love you.
Claire
~~~June 26, 2007~~~
Hey family,
As I head into week four and the month marker I want to write a proper update. Pemba is such a beautiful place and have been blessed with perfect weather and running water at least once a week. Classes have been so challenging and God by His grace through His word has been pruning me back and asking me, as Jesus asked Peter, "Who do you say that I am?" (Mark 8:29)
A place like this such a different culture, need, and front-line spiritual warfare, challenges every facet of who we believe God to be. I have always professed His faithfulness, victory and Lordship out of my mouth, but as many sicknesses that have gone through the camp, people have been tormented by nightmares and fears, do I really believe Psalm 91 which says, that when I make Him my dwelling I need not be afraid and will be protected? Or Isaiah 41:10 that He holds me in His right hand? If He is truly in that place where word meets life, then our dependance on God is our reality. The answer to that question is that God is God, almighty, all loving, protecting, victorious. As we pray and press into His presence together, as a house and as a school, He is keeping me safe from sickness and bringing me peace in the night. Peter once said that He is, He is our beloved, who has loved us to the end and has washed our feet even in the face of our betrayal and sin. As my comfort zones are removed and rubber hits the road I am faced with total dependance on God. The question, "Is He really all the Bible says He is?" And glory to God, over and over again, I am watching with wonder as I realize that He is.........and so much more. "And on this rock I will build my church." (Matthew 16:18) On the undiluted, simple truth of the gospel. All religion and blind-spots taken away. Taking the Bible word for word. What would happen if this was the rock our churches? It is here. Last night I sat with hundreds of Mozambican pastors whose reality is healing, miracles, even raising people from the dead. I walked through the villages and called people to come to church as kids climbing up my arms and legs. I sit with my newly widowed friend, Rosa, and learn Makaua while learning Jesus' heart like in John 4 when He loved and respected the woman by the well.
Please pray as we are under spiritual attack, especially at night over the camp. But pray more for a further breaking of my heart and greater revelation of God's character and love. I love you all and pray you press deep into His word and let Him take you away and reveal Himself to you. I love you all so much. Feel free to email me and text me. Please also email me with specific questions because I never know what you would like to know. My next update can better include a Q & A.
In Jesus,
Your sister, friend and daughter,
Claire
chollywell@googlemail.com
Ps. Since writing this we have had the most phenomenal worship session ever and sung with thousands of angels and learned more and more what it really is to know God. Hallelujah, all of Your beautiful self, Jesus!
Hey family,
As I head into week four and the month marker I want to write a proper update. Pemba is such a beautiful place and have been blessed with perfect weather and running water at least once a week. Classes have been so challenging and God by His grace through His word has been pruning me back and asking me, as Jesus asked Peter, "Who do you say that I am?" (Mark 8:29)
A place like this such a different culture, need, and front-line spiritual warfare, challenges every facet of who we believe God to be. I have always professed His faithfulness, victory and Lordship out of my mouth, but as many sicknesses that have gone through the camp, people have been tormented by nightmares and fears, do I really believe Psalm 91 which says, that when I make Him my dwelling I need not be afraid and will be protected? Or Isaiah 41:10 that He holds me in His right hand? If He is truly in that place where word meets life, then our dependance on God is our reality. The answer to that question is that God is God, almighty, all loving, protecting, victorious. As we pray and press into His presence together, as a house and as a school, He is keeping me safe from sickness and bringing me peace in the night. Peter once said that He is, He is our beloved, who has loved us to the end and has washed our feet even in the face of our betrayal and sin. As my comfort zones are removed and rubber hits the road I am faced with total dependance on God. The question, "Is He really all the Bible says He is?" And glory to God, over and over again, I am watching with wonder as I realize that He is.........and so much more. "And on this rock I will build my church." (Matthew 16:18) On the undiluted, simple truth of the gospel. All religion and blind-spots taken away. Taking the Bible word for word. What would happen if this was the rock our churches? It is here. Last night I sat with hundreds of Mozambican pastors whose reality is healing, miracles, even raising people from the dead. I walked through the villages and called people to come to church as kids climbing up my arms and legs. I sit with my newly widowed friend, Rosa, and learn Makaua while learning Jesus' heart like in John 4 when He loved and respected the woman by the well.
Please pray as we are under spiritual attack, especially at night over the camp. But pray more for a further breaking of my heart and greater revelation of God's character and love. I love you all and pray you press deep into His word and let Him take you away and reveal Himself to you. I love you all so much. Feel free to email me and text me. Please also email me with specific questions because I never know what you would like to know. My next update can better include a Q & A.
In Jesus,
Your sister, friend and daughter,
Claire
chollywell@googlemail.com
Ps. Since writing this we have had the most phenomenal worship session ever and sung with thousands of angels and learned more and more what it really is to know God. Hallelujah, all of Your beautiful self, Jesus!
~~~June 16, 2007~~~
Hey all,
Sorry it has taken me so long to send a personal update, but it has been so busy here. We have class from 8:30 to 4, home groups, church, outreaches and villiage projects. Not to mention homework and getting water from our well for out bucket baths.
Africa is so beautiful and we have been so blessed with concrete houses with comfort in the midst of such poverty. The children are beautiful. I am franticly learning Portuguese and having amusing conversations with my new Mozambican pastor friends. A few hundred pastors are at Bible school also, even though most are new Christians. Outreach was a amazing. We saw many headaches, stomaches and bad legs healed, villages come to Jesus. A paralyzed girl walked yesterday and many miracles continue to happen.
I am also one of the nurses for the students, so that has been fun. Thank you all so much for praying. The Lord in His mercy is keeping me so safe and well and continues to reveal more of His beautiful infinite character to me.
I miss you all my family and pray such a blessing. Joy will update you with stories for the time being. But please do text and call if you can. Thank you again.
In Jesus,
Claire
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Please continue to check www.chollywell.com for more updates. If people are not on the mailing list and want to be please email me the address and I will be very happy to add them. Any further questions or would like to send a care package to Claire please let me know and I will send you that address. Be blessed in the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth. I love you all.
Joy (on behalf of Claire Hollywell)
chollywell@googlemail.com
Hey all,
Sorry it has taken me so long to send a personal update, but it has been so busy here. We have class from 8:30 to 4, home groups, church, outreaches and villiage projects. Not to mention homework and getting water from our well for out bucket baths.
Africa is so beautiful and we have been so blessed with concrete houses with comfort in the midst of such poverty. The children are beautiful. I am franticly learning Portuguese and having amusing conversations with my new Mozambican pastor friends. A few hundred pastors are at Bible school also, even though most are new Christians. Outreach was a amazing. We saw many headaches, stomaches and bad legs healed, villages come to Jesus. A paralyzed girl walked yesterday and many miracles continue to happen.
I am also one of the nurses for the students, so that has been fun. Thank you all so much for praying. The Lord in His mercy is keeping me so safe and well and continues to reveal more of His beautiful infinite character to me.
I miss you all my family and pray such a blessing. Joy will update you with stories for the time being. But please do text and call if you can. Thank you again.
In Jesus,
Claire
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Please continue to check www.chollywell.com for more updates. If people are not on the mailing list and want to be please email me the address and I will be very happy to add them. Any further questions or would like to send a care package to Claire please let me know and I will send you that address. Be blessed in the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth. I love you all.
Joy (on behalf of Claire Hollywell)
chollywell@googlemail.com
~~~June 6, 2007~~~
Hello everyone,
I wanted to give a quick update to you and let you know that Claire & I arrived at our planned destinations. I just spoke with Claire this morning and she wants to thank you for your prayers as she made it through customs with no problems. All of her luggage arrived with no problems and all was well. She is there and getting settled. Meeting all of her peers and getting to know each of her house mates. As Claire arrived she has been launched into school, going to classes from early in the morning to five in the evening. She had a blessed arrival when getting to meet up with two girls of whom she met the previous time she was in Mozambique. They welcomed her with open arms playing a song Claire taught them the year before. If you would like to contact her via phone please let me know and I will give you that information.
Please pray for the following:
: Psalm 91
: Grace to relate to her peers
: Ability to absorb all the teaching and revelation
Thank you all ever so much. You have been such an encouragement to Claire and I both. Your support and prayers means a lot to us. Thank you doesn't seem to be enough. I will continue to update you on the great and wonderful things Daddy God is doing through my sis while on this amazing adventure! Feel free to email me as well. I look forward to hearing all that God is doing in your life.
In Him,
Joy (on behalf of Claire)
chollywell@googlemail.com
Hello everyone,
I wanted to give a quick update to you and let you know that Claire & I arrived at our planned destinations. I just spoke with Claire this morning and she wants to thank you for your prayers as she made it through customs with no problems. All of her luggage arrived with no problems and all was well. She is there and getting settled. Meeting all of her peers and getting to know each of her house mates. As Claire arrived she has been launched into school, going to classes from early in the morning to five in the evening. She had a blessed arrival when getting to meet up with two girls of whom she met the previous time she was in Mozambique. They welcomed her with open arms playing a song Claire taught them the year before. If you would like to contact her via phone please let me know and I will give you that information.
Please pray for the following:
: Psalm 91
: Grace to relate to her peers
: Ability to absorb all the teaching and revelation
Thank you all ever so much. You have been such an encouragement to Claire and I both. Your support and prayers means a lot to us. Thank you doesn't seem to be enough. I will continue to update you on the great and wonderful things Daddy God is doing through my sis while on this amazing adventure! Feel free to email me as well. I look forward to hearing all that God is doing in your life.
In Him,
Joy (on behalf of Claire)
chollywell@googlemail.com
~~~June 1, 2007~~~
Dear friends
If you are receiving this email it means you have made it to my Mozambique update email list – congratulations! ;) if you don't want to be on this list or have yet to figure out who I am, do send me an email and I will take you off it.
I just thought I would send a parting farewell before I leave on Monday morning for the sunny land of Mozambique.
I cant believe I am really going to be honest, the last trip seemed so surreal in so many ways and in the natural I should definitely not have been able to afford the time or tuition fees to be returning and going to the missions school but, glory to God Jehovah Jireh, come Monday that is where I will be! Once more sitting in the dirt, surrounded by beautiful worshipping African children, grubby fingers all over, dirt and sand flying in the melee that is church and then add 150 westerners to the mix and you get…hehehe well..i'll let you know quite what that equates to when I am there! Either way, it is going to be an incredible experience and God is going to shake everything and transform my 'normal'. I cannot wait until the first time I get to call home and tell you all about how we laid hands on people and they saw and heard and ran! It will be soon ;)
Prayer requests:
It would be awesome if you could especially pray for me on Monday as I have a very long flight with no overnight layover which means I will be traveling basically from 7am Monday morning (when we first go to the airport to take Joy) and then leaving the country 7:30pm until 4pm the following day when I arrive in Pemba.
So...
• Flight (only by God's grace do I fly well)
• Dar Es Salaam Customs – they are well known to be highly corrupt and I need
to ensure my stuff gets through!
• Acclimatizing – I arrive the first day of school after everyone has already been
there for a few days, I will hit the ground running!
• Friendships
• Health
• Peace
I will leave it there for now but I will be able to have messages passed to me so feel free to email. There is only one computer in Pemba hence the reason Joy is going to be relaying what I tell her on the phone but I will have a cell phone so if you wish to text me (if I have enough credit I will text back!) or call me I will give Joy my number as soon as I know it.
Thank you so incredibly much all of you who have helped me to go, I remain blown away by people's generosity and kindness, would you be blessed a hundredfold for all you have given up. Thank you. I love you all and am so blessed and encouraged that I know my back is covered and I have a family at home that loves and is praying for me. I could not go without being sent and you, my senders, are very very dear to me. Thank you again.
May God bless you today and this summer. I'll miss y'all!!!
In Jesus always, your sister
Claire
Dear friends
If you are receiving this email it means you have made it to my Mozambique update email list – congratulations! ;) if you don't want to be on this list or have yet to figure out who I am, do send me an email and I will take you off it.
I just thought I would send a parting farewell before I leave on Monday morning for the sunny land of Mozambique.
I cant believe I am really going to be honest, the last trip seemed so surreal in so many ways and in the natural I should definitely not have been able to afford the time or tuition fees to be returning and going to the missions school but, glory to God Jehovah Jireh, come Monday that is where I will be! Once more sitting in the dirt, surrounded by beautiful worshipping African children, grubby fingers all over, dirt and sand flying in the melee that is church and then add 150 westerners to the mix and you get…hehehe well..i'll let you know quite what that equates to when I am there! Either way, it is going to be an incredible experience and God is going to shake everything and transform my 'normal'. I cannot wait until the first time I get to call home and tell you all about how we laid hands on people and they saw and heard and ran! It will be soon ;)
Prayer requests:
It would be awesome if you could especially pray for me on Monday as I have a very long flight with no overnight layover which means I will be traveling basically from 7am Monday morning (when we first go to the airport to take Joy) and then leaving the country 7:30pm until 4pm the following day when I arrive in Pemba.
So...
• Flight (only by God's grace do I fly well)
• Dar Es Salaam Customs – they are well known to be highly corrupt and I need
to ensure my stuff gets through!
• Acclimatizing – I arrive the first day of school after everyone has already been
there for a few days, I will hit the ground running!
• Friendships
• Health
• Peace
I will leave it there for now but I will be able to have messages passed to me so feel free to email. There is only one computer in Pemba hence the reason Joy is going to be relaying what I tell her on the phone but I will have a cell phone so if you wish to text me (if I have enough credit I will text back!) or call me I will give Joy my number as soon as I know it.
Thank you so incredibly much all of you who have helped me to go, I remain blown away by people's generosity and kindness, would you be blessed a hundredfold for all you have given up. Thank you. I love you all and am so blessed and encouraged that I know my back is covered and I have a family at home that loves and is praying for me. I could not go without being sent and you, my senders, are very very dear to me. Thank you again.
May God bless you today and this summer. I'll miss y'all!!!
In Jesus always, your sister
Claire