From Arkansas to Africa

Hello friends and family! I hope everyone had a fantastic holiday season and is enjoying the new year. I know I did and am! I spent the end of the year at the CROSS Conference, which is a wonderful conference for college students about missions. It really spurred me on and encouraged me.  Thank you all for following my blog and keeping up with me. It is so encouraging! I especially loved knowing that people were keeping up with me while I was in South Africa over the summer. I am preparing for the upcoming summer and I would love to offer a quick update to everyone.

I have so enjoyed spending the majority of the past two summers abroad on mission trips and God has been so faithful to provide the finances for me each time. This year, I feel that I need to stay home, serve at my church, and work. That was a really hard decision for me. In His incredible goodness, God has provided for me again! My Little Rock church, The Bible Church of Little Rock, is taking a trip to South Africa again and they have approved me to go! I am more excited than I know how to express! I haven't stopped thinking about my friends, brothers, sisters, and babies in South Africa since I left. They are in my prayers daily.

Over the summer, I spent most of my time serving at the baby home. This time, I will help in the baby home, but I will also work to encourage the missionaries there, do construction projects to help national pastors and their churches, assist in conducting bible studies in refugee areas, street and door to door evangelism, as well as, work with Living Hope Church in Sunnyside with their current community outreaches. I will get to experience a different Africa than I did last summer and I’m really excited about it! I will be gone May 11- May 27^th. I will spend the first few days helping the missionaries in RSA (Republic of South Africa) prepare for our team to come. The team will arrive around the 18^th and then I will join them. We will be collaborating with Living Hope Church, which is also the church I served with last summer. I am so excited for this opportunity to see another side of Africa! Another huge blessing is that Blake (my boyfriend of two years who was so kind to let me go last summer), my mom, and Rebekah (my sister) are going to go too! I can't wait for them to meet the people and country who have stolen my heart!

I look forward to keeping you all updated on this new adventure God is blessing me with!

Will you please join me in prayer? It’s never too early to start praying for a mission trip. Pray for:

1. Team unity;

2. That we would encourage the missionaries;

3. That the gospel would go forth;

4. That God would be glorified.

Right now, it looks like I will need to raise $2500, give or take a little depending on the airfare, by April 27th. If you would like to help send me, please feel free to donate.

1.       You can donate online here: https://www.youcaring.com/ClaireMagnus

2.       Or you can give a tax-deductible donation by writing a check out to “Bible Church of Little Rock” and writing “Claire Magnus” in the memo [This is important or the money will just go in the general fund]. Mail them to:

Claire Magnus

6120-B Tech Lane

Russellville, AR. 72223

Also, I am currently selling these beads from South Africa for $15. If you are interested in buying some just leave a comment!

I cannot thank you enough for the support you have all shown me as I follow God where He leads. Though I don’t know my future, it’s amazing to feel God pulling my heart more and more towards a desire for long term missions. It’s because of you wonderful people supporting me as I go on short term trips that my love for missions has been fueled into a fire as passionate as it is. Thank you!

"Lord send me anywhere, only go with me"