2007 - Around the CLC World

CLC CA2 reports a life given to the Lord in the bookshop. Praise God!
CLC Colombia “madruga con Dios” – get up early with God! The shops are opened very early so that customers can buy books outside normal working hours. It is a great success
The national army buys 2.400 Bibles from CLC Indonesia. This is remarkable in such a Muslim nation.

Leaders from 7 English speaking CLC countries gather in Manila to discuss the potential for “working together”. Collaboration is possible in the areas of publications, websites, publisher negotiations and mission promotion.
The Eagilik project in Astana, Kazakhstan takes another step forward with a move to new premises which provide better facilities for the lending library and English classes. It is hoped that we can buy a bookshop property in 2008
CLC Portugal is run by just one worker, Carlos Cunha. However he has the help of a willing Board and the work is overseen by CLC Spain

CLC Barbados celebrates 50 years of ministry – and so does director, Marion Manning! The shop has “open house” all day, with refreshments being served to the customers
Phil Burnham investigates the possibility of CLC Gabon. Another mission would like to hand over the work to CLC

CLC France has the joy of dedicating their new warehouse. This has been a long term project that has taken a number of years to complete. The new warehouse offers many options for expansion in the future. A bookshop also operates on the same site in Montelimar
Book Fairs are particularly important in Latin countries. They give us opportunities to sell our books to a wider public. In April Panama, Colombia and Spain were all involved in this ministry

CLC Côte D’Ivoire dedicates its new shop in Korhogo. The location of this shop is significant as it is in the Muslim north of the country
Many of our African teams struggle to work with poor economies
CLC Spain moves the Sevilla shop to a much better location. Its position on a main road and the large windows attract many new customers. Colours from the new logo are used in the shop design (French West Africa Managers)

ELS India opens the doors of its new shop in Secunderabad. An excellent location was made available to us by the generosity of a local believer
CLC Panama opens its third centre in Panama City, this time in a shopping mall in the Los Pueblos district
Mobile Ministry is a significant part of our work in countries such as New Zealand, Uruguay, Chile & Spain. Workers such as Ray & Esther Grubb in New Zealand spend many weeks of the year on the road

CLC Australia has a busy month! They take over 3 bookshops and one distribution warehouse, mostly in the Brisbane area. This is part of a strategic plan to reorganize our distribution strategy
Book Aid is 20 years old. This independent ministry led by UK CLCers Bob & Ada Hiley has sent 232 containers of new and used books to developing nations. That’s more than 20 million books!
Leaders from14 countries meet for the Americas Conference held in Bogota, Colombia

Praise the Lord! ELS Bangladesh finally opens in Dhaka. This has been a prayer target for some time
CLC Myanmar has also had to wait a long time for permission to use its Jeep, which they bought last year. Jacob and the team hope to visit churches and Bible Seminaries now that they are mobile
CLC Asia meets in Seoul, Korea. The regional meetings enable preparation for the International Council that will take place in 2008.
CLC Fiji is pleased to move to a new, improved location – and sales respond very positively
French West Africa choose Prosper Weda as their new field leader

What’s happening? A new bookshop almost every week!
CLC Spain takes over an existing bookshop in Malaga on the 3rd.
CLC Colombia starts a new bookshop in Cali on the 15th.
CLC Kenya is born on the 29th with the opening of a distribution warehouse in Nairobi
CLC Japan reopens its Tokyo shop after a complete renovation. It looks great!

CLC New Zealand took over a bookshop in New Plymouth in October last year. This year Palmerston North is the new location. With this new bookshop their sales will almost have tripled in just over a year!
CLC Panama open their second bookshop of the year, this time in the city of David, 400km from the capital
CLC Africa becomes a more meaningful concept as our African brothers and sisters are able to celebrate their first ever regional conference in Maputo, Mozambique

A month of birthdays! CLC International celebrates 66 years since it was founded in Colchester, England in 1941
CLC Dominica is 60 years old and CLC Philippines 50. At the official celebration in Manila the Philippine team releases a book commemorating the event and even commission a song!
CLC USA is also 60 years old this month. To celebrate they open not one, but two bookshops. One is a church based shop and the other is a large shop in New Jersey

CLC Italy - the hunt goes on for a new warehouse. The team would like to buy a property, possibly in Sicily, southern Italy
CLC Chile continues its investigations into the possibility of working in Puerto Montt. This would become the most southerly CLC bookshop in the world, beating Masterton, New Zealand by a few kilometres!
The Russian speaking CLC Teams get together for the St. Petersburg Book Fair - Russia, Belarus, CA2, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.
Dec 26 brings the possibility of a few days rest for some – but stock checks are just round the corner for most of us!