Beginning of CFE International IN 2003, while living in Lexington Kentucky, Macklann and Rose Bassé began receiving emails from their home country, Togo, about children in hard situations needing help to go to school. Macklann and Rose, both sharing a heart for the impoverished child, were troubled by this and desired deeply for God’s restoration for these children. As the emails continued over the year, they both began to pray more intensely about how they might best help these children. In 2004, after having moved to Saint Louis, they felt led to support these children through education. With the help they received from students at Covenant Seminary, the Bassé’s were able to support two children for the 2004-2005 school year. · SINCE THAT TIME, not only are those two children still being supported, but also an additional eighteen were added by way of other donors. This made a total of twenty Togolese children and youth attending school this year that gained their support from generous hearts around the world. · This current 2006 school year we have twenty children supported at an average cost of one hundred dollars per child. As stated in our objectives, this amount pays for all school fees, uniforms, materials and transportation. The children will continue to receive this same support each school year. · BEGINNING IN TOGO was a natural starting point for CFE, as it is home to both Macklann and Rose. In addition to this, Togo has been without financial assistance for more than fifteen years due to a militaristic regime, which has been ruling for over forty years. Thus making Togo a country filled with many children in desolate living conditions. · · Expanding efforts for Phase One of the ministry, CFE has chosen Liberia and Burkina Faso. There are many Christian brothers and sisters from Liberia who attend Macklann’s home church who have shared their personal concerns for their loved ones still there. Burkina Faso has been chose because a relationship has already begun with a local orphanage to Yako called Sheltering Wings Orphanage (Macklann made a trip there over Christmas 2005 ). · AS THE LORD WILLS IT, CFE will continue to support more children of West Africa through a step-wise, slow and cautious pace to ensure that Christ’s love is felt in the hearts of both the impoverished children and those that are working hard to support them. The 2006-2007 school year we hope to support a total of eighty children, 40 from Togo and 20 from Liberia and 20 from Burkina Faso.