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Clare was born Belinda Bas*ett, in Chicago, Illinois in 1946. When she was young, she remembers being de*ply attracted to the piano and singing, but economic resources were lacking in her environment.  She dropped out of high school in her senior year, and while working as a secretary, she longed to discover a rewarding path in life—which turned out to be nature photography.
    Loving nature and the wild, she became known as Belinda Rain, a nationally published Nikon photographer in the 70’s and spent her time searching for beauty in the wilderness of the California and Arizona mountains. Her photography made a contribution to Arizona Highways, and other publications and advertisers such as Readers Digest Books, Boise Cascade Recreational communities and National Geographic Mag.  She lived in NYC for three years, and ironically, sold her nature photography to Columbia records. But still no attraction to music. Clare’s life changed dramatically one night on May 5th while she was sitting and meditating. In search of the de*per truths of life, she had been involved in the New Age, Tarot cards, using the I Ching and casting astrology and neurological charts for over twelve years. That night the Holy Spirit’s fire descended from Heaven into her, and she experienced the truth that she was a sinner, but that God Loved her gloriously, nonetheless. From that point on, she would never be the same. For 45 minutes, she could not move or talk. He made it startlingly clear to her that He was the Light and she had lived in darkness.
 The very next day, she sought only to know God through the Scriptures and became born again.  After a few months of sorting through all the things she thought were the truth, she was led to a non-denominational church and completely discarded the New Age practices, embracing instead the Scriptures and the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. Soon, scandal after scandal hit that church and she wondered, “Where are those who live like the first